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Then theyll say, what was he holding in his hand? did you see what he was referring to when you hear the noise the paper makes. did you see any markings on that? so the witnesses are really going to add levels of detail and depth and personal observation to this incident. and its just going to leave an indelible impression on the minds of the jurors. really hard to imagine how they get out from under this. >> why is it different than just the transcript? >> because it brings the whole thing to l...

So cool. and you probably almost didnt believe me, but now you believe me. >> no, i believed you. >> incredible. >> there he is, in his own words. that audio is crucial evidence in federal prosecutors case against trump over his alleged mishandling of classified information after he left the white house. federal prosecutors charged him with putting national security secrets at risk. here is what he wre on truth soal. jack smith working in conjunction with the doj and fbi, illegally leaked transc...

>> reporter: well, phil and poppy, thats exactly what were looking at here. right? we had the transcript of this. we knew what the words were that donald trump had spoken because the justice department confirmed them in that indictment. it was words on a page. but this brings it to life. not just for us to hear now, but it is the sort of thing, the sort of piece of evidence that prosecutors will be playing in a courtroom to tell the story of this case. and particularly from what we can see in th...

Can trying to piece together for themselves and potentially eventually for a jury exactly what was going on here. >> laura, from a former federal prosecutors perspective, how strong is the tape if trump is saying there was a bunch of newspapers i was waving. >> well, the transcript. now to hear the audio of this is very hard to sort of disassociate the idea of it being a document in front of him. his comments about, it wasnt a document, per se, his comments about not having it, and then hearing ...

Theyre hard to listen to. but here, the jury is going to feel like it is in the room. and the other way the audiotape is crystal clear is incriminating mr. trump. it is an admission of the knowledge and control that prosecutors would have to prove under the espionage act. as you have just read, yasmin, trump literally says, look here, meaning, look at this illegal document, he knows that he possesses and he is not supposed to and he also says that he knows its secrets. as you said, we already kn...

>> this was somebody military and given to me. i think we can probably use it. >> we will have to see. yeah, we will try to figure out a way. >> see, as president declassified, it no i cant. you know, but this is -- >> now we have a problem. >> isnt that interesting? its so cool. i mean, here and -- you probably almost didnt believe me, but now you believe me. >> no i believe you. >> its incredible, right? it brings some -- please? -- but first, i do want to dig into this now with cnns kaitlan c...

Already pledged to pardon trump, which is interesting because he said that if these insane charges have been brought against him while he was in the military, he would have been court-martial. interesting double standard? >> yeah, van, when you actually heard the tape you probably read the transcript just like all of us. what did you think? >> well i thought that if you are any proof that there is a two tiered system of justice, the fact that donald trump is not and want to know right now under ...

These classified documents. it sort of goes to his state of mind, his intent, using this classified materials to essentially settle political scores with i guess someone who doesnt particularly like. so using classified information in that way i think is something that you know, the prosecutors would basically play this for the jury and rest a lot of their case on it essentially because it really does speak to his state of mind and exactly what he was thinking and also goes to this idea that he ...

Released a partial transcript of the meeting. last week, mr. trump denying there was a classified document at all. >> there was no document. that was a massive amount of papers and everything else talking about iran and other things. there was nothing to declassify. these were newspaper stories, magazine stories and articles. >> reporter: mr. trump, who has pleaded not guilty, was asked about the recording today. >> what did i say wrong on those recordings? i didnt even see the recording. all i ...

Digit heat, tomorrow lasting into the july 4th holiday. >> norah: thats hot. mike bettes, thank you. now, to the new audio recording obtained by cbs news a former president donald trump discussing secret documents at his golf club in bedminster, new jersey. cbss catherine herridge reports that the recording is likely a key piece of evidence in the federal governments classified documents case against trump. >> reporter: today, the former president defined on the campaign trail. >> we did nothing...