© Mug shots via Fulton County Jail
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Trump, codefendants all booked. What’s next?
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Former President Trump and his 18 codefendants in the case over alleged attempts to overturn Georgia’s 2020 election results have all surrendered to authorities, with the last seven making it in for booking just before the noon deadline Friday.
The Hill has a breakdown of how much each paid to be released from custody ahead of trial (one defendant hasn’t posted bond). Those who paid forked out between $10,000 and $200,000. ⚖️ What’s next?: Each of the defendants, including Trump, will formally enter their pleas during upcoming arraignments. One, attorney Kenneth Chesebro, has requested a speedy trial and will be arraigned Sept. 6. The others are also expected to happen the week after Labor Day.
Chesebro’s trial is set for Oct. 23. District attorney Fani Willis has said she can try all of the defendants then — just eight weeks away, though experts generally agree it’s unlikely the large stack of cases can move that quickly. Willis originally sought a trial start date in March.
💵 Cashing in: Trump’s steely mug shot quickly went viral, with the former president’s team using it as an opportunity to fundraise and sell swag — beer koozies, T-shirts, mugs, posters and bumper stickers bearing the photo.
📸 Smiling on: Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Georgia Republican who has been a staunch ally of Trump, hopped on the viral trend of creating and posting fake mug shots in solidarity with Trump. (See the Dems’ reaction.)
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🚨 Hawaii seeks help finding 380+ still missing after fires |
The Hawaii government is seeking the public’s help with locating more than 380 people who are still unaccounted for after catastrophic wildfires ripped across Maui just over two weeks ago.
The death toll is currently at 115 as search efforts continue, but the FBI has identified hundreds of others who have been reported missing and haven’t been found. Maui officials released a list of their names.
“We’re releasing this list of names today because we know that it will help with the investigation,” Maui Police Chief John Pelletier said in a statement.
Authorities have urged the public to contact the FBI with any information that could help officials locate people or mark them safe.
Overall, more than 1,700 people initially reported missing have been found safe, dramatically decreasing the initial estimates. (The Hill) Related: The White House says President Biden didn’t hear the question that prompted a highly criticized “no comment” when he was asked recently about the wildfire death toll. (The Hill) |
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🐋 Biden administration faces suit over Gulf leases
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The state of Louisiana, Chevron and a prominent oil and gas industry group have sued the Biden administration over its plan to scale back Gulf of Mexico lease sales to protect the endangered Rice’s whale population.
The Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management notice for the upcoming lease sale outlined the new protections, cutting more than 6 million acres from the available lease area. The suit argues that change would violate Inflation Reduction Act.
The change in leasing acreage was included in a recent lawsuit settlement over protecting the whales. (The Hill) |
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📺 Petraeus says Putin likely behind Prigozhin killing; Kremlin denies
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Retired Army Gen. David Petraeus says the plane crash that killed Russian mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin this week was likely ordered by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“I think that Putin saw that his image — at the very least, if not the reality — was that he was seen as weakened,” Petraeus said in a NewsNation interview Friday.
The Kremlin has denied any government involvement in the death of Prigozhin, who was exiled to Belarus in June after leading a short-lived armed rebellion against Moscow.
Prigozhin is thought to have perished in a plane crash outside Moscow on Wednesday. More from Petraeus’s NewsNation interview via The Hill. |
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✈️ US to train Ukrainian pilots on F-16s this October in Arizona
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The U.S. military plans to bring Ukrainian pilots to Arizona this fall to train on F-16s at Morris Air National Guard Base in Tucson, according to the Pentagon.
Air Force spokesman Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder said the pilots will first receive English lessons at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, next month in an effort to boost their fluency to the level needed to fly the planes. (The Hill) |
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🎓 Who qualifies for $0 student loan payments?
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Student loan payments are about to resume soon, after a three-year pause prompted by the coronavirus pandemic, but some borrowers could find their monthly payments have drastically fallen — with some zeroed out entirely.
This helpful chart breaks it down.
Here are more details from Nexstar via The Hill. |
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“A tale of two Ramaswamys“ — via climate scientist Ben Santer. (Read here) “In Pakistan, religious freedom is withering” — via former State Department special envoy Knox Thames. (Read here) |
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32 days until the next GOP debate. 144 days until the Iowa caucuses.
326 days until the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.
362 days until the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.
438 days until Election Day. |
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President Biden is set to return to the White House on Saturday after his vacation in Nevada.
Monday’s the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, where Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech at the Lincoln Memorial before a crowd of thousands of people along the National Mall. An anniversary event featuring the Rev. Al Sharpton, Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King is scheduled to kick off at the memorial at 8 a.m. Saturday, followed by a march in downtown D.C.
Here’s who we’re watching this weekend on the Sunday shows: See something we’ve missed? Submit what’s on tap to The Hill: ecrisp@digital-release.thehill.com. |
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