Exclusive: Trump recorded talking about classified documents

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🗓️ 27 June 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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BREAKING NEWS: CNN obtains an audio recording of Trump in which he is heard discussing classified documents in the presence of others, while holding and referencing a secret Pentagon document containing plans to attack Iran. A former Trump White House lawyer joins to respond to the tape that could be at the center of Special Counsel Jack Smith's case against the former persident for allegedly mishandling classified information. Plus, Putin and revolt leader Prigozhin give dueling spins on the rebellion in Russia. And, what the Wagner mercenary rebellion means for Ukraine.

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0:00.0	Good evening, everyone.
0:07.7	I'm Abby Philippa and we begin with that breaking news exclusive and what is likely a key piece
0:13.0	of evidence in the federal case against Donald Trump.
0:16.7	CNN has now obtained an audio recording of the former president in which he has heard
0:21.9	discussing classified documents in the presence of others and, apparently, holding and referencing
0:28.6	a secret Pentagon document that obtains plans to attack Iran.
0:33.8	It is the tape that could be at the center of special counsel Jack Smith's case against
0:38.7	Trump for allegedly mishandling classified information and the recording was made almost
0:43.8	exactly two years ago in July 2021 during a meeting at Trump's golf resort in Bedminster,
0:49.9	New Jersey, where he was taking part in an interview for people who were working on that
0:54.0	memoir of his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows.
0:57.6	Now listen in to what he said exactly on that tape.
1:01.0	These are bad sick people.
1:05.0	That was your cue, you know, against you.
1:08.8	Well, it started right at the beginning.
1:10.8	Like when Millie's talking about, oh, you were going to try to do a kick.
1:13.4	No, they were trying to do that before you even were sworn in.
1:16.4	That's right.
1:17.4	Try to overthrow your life.
1:18.8	Well, with Millie, let me see that.
1:21.2	I'll show you an example.
1:22.7	He said that I wanted to attack Iran.
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