In an audio recording from 2021, according to CNN, former President Donald Trump acknowledges holding a classified Pentagon memo concerning a potential attack on Iran after leaving office.
CNN did not actually listen to the recording but instead relied on anonymous sources to describe it. Reuters was unable to confirm the assertion.
Trump Under Investigation
The footage, in accordance with the cable network, shows that Trump, who is running for president in the Republican Party in 2024, was aware that he would still have access to sensitive material after leaving the White House in 2021.
Two sources who spoke to CNN said that while he seemed to want to share the information, he was also aware of the limitations on his ability to declassify data after leaving office.
Trump has denied all charges. A former president supporter described the investigation as politically motivated and refrained from commenting on the video report or the exact remarks allegedly made to Trump.
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Allegations of Illegally Retained Government Records and Obstruction of Probe
The Justice Department is investigating whether former president broke the law by keeping hold of official records after he left office in January 2021, some of which were highly secret.
The administration said that it was investigating Trump’s removal of White House records in August because it believed he possessed them unlawfully and that some of them involved women.
The employment of covert human sources for intelligence gathering is one of the best-kept secrets in America.
One of the topics Smith is examining is whether or any of his advisers hindered the Justice Department’s investigation into his retention of thousands of federal records, 300 of which were classified.
The special counsel’s investigations also focus on attempts to rig the 2020 presidential election, which was the catalyst for the horrific attack on the United States on January 6, 2021. Capitol.
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