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Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Trump tells court that classified material should have been expected in presidential records found at Mar-a-Lago — Hear what ex-FBI special agent noticed in evidence photo taken inside Trump's home — Former President Donald Trump argued in a court filing Wednesday that the National Archives …
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Politico:
Trump team makes its 11th hour plea for independent review — WEST PALM BEACH, FL - Donald Trump's lawyers contended Wednesday that the Department of Justice is trampling on his rights and demanded an independent review of materials the FBI seized from his Mar-a-Lago estate.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The photo of classified documents at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, annotated — Perhaps the most intriguing component of the court filing submitted Tuesday night by the Justice Department did not involve legal argumentation or an articulation of the department's possible case against former president Donald Trump.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
How the DOJ has built a case against Trump for obstruction — FOLLOW THE STORY — I've been a naysayer on the notion that the Justice Department is trying to make a criminal case against former President Donald Trump based on the Mar-a-Lago raid, at least with respect to the offenses most often touted …
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Metro.co.uk, Media Matters for America, Washington Post, Raw Story, BizPac Review and NPR
Adam Serwer / The Atlantic:
If It Were Anyone Else, They'd Be Prosecuted — Among the documents disclosed in a Justice Department filing last night in the case involving former President Donald Trump's possession of classified documents is a striking photograph, one showing documents marked secret and top secret strewn across the floor of Mar-a-Lago.
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Barbara McQuade / The Daily Beast:
Are Trump's Passports the FBI's Smoking Gun? — DOJ's latest filing suggests the proximity of Trump's personal identification to top secret government documents could prove the former president is personally culpable. … When the FBI searched former President Donald Trump's Mar …
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Washington Post:
Justice filing points to new legal trouble for Trump and lawyers, experts say
Justice filing points to new legal trouble for Trump and lawyers, experts say
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CNN, The Guardian and USA Today
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Days before Mar-a-Lago subpoena, Trump lawyer claimed she scoured his office, closets and drawers
Days before Mar-a-Lago subpoena, Trump lawyer claimed she scoured his office, closets and drawers
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New York Times:
Trump's Legal Jab Left Him Open to Justice Dept. Strike
Trump's Legal Jab Left Him Open to Justice Dept. Strike
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Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Republicans notably silent, split as Trump probe deepens
Republicans notably silent, split as Trump probe deepens
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New York Times, The Hill and NBC News
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
Trump Can't Hide From the Mar-a-Lago Photo
Trump Can't Hide From the Mar-a-Lago Photo
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Daniel Chaitin / Washington Examiner:
Trump team fires back at Justice Department in special master dispute
Trump team fires back at Justice Department in special master dispute
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The Hill, CNN, Los Angeles Times, NBC News and Townhall
Cheryl Teh / Insider:
A photo shared by the DOJ shows Trump kept a framed copy of an unflattering Time-magazine cover at his Mar-a-Lago home
A photo shared by the DOJ shows Trump kept a framed copy of an unflattering Time-magazine cover at his Mar-a-Lago home
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Raw Story, The Wildfire Newsletter and HuffPost
Lawfare:
A Justice Department Show of Force in the Mar-a-Lago Case
A Justice Department Show of Force in the Mar-a-Lago Case
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Insider, USA Today, NBC News, Associated Press, Reason, ABC7 and The Kitchen Pundit
Chris Strohm / Bloomberg:
DOJ Is Likely to Wait Past Midterms to Reveal Any Trump Charges
DOJ Is Likely to Wait Past Midterms to Reveal Any Trump Charges
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Insider, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Post, Raw Story, Twitchy, PoliticusUSA, Mediaite, Alternet.org, The Guardian and Forbes
Iris Samuels / Anchorage Daily News:
Democrat Mary Peltola wins special U.S. House election, will be first Alaska Native elected to Congress — Democrat Mary Peltola was the apparent winner of Alaska's special U.S. House race and is set to become the first Alaska Native in Congress, after votes were tabulated Wednesday in the state's first ranked choice election.
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Blake Hounshell / New York Times:
Mary Peltola, a Democrat, Defeats Sarah Palin in Alaska's Special House Election — Ms. Peltola notched a major upset against Ms. Palin and will finish the remaining four months of the term of Representative Don Young, who died in March. — In an upset with the potential to reverberate nationally …
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Financial Times and The Gateway Pundit
Allahpundit / HotAir:
Live results: The return of Sarah from Alaska? — Tonight's the night we finally learn who won the special election to be Alaska's new representative in the House that was held, uh ... 15 days ago. — Life moves more slowly in Alaska. — Read this post if you missed it on Friday …
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Joseph Gedeon / Politico:
Democrat Peltola beats Palin in Alaska special election upset
Democrat Peltola beats Palin in Alaska special election upset
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Axios, Townhall, Mother Jones, National Review, Washington Post, PoliticusUSA and NewsNation
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
What Republicans refuse to grasp about the ‘Clinton standard’ — For those who don't care about factual details, the GOP's “Clinton standard” framing may very well have superficial appeal. But it's still ridiculous. — Sen. Lindsey Graham is facing quite a bit of criticism over his …
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Associated Press:
Michigan election board rejects abortion rights initiative — A Michigan elections board on Wednesday rejected an abortion rights initiative after its two Republican board members voted against putting the proposed constitutional amendment on the November ballot.
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Alice Miranda Ollstein / Politico:
Michigan board blocks certification of abortion rights ballot measure, throwing it to the courts
Michigan board blocks certification of abortion rights ballot measure, throwing it to the courts
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New York Times:
Conservative Lawyer a Likely Target in Atlanta Trump Investigation, His Lawyer Says — John Eastman, who developed strategies to block certification of the 2020 election, appeared before a grand jury in Atlanta on Wednesday. — ATLANTA — John Eastman, the lawyer who developed strategies …
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Summer Concepcion / NBC News:
John Eastman invokes the Fifth in Georgia election probe
John Eastman invokes the Fifth in Georgia election probe
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CNN:
US war-gamed with Ukraine ahead of counteroffensive and encouraged more limited mission — Ukraine launches offensive in Russian-occupied Kherson region 02:19 — In the buildup to the current Ukrainian counteroffensive, the US urged Kyiv to keep the operation limited in both its objectives …
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Washington Post:
Peter Thiel rebuffs Mitch McConnell over Senate rescue in Arizona — The Senate minority leader and the billionaire venture capitalist each say the other should be subsidizing Blake Masters in the final months of his campaign — After J.D. Vance won the Republican primary for Senate in Ohio …
Madeleine Carlisle / TIME:
‘Gender Queer’ Author ‘Relieved’ After Court Rules Book's Sale Can't Be Restricted in Virginia — Maia Kobabe felt a wave of relief on Tuesday morning. Waking up on the West Coast, an early morning peek at emails revealed a Virginia court had dismissed a lawsuit seeking to label Kobabe's book Gender Queer …
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Washington Post
Washington Post:
Fetterman campaign says stroke recovery factors into fall debate plans — Advisers say Fetterman can engage in one-on-one conversations but struggles with more chaotic auditory environments — Pennsylvania Democrat John Fetterman's Senate campaign said Wednesday that his stroke recovery …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Biden's Approval Rating Surges After Hitting Low Mark In July, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Half Of Americans Say Trump Should Be Prosecuted On Criminal Charges Over His Handling Of Classified Documents — mail_outline — Six weeks after President Joe Biden scored …
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Miami Herald:
Cases against arrested voters on shaky legal ground. Florida issued them voter IDs — Two weeks after Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state's top election officials stood in a Broward County courtroom and announced the arrest of 20 people for voting illegally, the state's case is starting to fall apart.
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Raw Story
Josh Kovensky / Talking Points Memo:
A New York City Rug Expert Weighs In On Mar-a-Lago's Flooring — It's likely ‘machine-made.’ — When the FBI released the photo of records allegedly taken by former President Trump strewn around a floor in Mar-a-Lago, it revealed not only haphazard keeping of the government's secrets, but also an incredibly tasteless rug underneath.
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Andrew C. McCarthy / National Review:
Why Yesterday's DOJ Filing Suggests a Trump Indictment Is Coming — Former president Trump is likely to be charged with obstruction of justice and causing false statements to be made to investigators. — WORLD — The Good Loser — By THE EDITORS August 31, 2022
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Netanyahu unites Jewish supremacist parties ahead of November's election — Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu in recent days united two radical right-wing Jewish supremacist parties as part of his effort to consolidate his bloc and win the November election.
Lauren McGaughy / Dallas Morning News:
Investigating parents of transgender youth has agency on ‘brink of collapse,’ staff warns — Texas CPS staff warn in a new court filing that investigating gender-affirming care is leading to resignations and internal turmoil. — AUSTIN — Continuing to investigate the parents of transgender youth …
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Darryl Campbell / The Verge:
The Humiliating History of the TSA — There's no evidence two decades of pat-downs and shoe removal have made travelers any safer — so why does the theater of airport security persist? — all the time. So when Jai Cooper heard sobbing from the back of the security line, it didn't really faze her.