memeorandum: Trump's ‘Wartime Consigliere’ Now Faces Legal Peril of His Own (New York Times)

3:25 PM ET, June 18, 2024

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Zolan Kanno-Youngs / New York Times:

Biden to Give Legal Protections to Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens — Undocumented spouses of American citizens will be shielded from deportation, provided work permits and given a pathway to citizenship, according to officials briefed on the plan. — President Biden on Tuesday …

Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo, PBS NewsHour, Washington Post, OutsideTheBeltway, ABC News, Minnesota Reformer, Raw Story, The Western Journal, Bloomberg, Reason, WKBN-TV, NBC News and Newsweek

Myah Ward / Politico:

Biden to take sweeping election-year action shielding estimated 550,000 from deportation — The president is taking a page from the Obama playbook. He's also rounding out am immigration portfolio that has increasingly leaned rightward. — President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a major …

Discussion: New York Times, The Daily Caller, The Hill, Semafor, acecomments.mu.nu, Wall Street Journal, Fox News and The Guardian, more at Techmeme »

Politico:

Playbook: Trump the team player — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — BIDEN'S IMMIGRATION ZAG — “Biden to take sweeping election-year action shielding estimated 550,000 from deportation,” by Myah Ward: “The president is taking a page from the Obama playbook.

Discussion: Raw Story

Seung Min Kim / Associated Press:
Half a million immigrants could eventually get US citizenship under a new plan from Biden

Discussion: CBS News, New York Times, RedState, Associated Press, New York Daily News, WFLA-TV, USA Today, KFTC-TV, Washington Times, Axios and AllSides Balanced

The White House:
FACT SHEET: President Biden Announces New Actions to Keep Families Together

Discussion: New York Times, Department of Homeland …, PJ Media, Mediaite, Hartford Courant, Mother Jones, Los Angeles Times, NPR, UPI and PoliticusUSA

New York Times:
Biden Gives Legal Protections to Undocumented Spouses of U.S. Citizens

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House Committee on Ethics:

Statement Regarding the Matter of Representative Matt Gaetz — Pursuant to Committee Rule 7, the Committee on Ethics (Committee) determined to release the following statement: — On April 9, 2021, the Committee announced it had initiated a review into allegations that Representative Matt Gaetz …

Discussion: USA Today, Politico, CBS News, CNBC, Fox News, UPI, The Guardian, New Republic, Sun-Sentinel, New York Post, Raw Story, Florida Politics and Mediaite

NBC News:

Ethics Committee investigating Rep. Matt Gaetz over alleged drug use and sexual misconduct — The House panel is continuing its review of Gaetz's conduct, including possible obstruction. The Florida Republican has denied any wrongdoing. — WASHINGTON — The House Ethics Committee …

Discussion: NOTUS, Washington Post, HuffPost, Axios, Washington Examiner, Wall Street Journal, Washington Times, Roll Call, Idaho Capital Sun, Business Insider, Forbes, The Hill and Raw Story

Lisa Needham / Public Notice:

Clarence Thomas's disgracefully unserious bump stock opinion — PN is a reader-supported publication made possible by paid subscribers. Appreciate our independent journalism? Then please sign up to support us. — 🏛️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🏛️

Discussion: Twitchy, Michigan Advance and New York Daily News

Mary L Trump / The Good in Us:
The Leader of the Pro-Death Party

Discussion: The Hill, HuffPost and Raw Story

NBC News:
‘Shame on him for disrespecting the dead’: Nevada senator erupts after Sen. JD Vance's bump stock remarks

Discussion: Fox News, UPI, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, Forbes, CBS News, Raw Story, Axios and Democrats

Associated Press:

New York's top court declines to hear Trump's appeal of gag order in hush money case — New York's top court on Tuesday declined to hear Donald Trump's gag order appeal in his hush money case, leaving the restrictions in place following his felony conviction last month.

Gloria Oladipo / The Guardian:

Vermont Republican secretly poured water into colleague's bag over months — Mary Morrissey apologizes after being filmed dumping liquid into backpack of Democratic legislator Jim Carroll — A Vermont lawmaker was compelled to apologize publicly after being caught on video pouring water …

Discussion: Boston.com, Washington Examiner and Seven Days

New York Times:

Trump's ‘Wartime Consigliere’ Now Faces Legal Peril of His Own — Boris Epshteyn routinely surfaces as a lesser character in Trump-related indictments. In a case in Arizona on Tuesday, he will be a major figure. — Boris Epshteyn, who is scheduled to be arraigned Tuesday …

Discussion: NBC News, Associated Press, Raw Story and USA Today

Robert C. O'Brien / Foreign Affairs:

The Return of Peace Through Strength — Making the Case for Trump's Foreign Policy — Si vis pacem, para bellum is a Latin phrase that emerged in the fourth century that means “If you want peace, prepare for war.” The concept's origin dates back even further, to the second-century Roman emperor Hadrian …

Discussion: Politico, nationalinterest.org and American Greatness

Nick Wadhams / Bloomberg:
Ex-Trump Adviser Urges Him to Cut Ties With China, Restart Nuclear Tests

Discussion: New York Magazine, Semafor and The Daily Caller

Kerry Breen / CBS News:

Former CNBC analyst-turned-fugitive arrested by FBI after nearly 3 years on the run — A former CNBC analyst who ended up on the FBI's Most Wanted list for white-collar crimes was arrested over the weekend after being charged with defrauding investors, federal prosecutors announced Monday.

US Department of Justice:
Former Financial TV News Analyst-Turned-Fugitive Arrested on Federal Indictment Charging Him with Defrauding Investors

Discussion: Fox Business, Law & Crime, The Root, The Western Journal, The Daily Caller, New York Post, KTLA and Deadline

Chauncey DeVega / Salon:

But his emails: Trump's increasingly unhinged calls for violence — Trump claims he may face death sentence, threatens Joe Biden with “DAY OF RECKONING.” This really isn't normal — Donald Trump is on the warpath. Following his historic felony conviction on hush-money …

Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:

Secret Service destroyed video of Biden's dog Commander biting agent in brutal attack that forced White House to stop tours so blood could be wiped off the floor — Commander Biden was banished from the White House for biting agents — Video of one attack no longer exists, DailyMail.com has learned

Discussion: Washington Examiner, New York Post, The Daily Caller, The Gateway Pundit, ABC News and UPI

Katelyn Polantz / CNN:

Steve Bannon won't be spending his prison term in a ‘Club Fed’ as he had hoped, sources say — When former Donald Trump adviser Steve Bannon goes to prison, he won't be serving time at what's known as a “Club Fed,” the most comfortable type of facility in the federal system, as he had wanted …

Discussion: The Daily Caller, New Republic, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit, HuffPost, Mediaite, Breitbart and Washington Examiner

Matthew Rozsa / Salon:

John Kerry warns that Project 2025 would be “absolutely unimaginable and destructive” — Biden's former top climate change adviser spoke with Salon about the stakes for climate change in the election — During a sweltering rally in Las Vegas on Sunday, June 9, former President Donald Trump complained …

Discussion: Washington Free Beacon

US Department of Justice:

Federal Indictment Alleges Alliance Between Sinaloa Cartel and Money Launderers Linked to Chinese Underground Banking — For Immediate Release — China and Mexico Took Law Enforcement Actions Following Justice Department's Investigation of Alleged Scheme to Violate U.S. Drug and Money-Laundering Laws

Discussion: Reuters and The White House

Politico:

Why the Biden campaign finally decided to whack Trump on his New York verdict — The ad hitting Trump followed weeks of polling and focus groups by Biden's campaign and its allies. — President Joe Biden's campaign had been restrained in its attacks on Donald Trump's New York criminal conviction …

Discussion: Washington Examiner, The American Spectator, New Republic, The Nation, HotAir, HuffPost, Associated Press, New York Times, CBS News and Washington Post

Ellis Simani / ProPublica:

How a Network of Nonprofits Enriches Fundraisers While Spending Almost Nothing on Its Stated Causes — In September 2020, the Federal Trade Commission joined regulators in four states to sue four men behind a notorious telemarketing company called Outreach Calling.

Judd Legum / Popular Information:

Why so many Americans have misconceptions about crime trends — According to the latest FBI data, violent crime and property crime are down sharply in 2024. The new data shows substantial drops in every category, including murder (-26.4%), rape (-25.7%), robbery (-17.8%), and property crime (-15.1%).

Discussion: Democrats and New Republic

Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:

Giuliani Faces Pressure in Bankruptcy Court Hearing — Creditors, the judge and a Justice Department official signaled that they were running out of patience with the former New York mayor's accounts of his financial condition. — Rudolph W. Giuliani's creditors and the judge overseeing …

Discussion: New York Magazine, Raw Story, Mediaite, Law & Crime, New York Post and WKBN-TV

Charles Creitz / Fox News:

Top Republican demands answers after WH protests yield 0 arrests; questions ‘political sympathy’ with vandals — Sen John Barrasso calls on Interior Secretary Deb Haaland to respond ‘immediately’ — The top Republican on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee demanded answers …

Discussion: RedState

Alayna Alvarez / Axios:

Club Q shooter pleads guilty to 74 federal hate crimes, avoids death penalty … - If U.S. District Judge Charlotte Sweeney accepts the plea deal, Aldrich will serve “multiple concurrent life sentences plus additional consecutive sentences totaling 190 years imprisonment,” court filings show.

Discussion: CNN, CBS News, Denver Post, UPI, Associated Press, Washington Post, WHDH-TV and KUSA-TV

New York Times:

The Gun Lobby's Hidden Hand in the 2nd Amendment Battle — Case after case challenging gun restrictions cites the same Georgetown professor. His seemingly independent work has undisclosed ties to pro-gun interests. — In the battle to dismantle gun restrictions, raging in America's courts …