Esper, who served in the Trump administration, said, "The revelations are very troubling, disturbing."
When asked if Trump should be trusted again with the nation's secrets, Esper said, "Based on his actions, again, if proven true under the indictment by the special counsel, no. I mean, it's just irresponsible action that places our service members at risk, places our nation's security at risk. You cannot have these documents floating around.”
The former defense secretary said, "If the allegations are true that it contained information about our nation's security, about our vulnerabilities, about other items, it could be quite harmful to the nation. And, look, no one is above the law. And so I think this process needs to play out and people held to account, the president held to account."
