Hi there, OnPolitics readers. A crucial piece of evidence in the Justice Department's case against Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified documents was recently leaked. Let's get into it. What to know: An audio recording, which first aired Monday on CNN, features the former president discussing a document about Iran that, which described as "highly confidential," admitting he couldn't declassify because he'd left office. Why this matters: While disputing the leaked audio recording, he also warned supporters yesterday in New Hampshire that additional indictments may soon follow.

The set of Fox & Friends turned tense after co-host Steve Doocy posited that leaked audio of Donald Trump discussing “highly classified” documents was leaked by the former president’s team. Following a news report from Fox’s Gillian Turner, Doocy brought up the latest news in the criminal indictment of the former president: Trump telling Semafor reporter Shelby Talcott that his recorded comments were just “bravado.” “I would say it was bravado. If you want to know the truth, it was bravado. I was talking, and I was just holding up...

Fox News is calling out Former President Donald Trump for his defense of how he handled classified documents, even as evidence is leaked to the press in the unprecedented legal case brought against him. One major piece of evidence is a recently released audio clip from July 2021 in which he showed his aides some documents that he claimed in the clip were “secret.” “This was done by the military and given to me. See as president, I could have declassified it. Now I can’t, you know, but this is...

Donald Trump on Tuesday falsely claimed he’s the first person to be prosecuted under the Espionage Act in a social media post. “This case is about THE PRESIDENTIAL RECORDS ACT, affirmed by the CLINTON SOCKS CASE! Has nothing to do with the made up tale of the Espionage Act of 1917, which has never even been used!” the former president wrote on his Truth Social website. Trump isn’t even the only person charged under the Espionage Act in recent months. Airman Jack Teixeira was charged under the act just over...

In new audio obtained by CNN, former President Donald Trump speaks about classified documents in his possession. In the recording, which first aired on “Anderson Cooper 360” and was also obtained by CBS News, Trump is heard speaking with staffers as papers are shuffled. “It is, like, highly confidential, secret, this is secret information,” Trump says in the recording. “All sorts of stuff, pages long, look.” During the clip, Trump references documents he claims show Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wanted to attack Iran. At one...

New updates on former President Donald Trump’s legal battles: A leaked audio recording is putting the former president in the spotlight yet again. A new congressional report alleges that one government agency worked with Big Tech to censor free speech. We’ll break down the details and hear from two tech pioneers, who are working on new uncensored web browsers. The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that state courts do have a say over legislators when it comes to district maps, after North Carolina’s top court struck down a congressional districting plan....

Former President Donald Trump on Monday evening blamed Special Counsel Jack Smith, along with the Justice Department and FBI, for “illegally” leaking and spinning audio and a transcript of him to CNN, and said it was “actually an exoneration.” “The Deranged Special Prosecutor, Jack Smith, working in conjunction with the DOJ & FBI, illegally leaked and ‘spun’ a tape and transcript of me which is actually an exoneration, rather than what they would have you believe. This continuing Witch Hunt is another ELECTION INTERFERENCE Scam. They are cheaters and thugs!”...

An audio recording of former President Trump discussing a secret government document at his New Jersey club dealt the latest blow to his evolving and growing defenses against charges over his retention of classified information. The recording appeared to undercut a claim Trump had made just a week earlier, in which he suggested he may not have had a physical document that he was showing to guests without security clearances. Legal experts were quick to cite the recording, which was first published by CNN, as proof of the strength of...

Fox News covered the latest development in former President Donald Trump’s federal indictment Tuesday by playing his various contradictory statements back to back. Trace Gallagher, filling in for Bill Hemmer on America Reports, welcomed chief Washington correspondent Mike Emanuel to discuss the newly leaked audio recording of Trump discussing allegedly classified documents with staffers who didn’t have the clearance to see them. After the audio made its way into the media, Trump claimed the recording was an “exoneration” of the federal charges against him.