Washington: Former US President Donald Trump has admitted to having secret documents in the alleged audio recording.
According to the news agency, CNN has obtained an audio recording in which Donald Trump appears to admit to having a classified document after leaving the White House. According to the report, the two-minute recording is of an interview that former President Donald Trump gave in July 2021 at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club to people working on a memorial for his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
"These are the documents," Donald Trump can be heard saying in the audio recording. Donald Trump was referring to something as 'top secret' information in the audio, where he appeared to be showing something to others in the room.
In the audio, the former president said it was done by the military and given to me, 'you see, as president I could keep the documents secret but now I can't and you know it'.
Portions of the transcript of the recording were introduced as evidence in special counsel Jack Smith's 49-page indictment against Donald Trump, which alleges that after leaving office he secretly Misuse of documents . An indictment has been filed against Trump on 37 charges, including possession of secret documents, while the former US president has denied the allegations of keeping sensitive documents.
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