One more important revelation comes to be added to the evidence that “burns” him Donald Trump on charges of leaking sensitive information to people outside the White House during his administration. THE Australian billionaire, Anthony Pratt, in a telephone call, he admits that the former president of USA he had called to tell him that he had just bombed Iraq, while details of the operation were classified.
Pratt, chairman of paper and packaging company Visy Industries, has been a staunch supporter of Trump during his presidency, forming such a close relationship that he became a member of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Club.
According to a joint survey of the show “60 Minutes Australia”her “Sydney Morning Herald” and her “The Age”at the end of 2019 Pratt received a call from Trump shortly after he had ordered airstrikes in Iraq. In the recording, obtained by the three outlets, Pratt appears to talk about some of his communications with Trump. “I haven’t even heard of it, it hasn’t been on the news yet and he said to me, ‘I just bombed Iraq.'”
The investigation does not reveal who Pratt discussed this information with, but he added that Trump shared other information with him, such as a private communication he had with then-Iraqi President Barham Salih after the strikes.
“He told me, ‘I just bombed Iraq today and the president of Iraq called me and said, ‘He just leveled my city.'”, Pratt recounts what the former US president told him. In fact, Trump reportedly replied cynically to Salih: “Okay, what are you going to do about it?”
The recording does not reveal which military operation Trump is referring to, but the timing of the calls points to a series of airstrikes on five facilities in Iraq and Syria allegedly linked to the Iranian-backed group Kata’ib Hezbollah and which took place in December 2019.
In “60 Minutes Australia”, where the document was presented, Mr John Bolton, Trump’s former national security adviser, said the disclosure by the former president could have compromised the safety of any pilots or military personnel who may still be on the ground. “That’s why the announcement of military strikes is often delayed for a period of time so that we can be sure that those who carried them out have returned safely to their base,” Bolton said.
Trump’s apparent habit of sharing sensitive government information with Pratt recently became a subject of interest to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s team at the Department of Justice. Federal prosecutors subpoenaed Pratt as part of their investigation into him Trump’s handling of classified documents and information. An indictment related to the case charges Trump with a total of 40 criminal counts.
In the depositions, Pratt said the former president shared details about U.S. nuclear submarines, along with claims about the number of warheads they could carry and how close they could get to a Russian submarine without detection, according to ABC News .
Pratt appeared to show some admiration for Trump in the secret recording, noting, for example, how the former president knows “exactly what to say and what not to say to avoid conviction and prison time.” But he also points out that Trump usually said “whatever he wanted.” “He has this ability to say outrageous things”Pratt said. “Non stop”.
Source: News Beast
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