'POLITICAL EARTHQUAKE: Fed-up Democrat switches facets

The Hill

• READ: Trump indictment in classified documents case June 9, 2023
  Donald Trump was indicted Thursday in a case involving his handling of classified documents, making him the first former U.S. president to be faced with federal criminal charges. The Department of Justice unsealed the indictment on Friday, ahead of Trump's expected appearance in court next Tuesday. Read the indictment here. gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.3.0 by Brandon Conradis on...
• Special counsel to make first remarks on Trump indictment June 9, 2023
  Special Counsel Jack Smith is now preparing to address the public Friday afternoon after the Justice Department has faced criticism over its silence in the wake of Donald Trump’s announcement the agency has indicted him.  It’s a familiar pattern for prosecutors dealing with Trump, who have seen him beat law enforcement to the punch in announcing...
• Trump shakes up legal team in documents case after indictment June 9, 2023
  Former President Trump on Friday announced a significant change in his legal team representing him in the case of whether he mishandled classified documents, one day after he was indicted by the Justice Department. Trump posted on Truth Social that he will be represented by attorney Todd Blanche moving forward, “and a firm to be...
• Trump-appointed judge Aileen Cannon assigned to his documents case June 9, 2023
  Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who took the extraordinary step of appointing a special master in the Mar-a-Lago case, may initially oversee the case, according to reporting from multiple outlets. Cannon’s name appeared on the summons for Donald Trump’s Tuesday appearance, as did Judge Bruce Reinhart, who approved the warrant to search the former...
• Hillary Clinton responds to Trump indictment with 'But Her Emails' merch pitch June 9, 2023
  Hillary Clinton is reacting to former President Trump’s federal indictment by making a pitch for her “But Her Emails” merchandise. The 2016 Democratic presidential nominee took to social media Friday — just hours after Trump announced Thursday that his legal team had been told he was indicted following an investigation into his handling of classified...
• Republicans buckle down for what could be marathon blockade June 9, 2023
  Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) is racing to break the lower chamber deadlock triggered this week by disgruntled conservatives, but rank-and-file members aren’t holding their breath for a resolution. A number of House Republicans left Washington on Thursday warning the sides remain so far apart that it might require weeks — maybe longer — to get […]