Republicans Suggest DOJ "Playing Politics" with Mar-a-Lago Search

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🗓️ 30 August 2022

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As the Director of National Intelligence announces a formal damage assessment of the Mar-a-Lago incident, Republicans suggest that the Department of Justice is playing politics. This, as the midterm elections steadily approach; Democrats in tough races distance themselves from Biden’s student debt plan, as some Republicans soften their stances on abortion and election fraud. Plus, Serena Williams advances to the second round of the U.S. Open, likely the final tennis tournament of her career. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The news continues.
0:04.9	So let's hand it over to Victor Blackwell and CNN Tonight, Victor.
0:07.8	All right, John.
0:08.8	Thank you.
0:09.8	I'm Victor Blackwell and this is CNN Tonight.
0:11.5	We begin with the possible threat posed by Donald Trump, keeping classified documents
0:16.1	in his beach club.
0:17.5	The director of National Intelligence tells Congress her office is digging through the
0:21.7	classified documents to understand the risk of being taken to Mar-a-Lago in the first
0:27.0	place.
0:28.0	Then there's the danger looming over non-political career civil servants.
0:32.6	The head of the National Archives said threats from Donald Trump supporters are coming in.
0:37.4	The Archivist informed the staff of messages from the public accusing us of corruption
0:42.3	and conspiring against the former president.
0:45.2	At the same time, some are congratulating the archives for bringing them down.
0:49.2	Now, the Archivist has made clear that neither is their goal, but threats like these, we
0:54.2	know, go beyond talk.
0:56.0	Earlier this month, the man carrying a long gun, trying to enter the FBI since in the
0:59.9	ad office, and that real world example is crucial context as politicians, like Republican
1:06.2	Senator Lindsey Graham, go on Fox and say this.
1:12.0	I'll say this.
1:13.6	If there's a prosecution of Donald Trump for this handling classified information, after
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