🚨🚨 EXCLUSIVE: Remember when President Trump pressured Ukraine's president in 2019 to announce an investigation of the Biden family?
Here's the inside story of the CIA analyst whose life was put at risk and career was upended -- as he blew the whistle and ensured the public learned of Trump's potentially illegal pressure campaign on a foreign ally to help his reelection.
So many powerful never-before-told scenes. By @GregJaffe
washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/…

On the chance that a reporter might be able to ask @realDonaldTrump about him being investigted by DOJ for possibly receiving a $10M bribe from Egypt, I watched his news conference. Here's what I learned:

1/ Trump spoke without taking questions for nearly an hour, and then only answered maybe 5 questions, none about DOJ Egypt probe. 2/ @washingtonpost was awesome at real-time fact-checking, e.g.:

Clear, fact-based reporting here, backed up by video and reporters who witnessed it.
Peaceful pro-Palestinian encampment at @UCLA was violently attacked by counter-protesters chanting pro-Israel slogans on Tuesday night. Police were then called in, and arrested the victims... as counter-protesters dispersed and many chanted "USA" and "back the blue". This is a highly controversial topic, with emotions high on all sides, but factual reporting cuts through what actually happened on this frightening evening.
nytimes.com/interactive/20…

It will be so different entering the @washingtonpost in the New Year. Thank you to the amazing group of colleagues who helped our readers understand their world and helped all of us perfect our craft, who now leave us. We will miss you so and remember your profound contribution. This is not a complete list, but a humble shout out to the HUNDREDS of years of experience we will try to honor by keeping on
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📢EXCLUSIVE: Raid on Trump's home was result of a bitter tug-of-war within DOJ. Prosecutors pushed for it, fearing Trump had concealed classified records; FBI agents resisted it, fearing a misstep w exPrez.
me w @DevlinBarrett @PerryStein @byaaroncdavis
washingtonpost.com/national-secur… Previously unreported clashes and scenes in this national security probe:
*Some FBI agents wanted to close the criminal case in June after Trump lawyers claimed they had handed over all documents.
If they did, govt might not have found 100+ classif'd records Trump still had

Appeals court ruling reads like series of gentle "teachable moments" for Judge Cannon.
First and foremost they remind of the extensive case law requiring courts to defer to government agencies to protect the nation's secrets and classified documents.

washingtonpost.com/national-secur… "The Supreme
Court has recognized that for reasons `too obvious to call for enlarged discussion, the protection of classified information must be committed to the broad discretion of the agency responsible'... ( Egan, 484 U.S. at 529 )..

NEWWWWS -- Michael Flynn's brother was on the call and resisting emergency pleas for the National Guard when the Capitol was under attack Jan. 6. The Army falsely denied it for weeks. me w the greats: @DanLamothe @PaulSonne @byaaroncdavis

washingtonpost.com/national-secur… “HE WAS NOT IN ANY OF THE MEETINGS!” one Army official insisted on Jan. 12 in an email to The Post.

Ben, you are an excellent reporter. But serious issues in your story to address.
1. Marty was 100% right in advising Woodward that he shouldn't out Kavanaugh. No serious journalist breaks confidentiality agreement w/out source first knowing what would trigger a breach THREAD

https://twitter.com/benyt/status/1277389265299701760

2. It would be sad to me if other journalists felt comfortable breaking another reporter's confidentiality agreement by sharing this with anyone outside the Post. How would any of us feel if someone revealed our sources and methods? Bob could have published and did not.