NEW: Last year, Trump wanted to cut a deal w/ the Archives. He would give back the boxes in exchange for … docs about the Russia investigation. Inside how Trump, faced with demands from NARA/DOJ, entertained outlandish ideas, misled aides. w/Maggie Haberman nytimes.com/2022/10/08/us/…

NEW: A top DOJ official told Trump’s lawyers in recent weeks that the department believes he has not returned all the documents he took when he left the White House, according to two people briefed on the matter.
nytimes.com/2022/10/06/us/… w/Maggie Haberman Katie Benner

NEW: Elon Musk proposed recutting the Twitter deal for a steep discount in recent weeks. w/ Michael S. Schmidt Andrew Ross Sorkin Lauren Hirsch nytimes.com/2022/10/05/tec…

With Michael S. Schmidt, matching WaPo - a trump lawyer told him he wouldn’t grant his request to tell the national archives that all material had been returned nytimes.com/2022/10/03/us/…

📚NEW from Axios AM: Trump obsession w Maggie Haberman included threats to expose sources — per her 'Confidence Man,' out Tue.:

Trump 'would bellow that he wanted administration officials to obtain my phone records and identify my sources.' No sign anyone did axios.com/2022/09/30/tru…

Winner winner chicken dinner! Whatever happened to him after the years as a local reporter in New Orleans, anyway?

A jury found that Project Veritas, a conservative group known for its deceptive tactics, had violated wiretapping laws and fraudulently misrepresented itself in a lengthy sting operation against Democratic consultants.
By ⁦Adam Goldman⁩ nytimes.com/2022/09/22/us/…

Matching the WaPo/new details - the National Archives has told DOJ it was told last year by a NARA rep for Trump, passing on information from Mark Meadows, that the boxes of docs Trump had taken were nonclassified material like news clippings Michael S. Schmidt me nytimes.com/2022/09/16/us/…

Durham Inquiry Appears to Wind Down as Grand Jury Expires w/Katie Benner Charlie Savage nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/…

NEW: Roughly 40 subpoenas went out last week to people in and around Trump, and the phones of two 2020 advisers were seized Glenn Thrush Adam Goldman Alan Feuer nytimes.com/2022/09/12/us/…

After a NM official was barred from holding office over 1/6, some Dems are feeling bullish about using the 14th amendment to block Trump.

-Plans for a flurry of suits
-Meetings w elections officials
-Legislation from Raskin & Wasserman Schultz
Michael S. Schmidt
nytimes.com/2022/09/07/us/…

NEW: Terrified over possibility Trump could become president again, Democrats are looking beyond a DOJ criminal investigation and are working on ways they can legally disqualify him from taking office by branding him an insurrectionist. w/Luke Broadwater☀️ nytimes.com/2022/09/07/us/…