Donald Trump responds to bombshell audio tape: 'Everything I did was right'

The audio recording prosecutors are reported to have obtained was recorded at Trump's golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey.

During a meeting with people who were helping to write the autobiography of former White House chief of staff, Trump is said to have brought up that he was in possession of a classified document while discussing media reports at the time which detailed how his Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley talked Trump down from attacking Iran in the final few days of his presidency.

Trump is alleged to have discussed how he had a secret Pentagon paper from Milley and said that if he was allowed to show it to those at the meeting—who did not have security clearance to view classified materials—that it would undermine what Milley was saying. The sound of papers rustling is said to be heard in the audio recording, although it is unclear if Trump was holding the classified document in question at the time.

The audio was recorded by Trump aide Margo Martin, who regularly taped conversations the former president had with authors to ensure his comments were reported accurately.Trump has long claimed that he had used his powers as president to declassify all the documents which were recovered at his Mar-a-Lago resort in August 2022 after he left office.

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