The Memo: Trump’s narrative takes big hit with affidavit’s release

BY NIALL STANAGE

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One of former President Trump’s main claims about the FBI’s search of Mar-a-Lago is being undermined by Friday’s release of a key affidavit.

Trump has pushed the narrative that he and his lawyers were cooperating with the Department of Justice’s inquiries about documents from his time in the White House. This, he claims, means that the Aug. 8 raid on his Florida estate was gratuitous.

But the affidavit that persuaded a judge to grant the search warrant tells a different story.

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Five takeaways from the Mar-a-Lago search affidavit

BY REBECCA BEITSCH, JOHN KRUZEL AND BRETT SAMUELS

A heavily redacted version of the affidavit that convinced a federal judge to approve a warrant to search former President Trump’s Florida home was released on Friday.

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Heavily redacted affidavit says 184 classified docs found at Trump residence

BY REBECCA BEITSCH

A redacted FBI affidavit used to convince a judge to approve a search warrant for former President Trump’s Florida home noted that authorities found 184 classified documents in their initial review of recovered boxes in an effort that began just a few months after he left office. 

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Biden scoffs at Trump claim he declassified Mar-a-Lago documents: ‘Come on’

BY BRETT SAMUELS

President Biden on Friday dismissed the claim from former President Trump that he broadly declassified the boxes of White House documents he took to Florida after leaving office.

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Trump: Affidavit shows FBI, DOJ ‘public relations subterfuge’

BY BRETT SAMUELS

Former President Trump on Friday bashed the Department of Justice and a federal judge following the release of a heavily redacted affidavit that provided several new details on the search of his Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month.

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Affidavit suggests ‘some of our most sensitive intelligence’ mishandled: Senate Intel chair

BY MYCHAEL SCHNELL

Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Friday said the redacted FBI affidavit used to justify a search warrant on former President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence suggests that some of the country’s “most sensitive intelligence” was mishandled.

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White House estimates student loan plan to cost $240B

BY MORGAN CHALFANT

The White House on Friday offered a cost estimate for President Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan, saying it would cost $24 billion annually over 10 years, or $240 billion.   

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Why the Fed chief says there’s no end in sight to rate hikes

BY SYLVAN LANE

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Friday the central bank will lean into interest rates meant to restrict the economy until inflation steadily declines.

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Dow drops 1,000 points following Powell speech at Jackson Hole

BY JARED GANS

Stocks closed sharply down on Friday following comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell that the Fed will press forward with raising interest rates amid lingering inflation.

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Raskin launches bid to lead House Oversight panel

BY MIKE LILLIS

The race for the top Democratic seat on the powerful House Oversight and Reform Committee got more crowded on Friday when Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) entered the contest to replace the outgoing chairwoman, Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-N.Y.).

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The Trump affidavit: Four conclusions on guilt and evidence

BY ALAN M. DERSHOWITZ

OPINION | Reading the unredacted portions of the affidavit and appendices which the FBI used to search Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, leads to some initial conclusions.

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Shallowfakes are rampant: Tools to spot them must be equally accessible

BY SAM GREGORY

OPINION | Deepfakes had a moment this year: From a fairly obvious deepfake of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on hacked media in Ukraine to more proficient video scams involving Elon Musk and potentially spurious claims of deepfakes obscuring the truth from Pakistan to mayors’ offices across Europe. 

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AP: Trump election probe in Georgia cites voting system breach

BY KATE BRUMBACK AND CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY

ATLANTA (AP) — The prosecutor investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally tried to interfere in the 2020 election in Georgia is seeking information about the alleged involvement of a Trump ally in the breach of voting equipment at a county roughly 200 miles south of her Atlanta office.

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WSJ: Disney’s New Pricing Magic: More Profit From Fewer Park Visitors

BY ROBBIE WHELAN AND JACOB PASSEY

Walt Disney DIS -2.89%▼ used to call Disneyland his “magic kingdom.” These days, Walt Disney Co. has a new magic trick: wringing every last dollar out of each visitor to its profitable theme parks.

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NYT: Classified Material on Human Intelligence Sources Helped Trigger Alarm

BY JULIAN E. BARNES AND MARK MAZZETTI

WASHINGTON — They risk imprisonment or death stealing the secrets of their own governments. Their identities are among the most closely protected information inside American intelligence and law enforcement agencies. Losing even one of them can set back American foreign intelligence operations for years.

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WaPo: The Biden White House gets feisty on Twitter

BY YASMEEN ABUTALEB

The White House Twitter account under President Biden has not been the most exciting corner of the internet. After four years of unpredictable, headline-grabbing tweets from @realDonaldTrump, the White House account has been quiet and unassuming, largely regurgitating press releases and explaining Biden’s policies.

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