President Trump& #39;s chief of staff declares, under oath, that the president didn& #39;t actually mean the things he said about having declassified a bunch of Russia investigation documents. He has not ordered that additional documents be disclosed.

Specifically, the White House has declared in court that this tweet was false: https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313650640699224069">https://twitter.com/realDonal...

And that when the president tweeted "no redactions!" he didn& #39;t actually mean that the the government was going to disclose new things and his statements "do not require altering any redactions on any record." https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1313640512025513984">https://twitter.com/realDonal...

This is about as close as you will ever get to a sworn declaration from the White House that the president is lying to the public about matters of national security.

https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/7273471/Trump-Declassify-2020-10-20.pdf">https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents...

The Justice Department has been arguing for a while that courts can& #39;t take the president at his word, which is weird enough. Now the White House is saying it too.

This, from @ganjansen, is worth your time -> https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/12/30/trump-tweets-judges-doj-lawyers-foia-lawsuits/2197524002/">https://www.usatoday.com/story/new...