Trump's legal team was unable to produce a classified document about the U.S. military allegedly in the former president's possession.
reported last week that prosecutors were looking into an audio recording in which he allegedly discussed keeping a classified military document about a potential attack against Iran during a July 2021 meeting at his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club.
Meanwhile, Trump's legal team told the DOJ they were unable to find this document in response to a subpoena for it, meaning its whereabouts remain unknown,Former President Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference on August 6, 2022, in Dallas. Trump's legal team not being able to produce an alleged classified document pertaining to the U.S.
Trump's team not being able to hand over the document to federal prosecutors may spell troubling news for his defense, Murray said during an appearance on"I think it is really important here—if you cannot find this document, if it is still missing, you still make the case that something has not been turned over properly. It has gone missing, which actually might strengthen Jack Smith's case about the retention of documents issue," Murray said on Sunday.
Murray warned that in addition to national security concerns raised by the allegedly missing document, the situation could also build mistrust among U.S. allies. "It makes it much harder for members of the intelligence community to function and to work with foreign intermediaries to keep us safe," she said."There's a lot here, and all of it goes to those questions around the nature of this act, which is about preventing national security information from being carelessly handled, from compromising the national security more broadly.
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