former president, with a reckless disregard for the nation s most closely held secrets. it cites two examples of trump showing classified, national security information, information he was no longer entitled to possess. let alone to share to visitors to his new jersey golf club. in one instance, trump showed a writer, a publisher, and two members of his staff all of whom who had no security clearance, a copy of a plan of attack, that according to a recording, trump himself described as highly confidential. trump can be heard on that recording, referring to the document as, quote, secret. trump s careless treatment of the nation s most sensitive security information is laid out not just in black and white checked. as photographic evidence. take a look here. you can see boxes of documents
occasions including at his golf club in new jersey in july of 2021 where during an audio recorded meeting with writer, publisher, and to me members of staff, he showed them, quote, a plan of attack. mr. trump said he was prepared and a senior military official saying, quote, as president, i could ve declassified it. now i can t. you know, this is still the secret. those comments seemingly a direct contradiction to the former presidents previous defense. i took what i took and it gets declassified. that using his power as commander-in-chief, he had already declassified the documents that he took to mar-a-lago. when your president of the united states, you can declassified by just saying it s declassified. this will begin return any classified documents pulled in mar-a-lago. the fbi ended up searching the property and the indictment alleges mr. trump obstructing investigators efforts including
told by his team that he is at the moment, and they are saying there is an audio recorded meeting with a writer, publisher, tomb of the members of his staff, none of whom possess the security clearance. he is describing a plan of attack, supposedly, and then in august, september, a 2021, again at westminster, he showed a representative of his action plan, a classified map, to someone without clearance, related to a military operation. those are just some of the bits i have read through. there is lots to delve through. thea;a the bits i have read through. there is lots to delve through. is lots to delve through. they say seized 11.000 is lots to delve through. they say seized 11,000 is lots to delve through. they say seized 11,000 they is lots to delve through. they say seized 11,000 they have - is lots to delve through. they say | seized 11,000 they have seized seized 11,000 they have seized 11,000 documents. some of those were marked as classified, some as top secret
document trump is said to have described as a, quote, plan of attack. tonight, erin, special counsel jack smith is vowing a very speedy trial arguing laws must be enforced as the indictment warrants trump risked exposing military and nuclear secrets of the united states and its allies. this is a special edition of the situation room. the federal indictment of donald trump. the first ever federal criminal indictment of a former u.s. president is stunning in the scope and the gravity of the allegations and the granular details laid out. our in depth coverage of the charges against donald j. trump. paula reid is joining us right now. paula, there s a lot to unpack,
safety and security of the united states, and they must be enforced. violations of those laws put our country at risk. reporter: the boxes were stored in various places around mr. trump s mar-a-lago home including a ballroom, a bathroom and shower, an office space, his bedroom, and a storage room. prosecutors attached photos to the indictment showing boxes stacked along the walls in storage rooms. another showing several documents spilling out of a box. mr. trump responding late today writing, the box contained newspapers and personal pictures. the indictment also alleges mr. trump showed classified information to people without security clearances on two occasions including at his golf club in new jersey in july of 2021 where during an audio recorded meeting with a writer, publisher, and two members of his staff he showed them, quote, a plan of attack that mr. trump was prepared for him by the department of