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The Fulton County Indictment: An Initial Examination  —  The document is unlike anything else pending against Trump in the scope of its allegations of criminality.  —  S_R_Anders  —  SaraphinD  —  TylerMcBrien  —  katherinepomps  —  Meet The Authors
New York Times:
Why the Fani Willis Prosecution of Donald Trump Is Indispensable  —  Mr. Eisen is a co-author of “Fulton County, Georgia's Trump Investigation,” a Brookings report on the Fulton County district attorney's investigation.  Ms. Copeland is a criminal defense and appellate attorney in Savannah, Ga.
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
William Vaillancourt / The Daily Beast:
Greg Gutfeld Lets Loose: Trump 'Doesn't Deserve Any of This'
CNN:
Giuliani struggling under massive legal bills after defending Trump
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Washington Post:
In Georgia and federal indictments, two vastly different approaches
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Trump's Georgia Lawyer Donated to Fani Willis' DA Campaign
Joel B. Pollak / Breitbart:   Georgia Indictment Joins Totalitarian Tradition of Mass Trials of Political Opposition
David Moye / HuffPost:
Kimberly Guilfoyle Cites John Gotti To Defend Trump, Makes The Opposite Point She Intended
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  —  “I haven't made up my mind,” she said.  —  GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene hasn't ruled out the possibility of running for Senate in Georgia.  —  “I haven't made up my mind whether I will do that or not.
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 …
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump refusal to sign loyalty pledge puts RNC in bind  —  Former President Trump's refusal to sign the Republican National Committee's loyalty pledge is putting the organization in a bind as next week's GOP primary debate approaches.  —  Trump said he wouldn't sign the pledge last week …
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Rob Bluey / The Daily Signal:
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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 …
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
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 …
Shaddi Abusaid / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
BREAKING: Trump, allies will be booked at Fulton County Jail, sheriff says  —  X  —  Former President Donald Trump and his 18 co-defendants will be booked at the Fulton County Jail, the sheriff's office said Tuesday.  —  “At this point, based on guidance received from the District Attorney's office …
Washington Examiner:
Democrats' climate distraction won't stop Hawaii wildfires  —  President Joe Biden can't be bothered to disrupt his beach vacation to even comment on, let alone visit, the most deadly wildfires in over 100 years, but that didn't stop other Democrats from blaming the carnage in Maui on climate change.
ABC News:
Mark Meadows seeks to move Fulton County election case to federal court  —  The former chief of staff was indicted with Trump and 17 others on Monday.  —  Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows officially filed Tuesday to move the case brought against him by Fulton County District …
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Protecting and Expanding Federalism  —  When crafting the Constitution, America's founding fathers took care to include strong checks and balances that limit the power of the federal government and protect our rights.  Essential to this revolutionary system of government was the concept of federalism …
 
 
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