Former US President Donald Trump, accused of negligent handling of state secrets after leaving the White House, defended himself on Monday evening June 19 during an interview with the conservative channel Fox News, recorded on Sunday, during which he claimed to have been too much ” Busy “ to order these confidential documents.
In this unusually harsh interview, Donald Trump, 77, who will try to recapture the presidency next year, said that when he left the White House in January 2021, his belongings had been mixed with government documents.
“I for one rushed them out, but people packed them up and we left. I had clothes in it, I had all kinds of personal items in it, lots of stuff. » “I have every right to have these cards”he said.
Information about nuclear weapons in his toilet
When asked by Fox News reporter Bret Baier why he didn’t just hand over the documents at the request of federal agents, Donald Trump replied: “Since I had boxes, I wanted to rummage through those boxes to get all my belongings out. I didn’t want to put them back on… again”he said.
“I was very busy, as you can see”He added.
Donald Trump appeared a week ago before a federal judge in Miami (Florida) to be officially informed of the thirty-seven charges against him as part of the investigation opened after a search by the federal police (FBI) of his Florida villa in Mar – a-Lago in August 2022.
The former Republican president is accused of endangering the security of the United States by keeping confidential documents, including military plans or information on nuclear weapons, in the bathrooms or storage rooms of his luxury residence in Mar-a-Lago, instead of deliver them to the National Archives.
