A former aide to former US President Donald Trump has told federal investigators that Trump repeatedly wrote to-do lists for her on documents marked classified. The ‘ABC News’ program reports this based on sources familiar with her statements.
The aide, Molly Michael, is said to have received requests or orders from Trump on more than one occasion that appeared on the back of sensitive White House material with visible classification marks. The documents contained information that helped Trump prepare for telephone calls and meetings with foreign leaders or other internationally related matters.
The to-do lists on the classified materials were located at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate when FBI agents searched the property on August 8, 2022, but were not taken by the FBI, according to ABC.
Michael became Trump’s White House executive assistant in 2018 and continued to work for him after he left office. She resigned last year in the wake of Trump’s alleged refusal to comply with federal requests.
A Trump spokesperson dismissed ABC’s report as “unlawful leaks” and denied wrongdoing by the former president.
Trump, along with two aides, has been charged with unlawfully storing large quantities of classified documents in his personal home and lying to federal investigators who tried to recover them. He says he is innocent.
In addition to this case in Florida, there are three other criminal cases against Trump: in Washington DC, New York and Georgia. The candidate for the Republican presidential nomination is being prosecuted for his role in the storming of the Capitol, criminal offenses in the payment of hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels and incitement to election fraud. He also pleads not guilty in these cases.
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