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
Of. kaitlan collins shares the byline tonight s exclusive along with caitlin polantz can paula reid who joins us now. what is on this recording? let s set the stage. this was the summer of 2021 at trump s bedminster golf club. and in attendance at this meeting were several of his aides as well as two people working on an autobiography for from a former chief of staff mark meadows. meadows was not at this meeting but at this time trump had a habit of asking his aides to record conversations with journalists, writers, anyone working on a book. so this is not a secret recording. we are told on this recording trump can be heard disclosing that he had in his possession a classified pentagon document discussing a possible attack on the iran. as you noted, on the tape you can hear him it sounds like wrestling paper, waving something, but it s unclear