CNN obtains tape of the 2021 meeting where former President Donald Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify. https://t.co/f3PGXGNvQg
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«…let me see that, I’ll show you an example. He said that I wanted to attack Iran», Trump says.
«Isn’t it amazing? I have a big pile of papers […] Look. We looked at some. […] All sorts of stuff-pages long, look. Wait a minute, let’s see here…» continues Trump, as we hear the sound of someone going through papers.
«They presented me this – this is off the record – but they presented me this […] This was the Defense Department and him. I just found, isn’t that amazing? This totally wins my case, you know. Except it is like, highly confidential.»
«This is secret information. Look, look at this. See as president I could have declassified it. Now I cant, you know, but this is still a secret.» the former president continues to the laughter of his interlocutors.