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Trump heard on CNN tape discussing secret documents (www.bbc.com)

submitted 1 year ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@beehaw.org

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An audio recording in which Donald Trump appears to acknowledge keeping a classified document after leaving the White House has been obtained by US media.

In the recording, the former president is heard riffling through papers and saying: "This is highly confidential."

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[–] xgranade@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 1 year ago

There's that, absolutely, but I also think a lot of folks making the argument that Biden did it too don't actually believe the argument — it's just empty words they can use to shift the argument away from Trump.