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Trump's legal advisers urge him to cancel press conference to refute Georgia allegations: Sources — Trump had announced a plan to release info on alleged election interference. — Former President Donald Trump's promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed …
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Josephine Harvey / HuffPost:
Ex-Trump Aide Says Trump's Use Of Word ‘Riggers’ Is A Racist Dog Whistle — “I do think that's deliberate,” said Alyssa Farah Griffin, Trump's former White House communications director. — LOADING — Former White House communications director Alyssa Farah Griffin said she believes …
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Washington Examiner:
The Georgia indictment is the biggest threat to democracy yet — Trust in America's institutions is at an all-time low. Partisan hostility is high and growing. Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis's political indictment of not just former President Donald Trump but 18 other Republicans …
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Vox, The Guardian and The Daily Beast
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Top Georgia Republicans dismiss pro-Trump calls to change pardon rules — X — Georgia's most powerful Republican politicians rejected pro-Donald Trump calls to change the state constitution to give the governor direct authority to pardon those convicted of crimes.
Isabella Murray / ABC News:
Majority of Americans think Trump's charges in Georgia election interference case are serious: POLL
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New York Times:
Defend Trump and ‘Hammer’ Ramaswamy: DeSantis Allies Reveal Debate Strategy — Hundreds of pages of blunt advice, memos and internal polling were posted online by the main super PAC backing the Florida governor, offering an extraordinary glimpse into his operation's thinking.
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Ron DeSantis debate memo urges him to defend Trump and take ‘a sledge-hammer’ to Vivek Ramaswamy — A memo authored by leaders of a pro-DeSantis super PAC outlined the “overarching goals” for Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis in next week's first GOP presidential primary debate.
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Jordan Fischer / wusa9.com:
Texas woman charged with threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump case, Democratic congresswoman — Abigail Jo Shry, of Alvin, Texas, is accused of threatening to harm U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan and Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-TX). — WASHINGTON — A Texas woman faces federal charges …
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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Woman Charged After Racist Tirade Threatening to Kill D.C. Trump Judge
Associated Press:
Texas woman accused of threatening to kill judge overseeing Trump election case and a congresswoman
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emptywheel:
As Xitter's Lawyer Stalled DOJ, Elon Musk Met with Jim Jordan (Twice!) and Kevin McCarthy — Elon Musk has been eerily quiet about being held in contempt by Beryl Howell since the DC Circuit opinion was first released on August 9. — It's not like him to pass up the opportunity to make an obnoxious comment.
Washington Post:
Why Democrat Dean Phillips says Biden shouldn't run — The Minnesota Democrat said he is worried a Biden candidacy will lead to another Donald Trump presidency — Rep. Dean Phillips has nothing but good things to say about President Biden's time in office, supporting his policies …
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CNN:
Rudy Giuliani made desperate appeal to Trump to pay his legal bills in Mar-a-Lago meeting — With his attorney in tow, Rudy Giuliani traveled to Mar-a-Lago in recent months on a mission to make a personal and desperate appeal to former President Donald Trump to pay his legal bills.
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Jon Swaine / Washington Post:
Clues point to identities of ‘unindicted co-conspirators’ in alleged Coffee County breach — The wide-ranging indictment of former president Donald Trump in Georgia accuses four of his supporters of conspiring to copy and distribute data from elections equipment in rural Coffee County …
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Insider:
Rudy Giuliani pocketed $300,000 from farmers investing in anti-Biden documentary that was never made, lawsuit claims — A lawsuit claims Rudy Giuliani was paid $300,000 while pitching investors on an anti-Biden film. — Giuliani allegedly said it would be a “kill shot” that would sink Joe Biden's campaign.
Bill Rankin / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Will Trump have his mug shot taken? — X — Will Donald Trump have his mug shot taken by the Fulton County Sheriff's Office? He's been spared that indignity in all three of his previous criminal cases. — But that might change now that he's been charged in Georgia.
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CNN:
Purported names, photos and addresses of Fulton County grand jurors circulate on far-right internet — Names, photographs, social media profiles and even the home addresses purportedly belonging to members of the Fulton County grand jury that this week voted to indict former President Donald Trump …
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Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
You Could See The Appeals Court Ruling on the Abortion Pill Coming From a Mile Away — Now, all the lawyers seeking to ban mifepristone will need to do is talk very fast and use the word “abortifacient” a lot. — Cassandra got a very raw deal. She was always right and her curse …
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Brendan Pierson / Reuters:
US appeals court rules to restrict abortion pill use
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Glenn Kessler / Washington Post:
How Republicans overhype the findings of their Hunter Biden probe — The Fact Checker … — Rep. James Comer (R-Ky.), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, interview on Fox Business, May 11 … — Comer, interview on Newsmax, Aug. 10 — The House Oversight Committee, led by Comer …
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Democrat asks Oversight chair to refer former Commanders owner Dan Snyder to DOJ — Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) is asking the chair of the House Oversight Committee to refer former Washington Commanders owner Dan Snyder for federal prosecution, alleging the businessman lied under oath in congressional testimony last year.
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Bloomberg:
Credit Suisse's Nazi Probe Did Not Review All Available Records, Report Says — US Set to Escalate Claim Mexico Corn Policy Violates Trade Deal — 'Don't You Remember Me?' The Crypto Hell on the Other Side of a Spam Text — A Conversation With Henry Kissinger at 100 Years
Asher Notheis / Washington Examiner:
Petition to change Washington Commanders back to Redskins reaches over 100,000 signatures — An online petition asking the Washington Commanders to revert back to their original team name, the Washington Redskins, has reached well over 100,000 signatures and is on its way to being one of the most signed petitions for an online website.
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