According to reports, Mark Meadows, the former White House Chief of Staff, revealed in an early version of his memoir that his former employer, ex-President Donald Trump, inadvertently left a highly classified Iran war plan on a couch at his golf resort in New Jersey.

This incident apparently occurred while Trump was being interviewed by a ghostwriter, the New York Daily News has reported.

Meadows informed investigators from the team led by special counsel Jack Smith that he became aware of this astonishing occurrence through conversations with the writer and a publicist.

However, when the final version of his book was published, Meadows downplayed the incident due to potential difficulties it could pose for Trump, as per ABC News.

“On the couch in front of (Trump’s) desk, there’s a four-page report typed up by (Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Mark Milley) himself,” the draft read, according to ABC.

“It shows the general’s own plan to attack Iran, something he urged President Trump to do more than once during his presidency,” he said.

Trump has been charged with improperly displaying the document to subordinates, which is part of a revised indictment in the classified documents case.

He had already faced charges related to mishandling numerous documents that he took with him upon leaving the White House, and for resisting official attempts to retrieve them.

The alleged incident involving the Iran war plan reportedly took place during the summer of 2021 when Trump had the document with him in New Jersey.

He is said to have shown it to his subordinates during an interview session while Meadows was gathering material for his book titled “The Chief’s Chief.”