CNN has obtained audio of former President Donald Trump allegedly speaking about classified documents.

In the Anderson Cooper 360 issue on Monday, the host shared the U.S. military’s war plans against Iran with those who are not authorized to access that information, in audio never before heard publicly. claimed to have been exposed. He claimed the recording took place in July 2021 at Trump’s club in Bedminster, New Jersey.

Cooper said Trump shared the documents with the author of Mark Meadows’ memoir, the publisher, and two of Trump’s staffers.he insists on voice recording play It is a “core part” of federal prosecutor Jack Smith’s case against the former president. (Related article: Obama says Trump indictment shows ‘no one is above the law’)

The audio begins with President Trump joking with staff about an alleged “coup” against him.

“That was your coup, I disagree with you,” said the staff member. “when millie talks “Oh, you were trying to make a coup,” he said.No, they were going to do it before you swore,” the staff added, according to the recording..

The former president appears to have been shuffling through piles of papers, lamenting his relationship with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley.

“With Millie – let’s see or For example. he said i want to attack Iran. Isn’t it amazing? I have a big stack of papers. This is what happened. look. this was him They gave me this as a present. this is off the record, bThey gave me this as a present. this was him This was the Department of Defense According to the recording, President Trump said:

Others in the room could be heard reacting to what appeared to be classified documents.

“We saw some. this was him I didn’t do this, the was him various things, pAccording to the recording, President Trump said: “I just found out that IIsn’t that amazing?this isYou’re the clear winner in my lawsuit, you know? ”

The former president apparently keeps flipping through more documents.

“Except it’s like very high It’s confidential,” he said. according to the recording. “secret. This is confidential information. Look at this. “

The staff and Trump then exchanged a series of jokes about former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s email server.

“Hilary would print it you always know said the staff.

“She would send it,” Trump added. according to the recording. “No, she will send it to Anthony Wiener. Mr. Pervert.”

President Trump then appeared to share details of the conversation about the Iran war plan.

“I was just thinking, because we was talking about it. And you know, he said, ‘He wanted’ To attack Iran Mr Trump said. “This is what the military did, given to me I think you can probably do that, right? ”

According to CNN recordings, President Trump appears to have reaffirmed that the documents were still considered classified.

“As president, I could have declassified it,” Trump said. “Not now. But this is still a secret.”

“Yes,” said the staff member. “Now we have a problem.”