american chain CNN aired an audio recording of the ex-president of the United States. donald trump admitted to possessing “highly confidential” documentsthis will refute previous claims that it had previously declassified these files.
“This totally wins my case, you know? Except it’s something top secret,” Trump said, referring to the dossiers of the US plan to invade Iran, in audio recordings from July 2021. you were sharing it with other people on your team who couldn’t access it “You see, as president I could have declassified them. I can’t now, you know, but it’s still a secret,” added the former president, trying to show the information in question that the plans for war with Iran already existed before he came along. at the White House. “Let me give you an example. He said that I wanted to attack Iran. (…) They presented it to me (this is not official). It was his. It was his and the United States Department of Defense. (…) This is mine. It wasn’t planned by me,” Trump said in the recordings that he was aware of, according to CNN.
Trump assured that the audio leak was “illegal” and that they “manipulated” the tape in a way that would make him feel guilty even though he actually “excused” him. The ex-president posted on the social network Truth Social, “This ongoing Witch Hunt, another ELECTIONAL INTERVENTION Scam. They are deceitful and rogue!” The former president has repeatedly denied any abuse of office, and also assured that he has the right to own documents that he “unilaterally declassified without going through any official process”.
Trump faces up to 37 charges ranging from willfully withholding national defense information to conspiracy to obstruct justice in the investigation into more than 300 classified documents found at his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
Likewise, the former president did not inform the Secret Services that he was hiding boxes of classified documents. The businessman would go so far as to order his assistant to move the papers from one place to another and even offer to destroy them so that his team of lawyers would not see them.