Today on Velsche, if you thought you'd heard it all with the revelation that former White House staff

believed that the twice impeached ex-president periodically tried to destroy documents by flushing

them down the official White House toilet, sadly, you'd be wrong.

There's even more to this story, including brand new details about the former president's shredding style

and the behind-the-scenes fight to recover the 15 boxes of documents with which he absconded

to his golf club after he was booted out of office. Plus, a stark warning from President Biden

to Vladimir Putin of swift and severe consequences if Russia invades Ukraine. But the White House remains convinced the attack could come at any moment.

We're going to touch down in Ukraine for the very latest as tensions there rise.

And then the Velshi Band Book Cup begins this morning with a conversation with George M. Johnson,

the author of All Boys Aren't Blue, a memoir manifesto about growing up black and queer in America.

Velshi starts now.

Good morning. It is Sunday, February the 13th. I'm Ali Velshi, and with each passing day,

the failed former president's disregard for democracy,

the law, and recordkeeping continue swirling into focus.

An important new piece in this morning's Washington Post details the long, strange trip

taken by a cash of 15 boxes worth of presidential documents and records from the White House to

Mara Lago and back to the

custody of the National Archives where they belong. The ordeal only culminated last month,

January 17th, nearly a year to the day after the former insurrectionist in chief left the

nation's capital. The story begins last summer when the National Archives and

Records Administration reached out to the former president's team to tell them some high-profile

documents from his presidency appeared to be missing. Then followed an unusually long process

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