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10:25 PM ET, June 12, 2023

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Rolling Stone:
Inside the Implosion of Trump's Mar-a-Lago Legal Team  —  At a time of peak legal peril for the former president, his attorneys had the knives out — for each other … The clashes were dramatic enough that Friday, hours before Trump's federal indictment in the Mar-a-Lago documents probe was unsealed …
Discussion: Political Wire
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Geraldine DeRuiter / Washington Post:
We need to talk about Trump's bathroom chandelier  —  Designers (and one epidemiologist) weigh in on the peculiar light fixture from the Trump indictment photos  —  Last week, former president Donald Trump was indicted on charges that he mishandled classified documents, allegedly storing them in …
Washington Post:
Trump scrambles to find lawyer on eve of first federal court appearance  —  In familiar predicament for famously challenging client, multiple Florida lawyers decline to take Trump's case, people familiar with the matter say  —  Donald Trump spent the day before his historic appearance …
Discussion: Political Wire
New York Times:
Floridians Would Make Up Trump's Jury Pool.  Here's What Some Are Saying.  —  The complicated feelings among some residents about former President Donald J. Trump and the case against him reflect the complicated politics of the state.  —  Nick Madigan reported from Miami and Verónica Zaragovia from Palm Beach County, Fla.
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The impossible challenge of telling Trump fans the truth  —  In the abstract, it is as robust a rejection of former president Donald Trump's claims as could be arranged: His former attorney general, who earned a well-deserved reputation for his dogged defenses of Trump, appearing on Fox News …
Ruth Marcus / Washington Post:
Who is not implicated in the Trump indictment? Hillary Clinton.
S.V. Date / HuffPost:
Chris Christie Hammers Trump On Secret Document Indictment
Discussion: Raw Story and CNN
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:   Christie says conduct alleged in Trump indictment ‘awful,’ says ‘lot more information to come’
Charlie Savage / New York Times:   How a Trump-Appointed Judge Could Influence His Documents Case
Slate:
Aileen Cannon's Previous Rulings About Trump Demand Her Recusal
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump holds double-digit lead after federal indictment - Reuters/Ipsos poll
Tess Owen / VICE:
Proud Boys Too Upset About Bud Light to Care About Trump's Indictment
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Raw Story
The Conversation:
‘If you want to die in jail, keep talking’ - two national security law experts discuss the special treatment for Trump and offer him some advice
Discussion: HuffPost, NPR and RedState
Brooke Singman / Fox News:
Grassley: Burisma executive who allegedly paid Biden has audio recordings of conversations with Joe, Hunter  —  Biden was allegedly paid $5M by a high-level Burisma executive as part of a bribery scheme  —  Sen. Chuck Grassley said Monday that the Burisma executive who allegedly paid Joe Biden …
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Roland Li / San Francisco Chronicle:
Exclusive: Westfield giving up S.F. mall in wake of Nordstrom closure, plunging sales and foot traffic  —  Westfield is giving up its namesake San Francisco mall in the wake of Nordstrom's planned closure, surrendering the city's biggest shopping center to its lender after foot traffic and sales plunged during the pandemic.
New York Post:
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell resigning after nearly a year and a half on the job  —  Police Commissioner Keechant Sewell abruptly announced Monday that she was stepping down after nearly a year and a half as the first woman at the helm of the NYPD — with sources saying her sudden departure caught City Hall off guard.
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New York Times:
N.Y.P.D. Commissioner Keechant Sewell to Resign
Discussion: UPI
Zoe Greenberg / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
Two Rhode Island officials visited Philly.  They were so rude their state launched two separate investigations.  —  The trouble between Philadelphia and the state of Rhode Island began in early March.That's when two Rhode Island officials came to tour Bok, the former South Philly vocational school …
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump-backed Arizona ‘audit’ was even more of a debacle than previously known: newly unearthed texts  —  The Trump-backed “audit” of the 2020 election in Arizona ended disastrously for the former president as it not only confirmed President Joe Biden won the state, but it actually gave …
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Robert Anglen / Arizona Republic:   Why what happened in 2021 Arizona election ‘audit’ still matters
Jeffrey M. Jones / Gallup:
More Say Birth Gender Should Dictate Sports Participation  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — A larger majority of Americans now (69%) than in 2021 (62%) say transgender athletes should only be allowed to compete on sports teams that conform with their birth gender.  Likewise, fewer endorse transgender athletes …
Elaina Plott Calabro / The Atlantic:
A Star Reporter's Break With Reality  —  Lara Logan was once a respected 60 Minutes correspondent.  Now she trades in conspiracy theories that even far-right media disavow.  What happened?  —  the footage is shown before she takes the stage: Lara Logan in a headscarf, addressing the camera from the streets of Mogadishu.
Bristow Marchant / The State:
Midlands teacher's lesson on racism halted after complaints, citing state law  —  A Midlands school district shut down classroom discussion of a book on racism after complaints that it violated a state law prohibiting instruction on controversial topics related to race.
Dell Cameron / Wired:
The US Is Openly Stockpiling Dirt on All Its Citizens  —  A newly declassified report from the Office of the Director of National Intelligence reveals the federal government is buying troves of data about Americans.  —  The United States government has been secretly amassing a “large amount” …
David Gilbert / VICE:
‘I Want Blood’: Heavily-Armed Trump Supporters Say They'll Protest Trump's Indictment  —  “Just buying more ammo,” one Trump supporter posted in a right-wing messaging board.  —  Supporters of former president Donald Trump are planning mass protests at a Miami courthouse on Tuesday, following Trump's indictment last week.
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
White House press secretary violated Hatch Act, government watchdog says  —  Karine Jean-Pierre violated a law designed to limit how officials engage in politics when she referred to “MAGA Republicans” ahead of the midterm elections, the agency said.  —  White House press secretary Karine …
Betsy Woodruff Swan / Politico:
Former FBI official details bureau's disagreement with DOJ ahead of its Trump search  —  The “everyday discussion” over executing a search warrant at the former president's Florida club — the matter now at the heart of Trump's indictment — still caused “consternation,” the official said.
Discussion: Breitbart
Jason Wilson / The Guardian:
Republican official appears to have moved $1.3m from non-profit to own law firm  —  RNC committeewoman Harmeet Dhillon takes $120,000 salary from non-profit Center for American Liberty for two-hour week  —  The San Francisco lawyer Harmeet Dhillon is a fixture on Fox News who has garnered support …
Discussion: Raw Story and Digby's Hullabaloo
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
DOJ seeks 14 years for Jan. 6 rioter who called Trump ‘dad,’ drove stun gun into Michael Fanone's neck  —  Daniel “D.J.” Rodriguez wrote in a letter to the former officer he assaulted that he wished he was smarter.  The feds say his actions amount to terrorism.
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Fox sends Tucker Carlson cease-and-desist letter  —  Fox News has sent a “cease and desist” letter to Tucker Carlson as he ramps up a competing series on Twitter that drew a combined 169 million views for its first two episodes, Axios has learned.
Joe Killian / NC Newsline:
Ida B. Wells Society canceled programs for young journalists after UNC withheld millions in funding  —  The Ida B. Wells Society for Investigative Reporting was housed at UNC-Chapel Hill's Carroll Hall.  The society's move to Morehouse College was publicly announced in February.  (Photo: Clayton Henkel)
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
‘The Beat’ goes on for MSNBC's legal savant Ari Melber amid Trump indictments  —  As the legal heat turns up under former President Trump, MSNBC's Ari Melber is having a moment.  —  The parade of legal experts who appear daily on “The Beat With Ari Melber” include the 2024 Republican …
 
 
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Two more Marines with intelligence jobs plead guilty in Jan. 6 riot
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