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House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) narrowly avoided a tragedy when his sons almost drowned in a riptide following a dinner with former President Trump at Mar-a-Lago last fall. According to a profile published by The Atlantic, Johnson’s teenage sons were caught in the undertow while swimming near the beach. A parasailer spotted one of the boys struggling and alerted lifeguards, who rushed to their aid on jet skis. Speaker Johnson, who was attending a fundraiser nearby, was alerted by his security detail and arrived on the scene to find medical personnel performing CPR on his sons. The boys spent four hours in the emergency room before being released. President Trump, upon hearing about the incident, reportedly called Johnson to express his relief and discuss the faith aspect of the event.

Judge Aileen Cannon has unsealed a trove of documents related to the FBI’s investigation into Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents and the subsequent raid on his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach in 2022. These documents reveal details about the raid and the personnel involved, as well as the approval process for the investigation by Attorney General Merrick Garland. Another document shows that agents entered a safe at Mar-a-Lago and took the seized documents back to Washington, D.C.

Court documents unsealed in Trump’s classified documents case reveal that a witness warned him in November 2021 of an impending indictment if he did not return requested materials to the National Archives. Trump has denied the charges against him.

An associate of former President Donald Trump had advised him to return classified documents held at Mar-A-Lago almost a year before the FBI searched his property. Federal prosecutors unsealed legal filings on Monday, detailing multiple warnings given to Trump years before his indictment on charges of willfully retaining national security materials. The associate, identified as “Person 16,” approached Trump in November 2021, urging him to “give everything back” to avoid potential prosecution. Trump’s trial date for the classified documents case remains unset.

Melania Trump made her first campaign appearance at a private fundraiser for the Log Cabin Republicans at Mar-a-Lago. The event, attended by notables like Caitlyn Jenner and Dr. Mehmet Oz, raised funds for Trump and other GOP candidates in the 2024 election. Trump emphasized the group’s goal of reaching out to LGBTQ voters and praised Melania’s leadership role in this initiative.