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I ended up loading all the luggage I had – and he had a bunch of boxes,” Butler said of Nauta. But I also have a bad feeling that what I’m saying is getting him into trouble,” Butler told CNN. Given his long history at Trump’s club, Butler shed light on potentially critical instances related to the disclosure of classified information. De Oliveira hung up the phone, happily, and told Butler that Trump would provide him an attorney, Butler says. I think we went to sit down,” Butler told CNN.

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CNN has assembled a comprehensive picture of how prosecutors are structuring their case against Trump over his mishandling of classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago. Currently, the trial is set to begin in Florida in May, well before the 2024 presidential election. In all, prosecutors could use these witnesses to explain to a jury the free-wheeling environment presided over by Trump after he left the White House. Eye-witness accountsSome of the witnesses told investigators what they saw at Mar-a-Lago caught their attention and seemed unusual, out-of-place or potentially suspicious. Pratt visited Trump at Mar-a-Lago after Trump left office, and the former president shared with Pratt sensitive information regarding US nuclear submarines, two sources told CNN.

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☆ An Australian billionaire said Trump called him to say, 'I just bombed Iraq today': report
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Pratt revealed in a secret recording that Trump often shared sensitive information with him. AdvertisementAdvertisementPratt added that Trump also shared information about a private call with then-Iraqi President Barham Salih after the strikes. And the President of Iraq called me up and said, 'You just leveled my city,''" Pratt recalled Trump saying. According to Pratt, Trump responded to Salih, "OK what are you going to do about it?" The recording doesn't disclose which military operation in Iraq Trump and Pratt discussed.

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☆ Melania was not impressed by Trump asking her to parade around Mar-a-Lago in a bikini, billionaire donor claims
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-23 | by ( Joshua Zitser | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

In leaked audio, a billionaire donor claims Donald Trump made an off-color remark about Melania. The donor said Trump asked his wife to wear a bikini at Mar-a-Lago to make his friends jealous. AdvertisementAdvertisementIn recently leaked audio recordings, the Australian billionaire donor Anthony Pratt can be heard saying former President Donald Trump made an off-color remark about his wife, Melania. The audio recordings also include Pratt alleging that Trump had shared sensitive information with him on several other occasions. One such incident, Pratt claimed, was a 2019 phone call in which Trump told him about ordering airstrikes in Iraq.

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The 2020 presidential campaign was underway, and Anthony Pratt was doubling down on Donald J. Trump. Mr. Pratt, the chairman of a multinational paper and packaging company and one of Australia’s richest men, had already paid to join Mr. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club in Florida. He had also spent top dollar to ring in the new year there while rubbing elbows with the president. And, eager to behold a Trump re-election celebration at the club, he had offered to reach into his pocket once again as Election Day approached. But their relationship — forged over Mr. Trump’s chaotic four years in office — was indeed beneficial for both men and their businesses, new interviews and documents reviewed by The Times show.

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☆ Reports: Trump told Mar-a-Lago member about calls with foreign leaders
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-22 | by ( Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —Mar-a-Lago member and Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt said then-President Donald Trump told him about his private calls with the leaders of Ukraine and Iraq, according to reports published Sunday about private recordings of Pratt, a key prosecution witness in Trump’s classified documents case. In the tapes, Pratt says Trump shared insider details about his phone calls with world leaders during his presidency. Past reports from ABC News said Trump discussed potentially sensitive information with Pratt about US nuclear submarines. According to Pratt, Trump said, “The president of Iraq called me up and said, ‘You just leveled my city. “That was nothing compared to what I usually do,” Trump told Pratt about the Zelensky call, according to the tape.

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☆ Trump allegedly revealed sensitive info about nuclear submarines, according to reports
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-06 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

After he left the White House, former President Donald Trump allegedly shared sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines with an Australian billionaire who is a member of his Mar-a-Lago club, according to a pair of reports published on Thursday. Trump shared the information with Anthony Pratt during an April 2021 conversation at the Palm Beach, Fla., golf club, according to ABC News, which first reported the development. The New York Times also confirmed the former president shared the information with Pratt, citing two people familiar with the matter. Trump shared the number of warheads that U.S. submarines typically carry and how close they can get to Russian submarines without being detected, according to both ABC and the New York Times. Trump didn't show any government documents to him during the meeting or any other time at Mar-a-Lago, sources told ABC News.

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☆ Trump bragged to an Australian businessman about a highly secret detail regarding US submarines
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Trump also may have shared highly sensitive details with an Australian billionaire, per ABC News. download the app Email address Sign up By clicking “Sign Up”, you accept our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy . A Trump spokesperson told Insider in an email that the leak of the disclosure is "illegal" and lacks "proper context and relevant information." It's unclear if Trump relayed accurate information, but investigators have asked Pratt not to repeat it elsewhere, sources told ABC News. AdvertisementAdvertisementAccording to the report, the potentially sensitive discussion around submarines came up after Pratt remarked to Trump that Australia should buy US submarines.

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☆ ABC: Trump allegedly discussed sensitive nuclear submarine information with a Mar-a-Lago member
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-05 | by ( Kaanita Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Former President Donald Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive information about US nuclear submarines with a member of his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, following his presidency, ABC reported Thursday. The member is Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt, sources told ABC. He added that he heard Pratt sharing potentially sensitive information minutes after his meeting with the former president, sources told ABC. But Pratt told investigators that he was not shown any government documents, the sources said. Similarly, we share weapons technology.”However, even if submariners in Australia knew the information Trump relayed to Pratt, if the information was classified, then it was illegal to share publicly.

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