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Welcome to Fox News’ Politics newsletter with the latest political news from Washington D.C. and updates from the 2024 campaign trail.  What’s Happening?  – Biden calls for ceasefire over ice cream – Squad member Tlaib proposes paying homeless people $1400/month – Poll reveals what Americans think of the border crisis Michigan holds presidential primaries Tuesday, and for once there’s more drama on the Democratic side than the GOP.  A campaign to vote “uncommitted” on the Democratic Party’s ballot has been gathering steam, fueled by anger over President Biden’s support for Israel in its war against Hamas. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich. — the first Palestinian-American elected to the U.S. House — has urged Michigan Democrats to vote “uncommitted” in protest of Biden’s Israel policy. Democratic strategist James Carville said Monday that the Michigan protest vote against Biden is a “huge problem” for the party. But how much Biden will be embarrassed by the vote in the Michigan primary today remains to be seen. “I think we just kinda have to wait until they count the ballots tonight and see what it does and make a determination,” Carville told CNN this week. “But regardless of what happens, this Gaza thing is really tearing the Democratic Party, I don’t want to say tearing apart, but it certainly, there are certainly divisions within the party, and a lot of people just don‘t like this,” he said during the media appearance.  Follow results from Michigan’s presidential primaries at the Fox News election center BRAIN FREEZE: Biden on ice cream outing with Seth Meyers says he hopes for Gaza ceasefire by ‘end of the weekend’ …Read more ‘BLOOD MONEY’: Scathing details reveal why Biden appears ‘silent’ on China’s role in fentanyl crisis: book …Read more BEEF WITH BIDEN: Biden under bipartisan fire for lifting ban on Paraguayan beef imports …Read more BIG SPENDING: Squad member Tlaib proposes paying some homeless people $1,400 per month for 3 years …Read more ‘UGLY RECORD’: Sen Hawley warns consulting firms against working with China to ‘undermine America’ …Read more ‘CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS’: McCaul makes harshest threat yet accusing Biden official of stonewalling Afghanistan probe …Read more BLOCKBUSTER WEEK: Congress has Hunter’s testimony, impeachment chaos and more — all with a shutdown looming …Read more ‘UP THERE WITH CHLAMYDIA’: Sen. Kennedy compares Biden’s polling numbers to an STD after failure of ‘Bidenomics’ …Read more MICHIGAN VOTES: Republicans, Democrats in major battleground state to cast votes in party primaries …Read more ‘I’LL BRING THE HEAT’: Pro-Trump House candidate takes flamethrower to ‘Biden’s agenda’ in fiery new ad …Read more COMING OUT SWINGING: GOP becoming ‘playpen’ for Trump, Nikki Haley claims …Read more ‘NO PEACE’: Dems thrust Kari Lake, McCain feud into spotlight as crucial Senate battle heats up …Read more ‘REAL ISSUE’: Ex-Obama aides worry about Biden’s age, say he appears ‘frail’ …Read more TARGETING TRUMP: NY AG taunts former president about interest he owes on civil fraud judgment …Read more FLAG BAN: Tennessee House passes bill that would largely ban LGBTQ flags in public school classrooms …Read more ‘PURVEYOR OF CCP PROPAGANDA’: Controversial Chinese official celebrates Lunar New Year parade alongside top New York Dems …Read more ‘CRITICAL THREAT’: Poll shows how Americans view border crisis …Read more SMEARED BY AI: Google AI caught inventing fake reviews attacking book on Big Tech’s political bias …Read more Subscribe now to get Fox News Politics newsletter in your inbox. Get the latest updates from the 2024 campaign trail, exclusive interviews and more on FoxNews.com.

Brazil’s Fordlandia: Tracing the roots of Amazon deforestation

Aveiro, Brazil – The flames roared higher than a hundred feet, sending smoke billowing across the jungle. Boars scattered from the underbrush. Toucans shot from the trees. And thousands of acres of Amazon rainforest soon crumbled into ash. It was 1928, and a vast stretch of land in north-central Brazil was being cleared for a monumental undertaking: Fordlandia, a $20m city dreamed up by the richest man in the world at the time, American industrialist Henry Ford. From the charred earth rose a hospital, a cinema, schools and bungalows. A golf and tennis courts were built for the arriving Americans to feel at home. The sawmill and factory floors, meanwhile, were the purview of the local workers. But over the past eight decades, Fordlandia has lain largely abandoned, slowly falling into disrepair. Still, smoke continues to hang in the air, as Brazil contends with an ongoing legacy of deforestation and fortune-seeking in its world-renowned rainforest. About 2,000 people remain residents of Ford’s utopian experiment, a decaying reminder of the ambitions that shape the forest. Plagued by poverty, these residents find themselves caught between competing pressures: to protect the environment that surrounds them — or exploit it to make ends meet. “Yes, I deforest. How else am I going to farm?” said Sadir Moata, a 31-year-old resident of the area. A muscular farmer with dark, bushy eyebrows, Moata took it upon himself to rehabilitate one of Fordlandia’s larger houses, originally intended for American expats. He mucked out the bat droppings and tamed the overgrowth in the garden so that his father could use it as a home. But his income from farming is meagre, and clearing the land through fire allows him to grow more crops. “I get 600 reals [$120 per month] from a government programme. There’s me, my wife, two children and a brother who eats with us. What kind of life am I going to have with 600 reals?” But experts, advocates and other residents warn that the cost of Amazon deforestation will inevitably be higher than any gains. Adblock test (Why?)

Thousands of artists call for Israel’s exclusion from Venice Biennale

Art Not Genocide Alliance says that any works that represent Israel are an ‘endorsement of its genocidal policies’ in Gaza. Thousands of artists, curators and museum directors have called for Israel to be excluded from this year’s Venice Biennale art fair and accused the exhibition of “platforming a genocidal apartheid state”. Israel has been facing mounting international criticism, including in the art world, over its military offensive in the besieged Gaza Strip that has killed tens of thousands of Palestinians since October 7. The Art Not Genocide Alliance (ANGA) said the Biennale – a major international art exhibition – had two years ago banned anyone linked to the Russian government following the invasion of Ukraine, but not taken action against Israel as it continues its war on Gaza. “The Biennale has been silent about Israel’s atrocities against Palestinians. We are appalled by this double standard,” ANGA said in an online letter that had been signed by more than 12,500 people as of Tuesday. It said the Biennale had also previously banned South Africa under its system of apartheid and white minority rule and pointed to the fact that leading human rights groups today deem Israel’s illegal occupation of Palestinian lands “a cruel system of apartheid and a crime against humanity”. “Platforming art representing a state engaged in ongoing atrocities against Palestinians in Gaza is unacceptable,” the international collective of artists and cultural workers said. It called “any official representation of Israel on the international cultural stage” and “any work that officially represents the state of Israel” an “endorsement of its genocidal policies”. Israel rejects any accusation that its actions amount to genocide. The International Court of Justice has found that it is “plausible” that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza and ordered Israel to take all possible measures to prevent genocide. ‘Shameful’ Italy’s culture minister condemned the ANGA letter as “unacceptable” and “shameful”, saying it “threatens freedom of thought and creative expression”. “Israel does not only have the right to express its art, but has the duty to bear witness to its people at a moment like this, when it has been hit by surprise by merciless terrorists,” Gennaro Sangiuliano said in a statement. Palestinian group Hamas attacked southern Israel on October 7, killing at least 1,139 people, mostly civilians, according to an Al Jazeera tally based on official Israeli figures. Israel responded with a relentless bombardment and ground invasion of Gaza. More than 29,000 people have been killed in the Israeli assault, mostly women and children, according to Palestinian health authorities. Sangiuliano said that the Biennale, set to begin on April 20, “will always be a space of freedom, of meetings and dialogue, and not a space of censorship and intolerance”. ANGA said: “Art does not happen in a vacuum (let alone a “pocket”), and cannot transcend reality.” “There is no free expression for the Palestinian poets, artists, and writers murdered, silenced, imprisoned, tortured, and prevented from travelling abroad or internally by Israel. There is no free expression in the Palestinian theatres and literary festivals shut down by Israel. There is no free expression in the museums, archives, publications, libraries, universities, schools, and homes of Gaza bombed to rubble by Israel. There is no free expression in the war crime of cultural genocide,” it said. Signatories of the appeal include Palestine Museum US Director Faisal Saleh, activist US photographer Nan Goldin and British visual artist Jesse Darling, who won last year’s Turner Prize. Dubbed the “Olympics of the art world”, the Biennale is one of the main events in the international arts calendar. This year’s edition, “Foreigners Everywhere”, is due to host pavilions from 90 countries between April 20 and November 24. Adblock test (Why?)

US burger chain Wendy’s plans to test ‘surge pricing’ next year

Company to try raising and lowering prices throughout the day based on demand, prompting backlash. Wendy’s, a United States fast food chain, is looking to test having the prices of its menu items fluctuate throughout the day based on demand, a strategy that has already taken hold with ride-sharing companies and ticket sellers. During a conference call this month, Wendy’s CEO Kirk Tanner said the Dublin, Ohio-based burger chain will start testing dynamic pricing, also known as surge pricing, as early as next year. “Beginning as early as 2025, we will begin testing more enhanced features like dynamic pricing and daypart offerings along with AI-enabled menu changes and suggestive selling,” he said. “As we continue to show the benefit of this technology in our company-operated restaurants, franchisee interest in digital menu boards should increase, further supporting sales and profit growth across the system.” Wendy’s plans to invest about $20m to launch digital menu boards at all of its US company-run restaurants by the end of 2025. It also plans to invest about $10m over the next two years to support digital menu enhancements globally. Tanner, a longtime PepsiCo executive, became Wendy’s CEO this month. He succeeded Todd Penegor, who had served as Wendy’s president and CEO since 2016. Last year, Penegor announced a restructuring intended to speed decision-making and invest more in new restaurant development, particularly overseas. The chain and its franchisees operate about 7,000 restaurants worldwide. Shares of Wendy’s fell slightly in Tuesday morning trading as the move led to a backlash with the New York Post plastering the news across its front page, calling it “inflation’s next frontier”. On the social media website X, previously known as Twitter, many users rounded on Wendy’s with some saying they would not be eating from the burger chain again. “Surge pricing works for Uber because they’re about the only choice. You’re not. Rest assured I won’t be returning to your restaurant … if this is something you move forward with,” one user said. “Bye, Wendy’s,” another said. “Predatory pricing isn’t an option for commodity fast food.” Adblock test (Why?)

Covenant House denies sponsoring migrant accused of GA murder after GOP lawmaker’s accusation

FIRST ON FOX: A nonprofit charity is denying sponsoring a man who was recently charged with killing a Georgia nursing student after a GOP lawmaker accused the group of letting him use its federally funded resources after he entered the U.S. illegally and before he allegedly committed the crime. Rep. Lance Gooden, R-Texas, sent a letter to Covenant House, a national network of youth homeless shelters, claiming to have seen Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) documents that say Jose Ibarra, 26, used a New York facility as his sponsor address after he crossed the border in September 2022.  Gooden questioned whether Covenant House was properly vetting people who came through its doors, whether Ibarra lied about allegedly staying there, and if the organization was encouraging migrants to use its address on federal forms. Covenant House told Fox News Digital it did not sponsor Ibarra and denied being contacted by federal authorities about him. LAKEN RILEY MURDER SUSPECT’S BROTHER FIRED FROM UGA AFTER PRESENTING FAKE PASSPORT “Covenant House does not sponsor the entry of any migrants into the United States. It is neither a policy nor a practice. Covenant House New York did not sponsor Jose Antonio Ibarra’s entry into the country and has not done so for any other person,” a spokesperson said. “We do not know how our address came to be on his form, but there have been and continue to be instances when our address is given at the border. We have not been contacted by ICE/DHS regarding this matter, nor have we ever been contacted by them about the use of Covenant House’s name on a form at the border.” Gooden wrote to Covenant House CEO Bill Bedrossian earlier Tuesday, “According to CBP documents, after illegally crossing into El Paso, Jose Antonio Ibarra provided The Covenant House, a federally funded NGO in New York, as his sponsor address. These NGOs receive hundreds of millions in taxpayer funding per year through a left-wing loophole designed to circumvent a federal law that prevents tax dollars from funding illegal immigration.” “I have been fighting to hold NGOs like Covenant House accountable for years. Their usage of federal funds to traffic millions of migrants is unacceptable and has now become deadly.” GEORGIA NURSING STUDENT FOUND DEAD ON UGA CAMPUS IDENTIFIED AS LAKEN RILEY Ibarra is charged with murdering 22-year-old Augusta University nursing student Laken Riley, who was killed while jogging at the nearby campus of the University of Georgia. Her death has sparked renewed scrutiny over how effectively U.S. officials are evaluating migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border before granting entry, primarily to await immigration court proceedings. In his letter, Gooden asked Covenant House how long Ibarra had stayed at its facility, if he did, and whether Covenant House coordinates with groups in Mexico to share its address with people trying to enter the U.S.  BROTHER OF UGA MURDER SUSPECT CHARGED WITH GREEN CARD FRAUD “Instead of prioritizing the safety and security of American citizens, the Biden administration has chosen to prioritize the interests of illegal immigrants, providing them with sanctuary and support at the expense of taxpayers,” Gooden wrote.  “Covenant House and other federally funded NGOs must provide accountability and allow oversight from Congress. Failure to do so will result in swift action in the form of subpoenas.” Gooden’s letter does not indicate when Ibarra supposedly used the Covenant House address in New York. It’s also not uncommon for migrants who first arrive in the U.S. to list a shelter as their place of residence. 

Trans Virginia lawmaker storms out of chamber after being called ‘sir’ by Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears

A transgender lawmaker stormed out of the Virginia Senate chamber in protest after Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears referred to the lawmaker as “sir” on Monday. Sen. Danica Roem, a Democrat and the first transgender person to serve in the Virginia legislature, is biologically male but identifies as female. Roem asked a question regarding a piece of legislation during a general session on Monday afternoon. “Madam President, how many votes would it take to pass this bill with the emergency clause? Roem asked. “That would be four-fifths, senator,” Sears responded. VETERAN SPORTSCASTER BOB COSTAS KNOCKS TRANS ATHLETES IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: COMMON SENSE IS ‘NOT TRANSPHOBIC’ “And what would be the exact number of that, Madam President?” Roem asked again. “Yes, sir, that would be 32,” Ear-Sears said. GOP SENATOR FUMES OVER ‘WACKO’ DEMOCRATS’ LACK OF ‘COMMON SENSE’ ON TRANS SPORTS: ‘GOING TO GET HURT’ Roem could then be heard putting down the microphone and leaving the chamber. The lawmaker did not cast a vote in the roll call vote moments later. Sears offered an apology for the incident later in the session, though she did not specifically apologize for referring to Roem by the lawmaker’s biological gender. “I upset Sen. Roem,” Sears said. “Let it be known I am not here to upset anyone. I am here to do the job the people of Virginia have called me to do, and that is to treat everyone with respect and dignity. I myself have at times not been afforded that same respect and dignity.” “But in this body, as long as I am president of the Senate and by the grace of God, I will be treated with respect and dignity, and I will treat everyone else with respect and dignity,” she added. “It is never my intention to make anyone offended, and I hope that others would consider that they would try not to offend me as well,” she said. “We are all equal under the law. And so I apologize, I apologize, I apologize, and I would hope, I would hope, that everyone would understand there is no intent to offend but that we would also give each other the ability to forgive each other. CLICK TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “I have seen us conduct ourselves in ways that we would not expect of our own children or nieces or nephews, and so I would hope that we would take this opportunity to be kind to each other, to be gracious to each other, to be about the people’s business,” she finished. Fox News Digital reached out to Roem for comment on the incident and has not heard back.

U.S. Rep. Vicente Gonzalez wants GOP voters to believe that Mayra Flores is the weaker primary candidate

Gonzalez’ campaign sent mailers to GOP voters suggesting a candidate who has raised no money would be harder to defeat this November than Flores.

Company owned by WV Gov. Justice found in contempt over nonpayment

A coal company owned by West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice has been found in contempt by a federal judge for not following an order to pay an insurance company to maintain collateral for financial obligations. U.S. District Judge Elizabeth Dillon found Southern Coal Corp. in civil contempt Monday and granted the insurance company’s request to fine it $2,500 per day until it complies with the order, the Charleston Gazette-Mail reported. BANK TO DELAY LAND AUCTION AT WEST VIRGINIA GOV. JUSTICE’S RESORT The ruling dismissed Southern Coal’s argument that it was unable to comply with the order for payment, issued five months ago, because it isn’t actively mining coal and has no income. That September order said Southern Coal failed to satisfy contractual obligations and must pay Charleston-based BrickStreet Mutual Insurance Co. $503,985 to maintain collateral for financial obligations, along with attorney fees. BrickStreet provides workers’ compensation and employers’ liability insurance. Southern Coal argued that other Justice-controlled companies could no longer pay the company’s debts because of recent judgments against them, but the judge said in the contempt order that no evidence had been presented to support that assertion. Southern Coal has seven days to comply before the daily fine begins, according to the order. The Justice family has been named in multiple lawsuits regarding business dealings. A Virginia bank said this month it would delay plans to auction off land at Justice’s posh resort, the Greenbrier Sporting Club, in an attempt to recover more than $300 million on defaulted business loans by the Republican governor’s family.

House Republicans subpoena DOJ for materials related to Special Counsel Hur interview of Joe Biden

House Republicans have subpoenaed Special Counsel Robert Hur for the transcript and any recordings of President Biden’s interview from the investigation into the president’s mishandling of classified documents. Republicans leading the impeachment inquiry — House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan and House Ways & Means Committee Chair Jason Smith — requested the materials related to Biden’s October 2023 interview be turned over to Congress earlier this month and set a deadline of Feb. 19. That deadline was not met, but the Justice Department said it was “working to gather and process” responsive documents.  HOUSE REPUBLICANS DEMAND TRANSCRIPT OF BIDEN’S INTERVIEW WITH SPECIAL COUNSEL AS PART OF IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY The subpoena, reviewed by Fox News Digital, compels the Justice Department to produce all documents and communications, including audio and video recordings, related to Hur’s interview of Biden.  The subpoena also covers all documents and communications, including audio and video recordings, related to Hur’s interview of the ghost writer of Biden’s memoir, Mark Zwonitzer; documents identified as “A9” and “A10” in the Appendix A of Hur’s report, which relate to then-Vice President Joe Biden’s Dec. 11, 2015 call with Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk; and all communications between or among representatives of the Department of Justice, including the Office of Special Counsel, the Executive Office of the President, and President Biden’s personal counsel referring or relating to Hur’s report.   BIDEN, NOT SPECIAL COUNSEL HUR, BROUGHT UP SON’S DEATH IN QUESTIONING Fox News Digital obtained a letter the Republicans sent to Attorney General Merrick Garland on Tuesday, notifying the department of the subpoena, and taking issue with the fact that the DOJ, earlier this month, “offered no timeframe by which it expected to make any productions or, indeed, any commitment that it would produce all of the material requested.”  “The Oversight and Judiciary Committees, in coordination with the Ways and Means Committee, are investigating whether sufficient grounds exist to draft articles of impeachment against President Biden for consideration by the full House,” they wrote. “The Committees are concerned that President Biden may have retained sensitive documents related to specific countries involving his family’s foreign business dealings.”  SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT HUR TO TESTIFY PUBLICLY AT HOUSE HEARING ON BIDEN CLASSIFIED RECORDS PROBE The Republicans are also seeking information on “whether the White House or President Biden’s personal attorneys placed any limitations or scoping restrictions during the interviews with Special Counsel Hur or Mr. Mark Zwonitzer precluding or addressing any potential statements directly linking President Biden to troublesome foreign payments.” “Additionally, the Judiciary Committee requires these materials for its ongoing oversight of the Department’s commitment to impartial justice and its handling of the investigation and prosecution of President Biden’s presumptive opponent, President Donald J. Trump, in the November 2024 presidential election,” the letter states. “The documents requested are directly relevant to both the impeachment inquiry and the Judiciary Committee’s legislative oversight of the Department.”  DOJ DEFENDS SPECIAL COUNSEL REPORT ON BIDEN’S MEMORY: ‘CONSISTENT WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENT,’ NOT ‘GRATUITOUS’ Hur, who released his report to the public earlier this month after months of investigating, did not recommend criminal charges against Biden for mishandling and retaining classified documents and stated that he wouldn’t bring charges against Biden even if he were not in the Oval Office. Those records included classified documents about military and foreign policy in Afghanistan and other countries, among other records related to national security and foreign policy, which Hur said implicated “sensitive intelligence sources and methods.” Hur did not recommend any charges against the president but did describe him as a “sympathetic, well-meaning elderly man with a poor memory” — a description that has raised significant concerns for Biden’s 2024 re-election campaign.

Jack Smith responds to blistering Hur report for first time, says Biden, Trump cases not similar

Special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecutors claimed that former President Trump’s handling of classified documents is not “remotely” similar to how President Biden also handled sensitive national security information as laid out in dueling special counsel Rob Hur’s report released earlier this month.  The 12-page filing Monday countering Trump’s motion to dismiss the indictment “based on selective and vindictive prosecution” serves as Smith’s first response to the blistering Hur report.  “The defendants have not identified anyone who has engaged in a remotely similar suite of willful and deceitful criminal conduct and not been prosecuted. Nor could they. Indeed, the comparators on which they rely are readily distinguishable,” assistant special counsel David Harbach wrote. Harbach said the “primary comparator” of Trump, and co-defendants, body man and valet Walt Nauta and Mar-a-Lago property manager Carlos de Oliveira, is President Biden, whose conduct is described in the recently issued Hur report on the investigation of classified documents recovered from Biden’s primary resident in Delaware and the Penn Biden Center.  “But as the Hur Report itself recognizes, ‘several material distinctions between Mr. Trump’s case and Mr. Biden’s are clear,’” Harbach wrote. “Most notably, Trump, unlike Biden, is alleged to have engaged in extensive and repeated efforts to obstruct justice and thwart the return of documents bearing classification markings.  And the evidence concerning the two men’s intent – whether they knowingly possessed and willfully retained such documents – is also starkly different, as reflected in the Hur Report’s conclusion that ‘the evidence falls short of establishing Mr. Biden’s willful retention of the classified Afghanistan documents beyond a reasonable doubt.’”  NO CHARGES FOR BIDEN AFTER SPECIAL COUNSEL PROBE INTO IMPROPER HANDLING OF CLASSIFIED DOCUMENTS Hur’s report, which concluded that no criminal charges were warranted, surmised that at trial, Biden “would likely present himself to a jury, as he did during our interview of him, as a sympathetic, well-meaning, elderly man with a poor memory.” The special counsel, therefore, asserted that it would be difficult to convince a jury that they should convict him – “by then a former president well into his eighties-of a serious felony that requires a mental state of willfulness.” It also cited how Biden mixed up the date of the death of his son, Beau.  The White House and Biden allies have deemed the details from the Hur report on Biden’s age and mental fitness as “gratuitous” political attacks.  Although, as Harbach laid out Monday, many government officials have possessed classified documents after the ends of their terms in office – often inadvertently, sometimes negligently, and very occasionally willfully – as well as a “very small number of cases in which former government officials who have been found in possession of classified documents have briefly resisted the government’s lawful efforts to recover them,” the special counsel’s team considers Trump’s actions unique. SPECIAL COUNSEL HUR TO TESTIFY PUBLICLY ON DAMNING REPORT THAT REVEALED BIDEN’S MEMORY, AGE ISSUES: REPORT “There has never been a case in American history in which a former official has engaged in conduct remotely similar to Trump’s,” Harbach wrote.  “He intentionally took possession of a vast trove of some of the nation’s most sensitive documents – documents so sensitive that they were presented to the President – and stored them in unsecured locations at his heavily trafficked social club,” he wrote. “When the National Archives and Records Administration (“NARA”) initially sought their return (before learning that they contained classified national defense information), Trump delayed, obfuscated, and dissembled.  Faced with the possibility of legal action, he ostensibly agreed to comply with NARA’s requests but in fact engaged in additional deception, returning only a fraction of the documents in his possession while claiming that his production was complete.”   Harbach goes on to highlight how, when presented with a grand jury subpoena demanding the return of the remaining documents bearing classification markings, “Trump attempted to enlist his own attorney in the corrupt endeavor, suggesting that he falsely tell the FBI and grand jury that Trump did not have any documents, and suggesting that his attorney hide or destroy documents rather than produce them to the government.” The prosecutor said Trump enlisted Nauta “in a scheme to deceive the attorney by moving boxes to conceal his (Trump’s) continued possession of classified documents” and continued a pattern of “obstructive conduct” by allegedly seeking to have some security camera footage deleted. READ THE JACK SMITH FILING – APP USERS, CLICK HERE: Trump has said the security camera footage in fact was never deleted, dismissing the assertion as “prosecutorial fiction.”