John Prido is the economist's US editor and the host of checks and balance are podcasts on American politics. He says Donald Trump could be charged with obstruction of justice for keeping classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. If prosecuted, it'll probably be under the espionage act rather than by some other piece of law, he adds.
He is expected to be charged for failing to return classified documents and obstructing justice. The former president denies wrongdoing, and any possible convictions are still a long way away, but how does this affect his election campaign? Wildfires raging across Canada are choking New Yorkers. We take a closer look at the air quality data. And Putin’s alleged birth mother dies in Georgia.
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