that the district attorney likely errored in exercising its jurisdiction to enjoin the u.s. use of the classified records in its criminal investigation. we agree. and there s more. the three-judge panel tears to shreds the arguments that trump and his lawyers have been making in public and in the court of law, that the records belong to him, or that somehow, at some unknown and unstated point in time, that he declassified the documents. also, from the ruling, quote, plaintiff, meaning donald trump, has not even attempted to show that he has a need to know the information contained in the classified documents. the plaintiff suggests that he may have declassified these documents when he was president. but the record contains no evidence that any of these records were declassified. in any event, at least for these purposes, the declassification argument is a red herring, because declassifying an official document would not change its content or render it personal. so even if we
somewhere else. this is we re in the legal system now. we operate with evidence, truth, burdens, and the like. so it s not the full answer, but it s a deeply, i think, reassuring one that the legal system is operating to force out the lies as this is happening exactly now and also the whole declassification canard that trump, you know, was saying, most recently with hannity. sadie, the post also reports that dearie s order marks the first time that a court has demanded trump s lawyers back up trump s claims. this is from dearie s order. quote, the submission shall be plaintiff s final opportunity to raise any factual dispute, as to completeness and accuracy of the detailed property inventory. the post also notes that it s a striking difference from how judge eileen cannon, the florida-based judge who granted trump s request to appoint a