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In ' News Never Pays,' our fearless CEO, Monika Bauerlein, connects the dots on several concerning media trends that, taken together, expose the fallacy behind the tragic state of journalism right now: That the marketplace will take care of providing the free and independent press citizens in a democracy need, and the Next New Thing to invest millions in will fix the problem. We'll also be quite transparent and level-headed with you about this.

There is no wiggle room, we've already cut everything we can, and we urgently need more readers to pitch in-especially from this specific blurb you're reading right now. We have a considerable $390,000 gap in our online fundraising budget that we have to close by June 30. Trump the time and opportunity to avoid charges that would not generally have been afforded to others.' /WBZ8Yivd9cīy signing up, you agree to our privacy policy and terms of use, and to receive messages from Mother Jones and our partners. “By all appearances, the Justice Department and special counsel have exercised due care, affording Mr. Romney says Trump 'brought these charges upon himself' One Republican who isn’t kowtowing? Mitt Romney, who blasted the former president for bringing “these charges upon himself.” Of course, it might not change much politically most prominent Republicans, including Kevin McCarthy and Ron DeSantis, have predictably blasted the Justice Department others have echoed Trump’s complaint that the federal charges mark a “ sad day for America.” If it includes everything that’s been reported this morning, it would certainly extend Trump’s extraordinary record of blowing up his own legal defenses with his very own words. It’s unclear if and when the audio itself will be released to the public. The New York Times reports that the remark prompted a woman in the room to reply, “Now we have a problem.” “As president, I could have declassified, but now I can’t,” Trump reportedly says in the bombshell transcript. Trump’s own lawyers notably declined to support that shaky defense after the FBI’s search at Mar-a-Lago in August 2022, which, of course, uncovered among many items, dozens of empty folders marked “classified.” This would significantly undermine Trump’s previous assertion that as president, he could declassify anything he wanted by merely “ thinking about it“-and that the documents he retained were, therefore, no longer classified. Perhaps more critically, the transcript also reportedly shows that Trump admitted to not declassifying the documents he is heard bragging about in the recording. This was done by the military and given to me.” This is secret information,” Trump says in the conversation, according to the transcript CNN received. Multiple news outlets are now reporting that they have obtained the transcript of an audio recording that appears to capture Trump bragging about retaining secret documents.

Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.Īs Donald Trump prepares to fight his second indictment in two months-the latest stemming from Department of Justice allegations that he mishandled classified documents after leaving office-he seems to be facing a major, self-inflicted problem.

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