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Wall Street Journal:
Pandora's Donald Trump Prosecution — The first indictment of a former U.S. President is a sad day for America. — By The Editorial Board — The news late Thursday that a Manhattan grand jury has indicted former President Donald Trump is a sad day for the country …
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Trump lashes out against New York judge who will hear his criminal case — New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan also presided over prosecutions of the Trump Organization and CFO Allen Weisselberg — Former president Donald Trump is quite familiar with New York Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan …
Washington Post:
Secret Service tours N.Y. courthouse to prepare for Trump arraignment — Former president Donald Trump plans to fly to New York on Monday and stay overnight before appearing in a specially secured Manhattan courthouse to be arraigned on still-unspecified criminal charges, people briefed on the arrangements said.
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Sam Brodey / The Daily Beast:
Adam Schiff: The GOP's Control of the House Adds ‘New Danger’ to Trump Case — Rep. Adam Schiff saw some ominous warning signs after Trump was indicted on Thursday. … When news broke on Thursday that former President Donald Trump was criminally indicted in Manhattan, congressional Republicans …
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Matthew Cooper / Washington Monthly:
Trump Indictment: “The Blows Are Coming from Everywhere, and He Is up Against Many Better Boxers” — Jennifer Taub, a contributing writer for the Washington Monthly, knows a white-collar financial criminal when she sees one. A professor at the Western New England University School of Law …
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Tom Boggioni / Raw Story:
‘Squealing like a pig’: Paul Begala flattens conservatives whining that Trump indictment is ‘political’ — Democratic strategist Paul Begala fired back at GOP campaign adviser Alice Stewart on CNN Friday morning after she complained that the indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan District …
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David Gilbert / VICE:
The Far Right Is Calling For Bloody ‘Civil War’ After Trump's Indictment — “None of this will stop unless there is blood in the streets,” one Trump supporter wrote on a message board. — Minutes after former President Donald Trump was indicted by a grand jury in New York …
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Washington Post:
Trump and advisers caught off guard by New York indictment
Trump and advisers caught off guard by New York indictment
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David Moye / HuffPost:
Lindsey Graham Suggests Trump ‘Punch A Cop’ On The Way To Tuesday's Arraignment
Lindsey Graham Suggests Trump ‘Punch A Cop’ On The Way To Tuesday's Arraignment
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Washington Post:
The Trump indictment is a poor test case for prosecuting a former president
The Trump indictment is a poor test case for prosecuting a former president
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Brad Reed / Raw Story:
‘Smash some windows’: Lindsey Graham makes bizarre suggestions for Trump in face of indictment
‘Smash some windows’: Lindsey Graham makes bizarre suggestions for Trump in face of indictment
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Chuck Ross / Washington Free Beacon:
FACT CHECK: George Soros Insists He Didn't Contribute to DA Who Charged Trump
FACT CHECK: George Soros Insists He Didn't Contribute to DA Who Charged Trump
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Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
Welcome Back to The Trump Show
Welcome Back to The Trump Show
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Michael R. Sisak / Associated Press:
Trump to be arraigned Tuesday to face New York indictment
Trump to be arraigned Tuesday to face New York indictment
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New York Times:
Fox News Hosts Back Trump, After Months of Keeping Some Distance
Fox News Hosts Back Trump, After Months of Keeping Some Distance
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Steven Shepard / Politico:
The data's clear: The indictment makes Republicans like Trump more
The data's clear: The indictment makes Republicans like Trump more
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New York Times, Morning Consult and Political Wire
Steve Clemons / Semafor:
George Soros on Trump prosecutor Alvin Bragg: “I didn't fund him and I don't know him”
George Soros on Trump prosecutor Alvin Bragg: “I didn't fund him and I don't know him”
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Jonathan Turley / Fox News:
The indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan DA Bragg leaves America with this legal puzzle
The indictment of Donald Trump by Manhattan DA Bragg leaves America with this legal puzzle
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Kathryn Watson / CBS News:
Trump attorney believes legal team will move to quickly dismiss New York case
Trump attorney believes legal team will move to quickly dismiss New York case
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Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Fox News Suffers Major Setback in Its Defamation Case — The judge said the case would still need to proceed to trial, for a jury to weigh whether Fox News spread false claims about Dominion Voting Systems, and to determine any damages. — Fox News suffered a significant setback on Friday …
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Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Judge refuses to dismiss the Dominion Voting Systems lawsuit against Fox News — The case will now head to trial in mid-April. — A judge denied granting summary judgment to Fox News in its attempt to get Dominion Voting System's $1.6 billion defamation lawsuit thrown out Friday, meaning the case will go to trial in mid-April.
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Adam Klasfeld / Law & Crime:
Dominion wins rare judgment against Fox News on every legal issue but actual malice before blockbuster trial — In a “rare” ruling, Dominion Voting Systems scored blockbuster victories against Fox News on multiple issues before their upcoming blockbuster trial next month.
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CNN:
Dominion defamation case against Fox News will go to trial next month, judge rules — New York CNN — Dominion Voting Systems' historic defamation case against Fox News will proceed to a high-stakes jury trial next month, a Delaware judge ruled Friday, declining to declare a pretrial winner.
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Joshua Yaffa / New Yorker:
The Unimaginable Horror of a Friend's Arrest in Moscow — It's painful and surreal to write these words: Evan Gershkovich, a reporter for the Wall Street Journal, is being held by Russian authorities on espionage charges. — On Wednesday, the Russian state security service, the F.S.B., arrested my friend Evan.
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Evan Gershkovich Loved Russia, the Country That Turned on Him
Evan Gershkovich Loved Russia, the Country That Turned on Him
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Erik Crouch / Committee to Protect Journalists:
CPJ, media organizations, and partners call for release of US journalist Evan Gershkovich
CPJ, media organizations, and partners call for release of US journalist Evan Gershkovich
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Jason Rezaian / Washington Post:
The American journalist arrested by Russia is not an ‘alleged spy’
The American journalist arrested by Russia is not an ‘alleged spy’
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Maria Case / The New York Times Company:
Statement from a coalition of news organizations regarding the detention of WSJ's Evan Gershkovich in Russia.
Statement from a coalition of news organizations regarding the detention of WSJ's Evan Gershkovich in Russia.
Margaret Sullivan / The Guardian:
The arrest of an American journalist in Russia is awful. For me, it's also painfully personal
The arrest of an American journalist in Russia is awful. For me, it's also painfully personal
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SpyTalk, Associated Press, Washington Examiner and Wall Street Journal
Sara Fischer / Axios:
Scoop: White House won't pay for Twitter verification — The White House will not pay to have its staff's official Twitter profiles continue to be verified, according to guidance issued to staffers via an email obtained by Axios. … Verification, combined with the designated Twitter profiles …
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US Department of Justice:
Social Media Influencer Douglass Mackey Convicted of Election Interference in 2016 Presidential Race — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Eastern District of New York — Defendant Attempted to Suppress Vote Through Social Media Disinformation Campaign
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David Sivak / Washington Examiner:
Fetterman discharged from Walter Reed, depression now in remission — Sen. John Fetterman (D-PA) was released on Friday from Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, where doctors had been treating him for clinical depression for the last six weeks. — The senator traveled home to Braddock …
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Ashley Carman / Bloomberg:
Tensions Flare Inside NPR After Staff Layoffs and Town Halls — Welcome back to Thursday and to Soundbite. This week we're looking at the scene inside NPR since the organization's layoffs last week. As always, if you have something to share, reach me through email, and if you haven't yet subscribed …
David Badash / Alternet.org:
Manhattan DA unleashes on Jim Jordan with stern warning: You may not ‘interfere’ with Trump prosecution — After a Manhattan grand jury indicted Donald Trump late Thursday afternoon on reportedly 34 felony charges, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg took one more step to preserve the rule of law …
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Financial Times:
Why are Americans dying so young? — US life expectancy is in freefall as the young and the poor bear the brunt of struggles for shared prosperity — I'm not sure people on my side of the Atlantic fully appreciate quite how much better off the average American is than the average European.
Khadeeja Safdar / Wall Street Journal:
Google Co-Founder, Other Billionaires Are Issued Subpoenas in Lawsuit Over JPMorgan's Ties to Jeffrey Epstein — Sergey Brin, Thomas Pritzker, Mortimer Zuckerman and Michael Ovitz are asked for information in U.S. Virgin Islands' civil suit against bank — The U.S. Virgin Islands issued subpoenas …