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Feds alert judge to Trump's 'If you go after me, I'm coming after you!' post — Prosecutors say the former president's message on Truth Social raises specter he might use evidence to target witnesses. — Prosecutors on Friday night called a judge's attention to a social media post from Donald Trump …
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Awkwardness in Trump's circle: Top aides could be trial witnesses — Some of Trump's closest advisers are referenced in charges against him, potentially putting them in a bind as cases advance — At least seven currently serving advisers to former president Donald Trump took actions …
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New York Times:
Trump's Legal Team Is Enmeshed in a Tangle of Possible Conflicts — Former President Donald J. Trump's growing cast of lawyers is marked by a web of overlapping interests encompassing witnesses, co-defendants and potential targets. — M. Evan Corcoran, a lawyer who accompanied former …
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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
DOJ prosecutors request gag order after Trump arraignment, citing social media threats — Justice Department Special counsel Jack Smith appealed to the federal judge overseeing former President Trump's election fraud case Friday evening to issue a protective order for evidence, citing social media threats.
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How Jack Smith Structured the Trump Election Indictment to Reduce Risks — The special counsel layered varied charges atop the same facts, while sidestepping a free-speech question by not charging incitement. — Reporting from Washington — In accusing former President Donald J. Trump …
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David Jackson / USA Today:
'I'm coming after you:' Donald Trump responds to latest arraignment with new threats
'I'm coming after you:' Donald Trump responds to latest arraignment with new threats
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Michael Wolff / New York Times:
Donald Trump's Way of Speaking Defies All Logic
Donald Trump's Way of Speaking Defies All Logic
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Andrew Weissmann / MSNBC:
Two unusual moments from Trump's arraignment for 2020 election indictment
Two unusual moments from Trump's arraignment for 2020 election indictment
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New York Times:
Clarence Thomas's $267,230 R.V. and the Friend Who Financed It — The vehicle is a key part of the justice's just-folks persona. It's also a luxury motor coach that was funded by someone else's money. — Justice Clarence Thomas met the recreational vehicle of his dreams in Phoenix, on a November Friday in 1999.
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Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
John Eastman Comes Clean: Hell Yes We Were Trying to Overthrow the Government — THE BACKCHANNEL — I want to return to this revelatory interview with coconspirator John Eastman, the last portion of which was published Thursday by Tom Klingenstein, the Chairman of the Trumpite Claremont Institute …
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
I regret to report the economic anxiety theory of Trumpism is back — In David Brooks's new column, he asks the American elite if they're the baddies. But he's actually telling them a comforting fiction. — The question of why Donald Trump manages to maintain such a grip on the Republican base …
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Donell Harvin / Politico:
Here's the Intelligence Assessment of Donald Trump that the Government Can't Write — Homeland Security officials can't use politicians' names in their assessments. But I can. — Federal intelligence and national security agencies — from the FBI to DHS — are in universal agreement …
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New York Times:
A Global Web of Chinese Propaganda Leads to a U.S. Tech Mogul — The Times unraveled a financial network that stretches from Chicago to Shanghai and uses American nonprofits to push Chinese talking points worldwide. — Mara Hvistendahl is an investigative reporter focused on China.
Gary Fineout / Politico:
Push for Debbie Mucarsel-Powell to take on Rick Scott is growing — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has talked to Mucarsel-Powell about running. — TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — There's a growing chorus of Democratic-aligned groups calling for former Rep. Debbie Mucarsel-Powell …
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Tal Axelrod / ABC News:
Democrats are drastically overperforming in 2023's special elections. Is it a clue for Biden vs. Trump? — Some Republicans, however, caution against “reading too much into specials.” — Looking ahead to 2024, Democrats concede some cause for concern — including President Joe Biden's …
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Akbar Shahid Ahmed / HuffPost:
Another 2024 Republican Candidate Is Now Profiting Off Saudi-Backed LIV Golf — The upstart league is hosting a major tournament at The Greenbrier, owned by Senate hopeful Jim Justice — mirroring LIV's relationship with former President Donald Trump. — West Virginia governor …
Leonie Cater / Politico:
Moscow says JPMorgan stops processing Russia grain payments — Payments channel via the American bank was an alternative to SWIFT system for the Russian Agricultural Bank. — U.S. bank JPMorgan has stopped processing payments for the Russian Agricultural Bank, Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Friday.
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