CNN obtained the audio recording of a 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump discussed having secret documents he did not declassify. In it, Trump seemed to be showing the confidential documents to others in the room, as they had a discussion about Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Portions of the audio are cited in the federal indictment of Trump over his withholding of classified documents after he left the White House. Yet in the audio, Trump seems to be referring to classified material when he says, amid the sound of shuffling papers, “This is secret information. Look, look at this.” The classified documents reportedly were Pentagon plans for an attack on Iran.

Source: CNN June 27, 2023 02:28 UTC