"We don’t know what, if anything, Trump did with the materials at Mar-a-Lago. But DOJ appears to be interested in that question. For one thing, they’ve obtained video surveillance tapes of MAL.
"There’s been speculation that the large and seemingly unwarranted investment of $2 billion by the Saudis in Jared Kushner’s new business venture along with the large sums of money paid to Trump to host a Saudi-backed golf tournament could be payoffs.
"But for now, that is just speculation and I’d encourage you to be careful about buying into conjecture unless and until it’s backed up by evidence—even when the speculation makes a certain amount of intuitive sense.
"One more item before we close. The environmental lawyer who wanted to be attorney general is still trying to show off for Trump. He thought he could make up some inane nonsense about my #SistersInLaw podcast co-host and dear friend Barb McQuade, ...
"who tweeted an explanation of the classification issue we dove into up above. But Barb wasn’t having any of it and responded with one of the best examples of civil discourse I’ve seen; just the facts and no rancor." joycevance.substack.com/p/the-week-ahe…
"Feb. 24, 2022: The House Oversight Committee asks NARA to describe and catalog the 15 boxes of records that Trump returned to the government in January.
"March 28, 2022: NARA declines to provide Congress with information about what was taken. It cites “consultation” with the Justice Department regarding the matter.
"A new poll shows Val Demmings leading Marco Rubio by 4 percentage points. (University of North Florida, Demings 48%, Rubio 44%.) I suspect that this poll is an outlier. But it is actually on trend, with a group of recent polls showing a relatively close race.
"It’s the first independent poll of the race in a month and the first real known-quantity poll since the beginning of 2022.
"Given the rightward drift of Florida, I would not be getting my hopes up that this is a Democratic pick up. But it is a strong indication that this is a seat Republicans will have to fight to hold on to.
"Dismayed by Kansas voters’ overwhelming rejection of an amendment that would’ve stripped away abortion rights from the state’s constitution, ...
"several anti-abortion activists sought a statewide hand recount – but failed to raise enough cash for the $229,000 required to pay for it in all 105 counties on Monday.
"Allen Weisselberg, who served as the Trump Organization’s chief financial officer, has reportedly reached a plea deal in the Manhattan district attorney’s criminal tax fraud investigation into the Trump Organization." talkingpointsmemo.com/news/trump-org…
"However, the Trump Organization is not expected to take a plea deal like the former executive, and the case is expected to move forward to trial with jury selection in October.
"CBS News also confirmed other reports that Weisselberg is expected to be handed a five-month prison sentence as part of the agreement."
“I spoke with one of the original Never Trumpers over the weekend, a man who has lost friends and family because of his opposition to Trump, ...
"and he told me that one of the most unsettling things to him is that these same pro-Trump family and friends now say that they believe that Trump broke the law—but that they don’t care.
“They see Trump and his crusade—their crusade against evil, the drama that gives their lives meaning—as more important than the law.” politicalwire.com/2022/08/16/mor…
" 'America cannot remain free if we abandon the truth. The lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen is insidious, it preys on those who love their country, ...
"'it is a door Donald Trump opened to manipulate Americans to abandon their principles, to sacrifice their freedom, to justify violence, to ignore the rulings of our courts and the rule of law.'”