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| Trump heard on tape discussing 'highly confidential, secret' documents | Trump heard on tape discussing 'highly confidential, secret' documents |
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| Listen: Trump discusses secret documents in an audio recording first obtained by CNN | Listen: Trump discusses secret documents in an audio recording first obtained by CNN |
| Listen: Trump discusses secret documents in an audio recording first obtained by CNN | Listen: Trump discusses secret documents in an audio recording first obtained by CNN |
| An audio recording in which Donald Trump appears to acknowledge keeping a classified document after leaving the White House has been obtained by US media. | An audio recording in which Donald Trump appears to acknowledge keeping a classified document after leaving the White House has been obtained by US media. |
| In the recording, the former president is heard riffling through papers and saying: "This is highly confidential." | In the recording, the former president is heard riffling through papers and saying: "This is highly confidential." |
| It was first obtained by CNN, but the BBC's US partner CBS also has the clip. | It was first obtained by CNN, but the BBC's US partner CBS also has the clip. |
| Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of mishandling sensitive documents. | Mr Trump has pleaded not guilty to federal charges of mishandling sensitive documents. |
| CNN was the first to publish the roughly two-minute recording, which it said came from a July 2021 meeting at Mr Trump's Bedminster, New Jersey golf club between him and several people working on the memoir of his former chief of staff Mark Meadows. | CNN was the first to publish the roughly two-minute recording, which it said came from a July 2021 meeting at Mr Trump's Bedminster, New Jersey golf club between him and several people working on the memoir of his former chief of staff Mark Meadows. |
| Mr Trump is heard saying "these are the papers" and referring to a document about Iran which he calls "highly confidential". | Mr Trump is heard saying "these are the papers" and referring to a document about Iran which he calls "highly confidential". |
| "This was done by the military and given to me," he says. "See as president I could have declassified it. Now I can't, you know, but this is still a secret." | "This was done by the military and given to me," he says. "See as president I could have declassified it. Now I can't, you know, but this is still a secret." |
| It appears to be the same audio recording cited by federal prosecutors in their indictment of Mr Trump. | It appears to be the same audio recording cited by federal prosecutors in their indictment of Mr Trump. |
| It is not clear from the indictment, however, if the documents referenced in the recording were ever recovered by investigators. | It is not clear from the indictment, however, if the documents referenced in the recording were ever recovered by investigators. |
| Donald Trump took US nuclear secrets, charges say | Donald Trump took US nuclear secrets, charges say |
| Could he go to prison over secret files? | Could he go to prison over secret files? |
| 'Weeding out snakes': How to put together a Trump jury | 'Weeding out snakes': How to put together a Trump jury |
| Prosecutors allege the former president showed classified documents to people without security clearance on two occasions, including a writer and two members of staff. | Prosecutors allege the former president showed classified documents to people without security clearance on two occasions, including a writer and two members of staff. |
| Mr Trump is facing 37 counts of illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing the government's efforts to get them back. | Mr Trump is facing 37 counts of illegally retaining classified documents and obstructing the government's efforts to get them back. |
| He has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. | He has repeatedly denied wrongdoing. |
| He has said all the documents he took with him from the White House were declassified, but the published audio recording appears to contradict this. | He has said all the documents he took with him from the White House were declassified, but the published audio recording appears to contradict this. |
| Files were allegedly stored in a ballroom at Donald Trump's Florida property Mar-a-Lago | Files were allegedly stored in a ballroom at Donald Trump's Florida property Mar-a-Lago |
| In an interview last week with Fox News, the former president denied that he showed secret documents to people unauthorised to view them in the Bedminster meeting. | In an interview last week with Fox News, the former president denied that he showed secret documents to people unauthorised to view them in the Bedminster meeting. |
| "There was no document. That was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about Iran and other things," Mr Trump said, adding that he was presenting "newspaper stories, magazine stories and articles". | "There was no document. That was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about Iran and other things," Mr Trump said, adding that he was presenting "newspaper stories, magazine stories and articles". |
| The recording, however, appears to suggest that Mr Trump was referencing specific files. | The recording, however, appears to suggest that Mr Trump was referencing specific files. |
| He was indicted alongside an aide, Walt Nauta, who had been expected to plead not guilty at a hearing on Tuesday. That hearing, however, was postponed until 6 July after his flight was cancelled due to bad weather. | |
| The former president's trial is scheduled for 14 August but that is likely to be delayed. A judge is yet to rule on a motion from prosecutors seeking to delay it until 11 December. | The former president's trial is scheduled for 14 August but that is likely to be delayed. A judge is yet to rule on a motion from prosecutors seeking to delay it until 11 December. |
| On Monday, the federal judge overseeing the case denied a request from government prosecutors to keep the list of potential witnesses secret. | On Monday, the federal judge overseeing the case denied a request from government prosecutors to keep the list of potential witnesses secret. |
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| Donald Trump | Donald Trump |
| United States | United States |