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10:05 AM ET, December 20, 2022

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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
A Diminished Trump Meets a Damning Narrative  —  Former President Donald Trump's current woes extend beyond the report by the House Jan. 6 committee, but the case the panel laid out against him further complicates his future.  —  As the summer and the House Jan. 6 committee's hearings began …
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Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Jan. 6 committee just lowered the boom on Trump.  Now the ball is in DOJ's court.  —  Donald Trump cannot pass off the House Jan. 6 select committee's final report as mere partisan opinion.  His criminal liability is based on a mound of evidence, as the committee meticulously detailed.
Politico:
POLITICO Playbook: What's next for the talented Mr. Santos?  —  With help from Eli Okun and Garrett Ross  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  JUST POSTED —A major scoop from Heidi Przybyla, POLITICO's national investigative correspondent: “Longtime judicial activist LEONARD LEO appears to have helped facilitate …
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ cares about the evidence, not the criminal referrals  —  The historic criminal referral the House Jan. 6 committee issued urging the Justice Department to pursue charges against President Donald Trump is unlikely to sway many minds among prosecutors already pursuing multiple investigations, former DOJ officials said.
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Many Senate Republicans aren't protecting Trump after Jan. 6 panel's nod to criminal charges  —  Senate Republicans are stepping out of the way of the House Jan. 6 committee's recommendation that the Justice Department prosecute former President Trump for crimes related to the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
Wall Street Journal:
The Jan. 6 Inquiry's Not-So-Grand Finale  —  Criminal referrals of Trump add nothing but political complication.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  The House Jan. 6 committee decided Monday that the best way to cap its 18 months of work would be a political gesture.
Stephen Kruiser / pjmedia.com:
The Morning Briefing: J6 Commies Opt for Weaponizing Trump With Political Martyrdom
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee summary: Ivanka Trump not ‘forthcoming’; Giuliani changed tone on stolen election during deposition
New York Times:
George Santos Dodges Questions as Democrats Label Him ‘Unfit to Serve’
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
George Santos responds to report that accused him of misrepresenting credentials on campaign trail
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The Jan. 6 report will draw blood even if Trump faces no charges
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
How Jan. 6th Committee's Revelations of Interference in Their Investigation Can Enable the Special Counsel
J.D. Capelouto / Semafor:
Secret Service seized 269 knives from Trump supporters hours before Jan. 6 attack
Karoline Leavitt / Fox News:
I am a Gen Z Republican and my time in the trenches taught me this about 2024  —  Republicans failed during midterms on issues that Gen Z cares about.  —  New Hampshire congressional candidate Karoline Leavitt: American dream ‘never been more unattainable’
Wall Street Journal:
Sam Bankman-Fried's Lawyers Hash Out His Transfer to U.S. After Confusion in Court  —  The FTX founder has agreed to be extradited, with lawyers drafting documents, according to a person familiar with the matter  —  Watch: Sam Bankman-Fried Closer to Extradition After Bahamas Hearing
Wall Street Journal:
The Stanford Guide to Acceptable Words  —  Behold the school's Elimination of Harmful Language Initiative.  —  By The Editorial Board  —  WSJ Opinion: Free Speech and the Push to Shut You Up  —  YOU MAY ALSO LIKE  —  Created with sketchtool.  —  Parodists have it rough these days …
Discussion: Twitchy
John Solomon / Just The News:
DOJ snooped on House Intelligence Committee investigators during Russia probe, subpoenas show  —  In an extraordinary intrusion on congressional oversight, the Justice Department used grand jury subpoenas to secretly obtain the personal email and phone data of at least two top House Intelligence …
Discussion: American Greatness and DNyuz
Roll Call:
Omnibus text delayed over FBI headquarters issue  —  Release of a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package with all manner of unrelated add-ons was taking longer than expected, with text still being finalized Monday evening.  —  The chief holdup appeared to be language Democrats …
Discussion: The Hill, Breitbart and DNyuz
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Washington Post:
Chief justice temporarily keeps pandemic-era Title 42 border policy in place  —  GOP governors have asked Supreme Court to stop Biden administration from allowing all border crossers to seek asylum  —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Monday temporarily left in place a pandemic-era policy …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Title 42 to remain in place for now as Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily freezes order meant to end it
Associated Press:
Suspense builds at border over future of US asylum rules
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power, Alarming Scholars  —  Several new studies document the current court's distinctive insistence on its dominance and the justices' willingness to use procedural shortcuts to achieve it.  —  WASHINGTON — The conventional critique of the Supreme Court …
Washington Post:
Post Politics Now: Another headache for Trump as House panel weighs release of tax returns  —  Today, the House Ways and Means Committee is meeting to decide whether to publicly release six years of former president Donald Trump's federal tax returns that it obtained after a lengthy court battle.
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Bloomberg:
Explosion Reported at Russian Pipeline Bringing Gas to Europe  —  An explosion was reported at a Russian gas pipeline that goes to Ukraine for further supplies to Europe.  —  The blast occurred at the section of the Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod link, according to Russian media reports on Tuesday …
Punchbowl News:
12/20/22 ☀️ Punchbowl News AM … THIS DECISION HELPS ROUND OUT JEFFRIES' LEADERSHIP TABLE FOR HIS FIRST STINT ATOP THE HOUSE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS.  —  DELBENE HAS BEEN IN THE HOUSE FOR A DECADE AND MOST RECENTLY CHAIRED THE NEW DEMOCRAT COALITION, A GROUP OF CENTRIST AND MODERATE DEMOCRATS.
Discussion: Breitbart
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
Postal Service will electrify trucks by 2026 in climate win for Biden  —  Agency plans to spend almost $10 billion for 66,000 electric vehicles and related infrastructure  —  The U.S. Postal Service will buy 66,000 vehicles to build one of the largest electric fleets in the nation …
Jake Pearson / New York Magazine:
For 11 years, Karl Ashanti defended the NYPD in civil-rights cases.  Then he was arrested for a crime he didn't commit.  —  By the time Karl Ashanti neared his office in the New York City Law Department's headquarters in March 2018, the police were shutting down Park Place.
 
 
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A.J. Rice / American Greatness:
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Trump Special Prosecutor Has a History of Indicting Presidents
Discussion: Raw Story
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
Feds Are ‘Begging’ Congress to Stop Trump Donation Scam
Discussion: Raw Story
Heidi Przybyla / Politico:
While advising Trump on judges, Conway sold her business to a firm with ties to judicial activist Leonard Leo
Michelle Nichols / Reuters:
U.S. accuses U.N. of yielding to Russian threats over Iran drone inquiry
Discussion: Voice of America
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Moscow Official Claims 60+ Russians Being Held ‘Hostage’ in U.S.
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Dietrich Knauth / Reuters:
Alex Jones seeks $1.3 million salary in Infowars bankruptcy
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Eric Utter / American Thinker:
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