Donald Trump’s legal troubles continue. The former president has been charged with storing classified documents in unsafe conditions and handing them over to unauthorized persons. The news chain broadcasts an audio recording that is part of the investigation and that compromises the former tenant of the White House.
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With Guillaume Naudin, RFI Washington correspondent
The scene takes place in 2021 at Donald Trump’s summer residence in Bedminster, New Jersey. There the former president is heard talking to unauthorized persons about the attack plans against Iran provided by the Ministry of Defense, and in particular by the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces, General Mark Milley, accused of having pushed him to intervene militarily. . He is heard turning the pages of those plans, showing them off, knowing they are classified.
“He said I wanted to attack Iran,” says Donald Trump. “Look, it was him. He introduced me to this. It’s confidential, it’s secret. It’s secret information, look at this. As president, I could have declassified them and now I can’t… This it’s so cool'”.
obtains tape of the 2021 meeting where former President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify. https://t.co/sR2EpOKWlL
— Breaking News (@cnnbrk) June 27, 2023
The existence of this recording was known, but had not yet been made public. It contradicts two elements of Donald Trump’s defense. First, that he was never in possession of any secret documents, and second, that he had the power to declassify them simply by taking them away. This document is an integral part of the Justice Department’s indictment in the most serious charges against Donald Trump to date.
