memeorandum: Bracing for impact: Biden world preps for Hunter Biden fallout (Jonathan Lemire/Politico)

12:45 PM ET, May 6, 2023

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At least eight Trump electors have accepted immunity in Georgia investigation — In a new filing, the lawyer for the eight electors accused prosecutors of knowingly making false accusations in an effort to have her removed from the case. — At least eight of the 16 Georgia Republicans …

Discussion: New York Times, Mock Paper Scissors, Raw Story, Wall Street Journal, Just The News, Election Law Blog, USA Today, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Hill, CNN and Political Wire

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

Eight false Trump electors have accepted immunity deals, lawyer says — The new revelation is the latest sign that a Georgia prosecutor is advancing her investigation into Donald Trump's bid to subvert the 2020 election. — Eight Republican activists who falsely claimed …

CNN:

At least 8 fake electors have been granted immunity in the Georgia Trump investigation — At least eight of the Republican “fake electors” in Georgia have accepted immunity deals in an ongoing criminal investigation into efforts by Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election there, according to a new court filing.

Discussion: ABC News, USA Today, The Guardian, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Raw Story, Bloomberg, NBC News, Los Angeles Times, Washington Examiner, Politics Extra and CBS News

CNN:
Georgia's GOP governor signs bill that could remove local prosecutors and DAs from their jobs

Discussion: Governor Brian P. Kemp Office …, The Hill, Washington Post, Alternet.org, Associated Press, Bolts and Washington Examiner

Beatrice Peterson / ABC News:

DOJ secures longest sentence yet for convicted Jan. 6 defendant — Peter Schwartz has been sentenced to 14 years behind bars. — The Department of Justice secured its most severe sentence for a convicted Jan. 6 defendant yet — a marked victory for the government as it pursues those accused of attempting an insurrection.

Discussion: Politico, HotAir, Associated Press, NBC News, CNN, Alternet.org, TheJournal.ie, New York Post, Rolling Stone, UPI, The Hill, Washington Post, East Bay Times and Raw Story

Spencer S. Hsu / Washington Post:
U.S. seeks 25 years in prison for Rhodes in first Jan. 6 sedition case

Discussion: Associated Press, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News, CBS News, Bloomberg.com, Political Wire, Advocate and Vox

New York Times:
Rioter Gets 14 Years for Jan. 6 Police Attacks, in Longest Sentence So Far

Discussion: Outside the Beltway

Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Justice Department asks for 25-year prison sentence for convicted Oath Keepers leader

Discussion: USA Today and Wall Street Journal

Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:

GOP moderates privately panic over debt ceiling deal — Some House Republicans are fretting about whether they'd be able to pass a watered-down version of their debt ceiling bill once the terms are negotiated with Senate Democrats and the White House, Axios has learned.

Discussion: Washington Examiner, Raw Story and Washington Post

The Hill:
McConnell warns he won't back debt-ceiling increase without ‘substantive’ reforms

Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors, NPR, Breitbart and Political Wire

Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:

Jan. 6 rioter in pink beret identified after ex spotted her in a viral FBI tweet — “It's just going to be one of those things for me. I dated this girl that was on the FBI's most wanted list.” — WASHINGTON — The breakthrough in the FBI investigation started inside a Joann Fabric and Crafts store.

Jonathan Lemire / Politico:

Bracing for impact: Biden world preps for Hunter Biden fallout — Biden aides are more worried about the personal toll it will take on the president as a father. — The White House is bracing for the political fallout from the charging decision in the Hunter Biden case.

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Free Beacon, Bloomberg, Reuters and Fox News

Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Biden defends son Hunter ahead of possible federal tax, gun charges

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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:

Trump's affair was huge tabloid news. Now it's apparently news to him. — Trump claimed in a deposition that he couldn't remember if he was seeing Marla Maples before his divorce. It would be quite a thing to forget. — Even for a former president known to tell the occasional whopper or 30,000, it's hard to top this one.

Discussion: Raw Story, Althouse, New York Magazine, CBS News, The Guardian, Law & Crime, CNN, NBC News, IJR and The Hill

David Rising / Associated Press:

Ukraine downs Russian hypersonic missile with US Patriot — Ukraine's air force claimed Saturday to have downed a Russian hypersonic missile over Kyiv using newly acquired American Patriot defense systems, the first known time the country has been able to intercept one of Moscow's most modern missiles.

Discussion: The Hill, HotAir, Al Jazeera, RedState, Politico, New York Post, Bloomberg, Digby's Hullabaloo, TheJournal.ie and Defense One

David Mark / Washington Examiner:

Donald Trump steals Iowa spotlight from would-be 2024 rival Ron DeSantis — Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) was set to dominate Iowa — and national — political news coverage with his appearances at Republican fundraising events on May 13. But former President Donald Trump was never going to let that happen.

Discussion: Fox News and Raw Story

James Herron / Bloomberg:

Russian Pro-War Novelist Zakhar Prilepin Injured in Car Bombing — Russian pro-war novelist and politician Zakhar Prilepin was injured and his driver killed in a car bombing as he was returning from Ukraine's occupied territories, according to media reports.

Discussion: Washington Post, UPI, Reuters, The Guardian and Cyprus Mail

Michelle Goldberg / New York Times:

E. Jean Carroll Must Be Going Through Hell — “Prima Facie,” a searing new play on Broadway, is about a high-flying woman whose vitality and confidence is taken from her twice, first when she's raped by a colleague, Julian, and then when she tries to seek justice.

Erica Orden / Politico:
11 witnesses testified in Donald Trump's rape trial. Here's what they said.

Discussion: ABC News, Washington Examiner, New York Post, Mediaite and Associated Press

Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:

Florida advocates fight for abortion rights ballot initiative ‘without interference from politicians’ — Abortion rights groups, led by Planned Parenthood are aiming to get abortion rights on the ballot, The Washington Post reports. — First reported by Politico, the initiative …

Discussion: Washington Post, NBC News, The Daily Caller, Forbes, Daily Kos, New York Times, The 19th, Truthout and Politico

Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:

May 5, 2023 — Today's job numbers came in higher than expected, with the U.S. adding 253,000 nonfarm jobs in April. Unemployment fell yet again, to 3.4%, matching a rate not seen since 1969. Black unemployment is at an all-time low of 4.7%. For Hispanics it's 4.4%, and for Asian Americans, 2.8%.

Laura Ungar / Associated Press:

Abortion pill legal challenge threatens miscarriage care — Less than a year after losing her daughter Emilia at five days old, Jillian Phillips suffered a miscarriage. — It was Halloween weekend in 2016, and her doctor said she could wait for it to end naturally, have a surgical procedure or take medication.

Politico:

How DeSantis gave Democrats the ‘session from hell’ — Florida Republicans fuel DeSantis' likely 2024 bid. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida's Republican-controlled Legislature ended its session calmly on Friday, wrapping up a monumental stretch of lawmaking that will serve as the springboard …