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11:25 AM ET, August 15, 2023

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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Trump, 18 others indicted for trying to overthrow 2020 Georgia election  —  X  —  Former President Donald Trump and 18 allies were charged on Monday with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election in Georgia.  —  In a sweeping 98-page indictment handed up by a Fulton County grand jury …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
4 things revealed by Trump's Georgia indictment  —  Donald Trump has been criminally charged for the fourth time this year, with Fulton County District Attorney Fani T. Willis unveiling an indictment Monday night concerning Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 presidential election result in Georgia.
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
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Insider:
Trump's 4 criminal cases, ranked in order of how screwed he is  — Former President Donald Trump has been indicted in four separate criminal cases since leaving office.  — All the cases loom as he runs for the 2024 GOP presidential nomination.  — Some are more threatening than others.
Washington Post:
Trump charged in Georgia 2020 election probe, his fourth indictment  —  ATLANTA — Former president Donald Trump and 18 others were criminally charged in Georgia on Monday in connection with efforts to overturn Joe Biden's 2020 victory in the state, according to an indictment made public late Monday night.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Georgia Indictment Offers the Whole Picture  —  Fani Willis filed charges against Donald Trump and 18 others, alleging a sweeping scheme to overturn the 2020 election.  —  If justice is blind, she sometimes heads down unpredictable paths.  For example, only in Donald Trump's fourth felony indictment …
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Indictment, Part IV: A Spectacle That Has Become Surreally Routine  —  The former president has sought to systematically drain the suspense from his criminal cases.  But the Trial(s) of the Century loom.  —  Peter Baker, the chief White House correspondent, has covered the past five presidents, including Donald J. Trump.
New York Times:
The Trump Georgia Indictment, Annotated  —  A grand jury in Fulton County, Ga., on Monday unveiled the fourth criminal indictment of former President Donald J. Trump.  Like a federal indictment earlier this month, this one concerns Mr. Trump's efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss.
Daniel Dale / CNN:
Fact check: Debunking Trump's dishonest attacks against Georgia prosecutor Fani Willis  —  Former President Donald Trump has launched a barrage of attacks, many of them dishonest, against the Georgia district attorney who is prosecuting him over his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat in the state.
Kate Brumback / Associated Press:
How a law associated with mobsters could be central in possible charges against Trump
Amber Phillips / Washington Post:
Trump is indicted in Georgia on charges of racketeering. What it means, what happens next
Johnathan Jones / The Western Journal:
Georgia Court Website Posts Document with 13 Charges Against Trump - And Then Deletes It
Associated Press:
Trump and 18 allies charged in Georgia election meddling as former president faces 4th criminal case
Justin Rohrlich / The Daily Beast:
What to Know About Donald Trump's Four Indictments
Discussion: USA Today, UPI and CBS News
New York Times:
Georgia Trump Investigation
Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
Out of all indictments, Georgia is the most perilous threat to Trump
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
Finger-pointing begins inside Trump team over Jan. 6 indictment
Discussion: The Messenger and Rolling Stone
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
New Hampshire 2024: DeSantis Fades, Trump Maintains Lead in Primary  —  Home Polls New Hampshire 2024: DeSantis Fades, Trump Maintains Lead in Primary  —  Kelly Ayotte Leads Joyce Craig in Potential Granite State Gubernatorial Matchup  —  A new Emerson College Polling survey …
Michael A. Fletcher / ESPN:
‘Blind Side’ subject Oher alleges Tuohys made millions off lie  —  Retired NFL star Michael Oher, whose supposed adoption out of grinding poverty by a wealthy, white family was immortalized in the 2009 movie “The Blind Side,” petitioned a Tennessee court Monday with allegations that a central element …
Brittany Gibson / Politico:
Marjorie Taylor Greene is out but not down  —  The Georgia member of Congress was booted from the Freedom Caucus, but it hasn't hurt her standing back home.  —  It wasn't long ago that Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's political future looked shaky.  —  The Georgia Republican-MAGA firebrand suffered …
NBC News:
Mother of 6-year-old boy who shot Virginia teacher pleads guilty to child neglect  —  Deja Taylor was charged with felony child neglect and could serve up to six months in prison in connection with the shooting at a Newport News elementary school.  —  Mom of 6-year-old who shot teacher to plead guilty to state charges
emptywheel:
The Various Kinds of Georgia Crimes in the RICO Indictment  —  There's so much good reporting out of Georgia that I'm going to mostly leave close coverage of the Georgia case to them going forward.  —  But the Georgia prosecution will interact with Jack Smith's ongoing investigation in interesting ways.
Discussion: Mediaite and USA Today
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Hunter Biden attorney withdraws from tax case citing potential role as witness  —  Hunter Biden attorney Christopher Clark is withdrawing from representing the president's son in a Delaware probe, pointing to a continuing legal battle over a plea agreement in the tax case that dissolved before it could be approved by a judge.
 
 
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