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Donald Trump Floats Yet Another Excuse After FBI Raid, Claims Mar ... (Daily Beast)

His claim that some documents were protected by executive and attorney-client privileges adds to an ever-changing list of defenses.

“He can literally stand over to the documents and say these are now declassified and that is done with definitive action immediately.” Trump’s children initially stated the FBI wouldn’t find anything, and that Trump returned everything he was supposed to earlier this year. Other GOP representatives, along with Trump himself, touted Trump’s penchant for declassification.

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POLITICO Playbook: Intrigue grows around Mar-a-Lago docs (Politico)

ANOTHER AWFUL SCENE AT THE CAPITOL — PBS NewsHour's Lisa Desjardins: “Multiple sources tell me overnight a man set his car on fire and drove into a ...

“The economic stakes are immense in all of Appalachia, but especially in West Virginia, which went from a central part of the economy to one of the poorest states in the country as people, capital and industry fled,” WaPo’s Jeff Stein writes from Charleston. “In the 1950s, more than 100,000 West Virginians worked in coal, which powered American industry. 6. JAN. 6 AND ITS AFTERMATH: “Some Capitol rioters try to profit from their Jan. 6 crimes,” by AP’s Michael Kunzelman: “In one case, federal authorities have seized tens of thousands of dollars from a defendant who sold his footage from Jan. 6. And prosecutors want a Maine man who raised more than $20,000 from supporters to surrender some of the money because a taxpayer-funded public defender is representing him.” … Nancy Pelosi is a force of nature, and no one wants to appear in any way disrespectful or dismissive.” Goldmacher writes: “Wrapped up in the elder Ms. Pelosi’s decision and its timing are intertwined questions of power, legacy and dynasty, and how fully a barrier-breaking, notoriously competitive public figure can stage-manage her exit.” 1. BIDEN HIS TIME: Our colleague Christopher Cadelago has the report from South Carolina, where Biden is vacationing and enjoying a bit of a political homecoming to a state that was perhaps more important than any other in clinching his presidency. — Arkansas Gov. ASA HUTCHINSON on supporting the FBI, on “State of the Union”: “We need to pull back on casting judgment on them. And I hope some of them do today because this kind of rhetoric is very dangerous to our country.” And on the comparatively more secure environment for storing classified materials at the Capitol: “As a senator, I know when I look at the classified documents, I’ve got to go in a special room. Donald Trump is not above the law and Attorney General Garland is not above the law either.” If you want to hold people accountable, it is the Department of Justice.” — Sen. MIKE ROUNDS (R-S.D.), on “Meet the Press,” said the release of the Mar-a-Lago :search warrant and receipt “brings more questions” for authorities to answer: “I think releasing the affidavit would help. And then there’s this interesting tidbit: Ahead of A.G. MERRICK GARLAND’s news conference on Thursday, “a person close to Mr. Trump reached out to a Justice Department official to pass along a message from the former president to the attorney general. On Trump’s mood: “Immediately after the search, Trump seemed to believe the FBI had played into his hands.

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Schiff says he's seen "no evidence" that Trump declassified ... (CBS News)

Washington — Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, head of the House Intelligence Committee, said Sunday that he has not seen evidence that former President Donald ...

"And that adds another layer of concern." Schiff also said it's a "serious problem" if Trump's attorneys certified to the Justice Department that all classified information was retrieved when the National Archives and Records Administration obtained 15 boxes from Mar-a-Lago in mid-January, but did not turn over all classified or national security information. The former president's attorneys did not object to the release of the search warrant and related documents, and he claimed all the records seized during the search had been declassified while he was still in office.

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House Democratic chairs request DNI damage assessment and ... (CNN)

The Democratic chairs of the House Intelligence and Oversight Committees have asked federal intelligence leadership for a congressional briefing and damage ...

"We don't know if they rise to the level of being a national security threat." "We don't know what they are," he told CNN's Brianna Keilar on "State of the Union," referring to the exact contents of the materials collected during the search. I have great confidence that Garland considered all of the factors in making the decision," he said. Even as the Justice Department's investigation proceeds, ensuring that we take all necessary steps to protect classified information and mitigate the damage to national security done by its compromise is critically important." The inclusion of the crimes indicated the department had probable cause to investigate those offenses as it was gathering evidence in the search. Court documents unsealed and released on Friday identify three federal crimes that the Department of Justice is looking at as part of its investigation: violations of the Espionage Act, obstruction of justice and criminal handling of government records.

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Trump Lawyer Told DOJ No Classified Docs Were at Mar-a-Lago ... (PEOPLE.com)

Last week's FBI search at Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home reportedly came after one of his lawyers assured the Department of Justice that no such documents ...

The public needs to know what is or is not in that subpoena." But this is why it's important for the subpoena to be made public. He also noted that Trump's very public statement in response to the search has prompted the DOJ to file a motion in a Florida court to unseal the search warrant and property receipt, making those details available to the public. "Because they can actually reverse engineer them and figure out who the sources are, what the confidential information is. "And that's because these documents not only contain our nation's top secrets but because other countries that will do us harm, do harm to our own citizens, we don't want them to get a hold of them in any way, take photos of them, anything. A source previously told The Washington Post that the investigation was in regard to sensitive materials, including those pertaining to nuclear weapons.

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House Democrats Request 'Damage Assessment' Following ... (Common Dreams)

"Former President Trump's conduct has potentially put our national security at grave risk," Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Adam Schiff wrote to Director of ...

"Lawsuits challenging a search as illegal and motions to suppress evidence as wrongly seized are the usual ways where applications and affidavits are made public." "Even as the Justice Department's investigation proceeds, ensuring that we take all necessary steps to protect classified information and mitigate the damage to national security done by its compromise is critically important." Free to share. Free to republish. The unauthorized disclosure of Top Secret information would cause "exceptionally grave damage to the national security." The recovered materials span 45 categories, including 11 sets of classified documents ranging from "Confidential" to "Secret" to "Top Secret" and "TS/SCI documents." To inspire. To inform. We cover the news that matters to the 99%. Our mission? It remains unclear whether such documents were among the 27 boxes of material that FBI agents took from Trump's Palm Beach palace on Monday. They are doing everything they can to defend the status quo, squash dissent and protect the wealthy and the powerful. "If you have not already done so," the lawmakers wrote to Haines, "we request that you instruct the National Counterintelligence Executive, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community and other inspectors general as appropriate, to conduct a damage assessment."

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Trump calls for seized documents to be returned to Mar-a-Lago (New York Post)

Former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for the Justice Department to return the reams of documents FBI agents seized at his Mar-a-Lago resort last ...

“By copy of this TRUTH, I respectfully request that these documents be immediately returned to the location from which they were taken. A representative for the 45th president, John Solomon, read a statement on Fox News Friday evening claiming that Trump had a “standing order” during his time in the White House that “documents removed from the Oval Office and taken to the residence were deemed to be declassified the moment he removed them.” Former President Donald Trump on Sunday called for the Justice Department to return the reams of documents FBI agents seized at his Mar-a-Lago resort last week, pointing to a report that said the information was covered by attorney-client or executive privilege.

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Fox Host Cites Nixon on Trump Docs, Asks: 'Is That Not Truly the ... (Newsweek)

Fox News host Will Cain cited former President Richard Nixon's controversial comments on presidential power when referring to classified documents that ...

"Richard Nixon once made this argument: 'When the president does it, that means that it is not illegal.' He was forced to resign in disgrace," she tweeted. When it comes to classified documents, famously, President Nixon said, that if the president does it, that it is not illegal. To me, it is a vital distinction which goes to he heart of our constitutional system." Is that not truly the standard when it comes to classified documents? He made the remarks when pressed by Frost on why he had authorized burglaries, illegal wire-tapping and more against antiwar protesters and political opponents. You know, if I listen to alternative media today, oh, classified documents, no one is above the law, right?

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House Democrats want "damage assessment" on classified docs ... (Salon)

Reps. Adam Schiff and Carolyn Maloney request "classified briefing" on documents Trump stashed at Mar-a-Lago.

"Lawsuits challenging a search as illegal and motions to suppress evidence as wrongly seized are the usual ways where applications and affidavits are made public." "Even as the Justice Department's investigation proceeds, ensuring that we take all necessary steps to protect classified information and mitigate the damage to national security done by its compromise is critically important." The unauthorized disclosure of Top Secret information would cause "exceptionally grave damage to the national security." The recovered materials span 45 categories, including 11 sets of classified documents ranging from "Confidential" to "Secret" to "Top Secret" and "TS/SCI documents." It remains unclear whether such documents were among the 27 boxes of material that FBI agents took from Trump's Palm Beach offices on Monday. "If you have not already done so," the lawmakers wrote to Haines, "we request that you instruct the National Counterintelligence Executive, in consultation with the Inspector General of the Intelligence Community and other inspectors general as appropriate, to conduct a damage assessment."

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Before Mar-a-Lago search, Trump lawyer claimed all classified docs ... (Wink News)

Little has been divulged by the DOJ about the decision to retrieve White House records with an unannounced search of Mar-a-Lago.

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Court docs: Two mothers OD'd after taking kids to TinCaps game ... (WANE)

Two women driving their kids home from a ballgame this past May overdosed and are now facing charges.

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Docs show new details in JC pedestrian crash (WJHL-TV News Channel 11)

JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (WJHL) – After a Saturday night crash left a juvenile injured in Johnson City, crash report details shed more light on what led to the ...

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Court docs: Convicted killer accused of setting fire to women's shelter (WANE)

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - A woman with a history of mental illness who once stabbed a man to death is now facing a felony arson charge in connection to a ...

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Why a June meeting at Mar-a-Lago over missing docs matters (MSNBC)

In June, a lawyer from Team Trump agreed in writing that classified materials had been returned from Mar-a-Lago. It now appears that wasn't true.

This led to a subpoena in the spring. The former president and his team were asked to return the documents. The written declaration was made after a visit on June 3 to Mar-a-Lago by Jay I. Bratt, the top counterintelligence official in the Justice Department’s national security division.

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Court docs: Parents of toddler who suffered severe burns from coffee ... (WANE)

The parents of a 2-year-old girl who suffered severe burns from spilled coffee are now facing felony charges for being slow to get her care, according to ...

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Docs: Aynor butcher broke USDA rules after suspension but is now ... (WBTW)

AYNOR, S.C. (WBTW) — An Aynor butcher suspended twice this year for botched animal slaughtering attempts had other violations while under suspension, ...

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Court docs: Man battered two boys with belt, one was kept locked in ... (WANE)

A 27-year-old Fort Wayne man accused of battering two boys is now facing charges.

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Court docs: DNA ties man to rape (WANE)

FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – He claimed he had a taillight out and a warrant out for his arrest, so he needed to switch vehicles so he didn't get stopped by the ...

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DOJ opposes release of Trump raid affidavit, willing to unseal other ... (New York Post)

The Justice Department said Monday it will oppose the release of an FBI affidavit used to justify the search of former President Donald Trump's Florida ...

The request is being considered by the US District Court for Southern Florida. Trump alleged Monday that FBI agents [ “](https://nypost.com/2022/08/15/donald-trump-claims-fbi-stole-his-passports-during-mar-a-lago-raid/) [stole my three Passports (one expired)” ](https://nypost.com/2022/08/15/donald-trump-claims-fbi-stole-his-passports-during-mar-a-lago-raid/)during the raid. The unprecedented Aug. “The fact that this investigation implicates highly classified materials further underscores the need to protect the integrity of the investigation,” the Justice Department said in its Monday filing. The DOJ said in a footnote that the release of even a redacted version of the affidavit “would not serve any public interest” due to the number of details that would have to be omitted.

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