IC Oversight & Policy — 2026-03-26

Special Counsel Memo Reveals Trump Showed Classified Map to Plane Passengers in 2022, Rep. Raskin Releases Details

A special counsel memo released by Rep. Jamie Raskin reveals that Trump showed a classified map to passengers including now-Chief of Staff Susie Wiles aboard his private plane during a June 2022 flight to Bedminster. Trump also allegedly retained a record from his first term so sensitive that only six people had access. The disclosures come from DOJ findings shared with lawmakers during their review of the abandoned prosecution. The case was dropped after the 2024 election under longstanding DOJ policy against indicting sitting presidents. The revelations carry fresh IC significance given that FBI Director Patel subsequently gutted CI-12, the counterintelligence unit that investigated the classified documents case and also tracked Iranian threats.

Analysis
The CI-12 connection is the operational throughline: the same counterintelligence unit that investigated this classified document handling also tracked Iranian threats. Patel gutted CI-12 in early March, and the Raskin memo release now provides additional context for what that unit was investigating before its dissolution.

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