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National Security & Justice Reporter @CNN . Proud husband of @ValentineNews_ Tips to zachary.cohen @cnn .com or zcohen12 @protonmail .com.

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Zachary Cohen

5 months

NEW: A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intel officials, sources tell @jeremyherb , @NatashaBertrand , @evanperez & me. More:

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The mystery of the missing binder: How a collection of raw Russian intelligence disappeared under...

A binder containing highly classified information related to Russian election interference went missing at the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, raising alarms among intelligence officials.

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2 years

Pretty clear message to AG Merrick Garland tonight from Jan. 6 committee: Do something.

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CNN officially characterizing today's violence on Capitol Hill today as domestic terrorism.

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This photo wouldn’t exist without Trump literally surrendering.

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Spotted at CPAC

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News: Jan. 6 committee has obtained 8 emails from late 2020 that a judge determined show Trump & his lawyers planning to defraud courts & obstruct congressional vote on presidency. New court filing from John Eastman disclosed House said it accessed emails on Fri. via @kpolantz

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A US Capitol Police officer directed "all outside units" on the morning of January 6 via radio broadcast to only monitor for anti-Trump agitators "who want to start a fight," & not any "pro-Trump in the crowd," according to newly revealed info cited in an internal investigation.

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Rep. Zoe Lofgren tells @jaketapper that Kimberly Guilfoyle was paid $60,000 for introducing her fiancé Donald Trump Jr at Jan 6 rally that immediately preceded the Capitol riot. “It’s a grift,” Lofgren said in an interview w/ CNN. Declined to comment on potential crime.

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News: A GOP county official in Georgia, who served as a fake elector, escorted 2 operatives working wi/ Trump lawyer Sidney Powell into the county's election offices on same day voting system there was breached, per newly obtained video. Story w/ @JMOCNN

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NEWS: The Jan. 6 committee is now in possession of White House records that show Trump spoke via phone with GOP Rep. Jim Jordan for 10 minutes on the morning of the US Capitol riot. Scoop w/ @ryanobles & @AnnieGrayerCNN

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Scoop: A whistleblower is alleging top political appointees at DHS repeatedly instructed career officials to modify intel assessments to ensure they matched up w/ public comments from Trump about Antifa & "anarchist" groups, per documents obtained by CNN.

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Cassidy Hutchinson, a former aide to Trump's White House chief of staff Mark Meadows, told the January 6 committee that she was contacted by someone who was attempting to influence her testimony, multiple sources confirm to me, @kasie & @ryanobles .

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SCOOP: Donald Trump Jr texted Mark Meadows on Nov. 5, 2020 -- before election was called -- pushing ideas to ensure 2nd term for his father, per records given to 1/6 committee. "We have multiple paths We control them all" w/ @ryanobles & @AnnieGrayerCNN

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News: NSA General Counsel Michael Ellis, who was installed by Trump during his final days in office, was put on administrative leave Wednesday, a source tells me, adding his appointment is now subject of a DoD IG investigation. Background:

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Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin announced that Ivanka Trump briefed South Korean President Moon about the new NK sanctions. Asked if she had the appropriate security clearance, Mnuchin said, “She has the appropriate access to brief the president.”

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News: Trump's WH Chief of Staff -- Mark Meadows -- was texting Phil Waldron in late December 2020 about his attempts to gain access to voting systems in key battleground states, starting w/ Arizona & Georgia, per messages obtained by CNN.

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Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Sen. Bob Corker says Congress has still not been briefed on the details of Trump's meeting with Putin in Helsinki. That summit happened more than a month ago.

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Sec. Mattis: "Putin seeks to shatter NATO. He aims to diminish the appeal of the western democratic model and attempts to undermine America's moral authority, his actions are designed not to challenge our arms at this point but to undercut and compromise our belief in our ideals"

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Worth noting, @Acosta was attempting to ask the President about his rhetoric towards immigrants during today's news conference ...

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New: Fulton County DA Fani Willis asks for FBI help in providing security for buildings & staff 1 day after Trump said supporters should hold “the biggest protests we have ever had” in cities like Atlanta if “racist” prosecutors “do anything wrong or illegal.” via @gregclarycnn

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NEW: A GOP county official in Georgia & operatives working w/ Trump attorney Sidney Powell spent hours inside restricted area of local elections office on day voting systems there were breached, per surveillance video obtained by CNN. Latest w/ @JMOCNN

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New: Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger & his deputy Gabe Sterling will testify publicly at the next Jan. 6 Committee hearing, per multiple sources. Hearing is scheduled for Tuesday, June 21. w/ @SaraMurray , @AnnieGrayerCNN & @ryanobles

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Georgia election officials expected to testify at an upcoming January 6 hearing | CNN Politics

Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger and his deputy Gabe Sterling, who were both subpoenaed by the House select committee investigating the January 6 insurrection, are expected to testify at...

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Statement on the President's speech tonight from the bipartisan National Council on Election Security, which includes Trump's former DNI Dan Coats:

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NEW: The GOP member of a vote review panel in Gwinnett, GA repeatedly argued Friday that write-in ballots for Mike Pence as president should count for Donald Trump, the group's Democratic representative tells me.

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“The emails that the committee finally has accessed include four communications between Trump attorneys that appear to indicate they knew details they submitted to courts to challenge the election were false …” Story here via @kpolantz

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January 6 committee obtains eight emails showing possible planning of post-election crime | CNN...

The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol has obtained eight emails from late 2020 that a judge determined show Donald Trump and his lawyers planning to...

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News: Two former Trump administration officials were seen today at the Washington, DC, federal courthouse where grand juries meet. Marc Short, former chief of staff to VP Mike Pence Kash Patel, Trump advisor & former national security aide.

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New police body camera footage obtained by @HBRabinowitz shows authorities arriving at the doorstep of former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark & executing a search warrant on his home. Footage shows Clark answering the door of his Virginia home in boxers & a dress shirt ...

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New: Senate Dems write to Pompeo: “At a time when journalists around the world are being jailed for their reporting — and as in the case of Jamal Khashoggi, killed — your insulting and contemptuous comments are beneath the office of the Secretary of State.”

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News: Former Trump campaign official Mike Roman is cooperating with prosecutors from special counsel Jack Smith's team in the ongoing criminal probe related to efforts to overturn the 2020 election, two sources tell me & @kaitlancollins .

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CNN obtained a copy of grand jury subpoena for fmr Trump adviser Peter Navarro. (h/t @PaulaReidCNN ) DOJ requests all docs related to 1/6 committee's subpoena, "including but not limited to any communications with former President Trump and/or his counsel or representatives.”

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Scooplet: Ukraine has told the US it needs 500 Stinger missiles & 500 Javelin missiles PER DAY, according to an updated wishlist for military assistance obtained by CNN. List reflects what Ukraine says is growing need for US-made anti-aircraft & anti-tank weapons. w/ @OrenCNN

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Big deal. We knew these calls happened. We did not know they were recorded. As we’ve seen in GA, a recording can have a significant ripple effect. Michigan’s AG is still investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election results there.

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🚨 Donald Trump recorded pressuring Wayne County canvassers not to certify 2020 vote; RNC’s ⁦ @GOPChairwoman ⁩ offered legal cover Bombshell report here from ⁦ @CraigDMauger ⁩⬇️ (No paywall) via @detroitnews

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This NBA team has administered almost as many tests as the entire Department of Veterans Affairs.

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The Jazz announce that they administered 58 coronavirus tests on players/personnel, and that Donovan Mitchell was the only positive test

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News: IC IG has posted a statement regarding its handling of whistleblower complaints. "The Disclosure of Urgent Concern form the Complainant submitted on August 12, 2019 is the same form the ICIG has had in place since May 24, 2018 ..."

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News: Defense Secretary Mark Esper has authorized $3.6 billion in military construction funds for 11 wall projects on the southern border with Mexico, per defense officials & a letter from Esper to the Senate Armed Services Committee, which was obtained by CNN. Story to come.

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New: Fulton County DA Fani Willis & her top prosecutor received an onslaught of harassing phone calls over the weekend after their personal contact information was cited in legal paperwork from Trump’s defense lawyer in GA case, sources tell me, @CNNValencia & @JMOCNN . (1/3)

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🚨🚨Federal investigators are examining records of communications between members of Congress & pro-Trump rioters that attacked the US Capitol, a US official briefed on the matter tells @evanperez .

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The Jan. 6 committee has been fighting for the records for months, and a federal judge cleared the way for the committee to receive them in recent weeks, calling them possible evidence of the planning of crimes on Trump's behalf.

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Stone was not prosecuted "for standing up for the President," Judge Amy Berman Jackson said at his sentencing hearing in February. "He was prosecuted for covering up for the President."

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NEW tonight from @kaitlancollins @Kevinliptakcnn : Trump is widely expected to pardon or commute Roger Stone’s sentence, according to at least half a dozen sources close to the President.

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News: A federal judge has ordered conservative lawyer John Eastman (part of Willard team) to review & process 1,500 pages per day from his Chapman University email account & give any unprivileged documents to the Jan. 6 committee - beginning this Friday. @kpolantz reports.

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Now also seems like an appropriate time to remind people that the Trump administration has still not filled the vacant post of US ambassador to South Korea.

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NEWS: Federal prosecutors are reviewing fake Electoral College certifications that declared former President Trump the winner of states that he lost, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco told CNN on Tuesday. Exclusive via @evanperez & @Tierney_Megan

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NEWS: As top WH physician, @RonnyJacksonTX made "sexual & denigrating" comments about a female subordinate, violated alcohol policy on POTUS trips & took sleeping meds prompting concerns about his ability to provide care, per DoD IG. w/ @mkraju @barbarastarrcnn & @OrenCNN

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JUST IN: Atlanta-area DA investigating Trump & his allies’ efforts to overturn 2020 election in GA has informed 11 individuals who were put forward as alternate electors there they are considered targets in ongoing criminal probe, per new court filing. w/ @SaraMurray & @JMOCNN

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Trump campaign officials, led by Rudy Giuliani, oversaw efforts in Dec. 2020 to put forward illegitimate electors from 7 states Trump lost, per 3 sources. Jan. 6 committee investigating this, including Giuliani's role. New w/ @MarshallCohen & @merica .

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The Mark Meadows contempt referral is still just hanging out there ... some members of the Jan. 6 committee spoke directly to DOJ tonight as they recommended two more former Trump aides for criminal contempt of Congress charges.

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"Quite candidly, yes, we are re-opening our investigation because I don't know what the federal government plans to do," Michigan AG Dana Nessel said on Friday about the state-level fake elector probe.

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Michigan attorney general re-opens criminal probe into fake electors for Trump | CNN Politics

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has re-opened her criminal investigation into fake electors who signed a certificate claiming former President Donald Trump won the state in the 2020 election...

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NEW: The House select committee is zeroing in on the financing behind events & people associated w/ January 6, including $$ that funded pro-Trump "Stop the Steal" rallies, CNN has learned. w/ @jamiegangel , @WhitneyWReports , @ryanobles & @KristenhCNN

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The GOP panel member objected 5 to 6 times when write-in ballots for Pence were brought before the group, claiming those voters intended to vote for the “Trump-Pence” ticket, & therefore they should count for Trump. The argument was overruled each time, this person said.

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A few excerpts ... “This committee is doing its job. The Dept. of Justice needs to do theirs." -- Rep. Zoe Lofgren. "I will echo what my colleagues have already said, but more bluntly, Attorney General Garland, do your job - so that we can do ours.” -- Rep. Elaine Luria.

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The fake certificates were created by Republicans in SEVEN swing states who sought to replace valid presidential electors w/ a pro-Trump slate, per docs obtained by @weareoversight . Story w/ @MarshallCohen builds on recent reporting from @MaddowBlog .

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EXCLUSIVE: Trump’s attorneys are fighting a secret court battle to block a federal grand jury from gathering info from an expanding circle of close aides in criminal probe related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021, sources tell @evanperez , @kpolantz & me.

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"We are upholding our responsibility. The Department of Justice must do the same." -- Rep. Adam Schiff. “The DOJ has a duty to act on this referral and others ..." -- also Rep. Adam Schiff.

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Worth hearing McCarthy say it for himself. As an aside, McCarthy seems to go out of his way to tell Cheney he hasn’t had any conversations w/ Pence about **pardoning** Trump …

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Recording of McCarthy and Cheney

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News: Dem chairs of House Oversight & Intel committees request “immediate review & damage assessment” from Director of National Intelligence Haines after classified docs were recovered in search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence, per letter obtained by me, @SaraMurray & @kpolantz .

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The Pentagon told @SenSchumer last month it would not tolerate "any act of retaliation" against Vindman. That pledge has taken on new relevance amid Blackburn’s attacks as Schumer is calling on Esper to condemn her comments. New from me.

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News: The 1/6 Select Committee is poised to send notices to telecommunications companies requesting they preserve phone records of several people, including members of Congress, per multiple sources. w/ @ryanobles , @AnnieGrayerCNN & @WhitneyWReports

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News: A judge in Portland barred federal officers from arresting or using physical force against journalists & legal observers mixed in w/ crowds near government buildings there if they're not suspected of committing a crime. Me: Feel like a judge shouldn’t have to say this.

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The book describes one Oval Office debate, where Trump adviser Stephen Miller chimed in saying US cities had been turned into war zones. That infuriated Milley who spun around in his seat, pointed a finger directly at Miller & said: "Shut the f--k up, Stephen."

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Top US general rejected Trump suggestions military should 'crack skulls' during protests last year, new book claims - CNNPolitics

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News: Rep. Bennie Thompson told CNN the Jan. 6 Committee has “started producing information” to the DOJ relevant to its request for interview transcripts the panel has conducted. Via @AnnieGrayerCNN

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"President Trump did not nominate you for confirmation as permanent DNI, and it would be inappropriate for you to pursue any additional leadership, organizational, or staffing changes to ODNI during your temporary tenure," @RepAdamSchiff wrote in a letter to Grenell on April 7.

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Acting DNI Grenell announces organizational changes to National Counterterrorism Center

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In recent weeks, FBI agents in New York contacted witnesses & asked new questions about Giuliani's efforts in Ukraine & possible connections to Russian intelligence, the sources said.

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New: Secret Service erased texts from Jan. 5 & 6, 2021 shortly after they were requested by watchdog investigating agency's response to US Capitol riot, per letter obtained by CNN. 1/6 committee has the letter from DHS IG. Confirming @kenklippenstein w/ @ryanobles & @jamiegangel

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News: The US Treasury Department has announced sanctions against a Russian-based cybercriminal organization called "Evil Corp." (Yes, that is really the name of the group)

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News: Slovakia has preliminarily agreed to provide Ukraine w/ S-300 air defense system, per 3 sources. US & NATO still grappling with how to backfill that country's own defensive capabilities & the transfer is not yet assured. w/ @KatieBoLillis , @NatashaBertrand & @jeremyherb .

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CNN Exclusive: National Archives is set to hand over to Special Counsel Jack Smith 16 records showing Trump & his close presidential advisers had knowledge of correct declassification process while in office. w/ @jamiegangel , @evanperez & @PaulaReidCNN

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Sen. Menendez says the Trump admin has "formally informed Congress that it is invoking an obscure provision of the Arms Export Control Act to eliminate the statutorily-required Congressional review of the sales of precision-guided munitions to Saudi Arabia, the UAE and others."

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Worth noting this story from October re Ivanka's security clearance:

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News: Multiple individuals who served as fake electors in Georgia are cooperating w/ Fulton County DA's criminal probe into Trump's efforts to overturn 2020 election, sources tell me & @SaraMurray . Includes GA Republican Party Chairman David Shafer.

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Scoop: Trump's former national security adviser Robert O’Brien has been subpoenaed by special counsel Jack Smith in both the Mar-a-Lago documents investigation & probe related to efforts to overturn 2020 election, source tells me. He previously testified before 1/6 committee.

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Trump's former COS John Kelly at Duke: “I think the whole national emergency thing right now is going to be wrapped up in the courts, if it even really gets through Congress, which right now it doesn’t look like it will ..." “Thank god we have the courts,” he added. Per @DJJudd .

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Wow this from @RepEliotEngel : “I have learned that the Office of the Inspector General had opened an investigation into Secretary Pompeo. Mr. Linick’s firing amid such a probe strongly suggests that this is an unlawful act of retaliation.”

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GA State Elections Board revealed today it has asked the FBI to participate in ongoing criminal probe of voting system breach in Coffee County because of similarities between what happened there & other states -- including Antrim County, MI. Background:

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This source also tells me the GOP review panel member in question was brought in during Friday’s session to replace the original person who was serving as the party’s representative. They called the swap “disconcerting.”

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New: After tasting wine at a Napa Valley estate with her top prosecutor on the Georgia election subversion case, Fulton County DA Fani Willis reached into her purse & pulled out about $400 in cash, per a man who says he hosted them in 2023:

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News: Former Acting Defense Secretary Christopher Miller is meeting virtually with the January 6 committee today, multiple sources tell me, @KatieBoLillis & @ryanobles .

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NEWS: Former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell is pleading guilty in the Georgia election subversion case, one day before her trial was scheduled to begin. MORE TO COME

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First on CNN: The Jan. 6 committee is considering criminal referrals for at least four individuals in addition to Trump, multiple sources tell @AnnieGrayerCNN , @PamelaBrownCNN & me. They are: Mark Meadows Jeffrey Clark John Eastman Rudy Giuliani

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New: Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert, who allegedly took part in a conspiracy to seize & access voting machines in Michigan after 2020 election is now facing four state-level criminal charges, per court docs. She was also part of "kraken" election lawsuits w/ Sidney Powell.

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New: Ousted State Inspector General Steve Linick is expected to sit down for a transcribed interview on Wednesday with lawmakers who are probing his firing earlier this month, according to two congressional aides familiar with the inquiry and scheduling.

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CNN contacted the offices of 64 Republican lawmakers in the House & Senate today to see if any had concerns with Trump’s public call for China to investigate Biden. Only a few responded, not a single one said yes. h/t @tedbarrettcnn , @mkraju , @byrdinator , @arogDC & others.

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Donald J. Trump

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As the President of the United States, I have an absolute right, perhaps even a duty, to investigate, or have investigated, CORRUPTION, and that would include asking, or suggesting, other Countries to help us out!

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Cyber Ninjas CEO Doug Logan is trying to keep secret more than 1,600 texts w/ Michigan lawyer indicted on charges of illegally accessing voting machines as part of plot to overturn 2020 election results. h/t @azcentral for owning this Logan text story.

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Arizona 'audit' leader wants texts with Michigan lawyer indicted over voting machines to stay secret

Doug Logan and Stefanie Lambert discussed Michigan and Georgia election equipment in their exchanges during the Arizona ballot review, records show.

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First on CNN: A federal judge has ordered former top Trump WH lawyers -- Pat Cipollone & Pat Philbin -- to provide additional grand jury testimony in DOJ criminal probe of efforts to overturn 2020 election, sources tell @SaraMurray , @evanperez & @kpolantz .

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Federal judge orders former top lawyers in Trump’s White House to testify in criminal grand jury...

A federal judge rejected former President Donald Trump’s privilege claims

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The DOJ reiterated to House Judiciary Chairman Jim Jordan on Friday it will not give him info that could compromise ongoing special counsel investigations into Trump, per a series of letters responding to his requests. DOJ did share some new details. w/ @AnnieGrayerCNN

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GOP Sen. Mitt Romney, leaving a classified briefing on China, told @mkraju he believes the US made right decision to wait and shoot down the suspected spy balloon. Asked if he agreed with decision to wait to shoot down the balloon, Romney said: “Yes.”

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Zachary Cohen

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News: Jack Teixeira, Air National Guardsman accused of posting a trove of classified documents to social media, has been formally indicted on six counts of willful retention & transmission of classified information related to national defense, the DOJ announced today.

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Zachary Cohen

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The officers also dispatched an electronic-sniffing dog, whose name is Browser, to search Clark’s house, according to the police reports.

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Zachary Cohen

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News: Israel has provided the US with intelligence it has gathered related to the deadly Gaza hospital explosion, a Israeli official & another source familiar with the matter tell me & @OrenCNN . The US is analyzing the Israeli intelligence, sources say.

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Zachary Cohen

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@SenSchumer @woodruffbets The ACLU has announced it will "seek a court order blocking use of the funds as part of its lawsuit challenging the president’s abuse of emergency powers to secure funds for a wall Congress denied."

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Zachary Cohen

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More: The IG was investigating possible misuse of a political appointee at the State Department to perform personal tasks for Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and his wife, a Democratic congressional aide tells me.

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Zachary Cohen

3 years

First on CNN: FBI warns that QAnon followers will likely "begin to believe they can no longer 'trust the plan' referenced in QAnon posts" & that they have an obligation to change from serving as 'digital soldiers' towards engaging in real world violence."

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Zachary Cohen

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NEW: The US has been unable to determine if Russia has designated a top, theatre-wide military commander responsible for leading the war in Ukraine, multiple sources tell me & @KatieBoLillis .

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Zachary Cohen

5 years

I’m not a lawyer but pretty sure a subpoena is an order, not a request.

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Jim Acosta

5 years

Grisham: “This subpoena changes nothing – just more document requests, wasted time, and taxpayer dollars that will ultimately show the President did nothing wrong.“

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Zachary Cohen

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In the text, Trump Jr pushes for the firing of FBI director Chris Wray & replacing him w/ loyalist Richard Grenell. He also calls for then-Attorney General Bill Barr to name a special prosecutor to investigate the "Biden crime family."

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Members of the Jan. 6 committee have suggested that the two examples they presented on Tuesday were only a fraction of the evidence they have related to possible witness intimidation. Full story here:

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CNN also obtained a copy of police reports written by Fairfax County Police officers who assisted in the search of Clark’s house. Per the reports, they searched the house as part of an “ongoing fraud investigation” regarding Clark & his time at DOJ.

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One entry in the White House records shows a request from Trump to get Jordan on the phone from the White House residence on the morning of January 6. A second entry shows that the length of the call was 10 minutes.

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Zachary Cohen

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A committee aide told me Lofgren's questions underscore point that USCP, based on available intel at the time, had ample reason to expect violence from pro-Trump protesters but supervisors were still advising front line officers to “focus on & prioritize anti-Trump protesters."

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Trump Jr endorses plan to get "Trump electors" & allies in Congress overturning Biden's win on Jan. 6. “We either have a vote WE control and WE win OR it gets kicked to Congress on 6 January 2021,” he wrote to Meadows. "POTUS must 2nd term now"

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UPDATE: Before his refusal to cooperate, Meadows provided Jan. 6 committee volumes of phone & email records including messages sent & received during riot, @jamiegangel reports. Rep. Lofgren says messages were shared “without an assertion of privilege.”

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Zachary Cohen

5 years

Trump’s ambassador to Denmark tweeted this roughly 3 hours ago ...

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Ambassador Alan Leventhal

5 years

Denmark is ready for the POTUS @realDonaldTrump visit! Partner, ally, friend 🇺🇸🇩🇰

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