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June 28th, 2023 
Awake Goy 
In an audio recording subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith, former President Donald Trump is heard showing people without security clearances a document that Trump describes as a “highly confidential” Pentagon plan to attack Iran. In the newest example of selective dedication to secrecy depending on whether it serves the establishment agenda, the recording appears to have been leaked, with CNN first to share the two-minute audio segment, followed by The New York Times and others.
The recorded conversation was referenced in the 49-page indictment of Trump, who was charged on June 8 with 31 counts of violating the Espionage Act of 1917 via “willful retention” of classified records, along with six charges relating to false statements or obstruction of justice in regard to his alleged efforts to impede the special counsel investigation.
Trump’s statements in the recording appear to contradict two defenses he’s publicly advanced regarding the case:
In a Fox News interview earlier this month, Bret Baier asked Trump about the part of the indictment that describes the conversation. Trump denied that he was showing a classified document, claiming he was only sharing “newspaper stories, magazine stories and articles.” In the recording, however, he refers to a Pentagon plan that is “secret” and “like, highly confidential.”
Trump has claimed he declassified any documents that were in his possession, even saying he could “declassify…even by thinking about it.” However, as he talks about the Iran attack plan in the recording, Trump says, “See, as president I could have declassified it, but now I can’t.”
Present at the July 2021 conversation at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, New Jersey were Trump, a writer and a publisher working on an autobiography for former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, and at least two Trump aides.
Special counsel Jack Smith subpoenaed a copy of the tape that was in the possession of Trump’s current deputy director of communications, Margo Martin, who was one of the aides present for the conversation.The 27-year-old Oklahoma native was questioned about the recording during a grand jury appearance.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/listen-recording-trump-shares-classified-plan-attack-iran
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