Ledger · First term · № 150
'Total Declassification' of Russia and Clinton email files — 'No redactions!'
Never delivered“I have fully authorized the total Declassification of any & all documents pertaining to the single greatest political CRIME in American History, the Russia Hoax. Likewise, the Hillary Clinton Email Scandal. No redactions!”
- Promised
- Stated deadline
- “immediately / 'fully authorized'” → October 7, 2020
- Overdue by
- 5 years, 11 months as of September 22, 2026
- Re-promised
- 3 times with a fresh deadline
- Topic
- Transparency & records
- Era
- First term
What happened
The blanket release never happened. DNI John Ratcliffe declassified a handful of selected items but no unredacted dump followed. In mid-January 2021, days before leaving office, Trump again ordered 'Obamagate' material declassified with reporting that it would be out within days; the promised material was not publicly released before January 20, 2021.