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The argument isn’t that he was unaware of the law but that he was unaware he was violating it. In order to be convicted of mishandling the classified documents it has to be proven that he did it intentionally. The law is forgiving for accidental mishandling.
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His testimony states that he chose at random which boxes were being moved and that Trump decided how many boxes were enough. Not all the boxes contained classified documents and the testimony states they didn’t know what was in the boxes, those that were returned or retained.
It demonstrates noncompliance with the presidential archiving laws but not necessarily the willful retention of classified materials.