- Josh Kovensky @ Talking Points Memo: Longtime Prosecutors Left, Bogus Cases Collapsed as Boutros Charged Broadview Six
Now, more than half a year later, the Broadview Six case — one of the most high-profile of these prosecutions — has collapsed, yielding substantial new evidence of prosecutorial misconduct.
- Melissa Gira Grant @ The New Republic: The DOJ Prosecutors Who Think They’re Trump’s Personal Lawyers
Judges have criticized the conduct of federal prosecutors in case after case. But DOJ lawyers know exactly who they’re really working for.
- Michael Scherer @ The Atlantic: Inside America’s Ugly Birthday Battle
Trump advisers broke an agreement to fund the bipartisan semiquincentennial celebrations, saying they will not “light taxpayer money on fire.”
- Dan Diamond and Isaac Arnsdorf @ The Washington Post: Trump sees 22 medical specialists, appearing to set new bar for presidents
Trump saw about a dozen specialists for prior checkups, per past statements. The White House has declined to identify which physicians assessed him.
- Dominick Bonny @ The Bulwark: Meet the Millennial Pastor at the Vanguard of the MAGA Culture War
Pastor/influencer Russell Johnson is the media-savvy new face of growing, Trumpified churches.