declassified. and providing any evidence that he had declassified any of these documents. now as we and others have reported, and as every expert we have spoken to has said, there is a process for declassification. and if you don t believe them, take it from these republican senators today. there is a process for declassifying documents. there is a process that one must go through. okay. so that s pretty clear. what isn t clear or accurate is what the former president claimed in an interview last night with his tv friend sean hannity. if you re the president of the united states, you can declassify just by saying it s declassified. even by thinking about it, because you re sending it to mar-a-lago or to wherever you re sending it. and it doesn t have to be a process. there can be a process, but it doesn t have to be. you re the president. you make that decision. so when you send it, it s declassified. even by thinking about it. those are his words, which raises the
There was a far more tense scene today at the u.n. security meeting at the u.n. in new york. sergey lavrov arrived, gave his speech, blaming ukraine for the invasion. and then essentially walked out. he also attacked our next guest, karim khan, chief prosecutor for the international court who has been in ukraine investigating allegations of war crimes. translator: we have no confidence in the work of this body. for eight months, we re waiting for steps to be taken against impunity in ukraine, and we don t anything more from this institution or a whole range of other international institutions. i m joined now by karim khan, chief prosecutor for the international court. any response to what he said? no. it was interesting. i think you summarized it very accurately. no confidence in international situations, not just international criminal court, but the other institutions as well. all one can do is keep trying to do one s job.