prove true, his ex-Defense secretary says

Donald rump’s onetime Defense secretary said Sunday that the former president should not be trusted with the nation’s secrets again should the allegations made in his federal indictment over his handling of classified documents prove true.

“Based on his actions – again, if proven true – under the indictment by the special counsel, no,” Mark Esper said.“It’s just irresponsible action that places our service members at risk, places our nation security risk. You cannot have these documents floating around.

They need to be secured,” he said.Esper’s critical remarks about his onetime boss follow damning language by another high-profile rump administration official – former Attorney General Bill Barr – who said last week that that the rump was “toast”  if even half of the details in his indictment were true.“The revelations are very troubling, disturbing,” Esper said Sunday when asked if the rumps’s actions put America’s national security at risk.

“Yes, I do. If the allegations are true that it contained information about our nation’s security, about our vulnerabilities, about other items, it could be quite harmful to the nation.

And, look, no one is above the law. And so I think this process needs to play out and people held to account, the president held to account.”

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