“Can’t the President declassify it by executive order?”
Trump doesn’t own it, yet - it’s owned by Congress (they developed it). But once the clock runs out, it would be released to the White House where they get 5 days to redact anything sensitive as there could be sensitive stuff that Congress doesn’t know of. Then after the memo is ‘cleaned up’ or after 5 days, whichever is first, it hits the streets.
We shall see what happens. I almost think that the shutdown is timed to push this memo to the back-burner...
Nunes may have sent it to CINC five days ago while Schiff was cruising in the mens’ room.
My instincts run with yours.