McCaul said during an interview that he wouldn't personally take classified materials to his home, but argued that a different set of rules applied to Trump.
McCaul, a former federal prosecutor and ranking member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, said during an interview on ABC's "This Week" that he had never served as Commander-in- Chief.
He said he wouldn't do that because he's lived in the classified world most of his career. I am not the president of the US.
He said that he had a set of rules that applied to him. I know they were taken out of the White House, but I don't know if he de classified them. He claims to have done. I don't have all the information I need.
The FBI searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida last month and found several boxes of top secret documents.
The Espionage Act bars the unauthorized removal of defense-related information that could aid a foreign government if the documents are found to be related to potential violations. The president is being investigated for obstruction of justice.
The documents were supposed to be turned over to the National Archives when the president left the Oval Office.
Over a dozen ex-presidents disagreed with Trump's claims that the documents taken by agents were declassified.
McCaul said in the interview that he didn't have all the facts.
He said that he knew they were taken out of the White House while he was in office. He claims to have done. I don't have all the information I need.
There is a way to declassify. The president is in a different position than most of us. The relevant committees on the Hill have asked for briefings on this to find out what was so important here from a national security standpoint that would merit such an extreme measure to have a search warrant on a former president.
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