WASHINGTON — Donald Trump “must face consequences” for mishandling classified documents, former CIA Director Michael Hayden said in a new political ad that’s another indication of the degree to which the former president’s legal troubles will dominate the 2024 campaign.
“We don’t know who saw them, but we have to assume those documents were compromised,” Hayden says in the one-minute ad, which will begin running Monday in three presidential battleground states.
The ad — funded by the Republican Accountability Project — shows photos allegedly depicting classified document folders and boxes stacked up in common areas of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida. Trump was indicted last month on 37 felony counts stemming from his alleged handling of the documents.
