’Because you’re leading, that’s why’: Trump mocks classified documents saga

Former US president Donald Trump has not addressed a two-year-old recording where he mentions classified information in an unknown context to people who did not have the required security clearance. Mr Trump has instead accused Special Council Jack Smith of being “deranged” and of illegally leaking the audio which found its way to CNN. In a recent New Hampshire speech, Mr Trump said the attempts to arrest him as a 2024 US presidential candidate were because he was “leading“. “They don’t like it when we’re leading and we’re leading by a lot,“ Mr Trump said.