RSN: Trump Is Rushing to Hire Seasoned Lawyers — But He Keeps Hearing 'No'

 

 

18 August 22

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Trump Is Rushing to Hire Seasoned Lawyers — But He Keeps Hearing 'No'
Isaac Arnsdorf, Josh Dawsey, Carol D. Leonnig, Jacqueline Alemany and Rosalind S. Helderman, The Washington Post
Excerpt: "The former president’s current legal team includes a Florida insurance lawyer who’s never had a federal case, a past general counsel for a parking-garage company and a former host at far-right One America News."
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Trump's Consigliere Pleads Guilty
Molly Crane-Newman, New York Daily News
Crane-Newman writes: "The Trump Organization’s longtime chief financial officer will admit to conspiring with the Trump Organization and Trump Payroll Corp. in a 15-year tax fraud scheme while head of the company’s finances at a Manhattan Supreme Court hearing on Thursday, the New York Daily News has confirmed."
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Ukrainians Flee Grim Life in Russian-Occupied Kherson
Hanna Arhirova, Associated Press
Arhirova writes: "It was early one morning when life under Russian occupation became too much for Volodymyr Zhdanov: Rocket fire aimed at Ukrainian forces struck near his home in the city of Kherson, terrifying one of his two children."
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Saudi Snitching App Appears to Have Been Used Against Jailed Leeds Student
Stephanie Kirchgaessner and Robyn Vinter, Guardian UK
Excerpt: "The Saudi woman who was sentenced to 34 years in prison for a tweet appears to have been denounced to Saudi authorities through a crime-reporting app that users in the kingdom can download to Apple and Android phones."
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Florida Republicans Targeted Black Voters, Justice Department Says in Filing
Sam Levine, Guardian UK
Levine writes: "Florida Republicans intentionally targeted Black voters when they enacted new voting restrictions last year, the justice department said in a court filing on Wednesday."
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Defeated Odinga Says Kenyan Election Result 'Null and Void'
Al Jazeera
Excerpt: "Kenya's defeated presidential candidate Raila Odinga has rejected as 'null and void' the result of the August 9 election and said that Kenya’s democracy faces a long legal crisis."
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Action for Antarctica: Saving the World's Last Great Wilderness
Tara Lohan, The Revelator
Lohan writes: "Most of us will never make it to Antarctica, the ice-covered continent at Earth’s southern tip. But that doesn’t mean we should ignore its pressing environmental challenges, says Claire Christian, the executive director of the Antarctic and Southern Ocean Coalition."
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