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Hugo Lowell in Washington

Prosecutors examined whether Trump disclosed classified map on plane after leaving office

Diagram of interior of airplane where passengers were sitting with date June 2022
Schematic manifest of Donald Trump’s private flight in June 2022, during which he allegedly disclosed a classified map. Photograph: US House judiciary committee

Federal prosecutors examined whether Donald Trump showed a classified map to people on his plane after his first term, including to his now White House chief of staff, Susie Wiles, according to justice department materials produced to the House judiciary committee.

The incident was described in a 13 January 2023 briefing memo prepared for the then attorney general, Merrick Garland – roughly six months before special counsel Jack Smith charged Trump with retaining classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago club.

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