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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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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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The Hill, Joe.My.God. and Washington Post
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 …
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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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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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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The Hill, Media Nation, Conservative Brief, New York Times and PoliticusUSA
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The dangerous Republican freakout about Trump's indictment — The paranoid reaction to the Justice Department's charges reveal a party gripped by the politics of perpetual apocalypses. — Surveying the reactions of top Republicans after Donald Trump's indictment on charges …
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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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Wall Street Journal, TalkLeft, National Review, The Messenger and Insider
Rolling Stone:
The Special Counsel Is Using Trump's Own National Security Staff Against Him
The Special Counsel Is Using Trump's Own National Security Staff Against Him
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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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David Roth / Defector:
So It's A Crime Now To Have Boxes Full Of Cool Folders With Various Words Printed On Them?
So It's A Crime Now To Have Boxes Full Of Cool Folders With Various Words Printed On Them?
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NPR, Slate, The Daily Beast, Raw Story and The Nation
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.’
Rachel Weiner / Washington Post:
Here are the 37 charges against Trump and what they mean
Here are the 37 charges against Trump and what they mean
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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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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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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
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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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Insider
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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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump indictment thrusts Biden into unprecedented territory
Trump indictment thrusts Biden into unprecedented territory
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Newsbusters, RedState, Trending Politics Conservative, The Federalist, USA Today, NBC News, New York Times, Breitbart, Insider and New York Post
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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Raw Story
NBC News:
Here are 11 key takeaways from the Trump classified documents indictment
Here are 11 key takeaways from the Trump classified documents indictment
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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 …
Alex Traub / New York Times:
Ted Kaczynski, ‘Unabomber’ Who Attacked Modern Life, Dies at 81 — Alone in a shack in the Montana wilderness, he fashioned homemade bombs and launched a violent one-man campaign to destroy industrial society. — Theodore J. Kaczynski, the so-called Unabomber, who attacked academics …
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Associated Press:
Theodore ‘Ted’ Kaczynski, known as the ‘Unabomber,’ has died in federal prison — Theodore “Ted” Kaczynski, the Harvard-educated mathematician who retreated to a dingy shack in the Montana wilderness and ran a 17-year bombing campaign that killed three people and injured 23 others, died Saturday.
ABC News:
Unabomber Ted Kaczynski found dead in prison cell — He was arrested in 1996 after a nearly 20-year bombing spree. — Ted Kaczynski, known as the Unabomber, was found dead in his prison cell Saturday morning, according to a Federal Bureau of Prisons spokesperson. He was 81.
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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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Bloomberg and Washington Post
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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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Boris Johnson quits as UK lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament
Boris Johnson quits as UK lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament
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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 …