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Editorial: Judge in documents case is clearly playing for Team Trump. She shouldn't preside

First, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Donald Trump appointee, granted the former president’s request for a “special master” to review documents he took from the White House, a baffling decision derided by legal experts across the political spectrum. Worse, Cannon ruled that the FBI couldn’t have access to classified…

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Editorial: Missed warning signs allowed Texas warden to kill

The warning signs had abounded: The suspect had already been probed by federal prosecutors, who were so concerned that they referred him to the FBI. Multiple descriptions had painted him as callous and openly racist, a pattern that culminated with a killing Tuesday for which he and his brother have…

Tribune News Service

National Archive says it is still missing some Trump administration records

Letter says ‘we do know that we do not have custody of everything we should’

The Independent UK

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EXPLAINER: 3 more on trial in Michigan governor kidnap plot

A scheme to kidnap Michigan’s governor in 2020 will get yet another airing in court

The Independent UK

Two of prime minister’s senior advisers being paid through lobbying company

Aides Alice Robinson and Mac Chapwell paid by company run by Liz Truss’s new chief of staff

The Guardian - UK

Vegas survivors signal hope even as mass shootings persist

Saturday marks five years since a gunman rained bullets into an outdoor country music festival crowd on the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

Bet on it: Lefty’s ‘lucky’ night

Frank Rosenthal, the late Stardust sportsbook chief, survived a car bombing in Las Vegas 40 years ago Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Library group asks FBI to investigate threats

DALLAS — Increased threats of violence directed at public libraries and their workers across the country must be investigated, leaders of the American Library Association wrote in a letter to the FBI this week.

Tribune News Service

Alec Baldwin accidentally shot a woman on set. He was named a ‘possible defendant’ a year later. What changed?

After an exhaustive 11-month investigation, authorities in New Mexico appear close to filing criminal charges over the on set fatal shooting of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, writes Bevan Hurley

The Independent UK

Texas detention warden and brother arrested after two migrants are shot, one fatally, while walking on road

Michael Sheppard, 60, and his twin brother Mark Sheppard have been charged with manslaughter

The Independent UK

Vegas survivors signal hope even as mass shootings march on

Saturday marks five years since a gunman rained bullets into an outdoor country music festival crowd on the Las Vegas Strip

The Independent UK

Federal Judge Decides Safe Deposit Boxes Aren't Safe From FBI

Judge Gary Klausner admits that the FBI probably hid their true motives in rifling through the contents of hundreds of safe deposit boxes, but says that's fine.

Reason

Trump’s followers won’t take to the streets to save him

QAnon is essentially an online phenomenon, an aggregation of cranks sitting at home alone getting all worked up over silly fantasies.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dysfunction in Texas AG’s office as Paxton seeks third term

As Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton seeks reelection to a third term, his agency has come unmoored by disarray behind the scenes

The Independent UK

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Los Angeles Times

Judge finds no rights violations in FBI seizure of Beverly Hills safe-deposit boxes

LOS ANGELES — A federal judge ruled Friday that the FBI's seizure of tens of millions of dollars in cash and valuables from 700 safe-deposit boxes in Beverly Hills did not violate anyone's constitutional rights.

The Independent UK

Trump won’t have to say if he thinks FBI planted documents as judge overrules special master she appointed

Florida federal judge has repeatedly intervened in FBI investigation of Trump documents

AAP

FBI expert critical of Qld forensic lab

An internationally renowned forensic expert has criticised Queensland's government-run forensic lab at an inquiry into DNA testing failures.

Reason

District Court Rejects Claim That "FBI Misled Judge in Obtaining Warrant To Seize Hundreds of Safe Deposit Boxes"

I posted Sunday about the post alleging that the FBI misled judge (and the L.A. Times story following up on that); just today, though, Judge Gary Klausner (C.D. Cal.) seems to have rejected that allegation, in Snitko v. U.S.: Plaintiffs' other Fourth Amendment argument is that the Government misled Judge…

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The Denver Post

Ex-NSA employee in Colorado arrested on espionage charges for allegedly trying to sell secrets to foreign power

DENVER — A former National Security Agency employee in Colorado has been charged with violating the Espionage Act for allegedly trying to send classified national defense information to a foreign government.

Axios

Trump doesn't have to attest to accuracy of FBI's inventory list, Judge Cannon says

Judge Aileen Cannon ruled that former President Trump no longer has to submit a sworn statement about whether the FBI's inventory of items seized from Mar-a-Lago is accurate, at least until he has had a chance to review the records.

Tribune News Service

Trump special master deadline extended until Dec. 16 by judge

WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Florida has extended the timeline for the review of documents seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home, delaying the fight over whether any materials are privileged by another two weeks.

The Guardian - US

Trump not required to provide sworn declaration that FBI ‘planted’ evidence

Judge rules ex-president does not have to confirm under oath insinuations until his lawyers have reviewed seized materials

ABC News

US, Pacific Island leaders vow to strengthen ties with historic partnership declaration amid growing China risks

The United States and Pacific nations unveil a joint partnership declaration, backed by 14 island states, vowing to strengthen ties amid growing concerns of China's role in the region.

The Independent UK

Case against source for Trump dossier advances, barely

A judge is allowing prosecutors to move forward with their criminal case against an analyst who provided key details for a flawed dossier of ex-President Donald Trump, but the judge called his decision “an extremely close call.”

The Independent UK

Tensions flare over special master process in Trump hoarded documents case

The FBI search of Donald Trump’s Florida estate has spawned a parallel “special master” process that has slowed the Justice Department's criminal investigation and exposed simmering tensions between department prosecutors and lawyers for the former president

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