Donald Trump showed US classified material to reporters while in office? | World News

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A former Donald Trump administration aide recalled an episode when officials were concerned the then-US president was not careful with his handling of classified information while talking to reporters, NBC News reported with a copy of Miles Taylor’s book. Miles Taylor is a top aide to Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen. He described an incident that showed Donald Trump’s aides believed he needed to show more care over state secrets and sensitive records.

Former US president Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a campaign event. (AFP)

Miles Taylor described hearing about Donald Trump’s interest in tapping the phones of White House aides to limit press leaks because he was angry with them when he was in office.

What is the event that Miles Taylor describes in his book?

Miles Taylor described an incident that occurred on October 18, 2018 when he was in a private meeting in the West Wing with John Bolton, then Donald Trump’s national security adviser. Then-White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders walked into John Bolton’s office and described an interview Donald Trump gave in the Oval Office in which he spoke to reporters about Jamal Khashoggi, the journalist who was killed by Saudi assassins in Turkey.

Sarah Sanders told John Bolton that the president took classified documents related to intelligence on Jamal Khashoggis death and showed them. John Bolton gasped at first, but was relieved when Sarah Sanders told him there were no cameras in the room, the book said.

However, we were all disturbed by the lapses in protocol and poor protection of classified information, writes Miles Taylor.

What did John Bolton say on the issue?

In an interview, John Bolton said that when Donald Trump would take briefings, aides would show him graphics, and that’s where the danger came that he would take something and hide it.

Asking Donald Trump to return the material given to him is not that easy, John Bolton said, adding, He is the president of the United States. Should you say, Mr. President, let’s be clear. We don’t trust you. Return the document to us.

What are the charges against Donald Trump?

Donald Trump is facing criminal charges for his handling of classified documents after he left office. In a redacted transcript of a 2021 conversation, Donald Trump even appeared to discuss a sensitive military document that he described as an attack plan against Iran.

I have a big pile of papers, Donald Trump can be heard saying amid the sounds of rustling papers. They presented it to me. This is off the record. But they showed me this,” he said.

Donald Trump has denied wrongdoing and pleaded not guilty in the case.

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