Top Items:
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.
Discussion:
USA Today, The Mahablog, Digby's Hullabaloo, Outside the Beltway, HotAir, Raw Story, Washington Post, PolitiFact, Reuters, The Gateway Pundit, Shore News Network, The Hill, BizPac Review, Washington Times, Salt Lake Tribune, Washington Examiner, Fox News, New York Times, Washington Monthly, Associated Press, The Guardian and NBC News
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
The Guardian, Raw Story, Insider, Salon, The Hill, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, HuffPost and Forbes
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 …
Discussion:
Reuters, Power Line, The Hill, Joe.My.God. and Washington Post
Associated Press:
Trump's GOP defenders in Congress leap into action on charges after months of preparation — Former President Donald Trump's indictment on charges of mishandling classified documents is set to play out in a federal court in Florida. But about a thousand miles away, part of Trump's defense …
Discussion:
Reuters, The Hill, Washington Times, NBC News, The Nation, Conservative Brief, Yellowhammer News, Breitbart, Voice of America, Roll Call, CBS News, Florida Phoenix, al.com, TheBlaze, Trending Politics Conservative, Bloomberg, ABC News, d2172, Slate, CNN, The Daily Caller, WKBN-TV, JONATHAN TURLEY, Daily Kos, Shore News Network, New Republic, The Post Millennial, The American Independent, New York Times, National Review, Robert Reich and Raw Story
Jared Gans / The Hill:
Pence calls for Garland to publicly justify Trump indictment — Former Vice President Mike Pence called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to publicly justify the federal indictment against former President Trump after his former boss was charged with 37 criminal counts.
Discussion:
USA Today, HuffPost, Forbes, Fox News, ABC11, Reuters, The Daily Caller, NBC News, PBS NewsHour, Associated Press, Washington Examiner, Washington Post and Just The News
Marc Fisher / Washington Post:
Trump's path to indictment: 'Isn't it better if there are no documents?' — At the front of the White and Gold Ballroom, an opulent, baroque party room inside Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago Club, an elegant stage stands ready for the weddings, fundraisers and dinners that are the bread and butter of the former president's Palm Beach estate.
Discussion:
Letters from an American, ABC News, Semafor, NewsNation, ABC7, MyNorthwest.com, Bloomberg, Axios, New York Times, Insider, BizPac Review, Raw Story, HuffPost, CBS News, The Guardian, Slate, Metro.co.uk, The Daily Beast, CNN, The Messenger, Los Angeles Times, Black America Web, Mother Jones, abc7NY and New Republic
Jake Swearingen / Insider:
After Pence bails, Kari Lake fires up Georgia crowd by saying Republicans have guns - and Trump's back — After Mike Pence canceled, Kari Lake addressed Georgia GOP supporters. — Lake said Trump's 75 million supporters would defend him, and most are “card-carrying NRA members.”
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.
Discussion:
New York Post, The Hill, Washington Times, Mediaite, The Daily Beast, Just The News, Political Wire, Reuters, Forbes and Washington Post
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 …
Discussion:
No More Mister Nice Blog, Conservative Brief, HuffPost, Joe.My.God. and Washington Post
Rania Aniftos / Billboard:
People on Twitter Are Connecting a Section of Donald Trump's Indictment to a Kid Rock Interview
People on Twitter Are Connecting a Section of Donald Trump's Indictment to a Kid Rock Interview
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The dangerous Republican freakout about Trump's indictment
The dangerous Republican freakout about Trump's indictment
Discussion:
Bloomberg, New York Magazine, Washington Post, Daily Kos, Washington Examiner and CNN
Erik Ortiz / NBC News:
Reality Winner says she's ‘blown away’ by details in indictment against Trump
Reality Winner says she's ‘blown away’ by details in indictment against Trump
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
Discussion:
Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Politico, New York Post, Associated Press, NBC News, CBS News, New York Times, The Guardian and The Hill
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
Discussion:
Raw Story, National Review, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Al Jazeera, The Moderate Voice, ABC News, Insider, Shore News Network, New York Times, Politico and Semafor
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Who Is Walt Nauta, the Other Person Indicted Along With Trump?
Who Is Walt Nauta, the Other Person Indicted Along With Trump?
Discussion:
Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, TalkLeft, Bloomberg, National Review, The Messenger and Insider
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.’
Discussion:
NBC News, The Guardian, Associated Press, The Daily Caller, The Hill, WGN-TV, Mediaite, Insider and HuffPost
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
Discussion:
The Hill, Bloomberg, The Daily Beast, GovExec.com, Insider, Iowa Starting Line, New Republic, IJR and Politico
Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump indictment thrusts Biden into unprecedented territory
Trump indictment thrusts Biden into unprecedented territory
Discussion:
Reason, Washington Examiner, Newsbusters, RedState, Trending Politics Conservative, The Federalist, The Hill, NBC News, USA Today and New York Times
Tim Dickinson / Rolling Stone:
Trump Extremists Demand Civil War, Mass Murder After New Indictment
Trump Extremists Demand Civil War, Mass Murder After New Indictment
Discussion:
Insider
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?
Discussion:
NPR, Slate, The Daily Beast and Raw Story
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 …
Discussion:
The Hill, TheBlaze, Associated Press, New York Post, Joe.My.God., Shore News Network and Not the Bee
RELATED:
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.
Discussion:
UPI, WSVN-TV, SFist, Politico, Mother Jones, New York Daily News, National Review, TMZ.com, Deadline, Associated Press, Los Angeles Times, ABC11, Trending Politics Conservative, The Daily Caller, Black America Web, CBS News, MyNorthwest.com, WBRZ, The US Sun, The Post Millennial and Writers Without Money
Paul W. Valentine / Washington Post:
Ted Kaczynski, who planted fear and death as the Unabomber, dies at 81
Ted Kaczynski, who planted fear and death as the Unabomber, dies at 81
Discussion:
NBC News, Forbes, The Messenger, The Daily Beast, Metro.co.uk, Reuters, d2172 and Just The News
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 …
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
Trump Appointee Was Randomly Assigned to Documents Case, Clerk Says — The chief clerk of the courts for the Southern District of Florida added that Judge Aileen M. Cannon's assignment to the case is not temporary. — Reporting from Washington — The criminal case against President Donald J. Trump …
Discussion:
New York Post, Slate and Vanity Fair
Caitlin Moscatello / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Wants to Be President. Cheryl Hines Is Along for the Ride. — The “Curb Your Enthusiasm” actress is beloved in Hollywood. In supporting her husband's campaign, is she normalizing his often dangerous ideas? — Reporting from Los Angeles
Discussion:
The Messenger and Twitchy
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
These are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand — For Trump, it's both the crime(s) and the cover-up. — ∙ Paid … As with everything Trump, his federal indictment is equal parts terrifying and tawdry. — The document details how the former president deliberately …
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.
RELATED:
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
Discussion:
The Messenger, Bloomberg and Washington Post