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INSIDEREx-Clinton aide implies 'President of France' file found at Trump's home during Mar-a-Lago raid could be valuable to Putin as 'kompromat'
The FBI found "info re: President of France" during the Mar-a-Lago raid. In a tweet, Jennifer Palmieri implied it could be used as "kompromat."
- Business Insider
Trump doesn't deny taking classified nuclear documents from the White House while baselessly accusing Obama of the same thing
Trump baselessly said Obama "kept 33 million pages of documents, much of them classified," suggesting that "lots" of them "pertained to nuclear."
- INSIDER
Trump's latest defense for Mar-a-Lago documents is everyone 'brings home their work from time to time' and the files were automatically declassified
Trump's statement on the Mar-a-Lago documents was featured on Fox News. He claimed a "standing order" declassified files "the moment" they left the Oval Office.
- Rolling Stone
Trump’s Allies Have No Clue How to Respond to Report of Nuclear Docs at Mar-a-Lago
Republicans in Congress and the conservative media are plum out of talking points following the revelation that the FBI may have been searching for material pertaining to national security
- HuffPost
Some Trump Allies Reportedly Are Trying To 'Go Dark' Amid Search Warrant Revelations
"Alarm has grown when you talk to advisers of the former president," Washington Post reporter Josh Dawsey tells MSNBC.
- Rolling Stone
Trump Loses It Over Nuclear Docs Report, Again Suggests ‘Planted’ Evidence
"Nuclear weapons issue is a Hoax, just like Russia, Russia, Russia was a Hoax," the former president raged on Truth Social
- The Recount
Fox News' Steve Doocy to House GOP Chair Stefanik on nuclear documents reporting: "That's kind of a big deal!"
Fox News' Steve Doocy said to House GOP Chair Stefanik that reports the FBI were seeking to retrieve classified nuclear documents from Mar-a-Lago is: "kind of a big deal!". President Trump overnight said that he encouraged the judge who authorized the search to release both the warrant and the list of items sought in the search.
- Palm Beach Daily News
Cerabino: Dear Mar-a-Lago Club members, this FBI raid is going to cost you
Cerabino column: A whimsical look at how Donald Trump may monetize the FBI search of Mar-a-Lago
- HuffPost
Mary Trump Explains How Her Uncle's Been 'Tripped Up' By Merrick Garland
"Garland is playing chess. Donald can only play checkers," Donald Trump's niece said.
- HuffPost
George Conway Says 'This Could Be The Thing' That Takes 'Narcissist' Trump Down
The conservative attorney said Trump viewed sensitive documents as his property "because he is the world’s ultimate narcissist."
- USA TODAY
Roger Stone grant of clemency seized from Mar-a-Lago. What to know about pardon document.
Roger Stone was kept under house arrest and was about to report to prison when Trump commuted his sentence in 2020.
- The Hill
FBI recovered 11 sets of classified documents in Trump search: report
The list refers to one set of documents as “Various classified/TS/CSI documents,” meaning top secret/sensitive compartmentalized information. It states that FBI agents acquired four sets of top-secret documents, three sets of secret documents and three sets of confidential documents.
- The Hill
Marjorie Taylor Greene files articles of impeachment against Garland
Republicans, including Greene, have repeatedly accused the Justice Department of going after Trump for political reasons.
- HuffPost
Twitter Users Think Trump's Document Defense Sounds More Like A Confession
"Just so we are clear, this sure looks like an admission of guilt," an elections expert noted.
- USA TODAY
Fact check: Bruce Reinhart, who approved FBI search of Mar-a-Lago, was not appointed by Trump
Bruce Reinhart, the magistrate judge who approved the FBI's search warrant, was appointed by district court judges, not by Trump, in 2018.
- Fox News
Donald Trump fires back at AG Merrick Garland over FBI's Mar-a-Lago raid: 'Release the documents now!'
Former President Donald Trump has approved of the Justice Department's release of a search warrant and a property receipt used during their raid on Mar-a-Lago.
- AZCentral | The Arizona Republic
If you thought the Trump raid was a fiasco, turns out you were right
Federal sources tell Newsweek what happened at Mar-a-Lago: The FBI truly thought this wasn't going to be a big deal. Whoops.
- National Review
‘Sounds about Right’: Ex-CIA Chief Michael Hayden Implies Trump Should Be Executed for Taking Classified Docs
Michael Hayden seemed to endorse the execution of Trump on Thursday after a report that FBI agents were searching his residence for classified documents.
- ABC News
DOJ believes Trump held onto sensitive classified documents and associates questioned, sources say
Multiple sources familiar with the investigation say the Justice Department and the FBI believed former President Donald Trump continued to keep sensitive classified documents that had national security implications and that in recent weeks additional information came in suggesting that Trump was not complying with requests to provide the information the Justice Department believed he had in his possession. Multiple sources tell ABC News federal investigators have questioned many individuals close to the former president about these materials including some members of his current staff in addition to some former White House officials.
- Politico
Merrick Garland calls Trump’s bluff
After Trump allies demanded he reveal the warrant behind the search of Mar-a-Lago, the attorney general moved to do just that. And the former president agreed.