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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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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.
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 …
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
A Trump-Appointed Judge Who Showed Him Favor Gets the Documents Case — The surprise assignment of Judge Aileen Cannon could be a setback for prosecutors as they unveiled a sweeping classified files indictment. — Reporting from Washington — Even as prosecutors publicly unveiled a deep …
David Gilbert / VICE:
‘We Need to Start Killing’: Trump's Far-Right Supporters Are Threatening Civil War — Within minutes of Trump's indictment, supporters lit up social media platforms with violent threats and calls for civil war. — In what is becoming a now all-too-familiar trend, former President Donald …
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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Trump indictment thrusts Biden into unprecedented territory — Biden's leading adversary is being prosecuted by Biden's Justice Department — a highly sensitive dynamic that is already fodder for Republicans — The month before he was sworn into office, President Biden vowed to keep …
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Timothy P. Carney / Washington Examiner:
Conservatives, aren't you sick of Trump's nonsense? — Maybe the federal charges against Donald Trump will be as weak as Alvin Bragg's charges were. Certainly, President Joe Biden's Justice Department is politicized and weaponized. And maybe Trump didn't harm the country at all by taking …
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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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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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Jonathan V. Last / Bulwark+:
The Indictment and Trump's Four Tests for America
The Indictment and Trump's Four Tests for America
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The startling, damning details in the Trump indictment
The startling, damning details in the Trump indictment
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New York Times:
Carefully, Backhandedly, DeSantis Comes to Trump's Defense
Carefully, Backhandedly, DeSantis Comes to Trump's Defense
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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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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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Gabrielle Canon / The Guardian:
Donald Trump kept boxes with US nuclear program documents and foreign weapons details, indictment says - as it happened
Donald Trump kept boxes with US nuclear program documents and foreign weapons details, indictment says - as it happened
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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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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
Politico:
How Trump's indictment reshapes the GOP primary: A timeline
How Trump's indictment reshapes the GOP primary: A timeline
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Associated Press:
Live updates | Trump Classified Documents Indictment
Live updates | Trump Classified Documents Indictment
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
McCarthy says Trump indictment will ‘disrupt the nation’
McCarthy says Trump indictment will ‘disrupt the nation’
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Dilan Maxfield / Mitt Romney:
Romney Statement on Reports of Indictment
Romney Statement on Reports of Indictment
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Fox News:
Kevin McCarthy blasts Biden DOJ over Trump indictment: ‘A dark day in America’
Kevin McCarthy blasts Biden DOJ over Trump indictment: ‘A dark day in America’
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Washington Post:
More on the Trump classified documents indictment
More on the Trump classified documents indictment
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Jerry Dunleavy / Washington Examiner:
Donald Trump indicted: Charges unsealed in classified documents case against ex-president
Donald Trump indicted: Charges unsealed in classified documents case against ex-president
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NBC News:
Legal drama around the former president may add to ‘Trump exhaustion syndrome,’ says Cuccinelli
Legal drama around the former president may add to ‘Trump exhaustion syndrome,’ says Cuccinelli
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Associate Also Indicted in Mar-a-Lago Documents Case
Trump Associate Also Indicted in Mar-a-Lago Documents Case
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Jill Lawless / Associated Press:
Boris Johnson quits as UK lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament — Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson shocked Britain on Friday by quitting as a lawmaker after being told he will be sanctioned for misleading Parliament.
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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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National Archives:
Frequently Asked Questions Concerning Presidential Records and the Presidential Records Act — Media Alert — Recent media reports have generated a large number of queries about Presidential records and the Presidential Records Act (PRA), 44 U.S.C. 2201-2209.
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Nico Portuondo / E&E:
Granholm contradicts testimony, reveals she did own stocks — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm revealed Friday that she has held financial stocks as recently as May, contradicting testimony she gave to a Senate committee earlier this year. — In a letter shared with E&E News and sent to the committee …
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Thomas Catenacci / Fox News:
Biden Energy Secretary Granholm admits false testimony about owning stocks
Biden Energy Secretary Granholm admits false testimony about owning stocks
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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.
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
Biden Names New Border Patrol Chief as Immigration Policies Come Under Scrutiny — Jason Owens has been the leader of the Del Rio division in Texas, one of the busiest areas for illegal crossings in the past few years. — Reporting from Washington — President Biden named …
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Ben Hubbard / New York Times:
From ‘Pariah’ to Partner, Saudi Leader Defies Threats to Isolate Him — Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has repeatedly leveraged Saudi Arabia's wealth and influence to overcome international condemnation of the kingdom's human rights violations. — Reporting from Istanbul
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OpenSecrets.org:
Companies that publicly condemned legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community send political contributions to state lawmakers who advanced anti-LGBTQ+ bills — Human Rights Campaign, the largest LGBTQ+ civil rights advocacy organization in the United States, declared a “state of emergency” …