Congress Must Expose Trump’s National Security Corruption

I urge you to demand immediate public hearings and full congressional oversight into mounting evidence that Donald Trump mishandled ultra-sensitive classified information, may have used it to advance his business interests, and is still being shielded from accountability. Newly disclosed Justice Department materials described by Representative Jamie Raskin indicate that Trump retained some of the most closely guarded national-security documents in the federal government after leaving office. According to those materials, one document was reportedly so sensitive that only six people in government had access to it. Prosecutors also reportedly concluded that Trump possessed classified documents “pertinent to his business interests,” suggesting a possible motive for keeping them. Even more alarming, prosecutors examined whether Trump showed a classified map to people aboard his private plane in June 2022, after leaving office. Reporting indicates that Susie Wiles—now White House chief of staff—was on that flight and witnessed the event. Raskin has demanded answers about who saw the map, what it showed, and whether any retained documents related to Trump’s business dealings or to war planning in the Middle East. If these allegations are true, this was not a technical records dispute or a paperwork mistake. It was a possible abuse of national-security information for personal gain. Congress cannot ignore evidence that a president may have treated state secrets as personal property while building business relationships and political leverage. At the same time, the Justice Department has reportedly agreed to pay about $1.2 million to Michael Flynn, even though Flynn pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI before later receiving a pardon. Taxpayers deserve to know why this administration is using public money to reward a political loyalist tied to one of the most serious national-security scandals in recent history. This pattern is intolerable: conceal the files, reward the loyalists, and tell the public nothing happened. Congress must subpoena the remaining Jack Smith investigative materials consistent with legitimate national-security protections, preserve all relevant records, hold immediate hearings, and investigate whether classified information was retained, displayed, or exploited for political or financial benefit. No president is entitled to treat classified intelligence like a personal business asset, evade scrutiny, and then rely on a politicized Justice Department to clean up the mess. And no Congress should accept a system where secrets can be hoarded, loyalists rewarded, and the truth buried without consequence. If lawmakers fail to act now, they will be ratifying a presidency above the law. Oversight is not optional. Accountability is overdue. Congress must expose this cover-up before corruption becomes the official operating system of our government.