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Top-Secret Docs, Another Taiwan Visit & Back-to-School Sticker Shock- Monday, August 15th, 2022

The NewsWorthy

Erica Mandy

Daily News, Society & Culture, News

3.91.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2022

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

The news to know for Monday, August 15th, 2022!

We'll tell you what evidence the FBI's raid at Mar-a-Lago found and what could come next. 

Also, what a new report says about last-minute decisions when the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan. 

Plus, why monkeypox could be getting a new name, which is the first state to offer all kids free meals in schools, and signs of 'Seinfeld' on the golf course? We'll explain.

Those stories and more in around 10 minutes!

Head to www.theNewsWorthy.com/shownotes for sources and to read more about any of the stories mentioned today.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Today is Monday, August 15th. We'll tell you what evidence the FBI's raid at Mar-a-Lago

0:04.8

actually found and what could come next. And what a new report says about last-minute decisions

0:09.9

when the U.S. pulled out of Afghanistan. Plus, why monkeypox could be getting a new name,

0:15.2

which is the first state to offer all kids' free meals in schools, no matter how much money

0:19.6

their families have. And signs of Seinfeld on the golf course? We'll explain. Those stories

0:25.3

and more news to know, coming up. Welcome, welcome to The Newsworthy, all the days news in

0:32.3

around 10 minutes. Fast, fair, fun, and on the go. I'm Air Commandy, thanks so much for being

0:38.2

here. You're ready? Let's do this. It could be one of the most serious allegations former President

0:47.2

Trump has faced this far. A court released the search warrant from the FBI's raid at Trump's Mar-a-Lago

0:52.6

State last week, with a list of everything the agents actually found. And that includes 11 sets of

0:58.3

classified and top secret documents, some that say they're meant to only be available in certain

1:02.9

government facilities. The search warrant says the FBI is specifically looking into whether he broke

1:07.6

the espionage act among other laws. So Trump could be facing some serious legal trouble, but the

1:13.5

former president is fighting back with his own explanations and accusations. For starters,

1:18.4

former President Trump called the FBI corrupt and said there was no way of knowing if the classified

1:22.9

material had been planted at Mar-a-Lago. Later, Trump said the FBI shouldn't have taken the documents

1:28.6

since some are protected by attorney client privilege and executive privilege. And he says he wants

1:33.9

them back. Other people on Trump's team say the Justice Department is trying to take something

1:38.6

innocent, Trump holding onto some keepsakes, and turning it into a scandal for political reasons.

1:44.0

Sources have told news outlets that Trump's team did hand over documents, including some that

1:48.4

were classified in January and then again in June. Some reports also say, just two weeks before

1:53.7

the search, one of the former president's lawyers signed a document saying all classified material

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