memeorandum: GOP ex-prosecutors slam Trump over threat to ‘jail’ Clinton (Josh Gerstein/Politico)

2:35 PM ET, October 10, 2016

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John Bresnahan / Politico:

Ryan abandons Trump — Speaker Paul Ryan told House Republicans on a conference call Monday morning that he's done defending Donald Trump and will focus on maintaining his party's increasingly imperiled House majority, according to sources on the call. — The message amounted to a concession …

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Claude Brodesser-Akner / New Jersey Online:

Mike Pence cancels N.J. Trump fundraiser scheduled for Monday in Ocean County — TRENTON — Donald Trump's running mate, Mike Pence, has canceled his planned visit to New Jersey scheduled for Monday, several GOP sources tell NJ Advance Media. — Pence, the governor of Indiana …

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John Bresnahan / Politico:

Sources: Ryan discussed revoking Trump endorsement — ST. LOUIS — House Speaker Paul Ryan has discussed withdrawing his endorsement of Donald Trump, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions within his inner circle. — Ryan (R-Wis.) has publicly and privately grown dismayed …

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Chrissie.Thompsonfink / Cincinnati.com:

Which vote can they defend? Ohio GOP chair, wife watch debate — In a bitter debate filled with tension and insult, Hillary Clinton declared that Donald Trump's vulgar comments about women prove his unsuitability to be president. He promised she would “be in jail” if he were president.

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Nolan D. McCaskill / Politico:

Kellyanne Conway throws down the gauntlet to Paul Ryan — Donald Trump's campaign manager challenged House Speaker Paul Ryan on Monday not to dump her boss. — “I certainly hope Speaker Ryan keeps his word and his endorsement of Donald Trump,” Kellyanne Conway said on “CBS This Morning” …

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New York Times:

House Speaker Won't Defend Donald Trump, Upsetting G.O.P. Hard-Liners — House Speaker Paul D. Ryan dealt a hammer blow to Donald J. Trump's presidential candidacy Monday, dashing any remaining semblance of party unity and inviting fierce backlash from his own caucus by announcing that he would no longer defend Mr. Trump's candidacy.

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Alan Fram / Associated Press:

The Latest: McConnell Says He's Remaining Mum on Trump — The Latest on the U.S. presidential race (all times EDT): — The Republican presidential nominee is lashing out at the Republican Party's top elected official. — Donald Trump tweeted Monday afternoon that House Speaker Paul Ryan …

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Kate Nocera / BuzzFeed:
Paul Ryan Tells House Republicans: Do What's Best For You When It Comes To Trump

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Jonathan V. Last / Weekly Standard:
The Debate's Biggest Loser Was the GOP

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Louis Nelson / Politico:
Pence: ‘Trump showed that he is a big man’ with debate apology

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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Paul Ryan tells House GOP he won't defend Trump in wake of video scandal

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Veronica Stracqualursi / ABC News: Mike Pence Dismisses Reports He Was Contemplating Leaving Trump Campaign

New York Times:
Donald Trump Vows Retaliation as Republicans Abandon Him

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Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
At Second Debate, Donald Trump Was the Perfect Republican

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Rosie Gray / BuzzFeed:
Trump Goes Full Breitbart

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Tom LoBianco / CNN:
Pence: I never considered leaving Trump ticket

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CNN:
Paul Ryan said he won't defend Donald Trump

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Ezra Klein / Vox:
Donald Trump confirmed our worst fears about the kind of president he would be

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Dan Balz / Washington Post:
The answer is no: We haven't seen anything quite like this

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Washington Post:

Trump's debate plan to seat Bill Clinton's accusers in family box was thwarted — ST. LOUIS — Donald Trump's campaign sought to intimidate Hillary Clinton and embarrass her husband by seating women who have accused former president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse in the Trump family's box …

MJ Lee / CNN:

Donald Trump's mission: Make Clinton's life hell for the next month — WARNING: This story contains graphic language. — St. Louis (CNN)Donald Trump issued an unmistakable threat to Hillary Clinton Sunday night: I am willing to cross any line to make the next 30 days of your life hell.

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Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:

Melania Trump Trolls Clintons with ‘Pussy Bow’ Blouse at Debate — Melania Trump, wife of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, wore a Gucci blouse to the second presidential debate that is called a “pussy bow.” — The potential First Lady's wardrobe choice came …

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Callum Borchers / Washington Post:

Juanita Broaddrick's other debate-night claim could be trouble for Breitbart News — Seated next to Donald Trump at a pre-debate campaign event Sunday night, Juanita Broaddrick repeated her charge that Bill Clinton raped her in 1978 — an accusation she has contradicted under oath and which the former president denies.

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Shane Goldmacher / Politico:
UGLIEST DEBATE EVER

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Hadas Gold / Politico:
Who paid for Bill Clinton's accusers to travel to the debate?

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Daniella Diaz / CNN:
Trump looms behind Clinton at the debate

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Carrie Dann / NBC News:

Poll: After Trump Tape Revelation, Clinton's Lead Up to Double Digits — NBC/WSJ poll: Clinton holds major lead 7:03 — As Donald Trump's campaign reels over tapes of the presidential candidate's sexually aggressive comments about women in 2005, the Republican nominee now trails Hillary Clinton …

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NBC News:
Poll: More Voters Say Trump Doesn't Respect Women After Lewd Tape Surfaces

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Janet Hook / Wall Street Journal:
Hillary Clinton's Lead Jumped After Lewd Video, Before Debate, in WSJ Poll

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Josh Gerstein / Politico:

GOP ex-prosecutors slam Trump over threat to ‘jail’ Clinton — Donald Trump's debate-night vow to appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Hillary Clinton's email setup and put her “in jail” provoked a sharp blowback from former U.S. prosecutors, who said Trump's view of the Justice Department serving …

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Ari Melber / NBC News:
Trump's Pledge to ‘Jail’ Clinton Unprecedented

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Associated Press:
Trump's 'You'd Be in Jail' Debate Jab at Clinton Condemned

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A.M. / Economist:

Donald Trump threatens to lock up Hillary Clinton — SO THIS is how it was to end: a septuagenarian con-man flanked by four victims of sexual assault, real or alleged, trying to intimidate his opponent by dredging up old accusations against her husband, Bill Clinton.

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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
Donald Trump's threat to imprison Hillary Clinton is a threat to democracy

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Alex Griswold / Mediaite:
Trump Campaign Manager: Statement About Putting Hillary in Jail Was a ‘Quip’

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Will Jordan / YouGov US Opinion Center News:
Post-debate poll: Clinton 47%, Trump 42%

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John McCormack / Weekly Standard:

Jeff Sessions: Behavior Described by Trump in ‘Grab Them by the P—y’ Tape Isn't Sexual Assault — Two days after the videotape of Donald Trump's now-infamous 2005 lewd conversation was released, the Trump team remains divided over the most serious question arising from the tape: Is Trump talking about sexual assault?

Sarah B. Boxer / Yahoo:

Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Trump, Kaepernick and her lifelong love of the law — They don't call her the “Notorious RBG” for nothing. — In “My Own Words,” a new compilation of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's writings over the course her lifetime, the vim and vigor that she is famous for expressing …

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Business Wire:

Some Tax Facts for Donald Trump — OMAHA, Neb.—(BUSINESS WIRE)—Answering a question last night about his $916 million income tax loss carryforward in 1995, Donald Trump stated that “Warren Buffett took a massive deduction.” Mr. Trump says he knows more about taxes than any other human.

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Jacob Pramuk / CNBC:
Warren Buffett fires back at Donald Trump's comments about his taxes

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Erick Erickson / The Resurgent:

If I Die Before You Wake... In April I went into the hospital and stayed there a week. Subsequently, I have gone back numerous times. In fact, I have spent more time in the hospital this year than all the rest of my life combined. My lungs were filling with clots and I could barely breath.

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