Trump: I Was “Absolutely Allowed” To Keep Those Docs

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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