There are MORE Trump tapes: The Justice Department has ‘multiple’ tapes of the ex-president in the classified documents case – including his boasting of files detailing an attack on Iran
- Prosecutors gave evidence to Trump team as part of discovery process
- It includes “interviews” conducted with non-governmental entities
- Authorities also plan to use Trump’s own public statements as evidence.
Government handed over copies of ‘interviews’ former President Donald Trump gave in preparation for his trial on Espionage Act document charges – indicating prosecutors are relying on more than one tape as evidence.
The government shared the information as part of the discovery process in preparation for a trial due to begin in August.
The government’s 37-count indictment quotes directly from an interview Trump — conducted at his club in Bedminister, New Jersey, with a writer and editor of former chief of staff Mark Meadows’ book. This conversation includes key information where Trump brandishes what he says is classified information while discussing a plan to attack Iran.
According to the government’s response to the court’s discovery order, prosecutors produced ‘interviews of defendant Trump conducted by non-governmental entities, which were recorded with his consent and obtained by the Office of Special Counsel during the trial. investigation into this matter, including the July 21, 2021 taped interview that Defendant Trump provided to an editor and writer named in part in the indictment.
Prosecutors provided lawyers for former President Donald Trump with ‘interviews’ the former president conducted with ‘non-governmental entities’
It does not provide further information about the substance of the interview, or whether or not it came from a traditional media entity.
Prosecutors also turned over “public statements made by the accused Trump, including public statements cited in the indictment.”
This follows claims by legal experts that Trump may have admitted key facts in the case during a Fox Newthe interview interview where he defended his conduct even stating that he had documents at home, during a media tour where he repeatedly called government investigations a “witch hunt”.
When asked in the interview why he didn’t hand over the documents requested by the government, Trump replied, “Because I had boxes. I want to go through the boxes and take out my personal belongings. I don’t want to put it back to [the Archives] Again. And I was very busy, as you kind of saw.
The filing also lists government witnesses who will testify at trial.
And he says Trump’s attorneys can contact the federal government “to arrange for inspection of unclassified items seized at Mar-a-Lago on August 8, 2022” during an FBI search of the president’s home and club. private golf course.
Both parties are engaged in the discovery process, where prosecutors must share the evidence they have collected about the accused. Information about indicted co-conspirator Walt Nauta has yet to be shared.
Authorities also plan to use Trump’s own public statements as evidence.
Special Counsel Jack Smith leads the Trump investigation
As the filing indicates, Trump did not speak to the federal grand jury which handed over the 37-count indictment.
His longtime man and assistant Walt Nauta, however, did. Some of his statements are included in the indictment, which accuses Trump of willfully withholding national security information and accuses the couple of conspiring to conceal information from the grand jury and the FBI.
Prosecutors also released Nauta’s May 26 interview with the FBI and his June 21 grand jury testimony.
Nauta has an arraignment scheduled for next week. Trump pleaded not guilty at his own arraignment in Miami, then flew to Bedminster and lambasted prosecutors in a speech.
Prosecutors also said they would disclose any promises of immunity or leniency – following a report in dailymail.com that it may be too late for Nauta to try to ‘turn around’ Trump and to reach a cooperation agreement with the government.
