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DOJ accuses Trump of showing off classified documents

Season 2023 Episode 160 | 9m 32s

The Justice Department has formally accused former President Trump of grossly mishandling classified documents. The newly unsealed indictment runs to 37 counts in damning detail. They allege Trump showed almost casual indifference to protecting secret material, that he defied demands to return the records and that he asked aides to hide them. Lisa Desjardins reports.

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