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The judge presiding over former President Donald Trump’s Jan. 6 case has unsealed a new court filing revealing more details about Trump’s charges of attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Prosecutors say they have sufficient evidence to convict him, even after the Supreme Court ruled this summer that presidents enjoy broad immunity for official acts while in office but not for unofficial acts as a candidate or a private citizen.

The filing reveals former Vice President Mike Pence took extensive notes about meetings with Trump and outside advisers, NPR’s Carrie Johnson tells Up First. Prosecutors say Trump himself tweeted an attack on Pence from the White House on Jan. 6 while rioters were storming the Capitol. Trump’s campaign alleges the court filing is an attempt to meddle in November’s elections and favor Vice President Harris. If Trump is re-elected, it is likely that he will instruct new Justice Department officials to dismiss the case.

The Israeli military said yesterday that eight of its soldiers were killed in the ground invasion into Southern Lebanon. The “limited” incursion is part of Israel’s campaign against the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah. Last night, Israel hit another building in central Beirut. Lebanese health authorities say that nearly 1,400 people have been killed in less than a month.

Israel ordered some 50 villages in Lebanon to evacuate, NPR’s Eyder Peralta says. The evacuation orders almost reach into the central part of the country. “The fear is that this will turn into a prolonged war that could engulf the whole of Lebanon,” Peralta adds. Hezbollah provided reporters with a tour of the damage in Dahieh, the neighborhood where a blast killed Hezbollah’s leader, Hassan Nasrallah. “As you get close to the site of a blast, you see all these fragments of life strewn in the middle of the streets,” Peralta says. “It feels like almost everyone in this neighborhood has left.”