Biden urges the world to stand firm in support of Ukraine
Anderson Cooper 360
CNN
4.1 • 3.7K Ratings
🗓️ 20 September 2023
⏱️ 46 minutes
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Summary
The New York Times is reporting that Molly Michael, a former assistant to Donald Trump, told investigators that the former president instructed her to not tell them about the classified documents he kept at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. According to the Times, she told investigators about the comments when she was interviewed as part of the inquiry into Trump’s handling of sensitive government documents. The Times says the details are from a person briefed on her comments. Former Assistant U.S. Attorney Elie Honig tells Anderson Cooper he thinks this is “potentially devastating evidence” and could hurt the former president’s defense. Plus, while speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, President Biden urged the world to stand up to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and be firm in their support of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his country. Democratic Rep. Seth Moulton is a veteran and member of the Armed Services Committee. He joins AC360 to discuss why it’s important for the U.S. to continue supporting Ukraine.
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| 0:00.0 | Tonight on 360 breaking news, new reporting that the former president told an aide not |
| 0:06.0 | to acknowledge that she knew about classified files he kept at Marlotto. |
| 0:10.5 | Also tonight with 11 days until the government shuts down why House Republicans can't get |
| 0:14.4 | their act together long enough to stop it. |
| 0:17.0 | And Canada says there are what they call credible allegations tying India to an assassination |
| 0:22.4 | of one of its citizens and the U.S. has been drawn to the controversy. |
| 0:26.6 | And evening we begin tonight with breaking news in this quote attributed to the former |
| 0:29.8 | president. |
| 0:30.8 | You don't know anything about the boxes. |
| 0:33.6 | The boxes, of course, being boxes of classified material kept at Marlotto. |
| 0:37.6 | The reporting just hit the New York Times. |
| 0:39.5 | The headline reads, Trump is said to have told aide not to acknowledge she knew of documents. |
| 0:45.1 | Here's the lead. |
| 0:46.1 | A former assistant to Donald J. Trump has informed investigators that the former president |
| 0:50.5 | told her to say she did not know anything about the boxes containing classified documents |
| 0:55.7 | that he had stashed at his private club in Florida after leaving the White House, according |
| 0:59.4 | to a person, briefed on her comments. |
| 1:01.7 | Now her name is Molly Michael, who first gave her account to ABC News. |
| 1:06.3 | Quoting again from the New York Times reporting, Ms. Michael also told investigators that Mr. |
| 1:10.4 | Trump would write notes to himself on documents that he gave her, listing tasks that he wanted |
| 1:16.0 | done. |
| 1:17.0 | She later realized that in some cases the documents had classified markings, the person |
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