>> David: MARY BRUCE TONIGHT, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WE TURN TO FORMER WE TURN TO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TONIGHT PRESIDENT TRUMP AND TONIGHT SOURCES TELLING FEDERAL SOURCES TELLING FEDERAL PROSECUTORS HAVE AN AUDIO PROSECUTORS HAVE AN AUDIO RECORDING OF TRUMP FROM JULY OF RECORDING OF TRUMP FROM JULY OF 2021, WHICH THE FORMER PRESIDENT 2021, WHICH THE FORMER PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGES HE HELD ONTO A ACKNOWLEDGES HE HELD ONTO A SENSITIVE MILITARY DOCUMENT SENSITIVE MILITARY DOCUMENT ABOUT AN ATTACK PLAN ON IRAN ABOUT AN ATTACK PLAN ON IRAN DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. DURING THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION. THIS CONVERSATION WELL AFTER HE THIS CONVERSATION WELL AFTER HE LEFT OFFICE AND LET'S GET TO LEFT OFFICE AND LET'S GET TO CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT. CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT. PIERRE THOMAS. PIERRE THOMAS. >> Reporter: A DONALD TRUMP >> Reporter: A DONALD TRUMP HITTING A CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND I HITTING A CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND I WAS FACING FRESH QUESTIONS ABOUT WAS FACING FRESH QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS HANDLING OF HUNDREDS OF HIS HANDLING OF HUNDREDS OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS. ABC NEWS LEARNING FEDERAL ABC NEWS LEARNING FEDERAL PROSECUTORS OBTAINED A RECORDING PROSECUTORS OBTAINED A RECORDING OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT ACKNOWLEDGING HE HELD ONTO A ACKNOWLEDGING HE HELD ONTO A SENSITIVE MILITARY DOCUMENT SENSITIVE MILITARY DOCUMENT INVOLVING POTENTIAL U.S. INVOLVING POTENTIAL U.S. MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN. MILITARY ACTION AGAINST IRAN. BACK WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT, HE BACK WHEN HE WAS PRESIDENT, HE KEPT THAT DOCUMENT AFTER LEAVING KEPT THAT DOCUMENT AFTER LEAVING THE WHITE HOUSE. THE WHITE HOUSE. THE AUDIO WAS ALLEGEDLY PART OF THE AUDIO WAS ALLEGEDLY PART OF A CONVERSATION WITH AIDES WHO A CONVERSATION WITH AIDES WHO WERE HELPING FORMER CHIEF OF WERE HELPING FORMER CHIEF OF STAFF MARK MEADOWS WRITE A STAFF MARK MEADOWS WRITE A MEMOIR. MEMOIR. THE MEETING WITH TRUMP TOOK THE MEETING WITH TRUMP TOOK PLACE AT HIS GOLF CLUBS SIX PLACE AT HIS GOLF CLUBS SIX MONTHS AFTER HE LEFT OFFICE. MONTHS AFTER HE LEFT OFFICE. SOURCES SAY THE RECORDING TRUMP SOURCES SAY THE RECORDING TRUMP SUGGESTED THE DOCUMENT LAYING SUGGESTED THE DOCUMENT LAYING OUT THE POSSIBLE SCENARIO FOR OUT THE POSSIBLE SCENARIO FOR THE ATTACK ON IRAN WAS HIGHLY THE ATTACK ON IRAN WAS HIGHLY SENSITIVE. SENSITIVE. THE AUDIO, WHICH HAD BEEN PLAYED THE AUDIO, WHICH HAD BEEN PLAYED BEFORE THE GRAND JURY, COULD BEFORE THE GRAND JURY, COULD UNDERMINE TRUMP'S REPEATED UNDERMINE TRUMP'S REPEATED CLAIMS THAT ANY DOCUMENTS HE CLAIMS THAT ANY DOCUMENTS HE TOOK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WERE TOOK FROM THE WHITE HOUSE WERE ALREADY DECLASSIFIED. ALREADY DECLASSIFIED. >> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE THE >> YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU'RE THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, YOU CAN DECLASSIFY IT BY SAYING YOU CAN DECLASSIFY IT BY SAYING IT'S DECLASSIFIED AND BY IT'S DECLASSIFIED AND BY THINKING ABOUT IT. THINKING ABOUT IT. >> Reporter: SPECIAL COUNSEL >> Reporter: SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH AND US GETTING WHETHER TRUMP VIOLATED ANY FEDERAL LAWS ARE PUT NATIONAL FEDERAL LAWS ARE PUT NATIONAL SECURITY AND RISK. SECURITY AND RISK. QUESTIONS OF THE FORMER QUESTIONS OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT BRUSHED OFF LAST WEEKS PRESIDENT BRUSHED OFF LAST WEEKS AGO. AGO. >> DID YOU SHOW THE CLASSIFIED >> DID YOU SHOW THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO ANYONE? DOCUMENTS TO ANYONE? >> I WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO >> I WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT TO BY THE WAY, THEY WERE BY THE WAY, THEY WERE DECLASSIFIED. DECLASSIFIED. NOT THAT I CAN THINK OF. NOT THAT I CAN THINK OF. LET ME JUST TELL YOU, I HAVE THE LET ME JUST TELL YOU, I HAVE THE ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO DO WHENEVER I ABSOLUTE RIGHT TO DO WHENEVER I WANT WITH THEM. WANT WITH THEM. >> Reporter: THE RECORDING WAS >> Reporter: THE RECORDING WAS MADE SEVERAL MONTH BEFORE MADE SEVERAL MONTH BEFORE TRUMP'S TEAM HANDED OVER 15 TRUMP'S TEAM HANDED OVER 15 BOXES OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO BOXES OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS TO THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND BEFORE THE NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND BEFORE THE FBI'S RAID AT MAR-A-LAGO. DOCUMENTS ARE UNKNOWN. TRUMP IS DIRECTLY ACCUSING THE TRUMP IS DIRECTLY ACCUSING THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF TRYING TO JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF TRYING TO DERAIL HIS CANDIDACY AND DERAIL HIS CANDIDACY AND INTERFERING WITH THE ELECTION. INTERFERING WITH THE ELECTION. ALL SIDES POINTING TO THE ALL SIDES POINTING TO THE CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS INVESTIGATION HEADING TO ITS INVESTIGATION HEADING TO ITS FINAL STAGES. FINAL STAGES. DAVI