If only the document(s) was taken merely for fun, then it would be less significant that
Attorneys for Donald Trump turned over material in mid-March in response to a federal subpoena related to a classified US military document described by the former president on tape in 2021 but were unable to find the document itself, two sources tell CNN.
Prosecutors issued the subpoena shortly after asking a Trump aide before a federal grand jury about the audio recording of a July 2021 meeting at Trump’s golf course in Bedminster, New Jersey. On the recording, Trump acknowledges he held onto a classified Pentagon document about a potential attack on Iran.
Prosecutors sought “any and all” documents and materials related to Mark Milley, Trump’s chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Iran, including maps or invasion plans, the sources say. A similar subpoena was sent to at least one other attendee of the meeting, another source tells CNN.
In this clip I called our former president a “nihilistic moron.”
— George Conway 🇺🇦 (@gtconway3d) June 6, 2023
Upon reflection, I recognize that this comparison was deeply unfair to nihilistic morons, and for that I sincerely apologize. https://t.co/HDtLGkYjB2
In mid-November, President Donald Trump was
joined by his son Eric Trump and the top executive of a Saudi Arabian real estate company to sign a deal that creates new conflict-of-interest questions for his just-launched presidential campaign.
The deal is with a Saudi real estate company, which intends to build a Trump-branded hotel, villas and a golf course as part of a $4 billion real estate project in Oman. The agreement continues a practice that had been popular for the Trump family business until Mr. Trump was elected president — selling branding rights to an overseas project in exchange for a generous licensing fee.
The Trump Organization also hosted the Saudi-government-backed LIV Golf tournaments at the family-owned golf clubs in New Jersey and Florida. The Saudi government’s $620 billion Public Investment Fund has financed the LIV Golf effort, which then paid venues like Trump National Doral in Miami and Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey to host two of its tournaments this year.
The Trump administration, including Jared Kushner, Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, had close ties with Saudi Arabia during Mr. Trump’s tenure in the White House. Mr. Kushner has also received financial support from the Saudi government, a $2 billion investment in his newly formed private equity firm, Affinity Partners.
Only this year, the relation between Riyadh and Tehran has started to normalize. However, during the last presidential Administration
Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain supported U.S. President Donald Trump’s “maximum pressure” campaign, which included over 1,500 new sanctions and belligerent rhetoric, all aimed at isolating and weakening Iran.
The Trump family had a serious and lucrative financial arrangement with Saudi Arabia. At a time of maximum tension and belligerence between Riyadh and Tehran, President Trump apparently squirreled away a document pertaining to a possible attack on Iran. This doesn't quite prove that a document about Iran, then a mortal enemy of the Kingdom, was taken as a quid pro quo or payment to Saudi Arabia. But as Mark Felt famously advised, "just follow the money."
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