{"id":580433,"date":"2023-06-27T23:46:41","date_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:46:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/audio-recording-marks-latest-blow-to-trump-in-documents-case\/"},"modified":"2023-06-27T23:46:41","modified_gmt":"2023-06-27T20:46:41","slug":"audio-recording-marks-latest-blow-to-trump-in-documents-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/audio-recording-marks-latest-blow-to-trump-in-documents-case\/","title":{"rendered":"#Audio recording marks latest blow to Trump in documents case"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thehill.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2023\/06\/trumpdonald_062423gn42_w.jpg?w=900\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>An audio recording of former President Trump discussing a secret government document at his New Jersey club dealt the latest blow to his evolving and growing defenses against charges over his retention of classified information.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The recording <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eared to undercut a claim Trump had made just a week earlier, in which he suggested he may not have had a physical document that he was showing to guests without security clearances. Legal experts were quick to cite the recording, which was first published by CNN, as proof of the strength of special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s case.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr1_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>And while Trump has yet to face major political consequences since he was arraigned earlier this month, the recording is the latest sign that Smith\u2019s investigation is one the former president will have difficulty simply waving away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis tape is not new evidence, and there was no reason to doubt the evidence alleged in the indictment, but it is damning and visceral to hear it, and it does verify that the Donald Trump national security indictment is well supported by solid evidence,\u201d tweeted Noah Bookbinder, a former federal prosecutor and head of the watchdog group CREW.<\/p>\n<p>CNN on Monday aired a two-minute audio clip of the conversation between Trump and others at his Bedminster, N.J., club in which he is heard saying \u201cthese are the papers\u201d while discussing classified materials.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a big pile of papers, this thing just came up. Look. This was him,\u201d Trump says in the recording, referring to Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mark Milley. \u201cThey presented me this \u2013 this is off the record but \u2013 they presented me this. This was him. This was the Defense Department and him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSee as president I could have declassified it,\u201d Trump says in the audio recording. \u201cNow I can\u2019t, you know, but this is still a secret.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we have a problem,\u201d a staffer says in the recording.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr2_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>Large sections of descriptions of the audio were already included in the Justice Department indictment unsealed earlier this month that detailed the case against the former president, in which prosecutors cited the 2021 conversation as an instance where Trump allegedly showed classified material to individuals without security clearances.<\/p>\n<p>But the audio quickly undercut two of Trump\u2019s defenses. He has repeatedly claimed that he declassified any materials he took with him after leaving the White House, though the audio indicates he was aware he did not declassify the document in question.<\/p>\n<p>The audio, which includes sounds of shuffling papers, also contradicted a recent claim Trump made to Fox <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>\u2019 Bret Baier that he may not have had a physical document with him at the time.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr3_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThere was no document. That was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about Iran and other things,\u201d Trump told Baier last week. \u201cAnd it may have been held up or may not, but that was not a document. I didn\u2019t have a document, per se.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked Tuesday in New Hampshire how the new audio squares with his comments to Baier, Trump did not repeat his claim that there was no document, but instead maintained he did nothing wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy voice was fine. What did I say wrong on those recordings? I didn\u2019t even see the recording. All I know is I did nothing wrong,\u201d Trump told Fox News Digital.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr4_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>The former president raged against Smith, the special counsel on Truth <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Social<\/a>, calling him \u201cderanged\u201d and accusing the Justice Department of inappropriately leaking information, though the source of the recording was unclear.<\/p>\n<p>Legal experts viewed the audio recording as yet another significant strike against Trump\u2019s defense.<\/p>\n<p>Andrew Weissman, a former federal prosecutor who worked on special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s team that investigated Russian interference in the 2016 election, called the recording one piece of a \u201cmountain\u201d of evidence Smith\u2019s team has against Trump.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr5_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThis is a question now of simply, will the government get a trial before the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> election, will a jury actually follow the law and the facts, and will the electorate follow the facts and care? That\u2019s really what this is about,\u201d he said on MSNBC.<\/p>\n<p>Trump earlier this month pleaded not guilty to 37 counts in a Department of Justice indictment alleging he violated the Espionage Act and obstructed justice in taking classified records from his presidency and refusing to return them. The indictment alleged Trump made false statements in a bid to conceal the classified materials from government officials.<\/p>\n<p>The political ramifications have been less immediate in the wake of Trump\u2019s second indictment of the year, with his first coming in Manhattan. In fact, there are signs Republicans have rallied around him as he faces federal charges.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr6_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>A Saint Anselm poll of New Hampshire Republicans conducted last week showed Trump had expanded his lead in the Granite State, drawing the support of 47 percent of those surveyed, compared to 19 percent who backed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R). A March Saint Anselm poll had Trump leading DeSantis 42 to 29.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re leading by a lot,\u201d Trump said Tuesday in New Hampshire. \u201cI mean, I\u2019d have to work really hard to blow this one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Still, even some of Trump\u2019s allies have acknowledged the former president has weaknesses that could drag him down in the general election if he wins the GOP nomination.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"ad-unit ad-unit--mr7_ab\"><\/aside>\n<p>\u201cTrump\u2019s policies are better, straightforward, than Biden\u2019s policies,\u201d Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) said Tuesday on CNBC.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan he win that election? Yeah, he can,\u201d McCarthy added, referring to the former president. \u201cThe question is, is he the strongest to win the election? I don\u2019t know that answer. But can somebody, can anybody beat Biden? Yeah, anybody can beat Biden. Can Biden beat other people? Yes, Biden can beat \u2018em. 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