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Prosecutors investigatingDonald Trump’s handling of classified documents have reportedly accessed a July 2021 recording of the former president acknowledging that he retained a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran.
CNNcites multiple sources who allege that the recording, which was made roughly six months after Trump left the White House, captures the former president suggesting he would like to share the information found in the classified documents but is aware that his ability to declassify records after leaving the White House is limited.
The outlet further reports that prosecutors have questioned witnesses — including Gen. Mark Milley, who served as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Trump administration — about the recording and the classified document before a federal grand jury.
A spokesperson for Trump has called the investigation into classified documents “shameful” and “meritless,” alleging that it is “continued interference in the presidential election,” despite that the investigation began before Trump announcedhis current, and third, run for the White House.
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According to a property receipt that was unsealed after the search, agents retrieved 11 sets of classified documents, including some marked “top secret” that are only meant to be viewed at secure government facilities, during the search.
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The classified documents investigation is one of many legal issues for Trump, who is currently running another presidential campaign.
In March, Trump became the first former president in U.S. history to answer to criminal charges when he appeared in a Manhattan courtroom toplead not guilty to 34 felony countsof falsifying business records in the first degree. The felony charges resulted from an investigation into alleged hush money payments made totwo women, including adult film starStormy Daniels, while he was a presidential candidate in 2016.
Then in May, a juryheld Trump liable for sexually abusing and defamingformerElleadvice columnistE. Jean Carrollin the late ’90s.
source: people.com
