We have some breaking news tonight from the New York Times this evening, some reporting that makes a recently unearthed trump recording even more incredible.

Now, if you have not yet heard it, NBC News has independently obtained the audio of former President Trump

at his Bedminster New Jersey Golf Club, essentially admitting to a crime.

Here is Trump in July of 2021, telling a group of people that he still has classified

information after leaving the White House and then proceeding to destroy his own defense.

He explicitly says on audio tape that he could have

declassified this when he was president but he did not. Take a listen.

I guess now isn't that amazing? This totally wins my case you know except it is like highly confidential

this is secretive for me but look he said the papers This is a secret information. But look, you did.

This was done by the military given to me.

I think we can probably,

that it.

I know, we'll have to see, try to figure out a, yeah,

to try to figure out a, yeah.

See, as president I could have de less.

Yeah.

But this is, yeah, now we have a problem.

Isn't that interesting?

Yeah. It's so. Now we have a problem. Isn't that interesting?

It's so cool.

I mean, it's so, look, we hear and I have,

and you probably almost didn't believe me,

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