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Trump efforts to create fake electors probed by US prosecutors

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department is using a grand jury in Washington to investigate efforts by former President Donald Trump and his inner circle to create false electors and pressure former Vice President Mike Pence to overturn the 2020 election, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Tribune News Service

McCarthy offers GOP agenda preview with goal to 'lock in' a conservative majority

WASHINGTON — Before former President Donald Trump stepped onstage for his first speech in Washington since leaving the White House, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy was at the same venue talking up the prospects of winning an enduring Republican majority in November.

Tribune News Service

Garland promises ‘justice without fear or favor’ as DoJ digs into Trump’s January 6 role

Investigators have specifically questioned witnesses about ex-president’s involvement in the insurrection, reports say

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US attorney general hints Trump could be criminally charged over effort to stop transfer of power

Justice Department’s Jan 6 case is currently in front of grand jury

The Independent UK

McCarthy offers GOP agenda preview ahead of Trump’s return to Washington - Roll Call

Ahead of Trump’s first speech in the capital since leaving office, McCarthy said the GOP will start rolling out its agenda on Wednesday.

Roll Call

Prosecutor finds Trump cover-up evidence

New video shows White House tried to make it seem like Trump "had not engaged in a coup," Andrew Weissmann says

Salon

As Jan. 6 panel pauses, the U.S. faces a fourth fall of Trump (with a fifth in view)

Even if the January 6 investigation had wrapped this week, the former president would still be looming over the fall landscape like a rising harvest moon.

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Fake electors may provide easiest path for DOJ to charge Trump

As Congressional hearings into Jan. 6 pause for an August break, the focus turns to the U.S. Justice Department, which must decide whether to prosecute former President Donald Trump.

Tribune News Service

U.S. Capitol riot probe slams Trump inaction, urges accountability

Committee chairman Bennie Thompson said Mr. Trump ‘recklessly blazed a path of lawlessness and corruption’ as he sought to overturn the results of the 2020 U.S. election

The Hindu

Jan. 6 probes: What's next for Congress, criminal cases

The House committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol has wrapped up its public hearings — each featuring revelatory details about the day of violence itself or the weeks of efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election

The Independent UK

January 6 committee hearing reveals what Donald Trump was doing — and not doing — during the Capitol riot

Over seven hearings, the January 6 committee has weaved its shocking findings with surprise witness testimony, building towards the series finale, dubbed the "187 Minutes Hearing". Here's what we learned.

ABC News

U.S. Attorney General, Mexican counterpart discuss extradition of captured drug lord

U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland spoke by phone with his Mexican counterpart Alejandro Gertz Manero Thursday afternoon regarding the extradition of Mexican drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero, the U.S. Department of Justice said in a statement.

Reuters

How prosecuting war crimes in Ukraine compares to hunting Nazis

Eli Rosenbaum spent his career hunting down Nazis after World War II. Now, he will use those skills to seek out war criminals in the Russia-Ukraine war.

WEKU

Commentary: There is a gap in the evidence we've seen against Trump. We have to rely on the DOJ to fill it

The criticism of the Department of Justice continues to grow: Detractors see the department as too far behind the Jan. 6 committee. They want to know why Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Justice Department have yet to come forward with a serious criminal charge against Donald Trump.

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The Independent UK

Jan. 6 panel probes Trump's 187 minutes as Capitol attacked

The House Jan. 6 committee will hold its final hearing of the summer in prime time

Salon

Trump 2024: King of the con's last act

The master showman of politics wants another turn on center stage. Mock him if you want — but don't bet against him

The Independent UK

Merrick Garland’s private DOJ memo prompts outrage: ‘Nothing will happen to Trump’

‘Garland if you want to be neutral, political activity would have no bearing whatsoever on your work’ said DC Police Officer Daniel Hodges

Salon

Garland memo to DOJ came from Bill Barr

The memo cites Bill Barr's demand to flag the AG if Justice Department is investigating a presidential candidate

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Los Angeles Times

Robin Abcarian: If Republicans retake the House, steel yourself for the New McCarthyism

It is unbelievably depressing to contemplate the sheer amount of buffoonery that will be unleashed on the country if Republicans take back the House in November.

Chicago Sun-Times

Drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero’s capture in Mexico could be signal to U.S. government

Caro Quintero — wanted in the torture and murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena in 1985 — has been captured by Mexican forces nearly a decade after walking out of a Mexican prison.

Los Angeles Times

With Roe overruled, can red states disregard FDA rules on abortion pills?

WASHINGTON — When the Supreme Court overturned Roe vs. Wade last month, many abortion-rights advocates looked to pills sent by mail as a possible option for pregnant women who live in states where abortion is outlawed.

Los Angeles Times

With Roe overruled, can red states disregard FDA rules on abortion pills?

The Independent UK

Mexico's capture of drug kingpin could be signal to US

Mexican marines were closing in on infamous drug lord Rafael Caro Quintero deep in the mountains of his native state of Sinaloa

The Independent UK

NAACP calls on Garland to probe killing of Jayland Walker

The NAACP is making a direct plea to Attorney General Merrick Garland for the Justice Department to open a federal civil rights investigation into the shooting death of Jayland Walker, the Black man who was killed last month by officers in Ohio in a hail of police gunfire

Axios

Buffalo shooter indicted on federal hate crimes charges

The charges carry a maximum sentence of life imprisonment or the death penalty.

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