Former Congressman Will Hurd (R-TX), known for his more moderate stances within the Republican caucus, jumped into the race for president this week — and he is making clear that he believes former President Donald Trump betrayed the United States when he stole hundreds of highly classified national defense documents and left them lying around his Mar-a-Lago country club.
He discussed the severity of the issue with CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Thursday evening.
"You're a former CIA officer," said Collins. "As you know, Trump is accused of taking information related to the U.S. nuclear programs, our defense capabilities, weapons capabilities. If what is alleged is true, do you think he betrayed the nation?"
"100 percent, he did," said Hurd. "And to me, it's absolutely outrageous that he knew what he had in those documents. He knew the level of sensitivity. And, yes, you know, you are innocent until proven guilty. But if those allegations are true, it is slapping the men and women who put themselves in harm's way every single night in order to keep us safe, it's a slap in their face because the leader of the free world should be willing to protect those secrets. Because if they got in the wrong hands, people would — lives would be lost."
"And what we still haven't heard from Donald Trump is why — he said the other night, I had T-shirts and shoes in those boxes, right? That's outrageous," said Hurd, referencing a contradictory defense Trump offered in a recent interview with Fox News' Bret Baier.
"What also did he do to protect those documents at his properties?" added Hurd. "What did he do to vet his employees or people that came to the club and determine whether or not they were being targeted from our adversaries? We know the Russians and the Chinese, what they do to try to influence and gain information. And this would be a — it had been a target-rich environment. Donald Trump hasn't announced — what has he done in order to protect those?"
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