Soon after leaving office, the former president shared information with the billionaire member of Mar-a-Lago, according to people familiar with the matter.
| Shortly after he left office, former president Donald Trump shared apparently classified information about US nuclear submarines with an Australian businessman during an evening of conversation at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Florida, according to two people familiar with the matter.
According to another person familiar with the matter, Mr Pratt is now among more than 80 people whom prosecutors have identified as possible witnesses who could testify against Mr Trump at the classified documents trial, which is scheduled to start in May in US District Court in Fort Pierce, Florida.
During his talk with Mr Pratt, Mr Trump revealed at least two pieces of critical information about the US submarines’ tactical capacities, according to the people familiar with the matter. Those included how many nuclear warheads the vessels carried and how close they could get to their Russian counterparts without being detected.
Mr Trump had earlier returned hundreds of other documents he had taken with him from the White House, some in response to a subpoena.A spokesman for Mr Trump did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A spokesman for Mr Smith declined to comment. Representatives for Mr Pratt did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Still, it is not the first time Mr Trump has been known to share classified information verbally. During an Oval Office meeting in 2017 shortly after he fired FBI director James Comey, Mr Trump revealed sensitive classified intelligence to two Russian officials, according to people briefed on the matter.Well into his presidency, he also posted on X, formerly known as Twitter, a classified photo of an Iranian launch site.
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