THE BIG STORY Trump's team misled DOJ officials and obstructed investigation, new court filing says |
Some of the secret and top secret documents recovered from Mar-a-Lago / Department of Justice |
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We learned a number of revelations, some potentially seismic, from a new court filing surrounding the criminal investigation into Donald Trump and his handling of classified information after leaving the White House. Read the full story here, but a few important findings: Department of Justice officials believe Trump's team misled them and obstructed the investigation by concealing and removing documents, according to the 36-page filing from late Tuesday night. After handing over several boxes, including 184 classified documents, to National Archives officials in January, Trump's team in June turned over a binder containing 38 more classified records — and swore there weren't any more. But the FBI's Aug. 8 Mar-a-Lago search uncovered more than 100 additional classified documents, ranging from confidential to top secret, that hadn't been turned over, three of which were found inside Trump's desks in his private office. As shown in the photo above, some of the recovered documents had colored cover sheets clearly stating that they were classified, the DOJ also noted, so they could not have been hard to miss. The former president is being investigated for potential violations of the Espionage Act, mishandling government documents, and obstruction of justice. |
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STAYING ON TOP OF THIS The latest from Ukraine |
The European Union has made it more difficult for Russians to get visas to travel, the New York Times reports. Wednesday's decision was a compromise after Poland, Finland, Czechia, and the Baltics had pushed for an outright ban on all Russian tourists as a sign of protest against the war. The Russian Defense Ministry is organizing press tours in besieged cities in Ukraine. A Moscow-based photographer, eager to see areas where few journalists were allowed, assembled a photo story of the surreal, propagandist experience for the Washington Post.
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IT'S BRUTAL OUT HERE These women wrote to incarcerated men. Then they fell in love. |
Seba Cestaro for BuzzFeed News |
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This week, we're bringing you It's Brutal Out Here, a series of stories about dating. When Melissa first started corresponding with people who had profiles on Write a Prisoner, the most popular prison pen pal website in the US, she had one rule: "I would never write anybody with murder charges." She was never looking for a relationship; she had learned having a pen pal reduces recidivism rates. Three years later, she met Travis. They had a lot in common. Both lived in Virginia, loved The Twilight Zone, enjoyed writing, and held Wiccan beliefs. He'd been convicted of second-degree murder, and his profile said so, but she thought, Ah, whatever, I'm gonna give him a chance. "We had such an immediate, deep connection," Travis, who had been in prison for 13 years, said. They began talking over the phone for 40 minutes a day, then video visits every other week. Soon they were in love. But Travis feared losing Melissa once she discovered what he had done. Instead of breaking up, they got even closer. "We need to be able to forgive people and not define them by the worst moment in their lives," she said. Check out Hallie Lieberman's story here. |
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