As it describes, Budowich withheld a statement Trump wanted to release last year, claiming he had returned all documents. But Budowich did not release Trump’s statement after consulting with lawyers and advisers for the former president, people familiar with the episode said, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal conversations. Several days later, Trump issued a different statement that did not include the claim that everything had been returned. Prosecutors have reviewed a draft of Trump’s statement, which contains at least one tangent about Germany and an overseas oil pipeline, the people familiar with the matter said. WaPo focuses on the way Trump’s people edited out his claim that he had returned all the documents.

Source: Washington Post June 09, 2023 02:36 UTC