Former President Donald Trump has made a stunning admission regarding a recording in which he discussed classified information, stating that he was lying at the time. Trump’s statement came in response to an already infamous conversation captured on tape, where he can be heard saying, “This is secret information” as papers are handled in the background.
According to the recording, Trump told a writer working on a memoir by Mark Meadows, his former chief of staff, that the papers were given to him by the military and referred to a potential battle plan for Iran. Despite no longer being in office, Trump claimed he couldn’t declassify the information but emphasized that it was still classified.
Trump has previously asserted that he declassified all classified materials in his possession after leaving the presidency. He also argued that he had the right to retain the documents under the Presidential Records Act. However, legal experts from diverse backgrounds have criticized this defense. In an attempt to explain the audio recording, Trump now claims that he was lying.
“I would say it was bravado, if you want to know the truth, it was bravado,” Trump told Semafor and ABC News on board his plane on Tuesday. “I was talking and just holding up papers and talking about them, but I had no documents. I didn’t have any documents.”
Trump claimed that he was simply holding up random papers.
“I just held up a whole pile of — my desk is loaded up with papers. I have papers from 25 different things.”
When questioned about his use of the term “plans” in a recent Fox News interview, Trump asserted that he was actually referring to “building plans” and plans related to golf courses that were present on his desk.
“Did I use the word plans?” he said. “What I’m referring to is magazines, newspapers, plans of buildings. I had plans of buildings. You know, building plans? I had plans of a golf course.”
When asked if the recording might influence him to consider a plea agreement, Trump appeared visibly irritated. He responded, “Frankly, that you even ask a question like that’s a disgrace. So let’s end it.”
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So will the people who were sitting there confirm that under oath?
I don’t know if that what’s you meant to write, but you should consider changing the headline
how many more *&*&*#@$ lies will this psychotic loony say before people will finally see him for what he is?
The economy was booming under trump!
Everything was great.
Biden messed up everything and will continue to
. Ya let’s keep finding ways to humiliate trump and make sure he isn’t Re elected. It’s fine that our country is going down the tubes as long as Trump is not president it’s OK!!
This system is soooo messed up !!!
Actually, without any context or witnesses, the recording is worthless. I would be surprised if it will be allowed in court. It could very well be claimed as a sarcastic comment, especially if he said it after already being investigated. If they have an actual witness to the recording who can describe the context, that would be a different story.
If I were Trump I would say a lot more simple defense. I was never charged for that incident. I’m being charged for allegedly HAVING different documents. Not for showing them. There is nothing on that tape that indicates I believed it was illegal for me to HAVE them. I can’t comment further about that incident because I’m under litigation but if I were able to you would see why they are false charges…
But then again if Trump went with Siyug L’Chochma shitka he would still be president
yanky77 perfectly said dont need to ad anything, these dems lonashmoes. are bad people and nut cases
Reminiscent of the “locker room banter” defense got the Billy Bush tape.
That being said, who made this recording? Florida is not a single party consent state.
Federal prosecutors only charge if they have a slam dunk. They don’t like losing. 99% sure They have witnesses under oath who saw the papers and witnessed these statements.
Hey YWN !
Here is the context of the recording.
https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/iran-memo-not-among-the-31-records-underlying-charges-in-trump-federal-indictment/