Former President Donald J. Trump faces 31 counts of willfully retaining national defense secrets. © Sophie Park for The New York Times Recently surfaced audio recordings of former President Donald J. Trump discussing classified documents in 2021 have raised doubts about his recent assertions. The recording, which is part of the evidence in Mr. Trump's ongoing trial for mishandling classified information, contradicts his claim that he was merely referring to news clippings. This blog post delves into the details of the audio recording and its implications for Mr. Trump's case. Background The two-minute audio recording, cited by federal prosecutors in the indictment against Mr. Trump, captured a conversation between him and a publisher/writer working on a memoir by his former chief of staff, Mark Meadows. The discussion took place in July 2021 at Mr. Trump's golf club in Bedminster, N.J. During the conversation, Mr. Trump referred to a "highly confidential" document
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