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Devlin Barrett / Washington Post:
Sussmann, who worked for Clinton, acquitted of lying to FBI in 2016 — The verdict is a defeat for Special Counsel John Durham, appointed three years ago by then-Attorney General William Barr. — A federal jury found Michael Sussmann, a lawyer for Democrats including the Hillary Clinton …
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Margot Cleveland / The Federalist:
Even Without The Jury Convicting Michael Sussmann, The Special Counsel Has Won — Measuring Special Counsel John Durham's performance by the outcome in United States v. Sussmann would be a mistake. — The jury in the Michael Sussmann criminal case resumes deliberations today after the long Memorial Day weekend.
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Byron York / Washington Examiner:
What Durham proved — WHAT DURHAM PROVED. The trial of Michael Sussmann is before a jury in Washington, D.C. Sussmann is the Democratic lawyer who, according to special counsel John Durham, lied to the FBI in 2016 when, working on behalf of the Hillary Clinton campaign, he tried to plant a derogatory story about Donald Trump.
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Special Counsel Durham fails first courtroom test in his three-year probe — A jury in Washington DC has acquitted lawyer Michael Sussmann on a single charge of lying to the FBI, dealing a blow to the three-year investigation by special counsel John Durham.
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Sussmann acquitted on charge brought by special counsel Durham — The first courtroom test for Special Counsel John Durham ended in defeat Tuesday as a federal jury found a Democratic attorney not guilty of making a false statement to the FBI related to allegations of computer links between Donald Trump and Russia.
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Fox News:
Michael Sussmann found not guilty of charges brought by Special Prosecutor John Durham — Sussmann had been accused of lying to the FBI — Gregg Jarret on Michael Sussmann trial: This is the worst jury for a prosecutor — WASHINGTON, D.C. - The jury on Tuesday found Michael Sussmann …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Michael Sussmann Is Acquitted in Case Brought by Trump-Era Prosecutor
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
What if — and bear with me here — John Durham doesn't have the goods?
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Clinton campaign lawyer Michael Sussmann found not guilty of lying to FBI, in blow to Durham investigation
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NBC News:
Inside a Biden White House adrift — Biden facing sinking approval ratings ahead of midterm elections — WASHINGTON — Faced with a worsening political predicament, President Joe Biden is pressing aides for a more compelling message and a sharper strategy while bristling at how they've tried …
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Biden sees exodus of Black staffers and some frustration among those who remain — At least 21 Black staffers have left the White House since late last year or are planning to leave soon. Some of those who remain say it's no wonder why: They describe a work environment with little support …
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Mattie Kahn / Harper's BAZAAR:
A First Lady Undeterred — A pandemic. A war. A country at its breaking point. Dr. Jill Biden has faced it all with the grace and conviction that has guided her all her life—showing up for her students, her friends and family, the American people, her husband, and herself. — STORY BY
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Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Jill Biden says she, president settle arguments by ‘fexting’
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CNN:
Exclusive: Supreme Court leak investigation heats up as clerks are asked for phone records in unprecedented move — (CNN)Supreme Court officials are escalating their search for the source of the leaked draft opinion that would overturn Roe v. Wade, taking steps to require law clerks …
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New York Times:
We Clerked for Justices Scalia and Stevens. America Is Getting Heller Wrong. — Ms. Shaw is a professor of law at Cardozo Law School. Mr. Bash is an attorney in private practice in Austin, Texas. — In the summer of 2008, the Supreme Court decided District of Columbia v. Heller …
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Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
How the Second Amendment was reinterpreted to protect individual rights — To counter calls for stricter gun laws in the wake of the massacre of elementary school students in Uvalde, Tex., Republican politicians cite the Second Amendment, saying that the government cannot infringe on people's right …
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CNN:
Georgia attorney general subpoenaed in Trump investigation — An Atlanta-area prosecutor investigating former President Donald Trump's efforts to overturn Georgia's 2020 election results has subpoenaed state Attorney General Chris Carr, according to a copy of the subpoena obtained by CNN.
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Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
Memorial Day weekend marked by more than a dozen mass shootings in the U.S. — 12 killed, 15 wounded in Philadelphia weekend shootings — Amid calls for gun control after last week's massacre at a Uvalde, Texas, elementary school, shots rang out across the country over the Memorial Day weekend …
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Jim Geraghty / National Review:
What Might Actually Help Stop Mass Shootings — On the menu today: If the U.S. or various states want to change their gun laws because of the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, logic dictates that they should focus on enacting a change that would have prevented the Uvalde shooter from obtaining his weapons.
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Sophia Ankel / Insider:
Donald Trump Jr. says guns aren't to blame for the Uvalde massacre as the gunman could also have killed 19 kids with a bat
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David Ingram / NBC News:
NRA board re-elects CEO Wayne LaPierre, signaling no change in direction
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Is America heading for civil war? — A clutch of books makes an alarmingly persuasive case that the warning lights are flashing redder than at any point since 1861 — In the summer of 2015, America caught a glimpse of how its future could unfold. The US military conducted a routine exercise …
Wall Street Journal:
Cracks Show in Western Front Against Russia's War in Ukraine — Allies are increasingly divided on further heavy-weapons shipments to Kyiv — Cracks are appearing in the Western front against Moscow, with America's European allies increasingly split over whether to keep shipping …
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Tyler Cowen / Marginal REVOLUTION:
How did the IR community get Russia/Ukraine so wrong?
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Brooke Baldwin / The Atlantic:
Don't Let the Cameras Turn Away — This week, for the first time in my career, I found out about a mass shooting in America just like most of you: not from a TV producer breaking into my earpiece on live TV, or a CNN internal email alert, or from someone shouting in the newsroom, but from a friend.
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James Macpherson / Associated Press:
North Dakota legislator set to resign, mum on investigation — BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's longest-serving state senator declined to comment Tuesday on whether he's the subject of an ongoing investigation following a report that he'd traded scores of text messages with a man jailed on child pornography charges.
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Thomas Lecaque / The Bulwark:
Doug Mastriano, Christian Nationalism, and the Cult of the AR-15 — The Republican nominee for Pennsylvania governor has ties to a gun-worshiping sect. But the real scandal is just how common many of their beliefs have become on the right. — The horrific mass shootings at Buffalo …
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Kevin McCarthy's Jan. 6th Coverup is Underway — The man who wants to be speaker of the House refuses to cooperate with the Jan. 6th investigation. — Conditioned to accept the idea that most Republican officials are zombified “ultra MAGA” automatons for former President Trump …
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