“Trump "had a “standing order … that documents removed from the Oval Office and taken to the [Mar-a-Lago] residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them.”
What FactCheck.org found
Numerous experts on national security and the law surrounding classified documents say that isn't plausible. There is a process for declassifying information, and it doesn't appear Trump followed that process.
Their words, from the summary they publish with the rating.
In short
Donald Trump (Former U.S. president) made this claim around 12 August 2022. FactCheck.org (United States) looked into it and published its finding on 17 August 2022, 5 days later. Its rating was “Disputed”.
Donald Trump has 1,168 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 663 of them false or fake, 375 misleading or mixed and 13 true.
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