You just don't or choose not to understand how the cow eats the cabbage. Most high ranking individuals maintain their clearance after retirement so that current leaders can use them as (unpaid) consultants, and it is the wise leader who takes advantage of such advice. The President has unilateral authority to declassify ANYTHING, and it matters not whether the documents had their classification markings struck. So any statement regarding Trump's misuse of classified information is moot if he decided while president that the document is unclassified. Matters not whether you or anyone else disagrees, it is his decision and that decision is not subject to review because there is no higher authority. It speaks volumes that Trump's attorneys were not allowed to accompany the FBI agents as they rifled through Melania's undergarments...and the other, more likely places to find documents related to national security. What was the FBI trying to hide? I made another post regarding the fourth amendment and as this unfolds, anything the current administration tries to do with ANYTHING found during the raid will be thrown out as a gross violation of that amendment. So, go on and spout your ignorant drivel. I will continue to observe it with amusement.