Lordy there’s tape! 1/…🧵
“Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of a summer 2021 meeting in which #Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran, multiple sources told CNN, undercutting his argument that he declassified everything.” #documents #legal https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/31/politics/trump-tape-classified-document-iran-milley/index.html
3/ “One source said the relevant portion on the Iran document is about two minutes long, and another source said the discussion is a small part of a much longer meeting…
Prosecutors have asked witnesses about the recording and the document before a federal grand jury. The episode has generated enough interest for investigators to have questioned Gen. Mark Milley, one of the highest-ranking Trump-era national security officials, about the incident.”
5/ “Recording now in the hands of prosecutors shows they are not only looking at Trump’s actions regarding classified docs recovered from MAL, but also at what happened at Bedminster a yr earlier.
The meeting in which Trump discussed Iran doc w others happened shortly after The New Yorker published story detailing how, in final days of Trump’s pres, Milley instructed Jt Chiefs to ensure Trump issued no illegal orders & that he be informed if there was any concern. The story infuriated Trump”
6/ “Glasser reported that…Milley repeatedly argued against striking Iran & was concerned Trump “might set in motion a full-scale conflict that was not justified.” Milley & others talked Trump out of taking such a drastic action..
On recording & in response to story, Trump brings up the doc which he says came from Milley. Trump told those in the rm that if he could show it to people, it would undermine what Milley was saying. 1 source says Trump refers to the doc as if it is in front of him”
@GottaLaff Sounds pretty damning, but it's not as if Trump's suggestion that he could declassify docs simply by waving his hands is very credible anyway. If true, this would kill any claim the docs were declassified, and show Trump knew they were not.
I'm curious about all of the leaks - while it's fun to read about Trump's daily legal woes, if they are coming from the DOJ, it's somewhat disconcerting. Hopefully that's not the case, and the leaks are from witnesses to the investigation instead.
So, how about a gd indictment? What with all the criming and evidence and whatnot?
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