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9:25 AM ET, February 17, 2024

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Abdallah Fayyad / Vox:
Trump is suddenly in need of a lot of cash.  That's everyone's problem.  —  The former president was just ordered to pay $355 million in his New York fraud case, bringing the tally this year to nearly half a billion dollars in civil damages.  —  Two recent verdicts have now left Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story, DNyuz and The Guardian
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New York Times:
Trump Ordered to Pay $355 Million and Barred From New York Business  —  The ruling in Donald J. Trump's civil fraud case could cost him all his available cash.  The judge said that the former president's “complete lack of contrition” bordered on pathological.
Associated Press:
Trump's legal debts top a half-billion dollars.  Will he have to pay?  —  NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump's legal debts might now exceed a half-billion dollars.  —  A New York judge ordered Trump and his companies Friday to pay $355 million in fines, plus interest, after ruling that he had manipulated …
James Poniewozik / New York Times:
For Donald Trump, the Recriminations Will Be Televised  —  The former president's trials aren't being aired.  That isn't stopping him from turning them into a political reality show.  —  The civil-fraud case against Donald J. Trump's businesses in New York, in which he was ordered to pay a penalty of $355 million, was not televised.
Discussion: Althouse
Slate:
Trump and His Family Are Fined $355 Million for Fraud—and a Lack of Remorse That “Borders on Pathological”  —  The ruling, if upheld, marks the end of the Trump Organization as we know it.  —  New York Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron ordered Donald Trump to pay $355 million in fines …
Bloomberg:
Zelenskiy Invites Trump to Observe ‘Real War’ at Frontlines  — Former president has questioned US commitment to NATO alliance  — Ukrainian leader in Germany at Munich Security Conference  —  Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy invited Donald Trump to travel with him to the frontlines …
Discussion: Politico, Reuters and Modern Diplomacy
Associated Press:
Verdict in Donald Trump's civil fraud trial expected Friday, capping busy week of court action
Lauren Aratani / The Guardian:
Donald Trump ordered to pay over $350m in New York financial fraud case
Fox News:
Trump barred from operating business, ordered to pay over $350 million in NY civil fraud case
Reuters:
Trump hit with $354.9 million penalty, 3-year ban in NY civil fraud case
NBC News:
Judge fines Donald Trump more than $360 million, bars him from running businesses in N.Y. for three years
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
In civil fraud case, judge fines Trump more than $350 million
Discussion: Raw Story and DNyuz
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Romney rules out voting for Trump, citing court's sexual abuse finding in Carroll case
NBC News:
Judge fines Donald Trump more than $350 million, bars him from running businesses in N.Y. for three years
Maura Reynolds / Politico:
'I Have to Say Goodbye.  But I Don't Want to Go to Jail.'  —  One of Navalny's closest friends mourns his death, and Russia's future.  —  Alexei Navalny didn't want to be a martyr.  What he wanted, according to Yevgenia Albats, one of his closest friends, was to lead his country.
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, Donald Trump is not America's Navalny
Politico:
Biden, lawmakers hammer Ukraine aid holdouts after Navalny death
Politico:
U.S. outrage at Navalny's death turns into a rallying cry
Steve Holland / Reuters:
Biden to speak at noon on Navalny's death, White House says
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Which came first, the Biden age concerns or the coverage of them?  —  It is immediately obvious why the White House pushed back as hard as it did on a draft of a report from special counsel Robert Hur summarizing his investigation into President Biden's possession of classified materials.
Discussion: New Republic and The Daily Beast
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Lawrence K. Altman / STAT:   I've reported on the health of every president since Reagan. Here's what I think about Trump and Biden
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
GOP suffers ‘most spectacular embarrassment imaginable’ in anti-Biden case
Matt Binder / Mashable:
The majority of traffic from Elon Musk's X may have been fake during the Super Bowl, report suggests  —  These numbers are legitimately shocking. … Also riding high from the big game?  Elon Musk's X. The company formerly known as Twitter published its own press release …
Discussion: Air Mail
Ken Tran / USA Today:
Ex-FBI official sentenced to over two years for hiding payment from Albanian businessman  —  WASHINGTON - A former top FBI counterintelligence official was sentenced on Friday to 28 months in prison for concealing at least $225,000 he took from an Albanian businessperson with ties to the Albanian government.
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US Department of Justice:
Retired FBI Special Agent in Charge Sentenced for Concealing Information from the FBI  —  For Immediate Release  —  Charles F. McGonigal Admitted to Receiving $225,000 Cash Payment  —  Charles F. McGonigal, 55, a former FBI Special Agent in Charge of the New York Field Office …
Discussion: NBC News
US Department of Justice:
Justice Department Transfers Approximately $500,000 in Forfeited Russian Funds to Estonia for Benefit of Ukraine  —  For Immediate Release  —  Estonia to Support Ukraine Using Funds Forfeited by United States After Interception of Sophisticated Military-Grade Machinery Bound for Russia; Defendant in Scheme Separately Pleads Guilty
Discussion: Bloomberg
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
GOP House chair: Johnson has no way out of Ukraine floor vote  —  The GOP chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee was bullish Friday on the chamber delivering U.S. military assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, despite the “brainwashing” of some within his caucus who oppose foreign spending …
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
February 2024 National Poll: Biden Performs Strongest Against Trump among Prominent Democrats  —  Biden's Age,Trump's Criminal Indictments Raise ‘Serious Doubts’ for Majority of Voters  —  A new Emerson College Polling national survey on the potential 2024 presidential election reveals …
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Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans to Send Weapons to Israel Amid Biden Push for Cease-Fire Deal  —  Delivery would include bombs, precision-guidance kits and bomb fuses  —  ISTANBUL—The Biden administration is preparing to send bombs and other weapons to Israel that would add to its military arsenal …
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Reuters
Molly Beck / Journal Sentinel:
Wisconsin fake elector tells ‘60 Minutes’ he was afraid of Trump supporters  —  MADISON - The former chairman of the Wisconsin Republican Party in a new interview claims he sent Congress paperwork he signed posing as an elector for Donald Trump following the former president's 2020 election loss …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
 
 
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