Special counsel Jack Smith has questioned witnesses about the recording as part of the criminal probe into Trump’s handling of classified material.
Federal prosecutors have obtained an audio recording of former President Donald Trump acknowledging he kept classified documents after his time in the White House, according to CNN.
Reporters for CNN had not listened to the recording, but the outlet cited multiple sources who said the it shows Trump knowingly kept confidential information beyond his time as president. The classified documents detail a “potential attack on Iran,” per CNN’s sources.
The Department of Justice’s investigation into Trump’s mishandling of documents publicly began in August 2022, when FBI agents raided Trump’s Mar-A-Lago home in Florida to uncover a trove of documents, many of which were classified.
The former president has repeatedly denied wrongdoing and insisted he could hold onto sensitive documents from his time in office because the presidency granted him the power to “automatically” declassify the information.
