I wonder how Trump declassifying the documents is seen from a legal standpoint? Obviously, as the POTUS he has the authority to declassify documents, but what if his intent is to interfere, in this case in an investigation where he himself is a subject of investigation?
Trump's own tweet in which he quotes Peter King gives us an idea what the documents will be about
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“What will be disclosed is that there was no basis for these FISA Warrants, that the important information was kept from the court, there’s going to be a disproportionate influence of the (Fake) Dossier. Basically you have a counter terrorism tool used to spy on a presidential...
....campaign, which is unprecedented in our history.” Congressman Peter King Really bad things were happening, but they are now being exposed. Big stuff!
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https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...30988518408194
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/...31772433883136
Doesn't seem to be much new, the political nature of the Steele dossier was made known in the FISA application as the HIC Dems showed after the release of the Nunes memo, so that's old news.
Whatever the documents will show, it certainly doesn't send a very encouraging message to anyone thinking of working with the US intelligence, since they can't be sure if someone like Trump will just go ahead and potentially reveal them.