move them to other locations. i have to take all my things out. these boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things, golf shirts, clothing, pants, shoes. there were many things. not that i know of, but everything was declassified. according to the indictment you were here at bedminster on july 21, 2021, after you were no longer president and you were recorded saying you had a document detailing a plan of attack by another country, the iran attack plan. you remember that? it wasn t a document. i had lots of paper. i had copies of newspaper articles. i had copies of magazines. i know. this is specifically a quote. you re quoted saying the document was secret, adding that you could have declassified td while you were president, but, quote, now i can t. you know this is still secret and highly confidential. and the indictment cites the recording and testimony from
universe, could a department of defense top secret documents about a plan of attack, be considered personal. that is clearly an official document. he misspeaks about what he is charged with. even if he it s interesting that vice president pence talked about how it s premature for these republicans to be talking about pardon. he is right. they are already assuming that mr. trump is going to be found guilty. and it should be noted that a pardon is not an exoneration. so it s very interesting that they re all talking about a pardon. so, he is deflecting away and let s just trash the witnesses, let s just trust the pewter prosecutors. that s the strategy. that s why you are the legal expert. i couldn t have said it better. before i let you go, i have to ask you about this indictment of daniel penny. daniel penny, for folks out there, he was the subway rider who is chokehold resulted in
i hadn t had a chance to go through all the boxes. it s a long, tedious job. takes a long time, which i was prepared to do, but i have a very busy life. reporter: but prosecutors say they have trump on tape showing off a pentagon document outlining a potential plan of attack on iran. and admitting, as president i could have declassified, but now i can t. and they charge that trump tried to obstruct the investigation by suggesting that his attorney hide or destroy documents. at one point saying, wouldn t it be better if we just told them we don t have anything here? today, his former vice president and now rival for the republican nomination, mike pence, calling the actions described in the indictment reckless. that jeopardizes our national security, puts at risk the men and women of our armed forces. reporter: still, other trump rivals now indicating they would pardon him. i would be inclined in favor of a pardon. reporter: but another trump opponent, former new jer
six felonies related to the cover-up. in the 44-page indictment. paints a damning picture of the former president, with a reckless disregard for the nation s most closely held secrets. it cites two examples of trump showing classified, national security information, information he was no longer entitled to possess. let alone to share to visitors to his new jersey golf club. in one instance, trump showed a writer, a publisher, and two members of his staff all of whom who had no security clearance, a copy of a plan of attack, that according to a recording, trump himself described as highly confidential. trump can be heard on that recording, referring to the document as, quote, secret. trump s careless treatment of the nation s most sensitive security information is laid out not just in black and white checked. as photographic evidence. take a look here. you can see boxes of documents that were taken from the white house that were stored at mar-a-lago. stacked up in ballrooms.
former president, with a reckless disregard for the nation s most closely held secrets. it cites two examples of trump showing classified, national security information, information he was no longer entitled to possess. let alone to share to visitors to his new jersey golf club. in one instance, trump showed a writer, a publisher, and two members of his staff all of whom who had no security clearance, a copy of a plan of attack, that according to a recording, trump himself described as highly confidential. trump can be heard on that recording, referring to the document as, quote, secret. trump s careless treatment of the nation s most sensitive security information is laid out not just in black and white checked. as photographic evidence. take a look here. you can see boxes of documents that were taken from the white house that were stored at mar-a-lago. stacked up in ballrooms. and later, a bathroom. you can see a toilet there on the left. in courting to the indictment, this is where