New audio: Trump appears to discuss doc he didnt declassify

BUT LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THE TAPE COULD ULTIMATELY BE A CRITICAL PIECE OF EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM. >> YOU DID. >> DONE BY THE MILITARY, GIVEN TO ME. >> IN HIS OWN WORDS, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A AUDIO RECORDING THAT'S EXPECTED TO BE USED AS EVIDENCE IN HIS FEDERAL CASE APPEARS TO ACKNOWLEDGE HE KNOWINGLY HELD ON TO A CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT ABOUT A POTENTIAL ATTACK ON IRAN. THE TAPE

OBTAINED BY CNN SHOWS MR. TRUMP DISCUSSING WHAT HE CALLS THE, QUOTE, HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENT. >> LET ME SHOW YOU AN EXAMPLE. HE SAID THAT I WANTED TO ATTACK IRAN. ISN'T IT AMAZING? I HAVE A BIG PILE OF PAPERS. THIS THING JUST CAME UP. LOOK, THIS WAS IN HERE. THEY PRESENTED ME THIS, THIS IS OFF THE RECORD, BUT THEY PRESENTED ME THIS. >> THAT CONVERSATION, ACCORDING TO

INFORMATION. >> IN A FOX NEWS INTERVIEW LAST WEEK, THE FORMER PRESIDENT CLAIMING THERE WERE NO DOCUMENTS SHOWN IN THAT MEETING. >> THAT WAS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF PAPERS AND EVERYTHING ELSE TALKING ABOUT IRAN AND OTHER THINGS. THAT WAS NOT A DOCUMENT. I DID NOT HAVE A DOCUMENT, PER SE. THERE WAS NOTHING TO DECLASSIFY. >> BUT THE RECORDING APPEARS TO TELL A DIFFERENT STORY. >> AS PRESIDENT

I COULD DECLASSIFY, BUT NOW I CAN'T. >> THAT WOULD BE A PROBLEM. >> THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WHO PLED NOT GUILTY TO A 37-COUNT INDICTMENT, ACCUSING HIM OF TAKING CLASSIFIED NATIONAL SECURITY DOCUMENTS WITH HIM WHEN HE LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE AND THEN OBSTRUCTING THE GOVERNMENT'S EFFORTS TO GET THEM BACKLASHING OUT OVERNIGHT ON SOCIAL MEDIA, ACCUSING SPECIAL COUNSEL OF HAVING, QUOTE, SPUN THE TAPE AS WELL AS SAYING

THAT HE ILLEGALLY LEAKED IT AND CALLING IT AN EXONERATION. NBC NEWS REACHED OUT TO THE DOWN SPECIAL COUNSEL'S OFFICE, BUT HAVE NOT HEARD BACK. MR. TRUMP IS INSISTING HE DID