Trump blasts newly released audio: It was bravado

BRAVADO AND THE PAPERS HE SHOWED OTHERS WERE NOT REALLY CLASSIFIED. THIS MORNING, DONALD TRUMP IS INSISTING THAT NEWLY SURFACED AUDIO RECORDING WAS ILLEGALLY LEAKED AND AMOUNTS TO ELECTION INTERFERENCE. >> ANY TIME THE RADICAL LEFT COMMUNISTS, MARKISTS AND FASCISTS INDICT ME, I CONSIDER IT A BADGE. >> Reporter: THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS HEARD WRITING ON WHAT APPEARS TO BE A CLASSIFIED DOCUMENT ABOUT PLANS FOR AN ATTACK ON

IRAN. >> HE PRESENTED ME THIS. THIS IS OFF THE RECORD. THEY PRESENTED ME THIS. THIS WAS HIM. THIS WAS THE DEFENSE DEPARTMENT AND HIM. >> Reporter: IN JULY OF 2021, MR. TRUMP ACKNOWLEDGES HE HAD NOT DECLASSIFIED THE DOCUMENT. >> IT IS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL, SECRET. IT IS SECRET. >> Reporter: MR. TRUMP IS CHARGED WITH 37 CRIMINAL COUNTS RELATED TO HIS HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED INFORMATION FOUND THROUGHOUT HIS

WAS CERTAIN INVESTIGATIVE STEPS WE WEREN'T ALLOWED TO TAKE THAT COULD HAVE LED US TO PRESIDENT BIDEN. >> Reporter: IRS SUPERVISORY AGENT TELLING CBS NEWS THAT IF HUNTER BIDEN WERE ANYBODY ELSE, THINGS WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH DIFFERENT. >> Reporter: HOWEVER, SOME LEGAL EXPERTS SAY THAT TAX CHARGES ARE RARELY BROUGHT AGAINST FIRST-TIME OFFENDERS. MEANWHILE, LIZ CHENEY, WHO LOST HER SEAT IN CONGRESS TO A TRUMP-BACKED CANDIDATE TELLING LESTER

HOELT IT IS TIME FOR HER PARTY TO MOVE PASSED TRUMP. >> IT IS VERY CLEAR FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY THEY HAVE TO CHOOSE. AND THE CHOICE IS WHETHER OR NOT YOU SUPPORT THE CONSTITUTION OR YOU SUPPORT DONALD TRUMP. >> MERRICK GARLAND IS EXPECTED TO FACE A GRILLING FROM HOUSE REPUBLICANS OVER THE MATTER IN UPCOMING TESTIMONY A COUPLE MONTHS AWAY ACCORDING TO TWO SOURCES FAMILIAR WITH THE

MATTER. HE HAS PREVIOUSLY DENIED ANY INTERFERENCE INTO THE INVESTIGATION. WE REACHED OUT TO THE JUSTICE