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2:30 PM ET, August 16, 2023

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Anna Bower / Default:
What the Heck Happened in Coffee County, Georgia?  —  A detailed look back at the computer intrusion that features prominently in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's election interference indictment  —  Meet The Authors  —  Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With
Discussion: The Bulwark and Associated Press
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Politico:
Dems start laughing off House GOP's Trump protection push  —  FOUR INDICTMENTS AND AN EXPUNGEMENT?  —  House Republicans first flirted with nullifying Donald Trump's impeachments back when the former president faced only two indictments.  Now that number has doubled, and the manager …
Isaac Stanley-Becker / Washington Post:
The ‘brains’ behind fake Trump electors was once a liberal Democrat  —  Kenneth Chesebro, a Harvard-trained lawyer, may be the least well known of the main players in Trump's federal and Georgia indictments  —  VEGA ALTA, Puerto Rico — The blinds were drawn at a handsome villa …
New York Times:
Why the Fani Willis Prosecution of Donald Trump Is Indispensable
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:
Georgia Indictment Joins Totalitarian Tradition of Mass Trials of Political Opposition
Discussion: The Hill
Default:
The Fulton County Indictment: An Initial Examination
CNN:
Trump expected to be booked at Fulton County jail, sheriff says
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Georgia Lawyer Donated to Fani Willis' DA Campaign
Washington Post:
In Georgia and federal indictments, two vastly different approaches
Associated Press:
Americans are divided along party lines over Trump's actions in election cases, AP-NORC poll shows  —  Donald Trump and 18 allies have been indicted in Georgia over efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the state.  There is no shortage of logistical challenges raised by the sprawling racketeering indictment.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
Pence: ‘The Georgia election was not stolen’  —  The former vice president is leaning into his resistance to Trump's efforts to overturn the election.  —  INDIANAPOLIS — Mike Pence said Wednesday that the Georgia election was not stolen in 2020, leaning into his role on Jan. 6 …
Ron Dicker / HuffPost:
Vivek Ramaswamy Dodges Fox News' Grilling On Trump's Possible Guilt In Georgia  —  The Republican presidential candidate evaded a question about top-ranking Republicans in Georgia rejecting Trump's claims.  —  LOADING  —  Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy on Tuesday ducked …
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump indictment forces a GOP reckoning on 2020
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Special counsel obtained Trump DMs despite ‘momentous’ bid by Twitter to delay, unsealed filings show  —  Judge Beryl Howell lit into Twitter for taking steps to give Donald Trump advance notice about the search warrant.  —  Special counsel Jack Smith obtained an extraordinary array of data …
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New York Times:
Special Counsel Obtained Trump's Direct Messages on Twitter  —  The nature of the messages or who exactly wrote them remained unclear, but it was a revelation that such messages were associated with the former president's account.  —  The federal prosecutors who charged former President Donald J. Trump …
Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
The Jolt: Marjorie Taylor Greene blasts Kemp and floats VP, Senate bids  —  Since Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis indicted former President Donald Trump for interfering in Georgia's 2020 election, U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene has been on the attack.The conservative firebrand …
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Matt Berg / Politico:
Marjorie Taylor Greene floats Senate run, says she's open to being Trump's VP
Discussion: Washington Times
Burgess Everett / Politico:
Sinema takes on Schumer, Jeffries and the White House over the border  —  Border-state Democrats are frustrated to see New York claim most of a recent migrant relief infusion.  But Arizona's formerly Democratic senator is speaking out the loudest.  —  When the Biden administration doled …
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
GOP lawmaker apologizes for ‘religious freedom’ tweet  —  A Republican lawmaker apologized Tuesday for a “religious freedom” tweet he posted earlier that day after receiving backlash from both sides of the aisle.  —  Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) asked Lizzie Marbach, director of communications …
Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose fires press secretary over tweets criticizing Trump  —  The dismissal of Rob Nichols comes as LaRose seeks Trump's endorsement in a competitive GOP Senate primary.  —  CLEVELAND — An official spokesperson for Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose is out of a job …
Discussion: Breitbart
CNN:
Giuliani struggling under massive legal bills after defending Trump  —  Rudy Giuliani is staring down hundreds of thousands of dollars in legal bills and sanctions amid numerous lawsuits in addition to the new criminal charges - related to his work for Donald Trump after the 2020 election.
Discussion: Raw Story, Mediaite and Political Wire
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The White House:
Statement from White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on the President and First Lady Traveling to Hawaii  —  The President and First Lady will travel to Maui on Monday, August 21 to meet with first responders, survivors, as well as federal, state, and local officials, in the wake of deadly wildfires on the island.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden to travel to Maui next week in aftermath of catastrophic wildfires
Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
Government's own experts found ‘barbaric’ and ‘negligent’ conditions in ICE detention  —  In Michigan, a man in the custody of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was sent into a jail's general population unit with an open wound from surgery, no bandages and no follow-up medical appointment scheduled …
 
 
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Joseph Menn / Washington Post:
Boston University hires Harvard disinformation scholar Joan Donovan
Discussion: The Daily Caller and Fox News
Shaddi Abusaid / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Trump, allies will be booked at Fulton County Jail, sheriff says
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