
Entry 009Aug 18, 2016
“In my administration, I'm going to enforce all laws concerning the protection of classified information. No one will be above the law.”9
9Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee, Campaign rally, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C., August 18, 2016. Source
Why it’s on the record. In June 2023, Special Counsel Jack Smith indicted Trump on federal charges, including willful retention of national defense information, for keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago after leaving office. The case was dismissed in July 2024 on the ground that the special counsel's appointment was unlawful, and later dropped.
On the record
It was a scripted line in the campaign speech in which Trump expressed regret, as a jab at Hillary Clinton's email server.
- Said by
- Donald Trump, Republican presidential nominee
- Where
- Campaign rally, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C.
- When
- Aug 18, 2016
- Source
- Campaign rally, Charlotte Convention Center, Charlotte, N.C., August 18, 2016