Plus, Liz Truss is the UK's new prime minister.
A judge appoints a special master to review Mar-a-Lago docs; Liz Truss assumes UK leadership. Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin. |
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Judge grants Trump's request for a special master |
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- A federal judge ordered the appointment of a special master on Monday, to review documents the FBI seized last month from Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort. [Slate / Norman L. Eisen and Fred Wertheimer]
- The judge, appointed during the Trump administration, said the Justice Department must pause its investigation until an independent specialist can review the documents for attorney-client or executive privilege.[Reuters / Sarah N. Lynch]
- Federal prosecutors had argued that the documents aren't protected by executive privilege since Trump is no longer president. The DOJ could appeal the ruling. [CNN / Tierney Sneed, Jeremy Herb, and Marshall Cohen]
- Appointing a special master could delay the ongoing criminal investigation into whether Trump illegally withheld documents or obstructed the government's effort to retrieve them. [New York Times / Alan Feuer, Glenn Thrush, and Charlie Savage]
- The judge did allow the director of National Intelligence to continue conducting a separate analysis of potential threats to national security posed by Trump's mishandling of classified information. [Washington Post / Perry Stein]
- Federal prosecutors and Trump's attorney must submit special master candidates to the judge by Friday. [USA Today / Ella Lee]
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📍 Go deeper Vox's Ian Millhiser explains why appointing a special master could delay the FBI investigation into Trump for months — or even years. [Vox / Ian Millhiser] |
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Lizz Truss is the new UK Prime Minister |
- Former foreign secretary Liz Truss officially became the UK prime minister Tuesday, taking over for Boris Johnson. [Vox / Jen Kirby]
- Truss, 47, defeated Rishi Sunak in a Conservative Party leadership election to replace scandal-ridden Johnson. [NYT / Mark Landler]
- Truss assumes leadership as the UK faces its worst economic crisis in decades, soaring energy costs, and the continued fallout from Brexit. [Washington Post / Ishaan Tharoor]
- In her first speech as prime minister Tuesday, Truss said she would take action this week to provide relief to families facing high energy bills. [USA Today / Kim Hjelmgaard]
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Canada police are still looking for one of two suspects in the stabbing attacks that killed 10 people Sunday. [NBC News / Phil Helsel] |
- Two 2020 election deniers currently under investigation have been visiting a Georgia election office at the center of an investigation into possible election tampering. [Washington Post / Emma Brown and Jon Swaine]
- Tuesday, Memphis police said they found the body of Eliza Fletcher, a 34-year-old jogger, who was abducted while running last week. [BuzzFeed News / Julia Reinstein]
- Leonard Glenn Francis, a Malaysian businessman who pleaded guilty to a 2015 Navy corruption scandal, escaped from house arrest in San Diego. [Guardian / Rebecca Ratcliffe]
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