Trump denies wrongdoing after it was reported he wrote to-do lists on classified documents

Former aide Molly Michael said Trump wrote tasks and requests on the back of notecards she later recognised as sensitive White House materials

A Trump spokesperson dismissed the report as ‘illegal leaks’ and denied wrongdoing. Trump faces charges of illegally storing classified documents

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Donald Trump speaking at a Republican Party rally in Rapid City, South Dakota. File photo: Reuters

Published: 5:47am, 19 Sep 2023Updated: 9:18am, 19 Sep 2023

Donald Trump has denied wrongdoing after a report on Monday said that one of the former US president’s long-time assistants told federal investigators he repeatedly wrote to-do lists for her on documents from the White House marked classified.

The aide, Molly Michael, told investigators that more than once she got requests or tasks from Trump written on the back of notecards that she later recognised as sensitive White House materials, ABC News reported on Monday, citing sources.

The notecards had visible classification markings used to brief Trump while he was still in office about phone calls with foreign leaders or other international matters, the news outlet said.

Michael became Trump’s executive assistant in the White House in 2018 and continued to work for him when he left office. She resigned last year, in the wake of Trump’s alleged refusal to comply with federal requests, ABC News said.

A Trump spokesperson dismissed the report as “illegal leaks” and denied wrongdoing.

Trump, the front-runner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, has been charged along with two aides with illegally storing troves of classified documents at his personal residence and lying to federal investigators who sought to retrieve them.

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