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Wall Street Journal:
A Destructive Trump Indictment — Do prosecutors understand the forces they are unleashing? — By The Editorial Board — Tap For Sound — Whether you love or hate Donald Trump, his indictment by President Biden's Justice Department is a fraught moment for American democracy.
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Just Security:
National Security Implications of Trump's Indictment: A Damage Assessment — The 38-count indictment of former President Donald Trump on federal charges of willfully retaining documents containing national defense information, refusing to return them, and obstructing related investigations, is a watershed moment.
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Lawfare:
United States of America v. Donald J. Trump and Waltine Nauta — The indictment of former President Donald J. Trump that was unsealed today by the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida represents a beginning in several distinct senses. — It is, at one level …
National Review:
The Trump Indictment Is Damning — Just as paranoiacs sometimes have enemies, people obsessively pursued for alleged violations of the law by their political opponents sometimes commit criminal offenses. — At many junctures, most recently with Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's flimsy charges …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Now on the 2024 ballot: Trump's freedom — For Donald Trump, the 2024 campaign is more than a race to return to the White House — it's a fight to stay out of prison. — Legal experts say it's unlikely that Trump's criminal trial in federal court will be resolved before the November 2024 election.
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump's Case Puts the Justice System on Trial, in a Test of Public Credibility — The former president's efforts to defend against multiple felony counts by discrediting law enforcement pose a grave challenge to democracy. — Peter Baker has covered the White House under the past five presidents …
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Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Reality Winner says she's ‘blown away’ by details in indictment against Trump — Winner, a former intelligence contractor who spent more than four years in prison, was the first person to be prosecuted under Trump for violating the Espionage Act. — Trump classified documents indictment unsealed
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Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Who Is Walt Nauta, the Other Person Indicted Along With Trump? — Mr. Nauta, as a valet while Mr. Trump was president, had unusual proximity to him, including at meals and on foreign trips. — Walt Nauta, the only other person indicted along with former President Donald J. Trump …
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Rolling Stone:
The Special Counsel Is Using Trump's Own National Security Staff Against Him — Jack Smith's investigators used Team Trump's own words to demonstrate the former president he knew the rules for classified materials, sources tell Rolling Stone … In questioning these NSC veterans …
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David Roth / Defector:
So It's A Crime Now To Have Boxes Full Of Cool Folders With Various Words Printed On Them? — About the most that can be said for Donald Trump, as a politician and as a person, is that he didn't let being President of the United States change him. This is not really a compliment, to be clear.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
The Trump Classified Documents Indictment, Annotated — The Justice Department on Friday unveiled an indictment charging former President Donald J. Trump with 37 criminal counts. They relate to Mr. Trump's hoarding of sensitive government documents after he left office and his refusal to return them …
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Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Here are the 37 charges against Trump and what they mean — A court on Friday unsealed the federal indictment against Donald Trump and an aide over classified documents found at his Mar-a-Lago home and the men's alleged efforts to keep the government from finding the materials.
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The dangerous Republican freakout about Trump's indictment
The dangerous Republican freakout about Trump's indictment
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Washington Post:
‘We are getting pretty good at this’: Trump and aides plot indictment response
‘We are getting pretty good at this’: Trump and aides plot indictment response
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Washington Post:
Trump to speak Saturday as he and allies escalate attacks on law enforcement
Trump to speak Saturday as he and allies escalate attacks on law enforcement
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Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Trump Extremists Demand Civil War, Mass Murder After New Indictment
Trump Extremists Demand Civil War, Mass Murder After New Indictment
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
A Trump-Appointed Judge Who Showed Him Favor Gets the Documents Case
A Trump-Appointed Judge Who Showed Him Favor Gets the Documents Case
Jonathan Weisman / New York Times:
Chris Christie says he found the case laid out in the indictment ‘devastating.’
Chris Christie says he found the case laid out in the indictment ‘devastating.’
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump indictment thrusts Biden into unprecedented territory
Trump indictment thrusts Biden into unprecedented territory
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Faces 2024 Split Screen of Campaign and Criminal Trials
Trump Faces 2024 Split Screen of Campaign and Criminal Trials
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Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Trump's baseless ‘1,850 boxes’ attacks on Biden's legal and normal University of Delaware documents collection
Fact check: Trump's baseless ‘1,850 boxes’ attacks on Biden's legal and normal University of Delaware documents collection
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Bryan Schott / Salt Lake Tribune:
Trump indictment not politically motivated, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says in Utah
Trump indictment not politically motivated, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says in Utah
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Associated Press:
Donald Trump described Pentagon plan of attack and shared classified map, indictment says
Donald Trump described Pentagon plan of attack and shared classified map, indictment says
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CNN:
National Archives refutes claims Trump had two years to go through presidential records in rare public statement
National Archives refutes claims Trump had two years to go through presidential records in rare public statement
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National Archives:
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Presidential Records and the Presidential Records Act
New York Times:
Carefully, Backhandedly, DeSantis Comes to Trump's Defense
Carefully, Backhandedly, DeSantis Comes to Trump's Defense
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Conservatives, aren't you sick of Trump's nonsense?
Conservatives, aren't you sick of Trump's nonsense?
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Washington Post:
17 fatalities, 736 crashes: The shocking toll of Tesla's Autopilot — Tesla's driver-assistance system, known as Autopilot, has been involved in far more crashes than previously reported — SAN FRANCISCO — The school bus was displaying its stop sign and flashing red warning lights …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge required Pence to answer most of special counsel's questions, newly unsealed court docs show — “The bottom line is that conversations exhorting Pence to reject electors on January 6th are not protected,” D.C.'s federal district court's chief judge wrote in April.
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Judge's decision that compelled Pence to testify in Jan. 6 probe unsealed
Judge's decision that compelled Pence to testify in Jan. 6 probe unsealed
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Alexander Ward / Politico:
China using secret base in Cuba to spy on U.S., Biden admin official confirms — After initially calling reports “inaccurate,” an official says that the administration “inherited” the problem. — China has been spying on the United States from a base in Cuba, a Biden administration official …
Andy Bruce / Reuters:
Boris Johnson's shock exit reverberates through British ruling party — Old rifts resurfaced in Britain's ruling Conservative Party on Saturday following former prime minister Boris Johnson's abrupt resignation from parliament, while the opposition Labour Party sensed opportunity ahead of a general election next year.
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Rowena Mason / The Guardian:
Boris Johnson resigns as MP with immediate effect over Partygate report
Boris Johnson resigns as MP with immediate effect over Partygate report
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Kari Paul / The Guardian:
‘Fundamentally dangerous’: reversal of social media guardrails could prove disastrous for 2024 elections — Scaling back of moderation and rise of AI are creating the perfect storm to weaken elections and democracy — ncreasing misinformation on social media, platforms scaling …