electors and sending electors back to the states, end quote. in addition, doj investigators in april received phone records of key officials and aides in the trump administration, including his former chief of staff mark meadows. and a key point there, the post reports the doj received phone records in april from key trump officials and aides, signaling the criminal probe could be further along amid criticism the justice department not taking swift enough action. attorney general merrick garland responding to that criticism yesterday, making clear that anyone criminally responsible will be held accountable. the revelations coming as the new york times reports on previously undisclosed emails among trump advisers, admitting their fake electors scheme was indeed fake. they used the word fake. a lot to get to. let s bring in cnn s kara scannell for more on the latest news signaling doj, the scope of doj s investigations. kara, it is one thing to look at people around trump
brutal strikes could be coming from russia. what the u.s. state department is saying tonight, as well, sharing declassified intelligence with ukraine. ian pannell from inside ukraine with what we re learning at this hour. in this country, the deadly flooding. torrential rains on the move tonight across several states. and now we learn of the wife and mother on the phone with her husband as her car was lifted by the waters. what she said to him. she did not survive. trevor ault in the flood zone, ginger zee timing out the storms tonight. this evening, two men convicted in the plot to kidnap michigan governor gretchen whitmer. murder charges dropped against two police officers accused of killing rayshard brooks in atlanta. why the officers have been cleared tonight. the abc news countdown to the midterms tonight. and primary day in new york and florida. in new york, two veteran members of congress turning on each other, now competing to represent the same district. jerr
afghanistan. you re watching fox and friends first on this monday morning, i m carley shimkus. great to be with you, i m griff jenkins in for the great todd piro. president biden enjoying the beach in south carolina as his top administration official repair to release a report defending his failed withdrawal from afghanistan. the disaster unfolded one year ago today. here are details. alexandria: a strategic failure criticizes the president s decision to unconditionally pull u.s. troops without heeding military assessment that capable capable could fall. the choices made in dc led to outcome, 13 dead servicemembers, american lives at great risk, and embolden enemies across the globe. here is chad robichaux who served eight tours in afghanistan. chad: they were aware it was going to happen, they were watching the influx. everyone in afghanistan, who is aware of strategy like this place will fall in the next days or weeks. alexandria: biden administration vowed to lea
it is classified material. it was an unprecedented action that needs to be supported by unprecedented justification. the justice department needs to release the information about the steps they did take to try to cooperate with the former president. harris: we re also learning from our sources the d.o.j. does not want a review of the raid. that s almost laughable. the former commander-in-chief calls them corrupt and says the raid is all part of their played out attempts to undermine him. the white house is, of course, denying any political motivations. this is about the american people and doing what is right for the american people. the department of justice, when it comes to law enforcement, is independent and this is what we believe and what the president has said. this is not about politicizing anything. harris: the former president himself was talking with fox this morning and said he is willing to do whatever possible to help the nation after the raid saying t
gangel and i were told that there was a second subpoena that was a grand jury subpoenaed that will serve to the national archive to produce additional documents, you remember, that the archives responded to a subpoena from the justice department. back in may. to provide all of the documents that they had provided to the january six committee. it appears that tomlin and the team that are looking at things beyond the riders. they re looking at the effort to achieve the transfer of power and the role of the former president from his allies. it looks like they have decided that there is additional material that the january six committee perhaps did not know about. and did not ask about. that they are interested in as part of their investigation. it tells us that there is more that they know about. kim, doesn t tell you anything that the doj is going back to the national archives for more documents about january 6th and does this mean trouble for the former president or who else