Fox Information host Sean Hannity twisted himself into knots attempting to spin a damning new recording of former President Donald Trump ― and bought laughed out the door on Twitter.
CNN on Monday obtained audio of Trump discussing delicate army paperwork in his possession after leaving the White Home and admitting he by no means declassified the fabric.
“See, as president I may have declassified it,” Trump mentioned within the clip. “Now I can’t, you recognize, however that is nonetheless a secret.”
Trump was indicted this month on 37 counts alleging the mishandling of categorized supplies and resisting authorities efforts to retrieve them. He pleaded not responsible and has repeatedly claimed all the pieces he took was mechanically declassified ― contradicting his feedback within the recording.
However that also wasn’t sufficient for Hannity.
“That doesn’t affirm for me whether or not or not particularly this doc was declassified or not,” Hannity instructed Fox Information viewers Monday evening. “Was that really the true doc, or was it a narrative he was telling?”
Twitter customers have been blown away by the psychological gymnastics:
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