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Re:Judge dismisses classified documents case against Donald ... by ceejayoz on Monday July 15, 2024 @10:57AM (#40968434)
No, the important part of your claim is "It was regular papers before".

The TOP SECRET cover sheets cover TOP SECRET classified information, not "regular papers".

They were "super illegal" with or without the cover sheets.

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Re:Judge dismisses classified documents case against Donald ... by meragrin_ on Monday July 15, 2024 @12:15PM (#40969165)
> They were "super illegal" with or without the cover sheets.

Um, not necessarily. They were going to court to determine that.

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Re:Judge dismisses classified documents case against Donald ... by ceejayoz on Monday July 15, 2024 @12:55PM (#40969527)
The point is that putting a "TOP SECRET" cover sheet on a TOP SECRET document doesn't change the status of what's underneath that cover sheet.

They didn't bring a bunch of "TOP SECRET" cover sheets to sprinkle on random unclassified docs to make it look more illegal than it was. They weren't "regular papers"; they were classified documents.

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