Former US President Donald Trump spoke of the classified documents he hid at a meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey in 2021, transmits CNN. According to the channel, the issue is related to Pentagon files regarding a possible attack on Iran, the existence of which the politician denies.
According to CNN’s report, Trump’s related words are included in the audio recording the channel took from the event. The media first covered the tape, which was recorded after the politician left the US presidency in early June. The channel provides new details of the alleged conversation in its material.
“Trump’s statements that he calls the files highly classified documents and that he appears to show to his interlocutors may undermine the former president’s claims that no documents were found with him,” the text says.
CNN adds that during the dialogue about the materials, Trump and his aides joked about the politician’s rival in the 2016 election, former US Secretary of State Hillary Clint. The TV channel emphasizes that they remember the story of the leaked emails of the former head of the State Department.
“No, he would send it. [«секретный документ»] Anthony Weiner, ”Trump laughs on the tape, referring to the former US Congressman from the Democratic Party.
In June, the former US president was charged 37 times with improperly withholding more than 100 classified documents. We’re talking about materials found at his mansion in Mar-a-Lago in August 2022. At the same time, the politician himself considers the investigation political persecution.
Before Trump explained why keeping confidential documents at home.