Florida U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio spoke up about UFOs Tuesday but not about the dissemination of an audio recording in which indicted former President Donald Trump purportedly discussed a "highly-confidential" document during a post-presidency meeting with journalists and an aide.
Rubio's views on national security carry particular weight because he serves as vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee. Up until now, he has defended Trump's actions regarding the classified documents.
He initially downplayed the dispute over the files as a "storage issue" after the August 2022 FBI search and seizure of boxes of records and papers. In interviews after Trump was indicted for possessing, mishandling and concealing the government papers, Rubio faulted special counsel Jack Smith for not using "prosecutorial discretion."
Rubio has asserted that he does not believe Trump, nor President Joe Biden nor former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should have kept government records on their private property. But in Trump's case, Rubio has noted that there is "no allegation" that Trump's actions specifically harmed national security, or that the president sold any of the papers for profit to a foreign power or...
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