(WASHINGTON) Former US President Donald Trump, who is facing charges over his careless handling of state secrets after leaving the White House, defended himself in an interview with Fox News on Sunday, saying he was “too busy” to sort through these classified documents. .
In this high-stakes interview that aired Monday night on the conservative channel, Mr. Trump, 77, who will try to regain the presidency next year, said that after his hasty departure from the White House in January 2021, his personal effects were mixed with government documents.
“I personally shoved them out, but people put them in their luggage and we left. I had clothes in it, and I had all kinds of personal items in it — a lot of stuff.” “I have every right to have these boxes,” he said.
When asked by Fox News reporter Bret Baer why he didn’t turn over the documents at the request of federal agents, Mr. Trump replied, “Since I have boxes, I wanted to dig through those boxes to get all my personal baggage out. I didn’t want to give them back… Until now,” he said.
“I’ve been very busy, as you can see,” he added.
Mr. Trump appeared a week ago before a federal judge in Miami to be formally notified of the 37 charges against him as part of an investigation that opened after an FBI search of his Florida mansion last August.
The former Republican president is accused of endangering the security of the United States by keeping classified documents, including military plans or information related to nuclear weapons, in a bathroom or storage room at his luxury residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, rather than flipping through. them to the National Archives.
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