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11:55 AM ET, June 13, 2023

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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Trump finds no new lawyers for court appearance in Mar-a-Lago case  —  Exclusive: Trump is expected to be represented by existing lawyers Todd Blanche and Chris Kise  —  Donald Trump is expected to be represented at his first court appearance to face federal criminal charges …
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Washington Post:
Trump scrambles to find lawyer before 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 …
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: Axios, GB News, Raw Story and Political Wire
Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
How Republicans are stitching their own straitjacket on Trump indictment  —  The Republican response to Donald Trump's latest criminal indictment offers a clear test of the famous saying that the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over again and hoping for a different result.
CNN:
Takeaways from CNN's town hall with Chris Christie  —  Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie laid into Donald Trump in a CNN town hall Monday night, calling the former president “angry” and “vengeful” and accusing him of “vanity run amok” within the event's opening minutes.
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
Jim Jordan's tortured defense of Trump points to a coming GOP split  —  To hear MAGA Republicans tell it, the indictment of Donald Trump for mishandling national security secrets is one of the most grotesque injustices in U.S. history.  They have called for mass protests, vowed “war” …
Eric Levitz / New York Magazine:
The DOJ Went Easy on Trump for Political Reasons  —  Donald Trump has once again handed his Republican apologists an unenviable assignment.  —  The Justice Department charged the ex-president last Thursday with willfully retaining national security secrets in violation of the Espionage Act and conspiring to obstruct justice.
Discussion: 6abc and Washington Examiner
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
McConnell, GOP allies steer clear of defending Trump on indictment
Discussion: Bloomberg and Political Wire
Barbara McQuade / MSNBC:
New indictment Trump is a triple threat to national security
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Harry Enten / CNN:
Why Chris Christie's presidential bid remains a long shot
Discussion: National Review and Rolling Stone
Julie Kelly / American Greatness:
A Day of Infamy: Trump Arraigned
Caitlin Yilek / CBS News:   Georgia's GOP governor calls Trump indictment a “distraction”
Washington Post:
What to expect at Trump's court appearance in Miami on Tuesday
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Christie says conduct alleged in Trump indictment ‘awful,’ says ‘lot more information to come’
Discussion: American Wire News
Madison Reeve / Castanet.net:
Girl, 9, accused of being trans at Kelowna track meet  —  CHILD ACCOSTED AT TRACK MEET  —  Two Kelowna moms are speaking out after their 9-year-old daughter was verbally assaulted at a track and field event on Thursday at Kelowna's Apple Bowl.  —  The mothers, who choose not to identify their daughter …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Messenger
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
DeSantis-world bemoans crowded GOP field  —  The News  —  Ron DeSantis' supporters are grumbling that the larger GOP field is complicating their path in South Carolina, where two of the early primary state's highest profile politicians, Senator Tim Scott and former governor Nikki Haley, are in the race.
Discussion: New York Times, Politico and HuffPost
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Philip Wegmann / Real Clear Politics:
EXCLUSIVE: The DeSantis Plan To Wage War on ‘Weaponized’ DOJ  —  Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been working for months on plans to tear down and rebuild both the Department of Justice and the FBI, consulting with experts and members of Congress to develop a “Day One” strategy to end …
Discussion: HotAir, Florida's Voice and Breitbart
Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
In home state flex, Tim Scott shares names of 69 donors on SC finance committee
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
'Trump can't win': Koch network releases ads targeting ex-president  — The political arm of the network backed by billionaire Charles Koch is releasing a slate of digital ads in key states aimed at former President Donald Trump.  — The ads argue a Trump nomination in 2024 would effectively give President Joe Biden a second term.
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New York Times:
How Trump Plans to Beat His Indictment, Politically
NBC News:
Few Americans know Sen. Tim Scott, but some Democrats see him as a tough general election opponent
Discussion: New York Times
Jeffrey Lord / The American Spectator:
Biden's Banana Republic  —  Fact?  Hillary Clinton broke the law in handling her emails.  No indictment.  —  President Joe Biden (The White House)  —  It was amazing to see Attorney General Merrick Garland's appointed special counsel, Jack Smith, step in front of the cameras …
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Sara Dorn / Forbes:
Trump Threatens To ‘Go After’ Biden Through Special Prosecutor If Reelected
Jay Weaver / Miami Herald:
Magistrate to preside over Trump's arraignment, not controversial Judge Aileen Cannon
Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How a Trump-Appointed Judge Could Influence His Documents Case
Shia Kapos / Politico:
No Labels likely to back off third party bid if DeSantis emerges as GOP nominee  —  The centrist group considers under what conditions it would back out.  —  CHICAGO — The centrist political organization No Labels has defended its third-party presidential bid by insisting there's …
Discussion: Michigan Advance
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Ned Foley / Election Law Blog:
“No Labels likely to back off third party bid if DeSantis emerges as GOP nominee”
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Inflation rose at a 4% annual rate in May, the lowest in 2 years  —  WATCH NOW  —  The inflation rate cooled in May to its lowest annual rate in about two years, the Labor Department reported Tuesday.  —  The consumer price index, which measures changes in a multitude of goods and services …
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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U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa:
Grassley: FBI Redacted References To Recordings In Biden Allegation Shared With Congress
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.
Odette Yousef / NPR:
Trump is calling for support for his court appearance.  The far right may stay away  —  When former President Donald Trump posted to his Truth Social platform on Friday, “SEE YOU IN MIAMI ON TUESDAY!!!,” the call eerily echoed the tweets with which he summoned his supporters to Washington, D.C., in the lead-up to Jan. 6, 2021.
The White House:
Statement from President Joe Biden on May Consumer Price Index  —  Today's report is good news for hard working families.  It shows continued progress tackling inflation at the same time that unemployment remains at historic lows.  Annual inflation is now at the lowest level since March 2021 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner and UPI
New York Times:
N.Y.P.D. Commissioner Keechant Sewell to Resign  —  Ms. Sewell, who was appointed by Mayor Eric Adams in 2022, announced her decision on Monday.  She did not provide a reason for her departure.  —  Keechant Sewell, commissioner of the New York Police Department, said Monday she would resign …
Discussion: UPI
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New York Post:
NYPD Commissioner Keechant Sewell resigning after nearly a year and a half on the job
 
 
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