Jim Jordan: The Standard and the Law Is That Trump Can Store Classified Docs in a Box in a Bathroom

JORDAN: “Again, Dana, the standard is the standard. The president of the United States, he can classify and he can control access to national security information however he wants. That’s the standard. That’s the Constitution. That’s what the court said in Navy v. Egan, a 1988 case. I don’t know how many more times I can say it. So if he wants to store material in a box in a bathroom, if he wants to store it in a box on the stage, he can do that. That is just what the law and the standard is.”
BASH: “That’s not — “
Jordan: “So again, I think this just underscores how political this whole thing is. Jack Smith — you know how political it is when they selected Jack Smith as special counsel. I actually sat in a deposition with Jack Smith. We deposed him on May 29th, 2014, because he was looking to prosecute people who were targeted by Obama’s IRS, people Lois Lerner was going after. We actually had to depose Jack Smith, and that’s the guy Garland picks — “
BASH: “Sir, you can keep talking about this. I want to talk about the substance of this indictment.