WASHINGTON: Former president Donald Trump shared categorised details about US nuclear submarines with an Australian businessman shortly after he left workplace, in a gathering at his Florida non-public members membership Mar-a-Lago, US media stated on Thursday (Oct 5).
The New York Instances, citing unnamed sources, recognized the businessman as billionaire Anthony Pratt, who heads one of many world’s largest packaging firms.
ABC Information, which first revealed the story, stated Pratt later shared delicate particulars concerning the US submarines with “scores of others, together with greater than a dozen international officers, a number of of his personal staff, and a handful of journalists”.
Sources informed the Instances that Trump’s disclosures “doubtlessly endangered the US nuclear fleet”.
Federal prosecutors already investigating Trump for holding classified material at Mar-a-Lago after he left workplace, interviewed Pratt twice concerning the incident, the experiences stated.