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New details about Trump-McCarthy shouting match show Trump refused to call off the rioters — Washington (CNN)In an expletive-laced phone call with House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy while the Capitol was under attack, then-President Donald Trump said the rioters cared more about the election results than McCarthy did.
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Burgess Everett / Politico:
McConnell reveals he will vote to acquit Trump — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell told GOP colleagues in a letter that he will vote to acquit Donald Trump in the former president's impeachment trial, according to sources familiar with the communication.
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Politico:
Senate votes to allow witnesses to testify in Trump's impeachment trial — The Senate unexpectedly voted Saturday to permit lawyers in Donald Trump's impeachment trial to call witnesses, following a surprise request by the Democrats prosecuting the case to seek the testimony of a key House Republican …
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Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump's Taste for Blood — If Republicans won't convict, bring on the handcuffs. — WASHINGTON — Every scene in “Lawrence of Arabia” is perfect, but there's one I find especially haunting. — Peter O'Toole's Lawrence returns to Cairo after successfully leading the Arabs in battle …
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Benjamin Parker / The Bulwark:
The 10 Worst Moments from Trump's “Defense” — The former president got the impeachment defense he deserved. — Donald Trump's lawyers took only about three and a half hours to make their case in defense of the “45th president”—aka the former president. (More on that in a moment.)
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New York Times:
For the Defense: Twisted Facts and Other Staples of the Trump Playbook — The lawyers representing the former president in his impeachment trial are the latest in a rotating cast that has always had trouble satisfying a mercurial and headstrong client. — Ever since Donald J. Trump began …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
House Republican pleads for Pence, Trump aides to speak out on Jan. 6 insurrection — Rep. Jaime Herrera Beutler, one of 10 House Republicans to support Donald Trump's impeachment for inciting the Capitol insurrection, pleaded with those close to the former president …
Bob Brigham / Raw Story:
GOP super-lawyer Ted Olson cuts off donations to Republicans who refuse to convict Trump — One of the top GOP lawyers in America says he will no longer donate to Republicans who refuse to convict Donald Trump for inciting the January 6th insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Jonathan Chait / New York Magazine:
New Evidence Shows Trump Used Riot To Pressure Congress to Steal Election — There has always been one small hole in the prosecution's case for Donald Trump's second impeachment. Trump encouraged a public demonstration, promised in advance it would be “wild,” instructed his supporters …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump sided with the Capitol mob, Herrera Beutler says McCarthy told her.
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Congresswoman Jaime Herrera Beutler:
Herrera Beutler Again Confirms Conversation with McCarthy Regarding January 6 U.S. Capitol Attack
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ProPublica:
“I Don't Trust the People Above Me”: Riot Squad Cops Open Up About Disastrous Response to Capitol Insurrection
Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Impeachment trial barrels toward Saturday acquittal of Trump
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Washington Post:
Graham's post-election call with Raffensperger will be scrutinized in Georgia probe, person familiar with inquiry says — An Atlanta-area prosecutor plans to scrutinize a post-Election Day phone call between Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.) and Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger …
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Axios:
Historians say impact of expected Trump acquittal will be felt for years — It's not lost on historians that Donald Trump's impeachment trial acquittal will fall on Presidents' Day weekend, a holiday celebrating the examples set by America's first president, George Washington, and Abraham Lincoln …
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA's probe will include Graham's call to Raffensperger
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Lachlan Markay / Axios:
Scoop: Lincoln Project co-founder resigns — Lincoln Project co-founder Steve Schmidt is resigning from the group's board amid a series of scandals that has rocked the high-dollar anti-Trump super PAC, Axios has learned. — Why it matters: Schmidt, a veteran Republican operative …
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Amanda Becker / The 19th:
Inside the Lincoln Project's ‘toxic’ workplace — Interviews with nearly two dozen people with knowledge of the group's workings reveal a culture of infighting, sexist language and disparate treatment. — The Lincoln Project's launch in late 2019 was designed to make a splash.
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Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
How to Beat the Pandemic by Summer — After nearly a year of social isolation and sacrifice in the long war on COVID-19, the end stage of the pandemic is finally in sight. Millions of Americans are being vaccinated each week, and the number of coronavirus-related hospitalizations …
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Washington Post:
Postmaster general's new plan for USPS is said to include slower mail and higher prices — A key provision of the postmaster general's strategy includes banning air travel for all first-class mail at a time when delivery rates are at historic lows. — Postmaster General Louis DeJoy …
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New York Times:
Trump Is Guilty — There's no doubt who must be held responsible for attacking the Capitol and trying to overturn the results of the election. — The editorial board is a group of opinion journalists whose views are informed by expertise, research, debate and certain longstanding values.
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Marcia Coyle / LAW.com:
Ted Olson Backs Case for Trump Conviction at Impeachment Trial — What would a conviction take, the prominent Gibson Dunn partner said, “if it isn't encouraging, condoning and inciting an attempt at a violent overthrow of the government of the United States in the Capitol Building …
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Cade Metz / New York Times:
Silicon Valley's Safe Space — Slate Star Codex was a window into the psyche of many tech leaders building our collective future. Then it disappeared. — The website had a homely, almost slapdash design with a light blue banner and a strange name: Slate Star Codex.
New York Post:
Cuomo lied and covered it up — we need a federal investigation to find the truth — New York needs the truth about the Cuomo administration coverup of nursing-home deaths — and that means an independent federal investigation. — Gov. Andrew Cuomo's top aide confessed privately this week …
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Chris Cillizza / CNN:
The story keeps getting worse for Andrew Cuomo on Covid-19
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Christopher Mathias / HuffPost:
57 GOP State And Local Officials Were At The Capitol Insurrection — And a month after the riot, few of the Republican political figures have been held to account. — At least 57 state and local Republican officials attended the Jan. 6 rally in Washington that turned into a deadly insurrection …
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Politico:
Senate GOP gripped by conviction vote intrigue — Six GOP senators voted this week to move forward with President Donald Trump's impeachment trial. But Republicans believe several more of them may be considering conviction. — As the Trump defense made its argument on Friday …
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Jordain Carney / The Hill:
No. 2 GOP senator suggests he's open to censuring Trump
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