CNN anchor Jake Tapper said Wednesday on his show \u201cThe Lead\u201d that \u201csomewhere Hillary Clinton\u2019s head is exploding\u201d because of his network\u2019s reporting that the National Archives has 16 records that show former President Donald Trump and his top advisers knew the correct declassification process while he was president.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tapper said, \u201cCan I just note somewhere Hillary Clinton\u2019s head is exploding. One of the reasons that Donald Trump is president is because Republicans successfully made the argument that Hillary Clinton, as secretary of state, was cavalier and did not take seriously enough the classification process for her home email server.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He continued, \u201cI\u2019m not saying it\u2019s a wrong argument, we covered it, we took it seriously, it was mocked by liberals but that was one of the reasons Donald Trump is president.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tapper added, \u201cLiterally they were yelling at the Republican National Convention \u2018lock her up\u2019 about this exact issue. I mean, obviously, he\u2019s the president, she\u2019s the secretary of state different, but is there any substantive difference here?\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Former Justice Dept. official Tom Dupree said, \u201cNot a lot. It\u2019s all nuance and fact, all trying to draw fine distinctions that will be lost on most people. One of the interesting things here is I can\u2019t think of another time in our history where the National Archives has become one of the key suppliers to a grand jury investigation. That just doesn\u2019t happen. Another unique aspect of the Trump era.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n