Trump showed off a classified map during a 2022 plane trip, Raskin alleges in letter

Key Points:

• A newly released letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin reveals that President Trump showed a classified map during a 2022 flight to his New Jersey golf club and retained a highly sensitive record from his first term, with only six people having access to it.
• The letter cites a January 2023 DOJ memo indicating prosecutors had evidence pointing to Trump’s possession of classified documents related to his business interests and that Susie Wiles, his future chief of staff, witnessed the classified map being shown on the plane.
• Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation led to felony charges against Trump for hoarding top-secret records and obstructing FBI efforts, including allegations of Trump boasting about holding a Pentagon “plan of attack.”
• Trump and his White House have denied wrongdoing, claiming he was entitled to keep the documents and had declassified them, while criticizing Democrats and the DOJ for politically motivated attacks.
• Raskin has requested more information from the DOJ about the classified map and plane passengers, accusing the Trump administration DOJ of selectively releasing documents and covering up evidence that Trump endangered national security for business interests.