Listen to Trump show 'secret' Iran document to aides, guests at Bedminster club

The federal indictments charging former President Donald Trump with 37 felonies tied to his retention of U.S. national security secrets includes a transcript of Trump discussing a Pentagon "plan of attack" against Iran and apparently showing it to two staff members and two people working on a biography of former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows. CNN obtained the audio of that conversation and broadcast it Monday night.

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Peter Weber, The Week US

Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.