A Democratic member of Congress suffered a slip-up while talking about former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents.
Stacey Plaskett (D), a nonvoting delegate representing the U.S. Virgin Islands in the House, appeared on MSNBC on Sunday and accidentally said the former president should be shot, then quickly corrected herself.
“Having Trump not only have had the codes, but now having the classified information for Americans and being able to put that out and share it in his resort with anyone and everyone who comes through should be terrifying to all Americans,” Plaskett said.
She added, “And he needs to be shot — stopped.”
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Virgin Islands Del. Stacey Plaskett on Trump’s classified docs case:
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Earlier this month, Trump was charged for his handling of classified documents.
Special Counsel Jack Smith hit Trump with 37 charges in the case, including 31 counts of willful retention of national defense information, one count of conspiracy to obstruct justice, one count of corruptly concealing a document or record, one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation, and one count related to making false statements.
The filing states, “The classified documents Trump stored in his boxes included information regarding defense and weapons capabilities of both the United States and foreign countries; United States nuclear programs; potential vulnerabilities of the United States and its allies to military attack; and plans for possible retaliation in response to a foreign attack.”
“The unauthorized disclosure of these classified documents could put at risk the national security of the United States, foreign relations, the safety of the United States military, and human sources and the continued viability of sensitive intelligence collection methods,” it added.
Smith also alleges Trump showed classified documents to people in two instances.
One incident listed in the filing allegedly occurred in July 2021 during a meeting with a writer.
According to the filing, Trump sought to refute a claim he approached the Pentagon about attacking a country. CNN previously reported on the existence of a recording of the meeting where it appears he showed a classified document to the writer.
“Isn’t that amazing? This totally wins my case, you know. Except it is like, highly confidential,” Trump said according to the filing.
The former president insists he is innocent in the case.
