PHOTO: REUTERSFormer US president Donald Trump can be heard discussing secret documents he had apparently held on to after leaving the White House and acknowledging they had not been declassified, in an audio recording aired by US media. Parts of the recording's transcript were cited as evidence in special counsel Jack Smith's 49-page indictment of Trump on charges he had mishandled classified documents after leaving office. The audio file includes a moment when Trump seems to indicate he is holding a secret Pentagon document with plans to attack Iran. Read more: Trump lawyers quit in documents case; Trump aide indicted"These are the papers," Trump says in the recording, a quote that was not included in the indictment. It's so cool," Trump says, just before the recording ends with him calling for someone to bring in some Cokes.

Source: The Express Tribune June 29, 2023 00:09 UTC