memeorandum: Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election (Washington Post)

10:30 PM ET, August 1, 2023

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Trump charged in probe of Jan. 6, efforts to overturn 2020 election — A grand jury indicted former president Donald Trump Tuesday for a raft of alleged crimes in his brazen efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election — the latest legal and political aftershock stemming from the riot …

New York Times:

Trump Indictment: Jan. 6 Riot Was ‘Fueled by Lies’ From Trump, Special Counsel Says — Former President Donald J. Trump was charged with four counts in connection with his efforts to subvert the will of voters in 2020. “Despite having lost, the defendant was determined to remain in power,” prosecutors wrote.

CNN:

Former Georgia state senator subpoenaed to testify before grand jury in 2020 election probe — Former Georgia Democratic state Sen. Jen Jordan received subpoenas to testify before a Fulton County grand jury later this month, she told CNN. — The subpoenas to Jordan and independent journalist George Chidi …

Discussion: The Hill, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Raw Story and The Messenger

Peter Baker / New York Times:

Trump's Case Has Broad Implications for American Democracy — The third indictment of the former president finally gets to the heart of the matter. — Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent, has covered the last five presidents and reported from Washington.

Discussion: The Messenger, The Atlantic, Mother Jones, Raw Story, The Moderate Voice and Resolute Square

Washington Post:

How Trump's Jan. 6 trial judge Tanya S. Chutkan was randomly selected — Facing enormous public scrutiny, political pressure and potential security threats, one federal judge in D.C. was tapped to oversee Donald Trump's case — The Jan. 6 insurrection — The report: The Jan. 6 committee released …

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Marshall Cohen / CNN:

Who are the Trump co-conspirators in the 2020 election interference indictment? — The historic indictment against Donald Trump in the special counsel's probe into January 6, 2021, and efforts to overturn the 2020 election says that he “enlisted co-conspirators to assist him in his criminal efforts.”

Eric Tucker / Associated Press:

Trump charged by Justice Department for efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss — Donald Trump was indicted on felony charges Tuesday for working to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the run-up to the violent riot by his supporters at the U.S. Capitol …

ABC News:

Trump hit with sweeping indictment in alleged effort to overturn 2020 election — It marks the third time former president has been indicted on criminal charges. — LIVE — Former President Donald Trump — already facing two indictments — now faces a third set of charges …

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, FiveThirtyEight, The Gateway Pundit, Mashable, The Root, The Hill, Breitbart, The Guardian, Deadline, Florida Phoenix and Mediaite

Rolling Stone:

Trump's Plan to Save Himself: Scapegoat His Coup Lawyers — “John [Eastman] and Rudy [Giuliani] gave a lot of counsel,” one Trump advisor says ominously. “Other people can decide how sound it was” … Plans for such a defense have been percolating since last year, the two sources say.

Discussion: Wall Street Journal, Raw Story, Vanity Fair, UPROXX, Mediaite and Politico

Jessica Piper / Politico:

Trump's indictments are having diminishing returns for his political fundraising — The second indictment was not as powerful as the first. — Donald Trump's legal troubles have created windfalls for his political fundraising in the past. And his team has not been shy about using various investigations …

Discussion: Washington Post, Raw Story and NBC News

CNN:

Donald Trump has been indicted in special counsel's 2020 election interference probe — Donald Trump has been indicted on criminal charges by a federal grand jury in a case that strikes at the former president's efforts to remain in the White House after losing the 2020 election and undermine …

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Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump grand jury members depart courthouse as potential indictment looms

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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
Trump Indicted on Federal Charges in 2020 Election Probe

Nate Cohn / New York Times:

Biden and Trump Are Tied in a Possible 2024 Rematch, Poll Finds — A Times/Siena poll suggests a slight Biden edge among voters who don't like either candidate. — After Democrats fared well against MAGA candidates in the midterms last year, it might have been reasonable to think that President Biden …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Lawyers, Guns & Money, Fox News, NBC News, The Messenger, The Hill and Raw Story

John Hasson / Townhall:
Biden Allies Spread Photoshopped Pictures of the President to ‘Prove’ He's Fit for Second Term

Discussion: RedState, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, Washington Free Beacon, IJR and The Daily Caller

Jonah Goldberg / Los Angeles Times:
Is there any way to shift the bizarre Republican conviction that only Trump will save them?

Discussion: Raw Story

New York Times:
Biden Shores Up Democratic Support, but Faces Tight Race Against Trump

Discussion: Katie Couric Media, Florida Politics, New York Magazine, Mediaite, Vanity Fair, National Review, Mother Jones, NBC News, Florida Phoenix, Breitbart and HotAir

New York Times:
Cross-Tabs: July 2023 Times/Siena Poll of the 2024 Race and National Issues

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Ronald Brownstein / CNN:
Even Trump's indictments haven't shattered the deadlock between the parties. Here's why

Discussion: Racket News

Washington Post:

Michigan Republicans charged in connection with 2020 voting machine tampering — A Michigan prosecutor charged a former state lawmaker and a losing candidate for state attorney general Monday as part of an investigation into the improper acquisition of voting machines.

Discussion: The Detroit News, Talking Points Memo, NPR, Associated Press, UPI, New Republic, USA Today, The Gateway Pundit and Bridge Michigan

Associated Press:

Trump allies in Michigan charged with felonies involving voting machines, illegal ‘testing’ — A test case challenging election results in Texas' biggest county follows a post-Trump playbook — A Republican judicial candidate who lost a district court election in Harris County, Texas …

Discussion: The Daily Beast, The Atlantic, New York Daily News, Salon, CNN, Bridge Michigan, Mediaite, Sacramento Bee, The Hill, The Daily Caller, New York Times, The Messenger, Rolling Stone and Washington Examiner

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

Meet the “scholars” who created Florida's new Black history curriculum — To comply with the Stop WOKE Act, a 2022 law championed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R), the state needed to create a new curriculum for Black history. The law required the curriculum to “celebrate …

Discussion: Raw Story, Los Angeles Times, Vanity Fair and USA Today

Hadriana Lowenkron / Bloomberg:
Harris Rejects DeSantis Invitation to Discuss Black History

Discussion: HotAir, Associated Press, RedState, National Review, Raw Story, The Root, Politico, One America News Network, USA Today and New Republic

Philip Bump / Washington Post:

Another GOP ‘bombshell’ fails to detonate — House Republicans are having a hard time selling the idea that Devon Archer's testimony was important — “Every day this bribery scandal becomes more credible,” House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night.

Discussion: The Daily Caller, Raw Story, Daily Caller News Foundation and Fox News

Alex Isenstadt / Politico:

Revealed: The criteria for the second Republican primary debate — Things are about to get harder for the field. — The Republican National Committee is upping the thresholds significantly for presidential candidates seeking to qualify for the party's second sanctioned debate next month …

Discussion: CNN, The Messenger and RedState

NBC News:

Former Lizzo dancers were weight-shamed and pressured while at strip club, lawsuit says — Three former dancers have filed a suit against Lizzo, accusing the singer of sexual harassment and creating a hostile work environment. — LOS ANGELES — Three of Lizzo's former dancers have accused …

David Strom / HotAir:

The new Democrat line: Hunter was selling an “illusion” of access — A week or two ago I wrote about the “limited hangout” strategy of dealing with a crisis. It is a strategy used by intelligence agencies that have been caught doing something illegal and/or embarrassing, made famous during the Watergate scandal.

Discussion: The Gateway Pundit, The Federalist, PJ Media, ABC News and acecomments.mu.nu

Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Biden Spoke With Son's Associates, but Not About Business, Former Partner Says

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon, Washington Post, Newsbusters, Althouse, New York Post, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, TheBlaze, The Federalist, HotAir and The Mahablog

Mark Osborne / ABC News:

New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies unexpectedly after undisclosed medical issue — Oliver had been serving as acting governor while Phil Murphy was out of state. — New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver died Tuesday, one day after she was rushed to the hospital for an undisclosed medical issue.

Discussion: The Root, NBC News and The Gateway Pundit

Karl de Vries / CNN:
New Jersey Lt. Gov. Sheila Oliver dies at 71

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Graham Kates / CBS News:

New York attorney general's Trump lawsuit “ready for trial,” her office says — New York Attorney General Letitia James' office says it is ready to proceed with a trial stemming from its $250 million lawsuit claiming former President Donald Trump, two of his children and his company engaged in widespread fraud.

Discussion: The Hill, Washington Examiner and The Gateway Pundit

CNBC:

Fitch downgrades U.S. long-term ratings to AA+ from AAA — Fitch Ratings cut the United States' long-term foreign currency issuer default rating to AA+ from AAA. — The agency had placed the country's rating on negative watch in May, citing the debt ceiling fight in Washington.