#Christie says Trump kept classified docs because ‘he wants to pretend he’s still president’

#Christie says Trump kept classified docs because ‘he wants to pretend he’s still president’

Republican presidential candidate and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) said Thursday that he believes former President Trump kept classified documents after leaving the White House because “he wants to pretend he’s still president.” “I think it was purely ego,” Christie told CNN’s Jake Tapper. “I think, Jake, he could not and still cannot…

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#New recording shows Trump discussing ‘secret’ documents he did not declassify: report 

#New recording shows Trump discussing ‘secret’ documents he did not declassify: report 

A newly released audio recording obtained by CNN includes former President Trump discussing holding onto classified documents in a 2021 meeting in Bedminster, New Jersey. The recording, which first aired on CNN’s “Anderson Cooper 360,” offers new insights into a conversation that is a piece of evidence in special counsel Jack Smith’s indictment against Trump…

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#Hutchinson: Federal charges against Trump ‘serious and disqualifying’

#Hutchinson: Federal charges against Trump ‘serious and disqualifying’

Republican presidential candidate Asa Hutchinson on Sunday said the federal charges former President Trump now faces in the classified documents case are “serious and disqualifying.” Hutchinson said on ABC’s “This Week” that “cases don’t get any more serious than what’s been outlined” by special counsel Jack Smith “because you’re talking about the allegations of not…

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#DOJ seeks protective order to prevent Trump from releasing classified materials amid ongoing investigation

#DOJ seeks protective order to prevent Trump from releasing classified materials amid ongoing investigation

The Justice Department on Friday filed a motion seeking to block former President Trump from releasing any classified materials that will be shared with his legal team during his prosecution for the mishandling of records at Mar-a-Lago, noting that some are still being used in the course of their investigation.  The documents “include information pertaining…

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