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Trump signed legal documents that he knew included false voter fraud numbers, judge says

by Azi Paybarah and Matthew Brown The Washington Post October 19, 2022

A federal judge says former president Donald Trump signed legal documents that he knew included false voter fraud numbers.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Steele dossier source acquitted, in loss for special counsel John Durham

by Salvador Rizzo and Rachel Weiner The Washington Post October 18, 2022October 18, 2022

Durham, who was asked by Attorney General William P. Barr in 2019 to review the FBI’s investigation of the Trump campaign in 2016, is sure to face renewed pressure to wrap up his work following the verdict.

Op-eds, Opinion

Commentary: Even without many soundbites, Jan. 6 hearings were memorable

by Jonathan Bernstein Bloomberg Opinion October 18, 2022October 17, 2022

It was the tightly controlled presentations that will be the committee’s lasting legacy.

Nation & World, News

CDC officials describe intense pressure, job threats from Trump White House

by Dan Diamond The Washington Post October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

Political infighting contributed to a subpar pandemic response, officials tell House committee.

Nation & World, Politics

Trump charged Secret Service ‘exorbitant’ rates at his hotels, records show

by CAROL D. LEONNIG The Washington Post October 17, 2022October 17, 2022

The new billing documents, according to a congressional committee’s review, show that U.S. taxpayers paid the president’s company at least $1.4 million for Secret Service agents’ stays at Trump properties for his and his family’s protection.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Trump attacks U.S. Jews, posting they must ‘get their act together’ on Israel

by Rosalind S. Helderman The Washington Post October 16, 2022October 16, 2022

His post leans on an antisemitic trope that American Jews hold secret loyalty to Israel rather than the United States.

Nation & World, News, Politics

Independent voters don’t want mini-Trumps, are bored by Biden

by Paul Kane The Washington Post October 15, 2022October 15, 2022

Independents have soured on Biden and the Democrats but remain reluctant to support candidates in the midterms who present themselves as too similar to Trump.