General3/25/2026•BBC

Trump accused of showing classified map to passengers on private flight

Trump accused of showing classified map to passengers on private flight

President Donald Trump allegedly showed a classified map to passengers on a private flight in 2022 and retained another record so sensitive that only six people in the government had access to it, according to a memo released to Congress. Representative Jamie Raskin, the leading Democrat on the House Judiciary committee, said the justice department provided him with a "damning" memo about Trump's handling of classified documents. The 2023 document, prepared for Special Counsel Jack Smith, also alleges that Trump withheld some records to advance his personal business interests. The White House dismissed the allegations saying Raskin had "zero credibility" and that Trump "did nothing wrong". The full memo provided to the US House committee has not been made public, but Raskin cited several excerpts from it in a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi. "These new disclosures suggest that Donald Trump stole documents so sensitive that only six people in the entire U.S. government had access to them," Raskin said. The memo said prosecutors "identified a classified map that we believe Trump may have shown to individuals on board" a private plane. The memo reportedly identified Susan Wiles,

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