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By Dan Donahue, NBC Nightly News

Good Friday afternoon. The Justice Department has released a redacted copy of the Mar-a-Lago search affidavit, the Federal Reserve chairman is warning Americans of “some pain” ahead, and Moderna and Pfizer are locked in a legal battle over their Covid vaccines.

Here is what’s in our Nightly Rundown.

DOJ releases redacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit

The FBI’s search at Mar-a-Lago home was prompted by a review that found classified documents in 14 out of 15 boxes recovered from former President Donald Trump’s Florida home earlier in the year, according to a redacted copy of the search warrant affidavit released today.

The affidavit states that agents found 184 unique documents with classification markings, including 25 marked “Top Secret,” among the boxes returned from Mar-a-Lago in January.

Several of the documents appeared to contain Trump’s “handwritten notes,” according to the affidavit.

The FBI told the judge there was probable cause to believe classified national security materials had been taken to “unauthorized” locations at Mar-a-Lago, according to the affidavit.

The release comes after a federal magistrate judge ordered the affidavit to be unsealed with redactions from the Justice Department.

The DOJ said the redactions were made to protect the identities of the witnesses, and to avoid revealing sensitive information in its ongoing investigation.

After the release of the redacted affidavit, Trump slammed the judge for authorizing the FBI’s warrant for the Aug. 8 search, after the initial 15 boxes had been returned.

“WE GAVE THEM MUCH,” Trump wrote his social media platform. “Judge Bruce Reinhart should NEVER have allowed the Break-In of my home.”

What kinds of information were redacted from Mar-a-Lago affidavit?

Americans can expect to feel “some pain” as the Federal Reserve fights to bring inflation under control, Chairman Jerome Powell warned today.

Powell said he expects the central bank to continue raising rates, and that it will take “some time” before stability is restored, during his keynote speech at the Federal Reserve's annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium today.

“While higher interest rates, slower growth, and softer labor market conditions will bring down inflation, they will also bring some pain to households and businesses,” Powell said.

Powell’s comments triggered a selloff on Wall Street, sending the Dow Jones industrial average tumbling more than 900 points during intraday trading.

Moderna announced it is suing Pfizer and BioNTech, accusing the two companies of copying its mRNA technology to make their Covid vaccine.

“We believe that Pfizer and BioNTech unlawfully copied Moderna's inventions, and they have continued to use them without permission,” Moderna Chief Legal Officer Shannon Thyme Klinger said in a statement.

The patent infringement lawsuits were filed in both Massachusetts and Germany, according to a news release.

Pfizer/BioNTech denied Moderna’s claims, saying in a statement that it was “surprised by the lawsuit,” and that its vaccine was “based on BioNTech’s proprietary mRNA technology and developed by both BioNTech and Pfizer."

“We remain confident in our intellectual property supporting the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine and will vigorously defend against the allegations of the lawsuit,” the statement said.

Moderna sues Pfizer, BioNTech alleging Covid vaccine patent infringement

The Secret Service said today that it has recovered $286 million in Covid relief funds that were intended for small businesses, but were instead stolen by scammers.

The thieves used fake identities to apply for Covid relief, and access the money using debit cards through an online bank based in Texas, according to authorities.

The bank notified the Secret Service of the suspicious accounts, and the money has been returned to the Small Business Administration, which had overseen the relief funds.

Investigators said they believe there are a “myriad of potential suspects” behind the fraud, and that the scheme could involve domestic and international co-conspirators.

Ukrainian authorities are distributing iodine tablets to residents near a Russian-controlled nuclear power plant in case of a radiation leak, as fears of a potential nuclear disaster grow.
Buffalo Bills punter Matt Araiza has been accused in a civil lawsuit of the gang-rape of a teenager at an off-campus party along with two former teammates at San Diego State University. An attorney for Araiza said “I 100% do not believe the Matt Araiza forcibly raped this girl or raped her while she was intoxicated.”
NASA is set to launch the Artemis 1 rocket on Monday, which aims to return Americans to the surface of the moon by 2025. Ahead of the historic launch, Lester Holt suited up with the Artemis team at NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston.

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