Michael Hayden, the former director of the CIA and the NSA, spoke out on Tuesday about the recently released tape of Donald Trump yucking it up with a group over a classified document in his possession that apparently details plans for attacking Iran.
Hayden spoke on a video produced for the group The Republican Accountability Project, which features Republicans willing to criticize Trump.
"The president is supposed to keep our secrets secure, not show our secrets off," Hayden says in the video.
The former general has been largely silent in recent years after suffering a stroke in 2018. The video explains that this was such an important issue that he wanted to make his voice heard.
"Donald Trump has been indicted. He mishandled classified information," Hayden continued. "He had many top-secret documents at Mar-a-Lago for more than a year. We don't know who saw them, but we have to assume those documents were compromised. And we have to assume that our enemies know about them."
Hayden also explained that after spending 40 years in intelligence, he's never seen anything like what has happened with Trump's document scandal.
"Trump must face consequences for his actions," he said. "The consequences will be really important."
