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Clare Hymes / CBS News:
Trump could face “big picture” RICO case in Georgia, expert says  —  If former President Donald Trump is indicted in Georgia, some believe he may face felony counts unlike any of the 78 charges already filed against him.  Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis could pursue Trump under …
CBS News:
Judge in Trump Jan. 6 case agrees to limit release of “sensitive” material  —  Washington — The federal judge overseeing the case against former President Donald Trump related to the 2020 presidential election said she would accept a proposed protective order put forth by the former president's lawyers …
Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Deliver ‘Incriminating’ Info on Conspiracy-Peddling Sidney Powell  —  People who've been grilled by Special Counsel Jack Smith's team agree: Powell should be prepared for criminal charges over her actions surrounding the 2020 election … Four sources with knowledge of the matter …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Messenger
Washington Post:
Trump's speech will be limited to protect trial, witnesses, judge says  —  Veteran jurist, tough sentencer of Jan. 6 riot defendants limits what Trump can reveal about government evidence as prosecutors push for January 2024 trial date  —  The U.S. judge overseeing Donald Trump's prosecution …
New York Times:
Spiraling Legal Bills Threaten Trump With a Cash Crunch  —  The former president's political orbit, including the super PAC that backs him, is already spending more than it is taking in — an unusual trajectory this far out from an election.  —  Donald J. Trump's legal problems aren't just piling up — his legal bills are, too.
Associated Press:
Judge Chutkan to hear arguments in protective order fight in Trump's 2020 election conspiracy case
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Attorney General Garland appoints a special counsel in Hunter Biden probe  —  U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be appointed special counsel in the ongoing probe of the president's son Hunter Biden.  —  WASHINGTON — U.S. Attorney David Weiss will be appointed special counsel in the ongoing probe …
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New York Times:
Who Is David Weiss, the Prosecutor Overseeing the Hunter Biden Investigation?
Andrew Goudsward / Reuters:
Hunter Biden could face trial as US special counsel named
Natalie Allison / Politico:
DeSantis greeted by ‘pudding fingers’ chant in Iowa  —  The protest effectively cut short the Florida governor's first campaign stop of the day.  —  MENLO, Iowa — It was an inauspicious start for Ron DeSantis in Iowa on Friday.  —  Chanting “Ron DeFascist” and “pudding fingers” …
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Gary Fineout / Politico:
Trump campaign brings in longtime political operative to lead Florida effort
Discussion: Florida Politics and Raw Story
Dan Merica / The Messenger:
'They're Going to Shoot Someone:' Michigan Republicans Warn of Civil War at Pool Party Fundraiser for Fake Electors  —  An audio recording obtained by The Messenger highlights just how dire the Republicans charged in the 2020 election scheme - and the people around them - see their fight
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Jose Pagliery / The Daily Beast:
Inside One ‘Egregious’ Mistake From Trump's Florida Judge Aileen Cannon  —  Judge Aileen Cannon barely has any courtroom experience, but in her limited time on the bench she appears to have flouted hundreds of years of legal tradition—just because. … U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon …
Discussion: Raw Story and KHON2
NBC News:
Biden attorneys are in talks with special counsel Robert Hur over terms to interview the president  —  Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Hur to investigate Biden's handling of classified documents after his term as vice president ended.  —  WASHINGTON — Attorneys for President Joe Biden …
ABC News:
Illinois Supreme Court finds assault weapons ban constitutional  —  The ban was passed after the Highland Park mass shooting.  —  The Illinois State Supreme Court found a strict assault weapons ban passed after the Highland Park shooting to be constitutional in a ruling issued Friday.
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Rebecca Leber / Vox:
An insidious form of climate denial is festering in the Republican Party  —  The GOP's only “climate policy” is actually bad for the environment.  —  When Rep. Scott Perry (R-PA) questioned US climate envoy John Kerry at an oversight hearing in July — a month that became the hottest ever recorded …
Emma Kinery / CNBC:
Harris to play a leading role in Biden's 2024 campaign  — In a memo Friday re-election campaign manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez and senior adviser Becca Siegel outlined Harris's critical role in the upcoming campaign.  — The memo coincides with the three year anniversary of President Joe Biden selecting her as his running mate.
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Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
‘Unprecedented, stunning, disgusting’: Clarence Thomas condemned over billionaire gifts  —  Calls for the supreme court justice to resign grow as new details of 38 more undeclared gifts and vacations from rich donors emerge  —  Conservative US supreme court justice Clarence Thomas …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump's Truth Social tipped FBI to man killed during arrest attempt for Biden threats  — The social media company owned by former President Donald Trump in March tipped off the FBI about threats made by a Utah man who was fatally shot Wednesday by FBI agents as they attempted to arrest him for threatening to kill President Joe Biden.
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