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☆ Opinion: How Trump’s indictment reverses a 50-year precedent
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Julian Zelizer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Editor’s Note: Julian Zelizer, a CNN political analyst, is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University. CNN —Former President Donald Trump pleaded not guilty to charges that he conspired to subvert the 2020 presidential election. As Garrett Graff wrote in a New York Times op-ed, “the precedent Ford set seems to have paralyzed a half-century of prosecutors. But the calculus for the decision to charge Trump shouldn’t rest on the former president’s political fate. Rather, we need to take a long-term view and consider how we can better hold presidents – present and former – accountable.

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☆ Takeaways from the arraignment of Donald Trump in the special counsel’s election subversion case
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-03 | by ( Tierney Sneed | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

There were hints of a similar strategy in the first hearing in the election subversion case. Key prosecutors make their public debutThursday marked the public debut of the Smith team that will handle the election subversion prosecution. Smith himself attended the hearing, as he did for Trump’s first appearance in the classified documents case in Florida earlier this year. Windom – who moved from the US attorney’s office in Maryland to play a central role in the federal election subversion investigation, spoke on behalf of the government Thursday. In the election subversion case, Trump’s attorneys have previewed arguments that the case should be moved elsewhere, given the city’s political bent.

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☆ US IRS to allow full digital document submissions for 2024 tax season
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( David Lawder | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

WASHINGTON, Aug 2 (Reuters) - The U.S. Internal Revenue Service plans to allow taxpayers to submit all documents and correspondence to the agency digitally for the 2024 tax filing season and will convert all paper tax returns to digital documents by the 2025 season, the Treasury Department said on Wednesday. The initiative, part of a decade-long, $60 billion program to modernize systems and improve tax enforcement, will allow taxpayers to digitally submit all correspondence, non-tax forms and responses to IRS notices, the Treasury said. Most U.S. tax returns are already filed digitally, which results in faster refunds. But the COVID-19 pandemic and associated filing delays and staffing shortages saddled the IRS with a massive backlog of 22.5 million unprocessed paper tax returns by February 2022 that needed some form of manual processing. U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in excerpts of remarks at an IRS facility in McLean, Virginia, that taxpayers will always have the choice to submit documents by paper.

Persons: Janet Yellen, Yellen, David Lawder, Christian Schmollinger Organizations: Internal Revenue Service, Treasury, U.S, IRS, Congress, Thomson Locations: McLean , Virginia

U.S. President Donald Trump raises his fist as he reacts to early results from the 2020 U.S. presidential election in the East Room of the White House in Washington, U.S., November 4, 2020. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File PhotoAug 2 (Reuters) - Donald Trump was charged on Tuesday with conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and other crimes related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss. If he wins the nomination, Trump would face off against Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 2024 election. Biden defeated Trump in 2020, but he has only a razor-thin edge in polls of a hypothetical match-up with Trump, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll. Trump could also appeal pretrial rulings by a judge, which would further slow down the case.

Persons: Donald Trump, Carlos Barria, Trump, Joe Biden, Jack Queen, Noeleen Walder, Howard Goller, Daniel Wallis Organizations: White, REUTERS, Republican, Democratic, Biden, Trump, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Washington , U.S

☆ Opinion: Trump has dug himself into the deepest possible hole
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( Opinion Michael Gerhardt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Trump has now been indicted on nearly 80 felony counts and has dug himself into the deepest possible hole. Michael Gerhardt Deborah R. GerhardtThe ramifications of these charges for Trump and the country are enormous. But the third indictment goes further — for the first time — by charging Trump with criminal attempts to undermine American democracy. Each set of indictments tests the country’s commitment to the rule of law, which is the foundation of our democracy. In contrast, as each set of indictments shows, there is an abundance of actual evidence of Trump’s misconduct.

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☆ Yellen calls Fitch downgrade 'entirely unwarranted' amid US economy's strength
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-02 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen speaks during a climate finance roundtable discussion at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing, Saturday, July 8, 2023. "Fitch's decision is puzzling in light of the economic strength we see in the United States," Yellen said. "I strongly disagree with Fitch's decision, and I believe it is entirely unwarranted." Fitch had cited a deterioration in U.S. governance that started during the prior Trump administration in making its decision, according to U.S. Treasury officials. The company has a contract to develop scanning technology to convert paper documents so that they can be digitally processed.

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☆ Donald Trump has been indicted in special counsel’s 2020 election interference probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Tierney Sneed Marshall Cohen Zachary Cohen Devan Cole Hannah Rabinowitz Katelyn Polantz Casey Gannon | Tierney Sneed | Marshall Cohen | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Trump has rejected any suggestion he was in the wrong after the 2020 election. Among the six are four unnamed attorneys who allegedly aided Trump in his effort to subvert the 2020 election. Fake electors plot was an unprecedented attempt to subvert Electoral CollegeThe so-called fake electors plot was an unprecedented attempt to subvert the Electoral College process by replacing electors that Biden had rightfully won with illegitimate GOP electors. Federal investigators have subpoenaed the fake electors across the country, sent FBI agents to interview witnesses about their conduct, and recently granted immunity to two fake electors from Nevada to secure their grand jury testimony. In Michigan, the state’s attorney general charged the 16 fake electors who signed certificates falsely claiming Trump won Michigan in the 2020 election with multiple felonies.

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☆ Donald Trump Jan. 6 indictment: Ex-president charged in DOJ's criminal probe into 2020 election interference — his 3rd indictment this year
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Azmi Haroun | Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Donald Trump has been indicted as part of the Department of Justice's investigation into the events leading up to the Jan. 6 Capitol riot. The riot was the culmination of efforts by Trump's supporters to block the certification of Biden's election. The Justice Department, in a team led by Special Counsel Jack Smith, brought the charges. Trump announced last month that Smith's team had served him a target letter indicating he may be indicted in the investigation. Trump and six co-conspirators also attempted to rope then-Vice President Mike Pence in their scheme and use the Justice Department to keep Trump in power, the indictment alleges.

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☆ Here are the likely identities of Trump's co-conspirators in the January 6 indictment
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-01 | by ( Bryan Metzger | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Trump was indicted for a third time on Tuesday, this time for his attempts to overturn the 2020 election. The indictment refers to six unnamed co-conspirators in the wide-ranging plot. The 45-page indictment claims that six of Trump's associates were co-conspirators in the plot, but doesn't name any of them. The indictment alleges that co-conspirator 1 played a key role in attempts to overturn the 2020 election results in Arizona, including directly engaging with then-Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers, a Republican. Co-conspirator 3: Sidney PowellFormer Trump attorneys Sidney Powell, leaves the Federal Court in Washington, Thursday, June 24, 2021.

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☆ House GOP chairmen announce probe into Hunter Biden plea deal
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-31 | by ( Clare Foran | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Three House GOP chairmen sent a letter Monday to Attorney General Merrick Garland demanding documents and information regarding circumstances related to Hunter Biden’s plea deal with the Justice Department. A plea deal between Hunter Biden and the Justice Department is on hold after a dramatic court hearing Wednesday. Noreika said she had “concerns” about the parties seemingly linking the tax plea agreement to resolving a felony gun charge. While the investigation was ongoing, Hunter Biden fully paid his federal tax bill, along with interest and penalties, his lawyers have previously said. Last month, Garland rejected claims the Justice Department improperly interfered in the Hunter Biden probe.

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☆ 8 people charged with stealing 19 rental cars worth $1.1 million in an identity fraud scheme
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Ryan Hogg | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Eight people were indicted on charges that they defrauded a car rental firm by stealing 19 vehicles. Eight people have been indicted in St. Louis on charges that allege they stole at least 19 rental cars worth more than $1 million as part of an identity fraud scheme. According to the indictment, the suspects would reserve rental cars from the company using stolen credit card information and false identities. It added that the value of the stolen cars was just over $1.1 million. "This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to how criminals use people's stolen identities," said Jay Greenberg of the FBI St. Louis Division.

Persons: Louis, Tyrell Oliver, Jay Greenberg Organizations: Justice, Morning, Department of Justice, Court, BMW X7, GMC Yukon, Chevrolet, FBI, Louis, DoJ Locations: St, Clayton , Missouri, Midwest

☆ Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo found guilty of kidnapping, death of pregnant woman and unborn child
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-29 | by ( Raja Razek | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —A federal jury on Friday convicted Olympic boxer Félix Verdejo-Sánchez in the deaths of a woman and her unborn child, according to the US Attorney’s Office in the District of Puerto Rico. He was found guilty of kidnapping resulting in death and intentionally killing an unborn child, prosecutors said in a press release. Keishla Rodríguez Ortiz and her unborn child were found dead in the San José Lagoon in Puerto Rico on May 1, 2021. On the morning of Rodríguez Ortiz’s death, Verdejo-Sánchez carried out a premeditated plan to kill her and her unborn child, according to the release. Prosecutors said Verdejo-Sánchez lured Rodríguez Ortiz into his vehicle where, with help from another person, he assaulted and drugged her, the release stated.

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☆ The new charges in the Trump classified documents case could delay the trial 'a couple of months', a legal expert says. That could push it closer to the 2024 election.
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The superseding indictment adds a third defendant and additional charges. A new defendant may push the trial date "a couple of months," a former federal prosecutor says. On Thursday, a grand jury returned a superseding indictment in the classified documents case, adding more charges, including two obstruction counts, and a third defendant. De Oliveira is expected to appear in a Miami federal court on July 31, the DOJ wrote in a press release of the superseding indictment. Trump's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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☆ Stunning new Trump charges up the stakes of an already existential 2024 election
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Remarkable new charges against Donald Trump and two associates in the classified documents case Thursday significantly deepened the ex-president’s legal plight and dragged the 2024 election further into an unprecedented legal quagmire. “It’s a stunning development,” said former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who is now a CNN legal and national security analyst. Trump responds with a new political assaultThe ex-president, whose legal strategy has become enmeshed with his campaign strategy, poured fuel on the political fire. The sudden new dimension in the classified documents case will have profound political and legal dimensions. The Florida governor was asked about the possibility of a third indictment of Trump, in reference to the 2020 election interference case.

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☆ Superseding indictment in Trump classified documents case could delay trial several months. But thinking about the election date is not a 'legitimate line of inquiry' for a prosecutor, legal expert sa
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

The superseding indictment adds a third defendant and additional charges. On Thursday, a grand jury returned a superseding indictment in the classified documents case, adding more charges, including two obstruction counts, and a third defendant. De Oliveira is expected to appear in a Miami federal court on July 31, the DOJ wrote in a press release of the superseding indictment. In a notice, Jack Smith, the special counsel leading the DOJ's case, wrote that the additions in the superseding indictment "should not disturb the Court's scheduling order." Trump's attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

☆ The real reason Republicans are forcing Mark Zuckerberg to turn over thousands of pages of Facebook documents
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-28 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Jordan, who sits atop the powerful House Judiciary Committee, has embarked on a fishing expedition at Facebook, demanding Zuckerberg turn over reams of internal documents that pertain to Meta’s content moderation decisions. In effect, Jordan is coercing Zuckerberg into turning over documents that will then be used to mendaciously smear the Meta chief’s company. Meta, for its part, had previously said it had already turned over thousands of pages of documents and was cooperating with the committee. Most news organizations gave Jordan’s “Facebook Files” entry little attention on Thursday. In this case, the awesome powers of the federal government are being weaponized to threaten Zuckerberg into handing the information over.

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☆ Visa discloses further demands from US DoJ over ongoing anti-trust probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

July 26 (Reuters) - Visa (V.N) disclosed on Wednesday it had received demands from the U.S. Department of Justice for additional documents and information over its debit card practices in the United States and competition with other payment networks. The civil investigative demands from the anti-trust division of the DoJ were made on May 2 and add to the ongoing probe that has been underway since early 2021 on whether Visa uses anti-competitive practices in the debit card market. The company is cooperating with the division in connection with the investigation, Visa said in a regulatory filing. Rival Mastercard (MA.N) had, in April, also disclosed a probe by the DoJ for similar practices. Both Visa and Mastercard have faced increasing scrutiny in recent years over their dominance in the cards market.

Persons: Manya Saini, Krishna Chandra Organizations: U.S . Department of Justice, DoJ, Visa, Mastercard, European Union, Thomson Locations: United States, Bengaluru

☆ Melania Trump keeps shooting down her husband's requests to campaign with him
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Sonam Sheth | John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Melania Trump keeps rejecting Donald Trump's requests to appear with him on the 2024 campaign trail, according to the New York Times. Melania Trump hasn't just been absent from the campaign trail; she also hasn't been at any of Trump's court hearings. Melania Trump appeared with Trump on the campaign trail when he officially announced his 2024 presidential bid in November. When Trump first announced his presidential campaign in 2016, many wondered how Melania Trump — who had previously been ensconced in the fashion world — would make her mark on the campaign trail. While Trump was in office, Melania Trump generally sought to focus on issues affecting children, which she said would also be a priority should her husband win the presidency again.

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☆ Visa discloses further demands from US Justice Dept. over antitrust probe
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Persons: Manya Saini, Krishna Chandra Organizations: U.S . Department of Justice, DoJ, Visa, Mastercard, European Union, Thomson Locations: United States, Bengaluru

☆ Shopify launched a new AI-powered assistant to help merchants as its support staff remains under a 'Code Yellow' for 'deteriorated' performance
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-26 | by ( Madeline Stone | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Shopify beta-launched an AI assistant for its help center. Shopify launched a beta version of an AI-powered assistant for its help center, the webpage where merchants can go to get answers to questions about running their business. In June, Shopify began asking some support staff to test a translation bot powered by OpenAI's technology. Its support staff already had the ability to use AI-generated template email responses to merchant inquiries. The bot can recommend products sold by Shopify merchants based on shoppers' answers to a series of questions.

Persons: Shopify, chatbot, Tobi Lütke's, Harley Finkelstein, Lütke Organizations: Shopify, Help

☆ Kevin McCarthy is now openly threatening to impeach Joe Biden
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-25 | by ( Brent D. Griffiths | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Kevin McCarthy is now openly discussing the possibility of impeaching Biden. In response, White House spokesperson Ian Sams blasted McCarthy for the "seemingly bottomless" desire of Republicans to punish the president despite a lack of concrete evidence. The House speaker's mention is more than just a shot across the bow at the White House. As Politico pointed out, McCarthy's mention hints that House Republicans may try to start an impeachment process as a way to potentially unlock greater legal power. While McCarthy has been more guarded when discussing impeachment, some of the more conservative House Republicans have pushed for impeaching the president since his inauguration.

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Jack Smith, the special counsel overseeing criminal investigations into former President Donald J. Trump, employs 40 to 60 career prosecutors, paralegals and support staff, augmented by a rotating cast of F.B.I. agents and technical specialists, according to people familiar with the situation. In his first four months on the job, starting in November, Mr. Smith’s investigation incurred expenses of $9.2 million. Marshals Service to protect Mr. Smith, his family and other investigators who have faced threats after the former president and his allies singled them out on social media. At this rate, the special counsel is on track to spend about $25 million a year.

Persons: Jack Smith, Donald J, Trump, Smith Organizations: Mr, U.S . Marshals Service

☆ Chris Christie slams Trump as a 'con artist' who's 'grifting' off of supporters that are donating to his 2024 campaign: 'What he wants is a free ride for the legal defense he's getting'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-22 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Chris Christie on Friday blasted former President Trump as a "con artist" who's "grifting" his supporters. Christie, a fellow GOP WH candidate, took issue with the money a Trump-affiliated PAC is using to pay legal fees. Chris Christie on Friday once again derided former President Donald Trump, calling the ex-commander-in-chief a "con artist" who is "grifting" donors funding his 2024 campaign. Well, what he wants is a free ride for the legal defense he's getting for the criminal charges he personally faces." In June, a federal grand jury indicted Trump over his handling of classified documents after leaving the White House in 2021.

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☆ Sam Bankman-Fried leaked Caroline Ellison's diary to the New York Times to paint her as a 'jilted lover,' prosecutors say
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-21 | by ( Jacob Shamsian | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Prosecutors say Sam Bankman-Fried is trying to discredit Caroline Ellison by leaking her diary entries. Bankman-Fried wants to make her look like a "jilted lover," prosecutors wrote in a court filing. Prosecutors say Bankman-Fried gave "a misleading patina of legitimacy" to an effort to discredit Ellison in the case. "The fact that the defendant funneled this material through the New York Times, rather than directly commenting on the documents himself, is particularly pernicious," prosecutors wrote. The material risked tainting the jury pool and could deter other potential witnesses from testifying at the trial, prosecutors wrote.

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The plots to steal the weaponry and equipment were disrupted by Ukraine’s intelligence services and it was ultimately recovered, according to the report, titled “DoD’s Accountability of Equipment Provided to Ukraine.” CNN obtained the report via a Freedom of Information Act request. In late October, the US resumed on-site inspections of Ukrainian weapons depots as a way to better track where the equipment was going. The personnel did not provide the IG with corroborating paperwork by the time the investigation concluded, however, the report notes. Ukraine’s intelligence service disrupted the plot, according to the report. The Pentagon inspector general wrote that some larger items like missiles and helicopters were easier to track through intelligence mechanisms.

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