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Election legislation roundup: Indiana General Assembly

As of March 19, members of the Indiana General Assembly, which includes the Indiana House of Representatives and the Indiana State Senate, have passed one bill related to election administration since the beginning of the year. A bipartisan group of legislators sponsored the bill. The bill is: 

Ballotpedia · Mar 23, 2023

Rioter charged in Pelosi laptop theft sentenced to prison

A Pennsylvania woman linked to a far-right extremist movement has been sentenced to three years in prison for storming the U.S. Capitol and invading then-House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office with other rioters

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2023

Former top aide to Michael Madigan testifies under immunity in ComEd bribery trial as tape is played from secretly recorded meeting

“I understand we have a lot of people walking around trying to find things to complain about,” Madigan is heard saying at the meeting. “Every once in a while, the speaker gets to do what he wants to do.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Mar 23, 2023

Sinema caught trashing Dems, White House

White House thinks the only way to reach Sinema is to let private equity executives lobby her, Politico reports

Salon · Mar 23, 2023

NY prosecutor rejects Republican ‘incursion’ into Trump probe

Manhattan district attorney’s office says congressional Republicans have no right to interfere in a local case.

Al Jazeera · Mar 23, 2023

Sinema calls Democrats ‘old dudes eating jello’

Ms Sinema trashes members of her former party and courts Republican donors as re-election decision looms

The Independent UK · Mar 23, 2023

Trump to face anonymous jury in high-profile New York defamation trial

A U.S. judge on Thursday said Donald Trump will get an anonymous jury in rape accuser E. Jean Carroll's upcoming defamation trial, citing the threat of juror harassment, including by supporters of the former U.S. president.

Reuters · Mar 23, 2023

Bragg hits Jordan for taking Trump bait

Alvin Bragg's office accused House Republicans of interfering in the investigation at Trump's behest

Salon · Mar 23, 2023

NYT whitewashes MAGA's new attack dog

Lengthy profile of Oversight Committee chair James Comer is loaded with folksy details — but misses the real story

Salon · Mar 23, 2023

Republicans accused by New York DA of meddling in Trump hush-money case

Alvin Bragg writes to committee chairs seeking his testimony saying there is ‘no legitimate basis for congressional inquiry’

The Guardian - US · Mar 23, 2023