Trump Says He May Declassify and Release Part of Video of al-Baghdadi Raid

“We captured a man that should have been caught a long time ago,” president says regarding raid that killed the ISIS leader

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President Donald Trump answers questions from the media while departing the White House on Friday in Washington, D.C. (Win McNamee / Getty Images)

President Trump said Monday that he may declassify and release part of the video of the weekend raid that killed ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi.

“We had a great weekend for our country,” he said. “We captured a man that should have been caught a long time ago. Unfortunately he wasn’t. He’s done tremendous damage.”

Trump praised the “amazing display of intelligence and military power and coordination and getting along with people” that got it done. He also said he may “take certain parts” of the video “and release it.”

On Sunday morning, Trump announced that al-Baghdadi was dead after a U.S.

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