Posted on 06/27/2023 10:34:28 AM PDT by SoConPubbie
A recording of former President Donald Trump discussing General Mark Milley’s eagerness to start a war with Iran has been leaked, suggesting it confirms that President Trump was holding on to “secret information” at his Secret Service-guarded Mar a Lago residence.
The 45th president can be heard referring to “secret information” as the papers are discussed, with a staffer joking that Hillary Clinton would print such information out regularly. “[S]he’d send it to Anthony Weiner, the pervert,” Trump responds, prompting laughter.
The entire clip appears to be jocular in nature – a fact left out by CNN in its previous characterizations of the audio – which could only have been leaked to the network by the U.S. government itself, namely the Justice Department (DOJ) or Obama-linked prosecutor Jack Smith directly. Last week, a judge ordered that while Biden’s weaponized DOJ had leaked against Trump, that Trump was not allowed to leak to the press in return.
In the audio (below), Trump can be heard discussing with staff something referred to in or on one of the documents, stating: “[A]s president I could have declassified it. Now I can’t, you know, but this is still a secret.”
But it is still not clear whether Trump is talking about the documents themselves, in the audio, or something the documents may be referring to. As a result, a statement from the former President on Tuesday morning called the audio leak “an exoneration”:
The Deranged Special Prosecutor, Jack Smith, working in conjunction with the DOJ & FBI, illegally leaked and “spun” a tape and transcript of me which is actually an exoneration, rather than what they would have you believe. This continuing Witch Hunt is another ELECTION INTERFERENCE Scam. They are cheaters and thugs!
– Donald J. Trump, TruthSocial, June 26th.
The case is ongoing, as America draws closer to an election, with an unprecedented campaign from the government against one of its political opponents.
CNN Airs Clip of Trump Talking 'Secret Info'
The fact is, we trust the President will ALL our secret information, and we trust him to be prudent about to whom he chooses to disclose it, both while in office, and after he leaves office.
And it is WE THE PEOPLE who decide who is worthy of that trust. Not the government. They don’t get a vote in the matter.
I forgot. Only CIA, Pentagon and FIB allowed to leak classified info to the press. Except that the President has ultimate classification authority and when releasing information it is declassified.
Not a serious prosecution.
Trumped up charges for political purposes.
Trial by gossip, innuendo, misinformation…
Kafkaesque.
NOTHING EXONERATING ABOUT THAT RECORDING. You are more of a fool than you appear if you and Trump think the recording is exonerating.
Trump is not allowed to publicly discuss anything about the case, but the prosecutor can leak like a striped-assed ape.
Amazing...FBI illegally leaks again to poison the jury pool.
but whoever LEAKED this is subject to prosecution...
if someone secretly recorded classified info?? that’s treason.
I know- I work in such a location. I would not DARE brink a recording device inside.
NOTHING INCRIMINATING ABOUT THAT RECORDING. You are more of a fool than you appear if you and illegal leaker Jack Smith think the recording is incriminating.
I agree with that, dies not change the fact that Trump should not have said, “ I could have de- classified them, and didn’t.
Ah, but did Smith leak the recording. And incriminating? I guess you haven’t listened to the recording. Oh well, ignorance is bliss.
This is not the first time that Mr. Off has fabricated the law or the evidence. It seems to be habitual.
Trump said the document was not declassified.
Trump showed it to people without clearance.
Supposedly, the document is missing.
Trump has some explaining to do. I am willing to listen, but this is not good.
If Obama walked away with war plans and was caught sharing them with “friends”, the discussion here would be quite different.
Actually, it was.
It proved that Milley was a lying sack of crap (amongst a hundred other lying sacks of crap masquerading as Americans) when he boo hooed to the New Yorker about Trump wanting to nuke Iran.
Milley is a DS butt wipe and Trump is still the GOAT.
Given the number of times Trump has been proven right, I’m shocked you still believe the DS/MSM lies.
The left is now saying Trump’s team released the tape. What do you think?
You and Joseph Stalin would have gotten along famously. Kindred spirits. You’re so busy celebrating the rule of law being ended the for President Trump you haven’t figured out it’s ended for you, too. You are going to reap exactly what you are sowing, you dumb cow.
I can’t understand why you people lie and distort the truth.
Don’t you know Trump was running his mouth about a document that does not exist?
Don’t you know that’s why Smith leaked that tape?
You’re trying to defend Trump on stupid comments he made. Be glad they were not true.
Is this the same info that, if Trump released, would have been a violation of the gag order by the judge? Guess it would hurt the script of the RATS for Trump to get out in front if it, etc?
Let’s take a hypothetical: imagine Obama spoke the exact same words as Trump did in this audio. Would people say that Obama was exonerated by this recording? No this tape isn’t good for Trump. However the leaking of this audio tape isn’t good for the prosecution because judges can view this as jury tampering. Jack Smith wanted the list of witnesses to be kept secret for now but possibly someone from the prosecution leaked this audio tape. Judges should view this as prosecutorial misconduct.
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