Federal prosecutors have obtained a recording of former President Donald Trump discussing a sensitive military document he took with him after leaving the White House, a potentially damaging piece of evidence in the ongoing investigation of his handling of classified documents, multiple outlets reported Wednesday. The New York Times reported that one of Trump’s aides, Margo Martin, regularly recorded interviews he gave for books. Trump later indicated that he knew the document was secret, according to the Times. Trump has vehemently defended his post-White House behavior, saying at times that he had a standing order to automatically declassify documents removed from the Oval Office. A spokesman for Trump called the investigation “political persecution” in a statement to the Times, adding that the probe was “designed to inflame tensions and continue the media’s harassment of President Trump and his supporters.”

Source: Huffington Post June 01, 2023 13:35 UTC