Trump claimed he "didn't have to" return classified materials and that they were safe at Mar-a-Lago surrounded by Secret Service at a Fox News Town Hall. Legal experts and others on social media said Trump's statement could be evidence against him. Trump is charged with illegally retaining classified documents after leaving office and obstructing attempts to retrieve them. Trump may have inadvertently provided Special Counsel Jack Smith with a "potential gift" by admitting he didn't need to return the documents.
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00:02 Donald Trump claimed that he didn't have to return classified materials and that they were safe at
00:06 Mar-a-Lago surrounded by Secret Service at a Fox News town hall. Legal experts and others on social
00:11 media said Trump's statement could be used as evidence against him. Trump is charged with
00:15 illegally retaining classified documents after leaving office and obstructing attempts to
00:19 retrieve them. Trump may have inadvertently provided special counsel Jack Smith with a
00:22 potential gift through his comments, admitting he didn't need to return the documents.
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