CNN obtained the audio recording of a 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump discussed having secret documents he did not declassify.
19.06.2023 - 21:41 / deadline.com
Fox News has released a preview clip of anchor Bret Baier’s interview with Donald Trump, the former president’s first sit down since he was indicted last week on federal charges related to his withholding of classified documents.
According to the clip, Trump offered another explanation for why he didn’t just return the classified material, even in response to a subpoena: He was too busy to sort through the boxes where they were kept.
Baier also asked Trump about a central claim of the indictment: That he had an aide move the boxes to other locations after telling his attorneys he had fully complied with the subpoena. At least in the clip, Trump did not challenge that version of events.
The first part of the interview will air on Fox News’ Special Report at 6 p.m. ET on Monday, and the second part the following evening.
In the clip, Baier noted to Trump that the National Archives and Records Administration asked for the return of the documents.
“No. And I gave them some,” Trump said.
“Baier responded, “And then they said they went to DOJ to subpoena you to get it.”
Trump responded, “Which they’ve never done before.”
Baier then asked, “Why not just hand them over then?”
“Because I had boxes. I want to go through the boxes and get all my personal things out. I don’t want to hand that over to NARA yet. And I was very busy as you have sort of seen.”
Baier added, “Yeah, but according to the indictment, you then tell this aide to move to other locations after telling your lawyers to say you’d fully complied with the subpoena when you hadn’t.”
Trump responded, “Before I send boxes over, I have to take all my things out. These boxes were interspersed with all sorts of things.”
In an interview with Martha MacCallum on Monday
CNN obtained the audio recording of a 2021 meeting in which former President Donald Trump discussed having secret documents he did not declassify.
told MSNBC anchor Jen Psaki on Sunday’s “Inside With Jen Psaki.” “We have to do everything to make sure that a person so frivolous with our democracy, so jeopardizing of our national security, so disrespectful of our rule of law, would [never] be president of the United States once again.”Despite the growing pile of evidence against Trump, the Speaker Emerita also noted her hesitancy to say there’s no way he could win again since she “never thought he could win the first time.” As the pair discussed Trump’s recent indictment — to which he pleaded not guilty to 37 federal counts regarding the illegal retention of classified documents as well as obstructing justice and making false statements — Psaki pointed out that some of the documents found at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence were the highest level classifications possible.“Knowing what you know about former President Donald Trump, we know he has an affection for dictators,” Psaki said. “Do you have concern, without us knowing at this point, of what he may have wanted to do with those documents?”While Pelosi didn’t give a definitive answer to Psaki’s inquiry, the California representative underlined the extent to which Trump “seriously jeopardized our national security,” which went against protecting important security documents that he expressed as a priority during his candidacy.
Prince Harry reportedly had multiple podcast ideas during his and Meghan Markle’s partnership with Spotify, however, none of them ever materialized.
MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” host Joe Scarborough couldn’t help but laugh at Donald Trump’s confusion over his own policy.In an interview with Fox News’s Brett Baier that aired Tuesday night, Baier tripped Trump up by deflating his recollection of Alice Johnson, a woman sentenced to jail for selling marijuana. The former president said he used his pardon powers to commute Johnson’s sentence in 2018, but Baier quickly pointed out that Johnson would face the death penalty under Trump’s proposal of imposing the death penalty on convicted drug dealers.“That’s a perfect example of just how clueless Donald Trump is on policy.
OMG this interview is the gift that keeps giving for Donald Trump critics!
Fox News’s Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum will moderate the first Republican primary debate on Aug. 23.
Donald Trump’s trial on federal charges of withholding classified documents is scheduled to start on August 14, a date that is likely to change.
Charna Flam A producer for Fox News who had previously worked on “Tucker Carlson Tonight,” Alex McCaskill, has exited the network after he was considered responsible for Tuesday’s on-air headline that referred to President Joe Biden as a “wannabe dictator.” In its entirety, the headline read: “Wannabe dictator speaks at the White House after having his political rival arrested.” The chyron was featured during a broadcast covering the indictment of former President Donald Trump. According to the Associated Press, Fox issued a statement the following morning saying that the chyron had been taken down and “addressed.” McCaskill then sent in his letter of resignation but was met with a request for an immediate departure, the AP reported.
Stephen Rodrick Fox News’ Jesse Watters is having a busy week, displaying all the talent that has led him to being the host of “Jesse Watters Primetime”and chief instigator on “The Five.” Here’s a quick list. (1) He pissed on helping the homeless: “You can’t subsidize antisocial behavior you have to stigmatize it. These are people that have failed in life and they’re on their deathbed.” 2. He casually explained that Donald Trump was just “sifting through [documents] and determining which were personal and which were presidential.” 3. He compared not letting RFK Jr. come on his show to making a girl beg for a date. 4. He misidentified “The Five” panel member Jessica Tarlov as “Katie.” 5. In another episode, Watters cut off Tarlov, aka Katie, and threatened to “smack” her with his copies of the Presidential Records Act.
Melania Trump has been showing off her street style lately. The former first lady was photographed in New York City preparing for Donald Trump’s birthday.
Former President Donald Trump was arrested Tuesday in Miami, Florida, and officially charged with 37 counts related to the alleged mishandling of more than 100 classified documents containing national security secrets.Trump was set to appear in a federal court where he was expected to plead not guilty to charges including conspiracy to obstruct justice and willful retention of defense records.At his initial court appearance, Trump was to be represented by attorney Todd Blanche, who is also representing Trump in hush-money criminal case involving Stormy Daniels in New York. In addition to Blanche, Trump is also being represented by former Florida Solicitor General Chris Kise.
cease-and-desist letter from Fox News – dropped a third episode of his Twitter show in the immediate wake of Donald Trump’s indictment, suggesting that the former president “sealed his fate” on February 16, 2016.“That’s the day Donald Trump made a blood enemy of the largest and most powerful organization in human history, which would be the federal government,” Carlson said. On that day, nearly nine months before the 2016 election, the Republican Party held a primary debate in South Carolina, during which then-candidate Trump said: “We should have never been in Iraq. We have destabilized the Middle East.
“I mean, or not,” Reid continued. “This is Donald Trump we’re talking about, so what mattes in life are things: gold toilets, celebrity tchotchke collections, gold bathroom chandeliers, gold in the gold ballroom – or the Shauquille O’Neal sneakers he bragged about to a Wall Street Journal reporter back in 2015.”(That story is true, and the whole exchange was clipped in the segment, all of which is worth a watch above.)It was all a setup for Reid’s crack conclusion that Donald Trump just likes stuff.“But we’ve always known this about Trump, right? – that he’s kind of a weird, old hoarder guy with the taste level of a mega millions lotto winner from the 1980s, mashed up with that guy you went to high school with Who still wears the letter jersey from his 11th grade football championship.”The boxes, and the documents they contained, were no more than souvenirs.“That explains why he would leave office with a mania to cling to icons of power,” Reid said.
William Earl Donald Trump has arrived at a federal courthouse in Miami, where he was placed under arrest and booked on federal charges prior to his court appearance, where he will be arraigned in front of a magistrate judge, according to the New York Times. He is not expected to be fingerprinted or made to take a mug shot. The former president has been accused of mishandling classified documents in an indictment that was filed on June 8. Trup’s attorney Todd Blanche told press that his client would be entering a “not guilty” plea. Alina Habba, a lawyer for Trump, spoke to reporters at the courthouse, explaining why he was given different treatment compared to other defendants. “President Trump is in a very unique position where he does not need to be given a mugshot, obviously,” she said. “He’s not a flight risk. He is the leading candidate of the GOP at the moment. He is going through a process that has been coordinated with the Secret Service and it will all be handled seamlessly.”
Fox News edged out MSNBC in total viewers and a key demographic in total day and primetime on Tuesday, when Donald Trump’s arraignment in Miami dominated coverage.
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is running as a Republican candidate in the 2024 presidential race and appeared Wednesday on Fox News, taking aim at the likely Democratic incumbent and current president, Joe Biden.Christie targeted Biden even after “America’s Newsroom” ran graphics and discussed the fact Donald Trump is not only handily polling ahead of Ron DeSantis but leading a pack of also-rans that include Christie, who was shown as polling at a meager 2% in the Republican race.“Record inflation, botched withdrawal from Afghanistan, sending the country into an educational tailspin because we’re excluding parents from their children’s education,” Christie reeled off, taking a page out of the DeSantis playbook before show host Bill Hemmer interrupted. “The border,” Hemmer said, blankly.A light bulb then went off for Christie.“But wait a second Bill,” the former CNN political analyst said, after Hemmer chimed in that Trump had more success with his Mexican border policies.
Ivanka Trump wished her father the best over his birthday. The message comes in the midst of Donald Trump’s problems with the law, and is paired with multiple images of him over the years. Ivanka Trump stunned at royal wedding with two stylish party dressesWho wore it best? Ivanka Trump wears the same gown as Kate Middleton to her daughter’s bat mitzvahIvanka Trump wears all-white ensemble to synagogue after Donald Trump’s indictmentA post shared by Ivanka Trump (@ivankatrump)The post shows Trump over the years, posing with his children and his ex-wife, Ivana Trump.
CNN and MSNBC decided to skip live carriage of former President Donald Trump’s post-arraignment speech at Mar-A-Lago on Tuesday night, leaving Fox News as the only major cable news network to cover it live.
Donald Trump’s indictment on federal charges last week helped propel MSNBC to a weekly ratings win in primetime.
Ivanka Trump and her husband Jared Kushner were spotted attending the synagogue with their two kids following her father’s second indictment. The former first daughter was spotted in Miami over the weekend, following news of Donald Trump’s alleged mishandling of official documents.