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5:45 PM ET, August 5, 2023

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Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Deshowitz slams Barr for ‘dead wrong’ comments on Trump indictment  —  Harvard Law professor and attorney Alan Dershowitz pushed back on claims by former Attorney General Bill Barr that free speech isn't on trial in former President Trump's election fraud case, calling the suggestion “dead wrong.”
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Washington Post:
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 …
Toluse Olorunnipa / Washington Post:
Country lacks a unifying voice in aftermath of Trump charges  —  No trusted figure has emerged to reassure the country in a shattering moment  —  In the hours after former president Donald Trump was indicted Tuesday, President Biden dined at a seafood restaurant, stopped by a movie theater …
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 …
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 …
Politico:
Feds alert judge to Trump's 'If you go after me, I'm coming after you!' post
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
DOJ prosecutors request gag order after Trump arraignment, citing social media threats
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.
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 …
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.
The Atlantic:
What the Best Places in America Have in Common  —  What the data show about the country's poorest places  —  When president lyndon B. Johnson declared an “unconditional war on poverty” in 1964, the nation didn't have any method of counting the poor, or even a firm notion of how poverty should be defined.
Clay Risen / New York Times:
Charles J. Ogletree Jr., 70, Dies; at Harvard Law, a Voice for Equal Justice  —  A mentor to the Obamas and many others, he was renowned for his work in both the classroom and the courtroom, taking cases on behalf of the famous and the indigent alike.  —  Charles J. Ogletree Jr. …
Discussion: Washington Post and Boston Herald
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 …
Discussion: The National Pulse+
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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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