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Trump baselessly bashed Obama for transferring records from the White House to Chicago. Here's why Obama was allowed while Trump is under scrutiny by the FBI.
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Trump doesn't deny taking classified nuclear documents from the White House while baselessly accusing Obama of the same thing
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Fox News' Steve Doocy to House GOP Chair Stefanik on nuclear documents reporting: "That's kind of a big deal!"
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George Conway Says 'This Could Be The Thing' That Takes 'Narcissist' Trump Down
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Fox News host calls out GOP for attacking the FBI after raid on Trump's home: 'Whatever happened to the Republican party backing the blue?'
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Trump pleaded the Fifth more than 440 times during his deposition in New York, answering only a question about what his name is, NBC reports
Trump's attorney Ron Fischetti said the deposition involved Trump saying "same answer" over and over again to reiterate his Fifth Amendment right.
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Trump, not Merrick Garland, is playing a dangerous game with the FBI raid
Trump and his supporters accuse the FBI of targeting him. Never mind how he tried to use the legal system to target his opponents as president.
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Merrick Garland calls Trump’s bluff
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FBI agents found dozens of classified documents in Mar-a-Lago search: sources
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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.
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Trump took such sensitive documents from the White House that the DOJ felt it had no choice but to raid Mar-a-Lago: report
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Trump did himself a favor announcing the FBI raid on his Mar-a-Lago home, allowing him to energize his base and reclaim the spotlight, experts on political and media framing said
One public-relations expert said Donald Trump "acted swiftly and decisively to shape the narrative" while little other information was available.
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Trump has until Friday afternoon to decide whether to fight the release of the Mar-a-Lago search warrant. His team is considering challenging the motion, per reports.
Former President Donald Trump could himself unilaterally release the search warrant and receipt of goods taken by the FBI. But it might not help him.
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Michael Cohen says he 'would not be surprised' if FBI informant was one of Trump's kids or Jared Kushner
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John Bolton says he's 'embarrassed' that an Iranian Revolutionary Guard member offered the 'low price' of just $300,000 to assassinate him
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