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A GOP Memo’s Defense of the President Was Built on Sand

President Donald Trump walks with Air Force Col. Rebec­ca Sonki­ss from Marine One before boarding Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Md., July 20, 2018. Trump claimed without evidence that his administration’s release of top-secret documents related to the surveillance of a former campaign aide had confirmed that the Justice Department and the F.B.I. “misled the courts” in the early stages of the Russia investigation. (Al Drago/The New York Times)