hard evidence that shows donald trump and his top advisors knew of the correct declassification process while donald trump was president which flies in the face of what trump has claimed in the past. tonight the documents could be in the hands of the special counsel as we speak in a criminal probe. now, in just a moment we will try to get answers from trump s lawyer who will be joining me live. first, a look at the brand-new information gathered by our cnn team. their sources say there are 16 records that the national archives is handing over to jack smith. the records apparently indicate trump and his top advisors were made aware of the correct process to declassify material while trump was president undercutting claims like this one. i took what i took and gets declassified. they become automatically declassified when i took them. and also this claim. it doesn t have to be a process. you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s dec
tim timothy parlatore testified in december. his exit at a critical time when the special counsel may be nearing the final stretch in the criminal probe. we have one of the members still on donald trump s team. his name is jim trustee, and he joins us now. jim, thank you for being here. let s get right into it. as president of the united states, did donald trump know how the declassification process worked or did he just ignore it? well, president trump was exactly right in your town hall the other day. he is aware of a bureaucratic process that can be used. he used that process in the middle of his presidency to declassify the crossfire hurricane matters that are the subject of that 316 page report we saw this week. at the end of his presidency he relied on the constitutional authority adds commander-in-chief which is to