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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:
Dems weigh witness question as new details about Trump's conduct revealed — House Democrats have decided to call a key Republican House member to testify about her awareness of a conversation that Donald Trump had with House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy during the Jan. 6 insurrection …
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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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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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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Trump sided with the Capitol mob, Herrera Beutler says McCarthy told her. — On the eve of a verdict in Donald J. Trump's Senate trial, one of the 10 Republicans who voted to impeach him confirmed on Friday night that the top House Republican, Representative Kevin McCarthy …
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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.
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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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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 …
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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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Susan Ferrechio / Washington Examiner:
Impeachment trial barrels toward Saturday acquittal of Trump
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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.
Marlow Stern / The Daily Beast:
Bill Maher Grills The Lincoln Project Co-Founder Steve Schmidt: ‘Where Did the Other Money Go?’
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Glenn Greenwald:
The Lincoln Project, Facing Multiple Scandals, is Accused by its Own Co-Founder of Likely Criminality
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New York Times:
Lincoln Project Co-Founder Resigns From Board Amid a Deepening Crisis
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Lincoln Project backers consider cutting off donations after misconduct allegations as co-founder Steve Schmidt quits board
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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
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Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Fulton DA's probe will include Graham's call to Raffensperger
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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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David Frum / The Atlantic:
The Trump Crew's Incompetence Lasted to the End — If future generations of law professors want to teach a class in what never to do, the belligerent and self-indulgent performance of Michael van der Veen, one of Donald Trump's impeachment lawyers, could provide a lot of the video content.
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George Conway / Washington Post:
Trump's lawyers offered an attack on everything but the evidence
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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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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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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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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.
Bill McKibben / New Yorker:
The Beauty of Jamie Raskin's America, on Display at Trump's Impeachment Trial — The first time I remember meeting Jamie Raskin it was dark, and we were standing atop the great steps of Harvard's Widener Library, looking out over a sea of candles. I was a reporter for the Crimson …
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