"Trump's Damning Admission on Tape: Refusal to Declassify Secret Iran Documents"

Former US President Donald Trump's top lawyers, James Trusty and John Rowley, have departed his defense team after he was charged with willful retention of national defense secrets, conspiracy, obstruction of justice, and false statements. Trump has denied wrongdoing and accused prosecutors of trying to "destroy his life." The charges against Trump's valet, Walt Nauta, who followed him from the White House to Florida, were also revealed. An audio recording from 2021 in which Trump talks about an apparently secret document and says, "As president, I could have declassified it, but now I can't," has also been obtained by prosecutors. The recording undercuts a central claim that Trump has put forward since the investigation was opened last year.