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Former Trump press secretary denies being the source of toilet images showing flushed documents

Former White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham said former President Donald Trump "failed to handle classified documents properly." However, he denies speculation that she was the source of the image showing the paper he tore up floating in the toilet.

January 6 Ms. Grisham, who left the Trump administration after the Capitol riots, gave an interview just hours after federal agents raided Mr. Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in Florida on Monday as part of an investigation. } alleges that he has removed classified documents from the White House.

The former president declared his residence "under siege, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents," and that a vault owned by him was "invaded."

Ms Grisham responded to the search, claiming she witnessed Mr Trump's mishandling of classified documents.

"I sat with him on the plane and watched him go through the papers. I threw away some, tore some, and put some in his pocket. ," the former spokesperson told CNN.

"Because I distinctly remember thinking, 'Why would I put it in his pocket?' So I think this will be very interesting."

She added that handling classified information "was something that was really pressing on us every day, every week, every month."

Ms. Grisham continued: I don't think it's just letters. I think it's going to be about military operations.

"This is my speculation — I want to be clear. But I can see the former president thinking they were cool or fun, and we're not in a rule-following White House. It wasn't."

But when a Twitter user speculated that Ms. I laughed it off.

"I assure you not," she wrote,. They wouldn't have."

The impact of an FBI raid on Mr. Trump could be very serious. If it turns out that he was in possession of government documents that should have been turned over to the National Archives, he could have broken the law. , delete, mutilate, expunge, falsify, or destroy confidential government records.

Among the penalties is that violators "will lose their jobs and be disqualified from holding public office under the United States."

When presidential documents were first discovered in Marrher Lago in February of this year, sparking an investigation that led to this week's search, Ms Grisham said 41} I am not surprised.

"The point is this is another example of the White House and administration. We didn't have the rules. We didn't follow the rules."

The Independent asked Trump for comment on CNN's Stephanie Grisham remarks.