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Controversial DOJ memo on protecting Trump from prosecution over Mueller probe must be released, court rules

Ex-AG Bill Barr was accused of misleading the public and spinning special counsel’s findings in favour of then-president

The Independent UK

Appeals court upholds ruling ordering DOJ to release memo on Mueller report

Then-Attorney General Bill Barr cited the memo to justify clearing Trump of obstruction of justice.

Axios

Court orders release of memo about Russia probe from Justice Department to Barr

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Justice Department must release a 2019 memo advising then-Attorney General Bill Barr on how to handle the conclusion of the Mueller investigation and the department’s decision not to charge Donald Trump, a federal appeals court ruled.

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Trumpworld smells a rat. Has someone in his inner circle flipped?

Trumpworld is ‘abuzz’ with rumours that a close aide to the former president has ‘flipped’, according to reports. Richard Hall looks at the possible candidates.

The Independent UK

Barr refers to Trump as a lame duck

Barr had a lot to say about Trump in a recent interview with CBS

Salon

Jan 6 subpoenas suggest ‘hard look’ at Trump and ‘group at the top’, ex-attorney general Bill Barr says

Barr terms handing out of subpoenes to former White House counsel and his deputy a ‘significant event’

The Independent UK

Alex Jones is the latest big defamation case, but here are 5 others you should know

The trial of Alex Jones, in which the InfoWars host was ordered to pay $4.1 million in compensatory damages to Sandy Hook parents and $45 million in punitive damages for claiming the massacre was staged, stemmed from the same claim that Johnny Depp brought against Amber Heard: defamation.

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From 'an attempted coup' to chaos, Jan. 6 hearing moments

Some of what the House Jan. 6 committee has revealed over the last six weeks about the Capitol insurrection and former President Donald Trump’s actions in the weeks beforehand has been new

The Independent UK

Jan. 6 takeaways: Trump, the riot and democracy under siege

Turns out, Jan. 6 was more than just the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol

The Independent UK

Texas charity that backs Trump’s stolen-election lie has deep ties to Ken Paxton

The Texas attorney general would be the one to hold True the Vote accountable on allegations that it swindled a $2.5 million donor. But the nonprofit’s founder has been a friend and an ally.

The Texas Tribune

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

The Independent UK

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

Salon

The DOJ Must Prosecute Trump

The January 6 committee has provided overwhelming evidence that the former president was not some bit player along for the ride, but the central driver of a nefarious plot.

The Atlantic

Jan. 6 hearings: What we’ve learned, and what’s next

Through seven hearings this summer, the House Jan. 6 panel has maintained consistent themes: Donald Trump’s stubborn resistance to advisers who told him that Joe Biden won the election, and the former president’s role in inciting the Capitol insurrection

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Politico

‘His own choices’: Select panel says Trump — not his advisers — set Jan. 6 in motion

The Capitol riot committee mounted its best effort during Tuesday's hearing to underscore Trump’s direct hand in key moments on Jan. 6 and in the weeks before.

Salon

Bill Barr subpoenaed in Fox News suit

Barr refused to have the Department of Justice investigate Trump's claims of election fraud

The Independent UK

Former Trump AG Bill Barr subpoenaed in Fox News defamation case

Former AG became highest-ranking Trump official to certify that election wasn’t stolen

The Independent UK

Former Trump AG Bill Barr subpoenaed in Fox News defamation case (OLD)

Former AG became highest-ranking Trump official to certify that election wasn’t stolen

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Salon

Trump, Macbeth and the ruins of the GOP

Even after testifying to Trump's crimes, leading Republicans might vote for him again. Shakespeare can explain

Los Angeles Times

Meadows brought fraud allegation to Barr the day after 2020 election, records show

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump’s White House chief of staff Mark Meadows questioned the results of the 2020 election just one day after it took place, texting Attorney General Bill Barr on Nov. 4 about looking into a fraud allegation, according to records released by the Justice Department.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Damning testimony brings Trump closer to the prospect of jail time

Tuesday’s blockbuster testimony before the House Jan. 6 Select Committee brought the American public directly into former President Donald Trump’s inner White House sanctum to understand his thinking and motivation as the Capitol insurrection was being planned and launched. The evidence and testimony strongly suggest that he knew an attack…

Los Angeles Times

'Trump tantrum': Late-night hosts recap Cassidy Hutchinson's 'wild' Jan. 6 testimony

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson's stunning testimony in the Jan. 6 hearings was the talk of late-night TV on Tuesday.

Reuters

Trump wanted to join Capitol riot, tried to grab limo steering wheel -aide

(Corrects paragraph 34 to attribute testimony about Trump throwing a plate to Cassidy Hutchinson, not Kayleigh McEnaney)

WEKU

Trump's legal exposure may be growing – and 4 other takeaways from the Jan. 6 hearing

Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson testified under oath about a volatile and angry president who was prone to throwing dishes, knew that supporters were armed and didn't want the riot to stop.

France 24

Trump tried to grab steering wheel to join Capitol rioters on Jan. 6, testifies witness

Donald Trump tried to grab the steering wheel of his presidential limousine on January 6, 2021, when his security detail declined to take him to the U.S. Capitol where his supporters were rioting, a former aide testified on Tuesday.

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