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A federal judge released some documents tied to the FBI's search of Mar-a-Lago, and is signaling he may unseal parts of the search affidavit as well. This as 18 former senior Trump administration officials tell CNN they never heard of Trump's standing order to declassify documents he took from the White House. And, former Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg plead guilty today for his role in a 15-year-long tax fraud scheme.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Rudy Giuliani was questioned under oath today about the ex-president's potentially illegal attempts to stay in power. He's the closest adviser to former President Donald Trump to be named a target in the Georgia investigation, raising questions about Trump's own criminal exposure. CNN political correspondent Sara Murray begins our coverage.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

We’re learning that the FBI has interviewed the former top lawyers in the Trump White House in connection with the investigation of classified documents taken to Mar-a-Lago. Rep. Adam Schiff, a key member of the January 6th committee and the House intelligence committee, joins. Plus, we're tracking Rep. Liz Cheney’s primary battle in Wyoming. Also, President Biden has just singed a sweeping climate, health care, and tax bill into law.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Chilling new threats to kill law enforcement personnel emerge in the wake of the search of former President Trump’s Florida home. Now, Trump makes new claims about what agents seized during their search. January 6th select committee member Rep. Adam Kinzinger joins to discuss. Also, Rudy Giuliani is now a target in the criminal investigation into efforts to try to flip the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Mar-a-Lago search warrant is now public and it reveals FBI agents went to Trump’s home looking for possible violations of the Espionage Act and other major crimes. The FBI left with a trove of secret documents including some classified at the very highest level. We examine all the information which has just been been released by a federal judge.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is now responding to the U.S. Justice Department’s new move to unseal the warrant used to search his Florida home. The attorney general revealed that he personally approved the request to retrieve documents from Mar-a-Lago and condemned the attacks on the integrity of his department and the FBI.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Former President Trump pleads the fifth and refused to answer questions in a New York investigation of his company. His legal perils appear to grow as new details emerge about the FBI’s search of his Florida home. Also, a new report shows inflation cooling as gas prices keep going down. We examine what this means for consumers.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

New urgency in the U.S. Justice Department investigation of former President Trump after the unprecedented FBI search of his Florida home. We explore details on what federal agents found. Some prominent Republicans, including the House minority leader, are slamming the search and vowing investigations of both the Justice Department and the FBI.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Biden is on the brink of a much needed win after the Senate passage of a landmark economic package. Plus, CNN has learned that two years worth of Alex Jones' text messages have been turned over to the January 6th select committee. Also, singer and actor Olivia Newton-John has died at age 73 and we look back at her life and career.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

A new jobs report shows hiring in the United States was hot in July, throwing cold water on recession fears but adding to concerns about inflation. Also, U.S. and Chinese tensions rise after Beijing’s missile fire near Taiwan and its new sanctions against Nancy Pelosi. Plus, Moscow says it is ready to discuss a proposed prisoner swap that could lead to the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner.To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices