Donald Trump is fuming as the political world reacts to an audio recording in which the former president seems to display secret Pentagon information about Iran in a 2021 meeting — an episode critical to special counsel Jack Smith’s case against him.
The recording, obtained by CNN, depicts Mr. Trump saying, “These are the papers,” in a July 2021 interview the ex-president gave to people working on a book about former Chief of Staff Mark Meadows at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey.
“It may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. I didn’t have a document, per se. There was nothing to declassify,” Mr. Trump told Fox News’ Bret Baier. “These were newspaper stories, magazine stories and articles.” Mr. Trump faces 37 counts alleging he improperly stored sensitive documents at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida and obstructed efforts to return them to the National Archives.
“The Deranged Special Prosecutor, Jack Smith, working in conjunction with the DOJ & FBI, illegally leaked and ‘spun’ a tape and transcript of me which is actually an exoneration, rather than what they would have you believe,” Mr. Trump wrote. “This continuing Witch Hunt is another ELECTION INTERFERENCE Scam. They are cheaters and thugs!”
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