memeorandum: Trump asks for hold on Jan. 6 lawsuit due to federal charges (Lauren Sforza/The Hill)

3:05 PM ET, August 15, 2023

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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.

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Shawna Mizelle / CNN:

Who is Scott McAfee, the judge assigned to oversee Trump case in Georgia? — The newly leveled case against former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants accusing them of engaging in a conspiracy to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in Georgia has been assigned to a judge who is a lifelong Georgian.

Discussion: Washington Post, The Hill, ABC News, Washington Examiner and The Messenger

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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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:

Trump asks for hold on Jan. 6 lawsuit due to federal charges — Former President Trump is asking for a hold on a lawsuit related to the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol due to his federal charges. — The partner of Brian Sicknick, a Capitol Police officer who died after responding …

Discussion: Slate and CNN

Kyle Cheney / Politico:

An early test for Georgia prosecutors: Trump's likely bid to take the case to federal court — He's virtually certain to try to transfer the case in hopes of a friendlier jury pool and the chance to draw one of his own judges. — One of the first big battles in the new racketeering case …

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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.

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Brianna Herlihy / Fox News:

Dershowitz slams GA indictment, says Trump used same tactics as Al Gore in 2000: not a ‘crime’ — Trump was indicted in Georgia over his alleged effort to overturn the election results there — The former legal counsel for Al Gore who challenged - and lost - the presidential election results …

Discussion: The Messenger, The Hill, RedState, Lawyers, Guns & Money, One America News Network, Mediaite, Breitbart, Washington Post and The Daily Caller

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.

Discussion: Human Events

New York Times:

Georgia Case Lays the Ground for Parallel Prosecutions of Trump — The district attorney in Georgia and the special counsel converged on the same conclusion: that Mr. Trump and his allies “knowingly and willfully joined a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the election.”

Discussion: Mediaite

John Sakellariadis / Politico:

Trump indictment underscores election security risk for 2024 — The charges are the first to officially link Trump allies to the theft of voting system software that took place in Georgia and other states in the aftermath of the 2020 election. — The alleged theft of voting system software …

Discussion: The Daily Dot

The Hill:
The Hill's Morning Report — Trump, advisers charged with Georgia election scheme

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CBS News:
Carlos De Oliveira, Mar-a-Lago property manager, pleads not guilty in classified documents case

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Washington Post:
Here's who else was charged in Georgia (other than Trump)

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David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
The Georgia Indictment Offers the Whole Picture

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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's Fulton County indictment, unpacked

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Ryan Randazzo / Arizona Republic:
Arizona fake electors face legal jeopardy, experts say

Discussion: Raw Story

Adrienne Mahsa Varkiani / New Republic:
We Will Finally Get a Trump Mugshot With Georgia Indictment

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Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
McCarthy, Jordan line up behind Trump after Georgia indictment

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Washington Post:
Trump charged in Georgia 2020 election probe, his fourth indictment

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The Hill:
Meet the 18 people charged with Trump in Georgia indictment

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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Indictment, Part IV: A Spectacle That Has Become Surreally Routine

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New York Times:
The Trump Georgia Indictment, Annotated

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Andrew C. McCarthy / New York Post:
Out of all indictments, Georgia is the most perilous threat to Trump

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Averi Harper / ABC News:
Sweeping indictment could be Trump's biggest legal challenge yet

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The Guardian, One America News Network, RedState, Raw Story, The Messenger and CBS News

Johnathan Jones / The Western Journal:
Georgia Court Website Posts Document with 13 Charges Against Trump - And Then Deletes It

Discussion: Insider, Raw Story, BizPac Review, The Guardian and Metro.co.uk

NBC News:
Trump indictment live updates: Fulton County grand jury charges former president in Georgia

Discussion: Raw Story and UPI

Associated Press:
Trump and 18 allies charged in Georgia election meddling as former president faces 4th criminal case

CNN:
READ: Trump indictment in Fulton County, Georgia, probe

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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 …

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Lauren del Valle / CNN:

Former high-level FBI official pleads guilty in connection to scheme working for sanctioned Russian oligarch — The former head of counterintelligence for the FBI's New York field office pleaded guilty Tuesday to one count of conspiracy in connection to a scheme working for a sanctioned Russian oligarch in 2021.

Discussion: ABC News, Bloomberg, The Messenger, Insider, Associated Press, CBS News, New York Daily News and New York Times

Media Matters for America:

Fox News contributor: “There is nothing wrong with saying over the phone, hey I need to find 11,000 votes. That's not criminal. That's just speech.” — THE LATEST — Trump's Georgia indictment shows the perilous power of the right-wing fever swamp

Discussion: Fox News

Marco Margaritoff / HuffPost:

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen Says She Ate Magic Mushrooms During China Visit — “There was this delicious mushroom dish,” said Yellen. — LOADING — Janet Yellen said she thoroughly enjoyed her July trip to China — and a local meal that included magic mushrooms.

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Kara Scannell / CNN:

Hunter Biden's top lawyer asks to withdraw from case — Hunter Biden's lead criminal defense attorney asked a federal judge on Tuesday for permission to withdraw from the case because he could now be called as a witness in future proceedings. — Christopher Clark, Biden's longtime defense lawyer …

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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Hunter Biden attorney withdraws from tax case citing potential role as witness

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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:

Hillary Clinton expresses ‘profound sadness’ over indictments — In an interview on MSNBC, Hillary Clinton said she feels “profound sadness” that the U.S. has a former president who has faced indictments “that went right to the heart of whether or not our democracy would survive.”

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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: USA Today and Mediaite