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1 Trump tax case: A Manhattan prosecutor trying to get President Donald Trump’s tax returns told a judge Monday that he was justified in demanding them, citing public reports of “extensive and protracted criminal conduct at the Trump Organizati­on. ”Trump’s lawyers last month said the grand jury subpoena for the tax returns was issued in bad faith and amounted to harassment.

2 Former pope ill: Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has fallen ill after his return from a trip to his native Bavaria to visit his brother, who died a month ago, a German newspaper reported Monday. The daily Passauer Neue Presse quoted Peter Seewald, a biographer of the retired pontiff, as saying that the 93-yearold has been suffering from a facial infection.

3 Spain’s former king leaves country: Spain’s former monarch, Juan Carlos I, is leaving Spain to live in another, unspecifie­d, country amid a financial scandal, according to a letter published on the royal family’s website Monday. The letter from Juan Carlos to his son, King Felipe VI, said:“I am informing you of my considered decision to move, during this period, out of Spain.”

4 Another fake Pelosi video goes viral: A manipulate­d and widely shared video that depicts House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., slurring her speech and appearing intoxicate­d was labeled“partly false”by Facebook over the weekend, renewing scrutiny on social media and its role in reining in misinforma­tion. TikTok, Twitter and YouTube all removed the video from their platforms after CNN inquired about it on Sunday, but it remains on Facebook. The news outlet says the video has been viewed more than 2 million times.

5 Bodycam footage leaked: A British media company on Monday published segments of two leaked body-worn camera videos showing the arrest and death of George Floyd in May at the hands of Minneapoli­s police. It’s unclear how the Daily Mail got the videos. The article said they were“leaked”to the company.

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