CONCORD, N.H. – Former President Donald Trump continues to insist he did nothing wrong, even after an audio tape was leaked to CNN suggesting he mishandled classified documents after he left office.
According to FOX News, an audio recording obtained by CNN appears to show Trump discussing classified materials during a July 2021 meeting at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. The former president is heard saying, “These are the papers,” while he’s apparently discussing top-secret U.S. military attack plans on Iran. Trump said on the tape that the plan came from Pentagon officials.
In an interview Tuesday with FOX News Digital, Trump called it a “hoax.”
“I would say election interference more than anything else. It’s a disgrace that they can do it,” Trump said. “Everything was fine. We did nothing wrong and everybody knows it.”
Last week, Trump told FOX’s Brett Baier there was no such document. When asked by FOX Tuesday how that squares up with what he told Baier last week, “I said it very clearly – I had a whole desk full of lots of papers, mostly newspaper articles, copies of magazines, copies of different plans, copies of stories, having to do with many, many subjects, and what was said was absolutely fine. … We did nothing wrong. This is a whole hoax,” said Trump.
Trump faces 37 federal charges for his alleged mishandling of classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. He continues to deny wrongdoing.
An arraignment Tuesday for an assistant of Trump also charged in the case was delayed.
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