This was the former president's first interview since the historic federal indictment to hand over documents at the request of officials, Trump said, «Because I had boxes , I want to go through the drawers and get all my personal things. I don't want to give it away… yet.»
He added, «I've been very busy, as you can see.»
«This is classified information.»
In its indictment, the Justice Department described evidence, including an audio recording of Trump's meeting in July 2021 with a writer, publisher, and two of his employees, neither of whom had security clearances, in which the former president showed them that it's called a «secret» and «strictly confidential» document.
Documents allegedly seized in Mar-a-Lago are scattered across the carpet Photo: JOSE ROMERO
“This is classified information … you know, as a president, I could declassify it,” Trump's indictment says. «Now I can't, you know, but it's still a secret.»
When Bayer insisted on the exchange, Trump said that what he showed to others «was not a document.»
< p>“I had copies of newspaper articles. I had copies of the magazines,” he said.
“It was a huge amount of newspapers and everything that was talking about Iran and other things. And he might or might not have been delayed, but it wasn't a document.»
«You lost the 2020 election»
Mr. Byer also pushed Mr. Trump toward many of the Republicans who served under him , and now either challenging him at the White House or harshly criticizing him, including Bill Barr, who, as Attorney General, refused to participate in Mr. Trump's claims of electoral fraud.
When Mr. Trump repeated these unsubstantiated claims, Bayer bluntly said, «You lost the 2020 election.»
Fox News, which has largely supported Trump throughout his presidency, agreed to a $787 lawsuit settlement in April. $5 million in a lawsuit initiated by voting technology company Dominion, which has charged the broadcaster. promoting Mr. Trump's claims of electoral fraud knowing they are not true.
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