Newsweek reports:
Donald Trump’s claim that he “didn’t have to” hand over classified documents that were being sought under federal subpoena has been leaped upon as proof he is admitting wrongdoing.
In a Fox News town hall with Laura Ingraham, Trump was asked why he didn’t save himself “a lot of trouble” by returning the sensitive and top secret materials the government had asked for.
“First of all, I didn’t have to hand them over. But second of all I would have done that, we were talking, and then all of a sudden they raided Mar-a-Lago,” Trump said. “I was allowed to do what I did,” he said. “Absolutely allowed.”
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Ingraham: Why didn’t you just hand over the classified documents when they requested them?
Trump: I didn’t have to hand them over. pic.twitter.com/MFagCcCSnQ
— Acyn (@Acyn) February 21, 2024
Smith: Your Honor, the Government introduces Exhibit “1” for the record.
Cannon: Exhibit is admitted.
Smith: Your Honor, the Government rests. https://t.co/ddWt3h6rJr
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) February 21, 2024
So, we’re just supposed to what, forget that he originally claimed the documents he says here knew he had and was allowed to keep, were “planted by the FBI.” https://t.co/1F4r9yU6dk
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) February 21, 2024
Oh heyyyyy @TheJusticeDept https://t.co/leLbJu96rm
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) February 21, 2024