a closer look at the shadowy effort that s getting high-profile results getting the war in ukraine on to russian soil. we begin tonight with exclusive new reporting, the prosecutors investigating former president s handling of classified material have in their position a recording from the summer of 2021 in which the former president is telling people around him in a meeting at his golf rissoles or it in bedminster that he has held on to a pentagon document about a potential attack on iran. cnn s reporting this undercuts his argument that he declassified everything, and on the tape, as he spoke, it sounds like he was waving a piece of paper around, raising the question, was he holding the classified documents in question? which goes to what cnn s kaitlan collins asked him at cnn s town hall earlier this month. when it comes to your documents, did you ever show those classified documents to anyone? not really. i would have the right. two by the way, they were declassified
The presidential election is shameful and this merit-less investigation should cease wasting the american taxpayers money on democrat political jet objectives. so they re not saying anything about the contact context about what we re reporting? instead they reverted to some talking points we heard from the former president over the last five or six years relayed when investigations. but calling it harassment, referring to it is a witch hunt. but there is no denial that this recording exists or a reporting on what it says. thanks. good to get a better handle on this. we re joined by three people with long experience with classified material. andrew mccabe is co-host of the podcast jack. jack smith s special counsel. with this as well cnn legal analyst and deputy former deputy and mark hertling. how big of an investigative breakthrough or how important could this be for federal authorities? it s huge.