Source: two documents with classified markings found at storage unit used by Trump

The Lead with Jake Tapper

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🗓️ 8 December 2022

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Two documents with classified markings were found in a Florida storage unit during a search by a team hired by former President Trump. Plus, Senator Raphael Warnock has won reelection in Georgia marking the first time since 1934 that the party in charge of the White House picked up Senate and governor seats in a midterm election. Also, the Supreme Court is hearing arguments in a case which could upend the American election system. 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	For the first time since 1934, the party in the White House picked up Senate and Governor
0:08.0	seats in a midterm election.
0:11.2	Beleed starts right now.
0:13.6	Senator Raphael Warnock keeps his seat giving Democrats a slight edge in the next Congress.
0:19.3	Is this because of Biden's strengths or a Trump albatross?
0:24.8	A former Republican congressman arrested accused of secretly signing a $50 million contract
0:30.5	to be a foreign agent for Venezuela, what CNN is now learning from a new federal indictment.
0:36.5	Plus, a raid today, uncovering a dangerous plot to overthrow the government the suspects
0:42.9	described as far-right terrorists to subscribe to the deranged beliefs of QAnon.
0:48.3	This time, thankfully, the plot was not in the United States.
0:55.8	Welcome to the lead, I'm Jake Tapper, and we start today with our politics lead.
0:59.8	The midterm's dust has finally settled, and we now have a clear look at the exact
1:03.8	makeup of the next U.S. Congress moment to go.
1:06.2	Senator Raphael Warnock met with Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer after Warnock won his
1:12.2	runoff election in Georgia last night, giving Democrats a cushions based a lose of vote
1:17.7	and still have the simple majority in the chamber.
1:20.7	But as much as this was a victory for Democrats, it also seems a rebuke of Donald Trump with
1:26.8	his hand-picked candidate Herschel Walker falling short, and now Republicans are pointing
1:31.9	fingers.
1:32.9	Senator Mitt Romney called the Trump endorsement the kiss of death, and other members
1:37.0	of the Republican Party are adding their voices to the chorus of criticism.
1:43.4	We can never let Donald Trump let us get to this spot again.
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