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The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

Key witness speaks out about unknowingly helping to move Trump classified documents

The Situation Room with Wolf Blitzer and Pamela Brown

CNN

News

3.2865 Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A central witness in the Trump classified documents case is speaking publicly for the first time. Plus, a dire warning from the FBI director that the terrorism threat against the United States is at a whole new level after the October 7 attack on Israel and the war in Gaza. Also, the Princess of Wales now says she's responsible for editing a family photo that was supposed to ease speculation about her health after abominal surgery. Instead, the image and the controversy are now raising even more questions about what's going on with the British royals.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Happening now, breaking news, CNN's exclusive interview with Trump employee 5, a

0:09.3

central witness in the classified documents case, now speaking publicly for the first time.

0:15.4

Stand by for details on what he knows as he urges voters out there to learn the truth

0:20.7

about his former boss. Also tonight, a dire warning from the

0:25.3

FBI director that the terrorism threat against the United States is at a whole

0:30.1

new level after the October 7th attack on Israel and the war in Gaza.

0:34.8

Stand by for a more on an alarming new testimony by the nation's top intelligence

0:40.0

officials. And the Princess of Wales now says she's responsible for editing a family

0:46.3

photo that was supposed to ease speculation about her health after abdominal surgery.

0:52.4

Instead, the image and the controversy are now

0:55.2

raising even more questions about what's going on with the British Royals.

1:00.0

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. I'm Wolf Litzer a key witness to the breaking news.

1:17.0

That's get right to the breaking news.

1:19.0

CNN's exclusive new interview with a key witness to the Trump classified documents case known only as

1:25.5

Trump employee five at least until now.

1:28.7

CNN's Caitlin Poland says in West Palm Beach, Florida near Mar Maralago, Caitlin, who is this witness and why is he speaking out now?

1:38.9

Wolf, this is Brian Butler.

1:40.4

Brian Butler worked for Donald Trump for 20 years at the Maralago Club.

1:45.4

At one point, running the car service for all of the guests coming in and out of the club.

1:50.6

He eventually left that job in fall of 2022, but that was not before he had been

1:56.8

privy to some major conversations and moments in this classified documents investigation and now he is someone who has

2:05.0

spoken to prosecutors multiple times and clearly is a key witness for the

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