It appears there's now a paper trail that ties former President Trump to efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

We'll walk you through this potentially major development in just a moment.

We'll also have the latest from Ukraine, where there are mass evacuations happening right now as Vladimir Putin attempts to impose

martial law in parts of the country that he illegally annexed.

Meanwhile, on Capitol Hill, the top Republican in the House is warning that financial

support for Ukraine could take a hit if the GOP wins control of that chamber.

Good morning and welcome to way too early on this Thursday, October 20th.

I'm Jonathan Lemire. Thanks for starting your day with us. We're going to

begin with damning new evidence connected to Donald Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020

election. According to a federal judge, Trump signed legal documents claiming voter fraud in Georgia,

knowing that information was false. The case is part of a records dispute between the House

Select Committee investigating January 6th and one of the architects of the plan to overturn

the election, John Eastman. The judge ordered Eastman, an attorney, to turn over 33 new documents,

including four emails that the judge says demonstrate an

effort by Trump and his lawyers to press false claims in federal court.

According to the ruling, one of the documents includes an email exchange in which Eastman

tells other members of Trump's legal team that the stats they were about to cite alleging voter fraud in Georgia were false.

In a December 31st email, Eastman writes,

although the president signed a verification for the state court filing back on December 1st,

he has since been made aware that some of the allegations has been inaccurate.

For him to sign a new verification with that knowledge would not be accurate.

But Trump signed the new verification anyway, swearing under oath that the false information

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