US EditionSensitive Trump-Putin Summit Documents Abandoned on Alaska Hotel Printer
Eight pages of documents revealed meeting logistics, lunch plans, and a planned gift from Trump to Putin, exposing a security lapse at a high-profile international summit, NPR reported.
- Three guests at Anchorage's Hotel Captain Cook discovered eight pages of documents left in a public printer detailing President Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin's August 15 summit near Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson.
- The documents originated from U.S. staff and revealed meeting times, precise room names, phone numbers of officials, and a planned American bald eagle desk statue gift for Putin.
- Pages described the summit's planned lunch in honor of Putin, featuring a three-course meal with salad, a choice between filet mignon or halibut olympia, and crème brûlée dessert, though lunch was cancelled.
- Law professor Jon Michaels condemned the discovery of the documents in the hotel printer as a clear indication of careless handling and poor preparation for an important meeting.
- The document leak reflects continuing security breaches by Trump administration officials and underscores risks in handling sensitive diplomatic information during critical international talks.
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Hotel guests have found internal documents in a printer to prepare participants in the summit of US President Trump and Kremlin chief Putin in the state of Alaska.
Sensitive details about Trump-Putin summit revealed in discarded government documents, NPR reports
The documents disclose the exact locations and meeting times of the summit and phone numbers of U.S. government staff. They also reveal other sensitive details, such as a menu for a luncheon in honor of "His Excellency Vladimir Putin."
In a hotel printer in Anchorage, preparatory documents have been found for the participants in the summit between US President Donald Trump and Kremlin chief Vladimir Putin. The US government is playing down the incident.
More documents from the former U.S. State Department, which contained confidential details about the Trump-Putin summit, were discovered on Friday morning at a hotel in Alaska, according to an American publication NPR.
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