Key takeaways:
- Former President Donald Trump was recently recorded discussing a sensitive military document that he had not declassified while in office.
- The document discussed in the recording is not part of the 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information charged in special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of the former president.
- In the recording, Trump is heard describing the document as “highly confidential, secret.”
Former President Donald Trump was recently recorded discussing a sensitive military document that he had not declassified while in office. This is consistent with a partial transcript included in his indictment by federal prosecutors this month.
The recording of the meeting at Trump’s Bedminster, New Jersey golf club was obtained by NBC News and first reported by CNN. In the recording, Trump is heard talking with an author, a publisher and two Trump staffers.
The document discussed in the recording is not part of the 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information charged in special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment of the former president, a source familiar with the matter confirmed to CBS News.
In the recording, Trump is heard describing the document as “highly confidential, secret.” He has since claimed in media interviews after his indictment that he was not in possession of the document when he was talking.
The indictment of Trump and his aide Walt Nauta included a partial transcript that redacted some specific names. It is unclear what the document discussed in the recording contains, but it is clear that Trump was discussing a sensitive military document that he had not declassified while in office.
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