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In reply to the discussion: Trump attorneys haven't found classified document former president referred to on tape [View all]riversedge
(70,242 posts)I have to admit this is the first time I have seen that Trump says he knows nothing about the meeting.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/politics/donald-trump-iran-subpoena
........... Trumps lawyers have said Trump and his staff did not review in advance materials in the boxes the former president returned to the Archives and have not been told what documents were recovered from Mar-a-Lago.
Trumps lawyers wouldnt receive full access to classified documents seized in the FBI search and have only been able to view recently the boxes Trump returned to the Archives in January 2022 with markers in them in place of classified documents that had been returned in those boxes.
Justice Department will not seek criminal charges in Pence classified document probe
The document Trump references on tape was created before Milley was named as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, CNN was told, and Milley was later interviewed by investigators. Sources have been unable to specify if Trump had the document in question with him as he discussed it in the meeting in 2021 or was simply referencing it.
The recording, first reported by CNN, is now in the hands of special counsel Jack Smith, who is leading the Justice Department investigation into Trump. Smith has focused in recent months on the meeting as part of the yearlong criminal investigation into the former presidents handling of national security secrets.
The audio of Trump acknowledging he had a classified document undercuts Trumps repeated claims that he declassified everything he took from the White House when he left office.
Trump on Thursday said he didnt know anything about the summer 2021 meeting and again called the Justice Department investigation a witch hunt and an attempt to interfere with the 2024 presidential election. .......................
https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/02/politics/donald-trump-iran-subpoena