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Closing summary
A judge in Atlanta heard arguments over whether to release a special grand jury’s report into Donald Trump’s attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s election win in the state three years ago, but made no decision. In Washington, lawmakers are digesting news that classified documents turned up at former vice president Mike Pence’s residence in Indiana, as they have at properties linked to Biden and Trump. Will attorney general Merrick Garland appoint yet another special counsel to investigate the matter? Will documents be discovered in the hands of even more former White House occupants? It’s too soon to say, but one thing’s for sure: this story won’t be going away anytime soon.
Here’s what else happened today:
The United States is considering providing tanks to Ukraine, in a bid both to help its defense against Russia and to convince Germany to send its own armor.
A Senate committee questioned Ticketmaster executives in a hearing announced after the sale of Taylor Swift tickets turned into a fiasco.
Biden called for an assault weapons ban following another mass shooting in California.
Top Senate Democrat Chuck Schumer said he backs an effort to look at overhauling the government’s rules around classified material.
With not one, but three former White House occupants in hot water for having stashes of classified documents that they should not have, some in Washington think it’s time to take a look at how the government manages its secrets.
That includes the Democratic Senate leader Chuck Schumer, who said he supports a review of the government’s classification system. Here are his brief comments, from CNN:
Schumer says he backs Sen. Peters' look at bipartisan legislation to overhaul federal record-keeping laws. Adds that oversight will be done by special counsels -- even as the House is trying to probe Biden's handling of classified records pic.twitter.com/ykufsTmq1M
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) January 24, 2023
