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The Washington Post reports: As former president Donald Trump prepares for trial on charges that he repeatedly violated government rules for handling classified information, his legal team may get a tactical timing advantage from an unlikely source: government rules for handling such secrets. Trump’s indictment on dozens of charges, including mishandling classified documents and trying to obstruct investigators’ efforts to …

“The question is, should we be putting someone like this forward as the leader of the country, leader of the free world who’s engaged in this kind of conduct? But the fact of the matter is, he is a consummate narcissist, and he constantly engages in reckless conduct that puts his political followers at risk and the conservative and Republican …

“It’s just irresponsible action that places our service members at risk, places our nation’s securities at risk. You cannot have these documents floating around. They need to be secured. We know how that happens. Only authorized persons that are allowed to receive documents or receive information from documents. So we’ve got to take this very seriously. These are serious issues.” …

The Hill reports: A slim majority of Americans surveyed in a poll released Friday would support pardoning former President Trump if he is convicted and sentenced to jail over allegations that he mishandled classified documents. The Harvard CAPS-Harris poll found 53 percent of total respondents — 80 percent of Republicans and 30 percent of Democrats — would support a pardon …

Posted last night to Trump’s Truth Social account: Well, it’s happened, just as I predicted. The Golden Goose that was so beautiful is being slaughtered by Fools. MAGA has left Fox for more promising “prairies.” Long live the King. The only solution for Fox News is to bring back Trump Allies and MAGA—Backing No Personality Ron DeSanctimonious has been a …

CNN reports: Years before he said he was running for president to “defeat the cult of gender ideology,” Donald Trump welcomed and praised the inclusion of transgender women in the Miss Universe pageant. In spring and summer 2012, Trump celebrated the interest in a 23-year-old transgender woman named Jenna Talackova participating in a Canadian pageant. He then later effusively praised …

The Hill reports: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez (R), who declared his candidacy for president on Thursday, hinted that he may be willing to pardon former President Trump for the federal charges he is facing. Suarez said in an interview on MSNBC on Friday that one of the possible reasons for the president to use the pardon power is to “heal …

Posted last night to Trump’s Trump Social account: John Kelly pretended to be a “tough guy,” but was actually weak and ineffective, born with a VERY small “brain.” He had a hard time functioning in a political world, and was truly an exhausted and beaten man when I fired him. In the end he was a “mummy” who sat in …

The Associated Press reports: The Justice Department on Friday filed a motion seeking to block former President Trump from releasing any classified materials that will be released to his legal team during his prosecution for the mishandling of records at Mar-a-Lago. The suggested protective order, which will be reviewed by Judge Bruce Reinhart, would allow Trump to review the 31 …

From the government watchdog group CREW: The Department of Justice has no records of then-President Donald Trump sending federal agents to Florida in 2018 to help Ron DeSantis win the governorship, despite Trump’s claims that he did so. Trump claimed on Truth Social in November 2022 that he sent federal agents to Florida to fight “voter fraud” and prevent Ron …

The Hill reports: CNN anchor Chris Wallace said if former President Trump is convicted on any of the charges against him in federal court stemming from his handling of classified documents, he could die in prison. “Well, look, you’d have to be crazy not to be worried,” Wallace said about how Trump might be feeling. “It’s, almost everyone, Republican and …

Politico reports: Former President Donald Trump’s attorney Jim Trusty, who withdrew from representing Trump in a pair of federal criminal probes last week, pulled out of yet another Trump legal matter Friday, citing “irreconcilable differences” with the former president. In a filing with the U.S. District Court of Southern Florida, Trusty indicated his intention to withdraw from Trump’s pending defamation …

First, a reminder from yesterday: The House on Wednesday voted down a resolution to censure Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.). The push to reprimand the former House Intelligence Committee chair came as former President Trump was arrested on Tuesday over his handling of classified documents. The resolution cited Schiff’s allegations of collusion between Trump and Russia during the 2016 election, and …

The Washington Post reports: Interviews with seven Trump advisers with knowledge of the probe indicate he misled his own advisers, telling them the boxes contained only newspaper clippings and clothes. He repeatedly refused to give the documents back, even when some of his longest-serving advisers warned of peril and some flew to Mar-a-Lago to beg him to return them. Trump …

Forbes reports: Mar-a-Lago looked to employ 380 short-term foreign workers from 2017 to 2022, when Trump had access to classified documents, initially as president and ultimately as a former official living at the club. According to the indictment, Trump stored classified documents in the ballroom, a bathroom, his bedroom, a storage room and his office. It’s unclear who exactly could …

Politico reports: Former Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson said he would not vote for Donald Trump should he end up the Republican nominee and be convicted in a criminal trial. The declaration is one of the strongest rebukes of Trump since he was indicted. It also underscores the difficult position in which the Republican party now finds itself: with the party’s …

Here’s the transcript via Right Side Broadcasting: VANESSA BROUSSARD: Quieter, a little quieter than what it was earlier. I want to bring in a Trump supporter. She is here supporting the president. And you’ve been to many rallies. So you like to follow him and really show him that you have his back? TRUMP SUPPORTER: I always have his back. …

The Atlantic reports: According to the Justice Department and a taped recording of the former president, Trump took classified records from Mar-a-Lago to Bedminster, where he showed off the contents of such records to others. The indictment alleges that Trump showed a map to a political ally and also showed a writer and a publisher a secret military plan to …

Mediaite reports: After pleading not guilty on Tuesday to the 37 criminal federal charges he faces, Trump stopped at the Versailles cafe in Miami, where his supporters showered him with adoration as he held an impromptu event for himself. Reporters followed Trump to the gathering, including Sky News’ Sophie Alexander, who asked: “President Trump, are you ready to go to …

The Washington Post reports: Former president Donald Trump faced down the most serious threat to his personal liberty and political future like just another day on the campaign trail — waving to fans, giving a thumbs up, swinging by a storied eatery, soliciting donations and planning a spirited speech to supporters at one of his properties. The almost celebratory display …