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4:30 AM ET, April 5, 2023

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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
A Surprise Accusation Bolsters a Risky Case Against Trump  —  The unsealed case against Donald J. Trump accuses him of falsifying records in part to lay the groundwork for planned lies to tax authorities.  —  WASHINGTON — The unsealed indictment against former President Donald J. Trump …
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New York Times:
We Finally Know the Case Against Trump, and It Is Strong  —  Ms. Agnifilo is a former Manhattan chief assistant district attorney.  Mr. Eisen is a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.  —  For weeks, Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney, has come under heavy fire for pursuing a case against Donald Trump.
Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
Donald Trump Probably Should Not Have Been Charged With (This) Felony  —  Based on what I have seen so far, the decision to charge Donald Trump with felonies in New York state is a mistake both legally and politically.  —  First, the legal problems.  —  Back in 2018, I wrote at Slate …
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The dubious legal theory at the heart of the Trump indictment, explained  —  No one knows if Donald Trump can be prosecuted for the hush money payment to Stormy Daniels.  —  There is something painfully anticlimactic about Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's indictment of former President Trump.
Manhattan District Attorney's Office:
District Attorney Bragg Announces 34-Count Felony Indictment of Former President Donald J. Trump  —  Read the Indictment and the Statement of Facts  —  Manhattan District Attorney Alvin L. Bragg, Jr. today announced the indictment of DONALD J. TRUMP, 76, for falsifying New York business records …
Wall Street Journal:
What's Missing in the Trump Indictment  —  For the charges to be felonies, Alvin Bragg needs a second crime.  What is it?  —  The public can now read Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's indictment against former President Trump, as well as his more voluble “statement of facts,” …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Five takeaways from the Trump indictment in New York  —  How a misdemeanor — falsifying business records — was elevated to 34 felony charges  —  Former president Donald Trump appeared in a courtroom in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday where he pleaded not guilty to 34 felony counts brought by a grand jury last week.
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:   How Trump's long history of other people fixing his problems ended today
Kimberly Wehle / The Bulwark:
The Case Against Trump: The Charges and the Facts Behind Them
Discussion: Mediaite, Bulwark+ and PIX11
Max Greenwood / The Hill:
Trump rails against charges in post-arraignment speech at Mar-a-Lago
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
For the left, putting Trump through a painful prosecution is the point
Ken Klippenstein / The Intercept:   Trump's Lawyer Joe Tacopina Donated to Democratic Rep Who Called for Trump's Prosecution
Nancy Gibbs / TIME:
The Historic—and Entirely Predictable—Indictment of Donald Trump
Discussion: The Guardian and Alternet.org
Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
‘Merry Arrestmas’: The ‘resistance’ rejoices watching Trump face charges
Discussion: The Guardian
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
Wisconsin Supreme Court Election: Protasiewicz Wins With Abortion Message  —  Janet Protasiewicz prevailed in the state's highly consequential contest for the Supreme Court, which will now be likely to reverse the state's abortion ban and end the use of gerrymandered legislative maps.
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Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Liberals win control of Wisconsin Supreme Court ahead of abortion case  —  MILWAUKEE — Liberals claimed control of Wisconsin's high court in an election Tuesday, giving them a one-vote majority on a body that in the coming years will likely consider the state's abortion ban …
Daniel Marans / HuffPost:
Brandon Johnson, Progressive Union Organizer, Elected Mayor Of Chicago  —  Johnson's victory over centrist Paul Vallas is a major achievement for the activist left.  —  Overcoming a major fundraising gap, accusations that he would “defund” the police and public polling that predicted his defeat …
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Kim Bellware / Washington Post:
Brandon Johnson projected to win Chicago mayoral election  —  CHICAGO — Brandon Johnson, a county commissioner and former public school teacher, was projected to win Tuesday's competitive Chicago mayoral runoff with a message to increase investment in social programs to address public safety fears in the nation's third-largest city.
Natasha Korecki / NBC News:   Progressive Brandon Johnson wins Chicago mayor's race
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Kristina Wong / Breitbart:
Daughter of Judge Overseeing Donald Trump's Case Worked on Biden-Harris Campaign
Lucille Sherman / Axios:
NC Democrat expected to change parties  —  A North Carolina Democratic lawmaker is expected to flip her party affiliation, multiple Republicans with knowledge of the discussions tell Axios.  — The move would cement Republicans' toe-hold in a fast-changing swing state …
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Axios Charlotte:
Tricia Cotham, a Charlotte Democrat switching parties, is a former educator from a family of politicians
Discussion: Fox News, The Daily Caller and RedState
Miriam O'Callaghan / RTÉ:
Clinton regrets persuading Ukraine to give up nuclear weapons  —  Prime Time Presenter  —  Former US president Bill Clinton has expressed regret in an RTÉ interview about his role in persuading Ukraine to give up its nuclear weapons in 1994.  —  Mr Clinton suggested that Russia …
Discussion: Insider
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Casey Newton / Platformer:
Why journalists can't quit Twitter  —  The media should be building alternatives.  Instead, some are doubling down  —  Today, Donald Trump was charged with 34 felony counts of falsifying business records in connection with a series of hush-money payments related to the 2016 US presidential campaign.
New York Times:
Biden Has the Oval Office.  But Trump Has Center Stage.  —  The White House hopes the chaos of Donald Trump's legal challenges will reinforce the reasons voters turned to President Biden in 2020.  —  WASHINGTON — The president of the United States spent four minutes on Tuesday talking …
David Ignatius / Washington Post:
With oil production cut, the Saudis send a message to the U.S.  —  Saudi Arabia's coldly pragmatic decision this past weekend to cut oil production and raise prices sent a simple message: The United States doesn't call the shots in the Persian Gulf or the oil market anymore.
Discussion: The Circuit
 
 
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