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Aug 12 2022
News
Trump suspected of violating Espionage Act, according to search warrant
Federal law enforcement suspected former President Trump had violated the Espionage Act and other laws when it sought and obtained a search warrant for his Mar-a-Lago estate, according to court records unsealed Friday.
The unsealed warrant shows that investigators were authorized to seize any documents or records with classified markings or related to the “transmission of national
The Hill
Aug 11 2022
Analysis
Presidential Records Act and Trump search explained
The FBI on Monday executed a search warrant at former President Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence in what one former federal prosecutor called the "most important search warrant in the history of the United States."
The big picture: The search appeared to mark a dramatic escalation in the investigation into Trump's handling of presidential documents.
Two sources familiar with Monday's
Axios
Aug 11 2022
Opinion
Mar-a-Lago Search Shows the Swamp’s Trump Obsession
Let us assume that for 99.99% of the U.S. population in early August 2022, the last thing on their mind was Mar-a-Lago. Instead, a short list of real things preoccupying Americans would include inflation, crime, battles in Congress over spending, Ukraine fighting World War III for us in Europe, and China conducting massive live-fire military exercises around Taiwan.
So it came as a
Wall Street Journal (Opinion)
Aug 12 2022
News
National Archives rejects Trump claims that Obama took classified records
The National Archives and Records Administration pushed back on former President Donald Trump’s assertions that his predecessor, Barack Obama, had taken classified documents from the White House as he faces intense scrutiny over records he possessed after federal officials raided his Florida home.
After the FBI reportedly seized 11 sets of classified documents from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Washington Examiner
Aug 12 2022
News
Trump allies, moderates light up Massachusetts GOP primary
The battle for control of the Republican Party has reached deep-blue Massachusetts.
On one side of the GOP contest for governor is Donald Trump-endorsed Geoff Diehl, a conservative former state representative and failed U.S. Senate candidate who’s being advised by former Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski. On the other is Chris Doughty, a more moderate wealthy businessman and
Politico
Aug 12 2022
Analysis
Liz Cheney’s primary is all about Donald Trump — except in Wyoming
The Wyoming congressional primary on Tuesday has been painted as a referendum on Donald Trump. It’s a race incumbent Liz Cheney is likely to lose to Harriet Hageman because of her efforts to propel Trump into political oblivion after January 6 and one in which the former president has personally intervened to seek revenge.
But in the sparsely populated state where their ultra-
Vox
Aug 12 2022
News
Trump says 'nuclear weapons issue is a hoax' after Washington Post report
Former U.S. President Donald Trump said on social media on Friday that the "nuclear weapons issue is a hoax," responding to a Washington Post report that FBI agents sought nuclear documents in a search of his Florida home earlier this week.
It was not clear whether such documents were recovered at the Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, the Post said. Reuters could not immediately
Reuters
Aug 12 2022
News
Jan. 6 Committee To Interview Trump National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien
The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection will reportedly hear on Friday from Donald Trump’s former National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien as lawmakers continue to piece together the ex-president’s actions around the Capitol riot and discussions within his Cabinet to remove him from office.
While O’Brien was not a member of the Cabinet, he was said to be
HuffPost
Aug 10 2022
News
Trump endorsed 5 candidates in Tuesday’s primaries. Here are the winners.
Donald Trump’s pick to be the next governor of Wisconsin won his primary last night — but the former president struck out, narrowly, in an attempt to take down the most powerful Republican legislator in the state.
While Adam Steen failed to defeat Wisconsin state Assembly Speaker Robin Vos, who won by a few percentage points, Trump picked candidates in a handful of other major races
Politico
Aug 10 2022
Fact Check
Q&A on the FBI’s Search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Home
Former President Donald Trump announced that the FBI had searched Mar-a-Lago, his Palm Beach, Florida, home on Aug. 8.
Trump’s son Eric told Fox News that the search warrant involved “more than 30 FBI agents” and that he was told it concerned documents sought by the National Archives.
Here’s what we know about the incident so far.
Why did the FBI search Mar-a-Lago?
FactCheck.org