Anger toward Gen. Milley may have led Trump to discuss documents, adding to indictment evidence

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

41% : He told them, according to the indictment, "the plan was 'highly confidential' and 'secret'" and added, "'as president, I could have declassified it,' and 'Now I can't, you know, but this is still a secret.'"Attorneys for Trump informed the Justice Department that they've not been able to locate a classified document related to Iran sought by investigators that was discussed during a recorded meeting, two people with knowledge of the case confirmed to CBS News.
39% : The audio from that July 2021 conversation at Trump's club in Bedminster, N.J., includes remarks related to Iran and how to confront it militarily, two people with knowledge of the case said, requesting anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly on the matter.
17% : In one story, a July 2021 New Yorker article, journalist Susan Glasser depicted Milley's efforts in the last days of the Trump administration to keep the president from attacking Iran.

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