Trump claims he wasn’t showing off classified documents and says holding up papers “was bravado”

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 29 June 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Former President Trump told Semafor and ABC News he has “no regrets” and claims he “didn’t have a classified document” despite CNN obtaining the audio recording of the 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey where Trump discusses holding secret documents he did not declassify. The former president called his words caught on tape “bravado.” Legendary journalists and authors Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein join AC360 to discuss the recording and how they think the Republican Party should address it. Plus, Madonna is recovering after contracting a “serious bacterial infection” that led to several days in the ICU. CNN Medical Analyst Dr. Leana Wen tells Anderson Cooper how common those infections are and how they’re treated.

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0:00.0	Tonight on 360, Trump's latest excuse, it wasn't a crime, just bravado, and they weren't
0:06.7	secret documents just building plans.
0:09.4	Legendary reporters Woodward and Bernstein joined me live.
0:12.6	Also, Vladimir Putin moves to look in control, it's question swirl about what really happened
0:17.2	with this weekend's rebellion.
0:18.9	Author and columnist, Thomas Friedman, joins us.
0:21.4	Plus, E. Jean Carroll now defendants as the former president already found liable for
0:25.6	sexually abusing and defaming her counter-suse, claiming she defamed him.
0:30.6	Good evening.
0:31.6	When we left you last night, the former president had just floated a new explanation for the
0:35.6	tape of him two summers ago, apparently sharing a classified plan for attacking Iran,
0:40.7	which he was not authorized to have with people, not authorized to see it.
0:44.9	And that explanation now is, I was just BS-ing people.
0:48.5	He didn't say BS, he said it was bravado, fancy a word, same BS.
0:53.8	Before reading you his latest excuse, here is his actual words, July 2021, showing off
0:59.0	the documents.
1:00.0	This is secret information.
1:02.0	Look, look at this.
1:03.0	These are the papers.
1:04.0	It's pretty long, right?
1:05.0	This was done by the military, given to me.
1:06.0	I think we can probably fix.
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