Trump's classified documents: a president's secrets exposed

Shocking new evidence has emerged revealing the extent of former President Donald Trump's handling of classified documents, raising alarming security concerns. According to a memo from FBI investigators, the sensitive materials kept by Trump after leaving office were 'pertinent to his business interests' and commingled with other documents.

Access and mishandling

Some of the classified documents were so sensitive that only six people in the entire U.S. government had access to them, U.S. Representative Jamie Raskin said. Furthermore, a box of documents was scanned, stored on a Trump aide's laptop for nearly two years and uploaded to a cloud, raising further security concerns.

Trump apparently took classified documents on a June 2022 flight to his New Jersey golf club and showed a classified map to then top campaign official Susie Wiles and potentially others, according to his letter. Wiles now serves as White House chief of staff.

Political fallout

Senator Chuck Grassley's release of these files in an attempt to show that Smith's investigations were an illegitimate 'weaponization' of the justice system may have performed an all-time own goal, Raskin wrote. Instead, the documents provide a glimpse into a potentially damaging cover-up.