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9:40 PM ET, December 19, 2022

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Washington Post:
Jan. 6 committee refers Trump to Justice Dept. for criminal charges  —  The decision — an unprecedented move for Congress — came as the panel released a summary of its final report and met publicly for the last time  —  The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 …
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NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee finalizes criminal referral plan for Trump  —  WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 committee met Sunday to finalize its plans to issue at least three criminal referrals for former President Donald Trump, NBC News has learned exclusively.  —  The committee, gathering publicly Monday …
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee report summary: Ivanka Trump not ‘forthcoming’  —  The panel says none of its witnesses provided evidence to suggest the election result was tainted, concluding that the claim was “a big scam.”  It also alleges a plot to obstruct.  —  WASHINGTON — The House Jan. 6 select …
Brian Witte / Associated Press:
Hogan: Trump at ‘lowest point ever’ on day of Jan. 6 report  —  Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan, a Republican weighing a 2024 White House bid, said Monday he believes former President Donald Trump is “at his lowest point ever,” as the House Jan. 6 committee wrapped up its investigation into what Hogan described as …
NBC News:
Jan. 6 committee avoids criticizing law enforcement in report summary
Discussion: Raw Story and USA Today
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
How Jan. 6th Committee's Revelations of Interference in Their Investigation Can Enable the Special Counsel
J.D. Capelouto / Semafor:
Secret Service seized 269 knives from Trump supporters hours before Jan. 6 attack
Jennifer Rubin / Washington Post:
The Jan. 6 committee just lowered the boom on Trump. Now the ball is in DOJ's court.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
DOJ cares about the evidence, not the criminal referrals
NBC News:
The Jan. 6 committee prepares to release criminal referrals and a final report
Insider:
Incoming GOP congressman accused of lying about his employment history and where he went to college defends himself with a false Winston Churchill quote  — Long Island Republican George Santos has been accused of fabricating his biography.  — In a statement Monday night, Santos's attorney quoted Winston Churchill.
Discussion: Politico and New Republic
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New York Times:
Who Is Rep.-Elect George Santos?  His Résumé May Be Largely Fiction.  —  Mr. Santos, a Republican from New York, says he's the “embodiment of the American dream.”  But he seems to have misrepresented a number of his career highlights.  —  George Santos, whose election …
Kadia Goba / Semafor:
The Democrat who lost to an alleged fraudster says he tried to warn you  —  Republican Congressman-elect George Santos is engulfed in the scandal of a lifetime before even taking the oath of office after the New York Times reported huge portions of his biography appeared to be “Catch Me If You Can”-style fiction.
Discussion: New Republic and Washington Post
Washington Post:
Democrats call for probe into GOP congressman-elect's biography
Discussion: New York Magazine and RedState
Sarah Westwood / Washington Examiner:
‘He lies’: Kevin McCarthy's political mentor rips him as liar in scathing attack  —  A former mentor to House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy blasted the aspiring speaker in remarks published this week for a profile of McCarthy.  —  “You never know what's inside, really,” …
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Jonathan Blitzer / New Yorker:
What Kevin McCarthy Will Do to Gain Power  —  The Republican leader's ambition has always been his defining characteristic.  Attempting to placate both Trumpists and moderates may lead to his downfall. … On the afternoon of November 15th, a congressional intern in a suit and tie sprinted …
Discussion: Mediaite
David Frum / The Atlantic:
Justice Is Coming for Donald Trump  —  Every effort to hold Donald Trump accountable has been thwarted by those who made it someone else's job.  Not any more.  —  “Many secrets, no mysteries”: That is the basic rule of all Donald Trump scandals.  —  There has never been any mystery about what happened on January 6, 2021.
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Washington Post:
Chief justice temporarily keeps pandemic-era Title 42 border policy in place  —  GOP governors have asked Supreme Court to stop Biden administration from allowing all border crossers to seek asylum  —  Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. on Monday temporarily left in place a pandemic-era policy …
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Ariane de Vogue / CNN:
Title 42 to remain in place for now as Chief Justice John Roberts temporarily freezes order meant to end it
David Folkenflik / NPR:
In the Southeast, power company money flows to news sites that attack their critics  —  NPR's David Folkenflik reported this story with Mario Ariza and Miranda Green of Floodlight, a nonprofit newsroom that investigates the powerful interests stalling climate action.
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Andrew Dalton / Associated Press:
Harvey Weinstein found guilty of rape in Los Angeles trial  —  Harvey Weinstein was found guilty Monday of rape at a Los Angeles trial in another #MeToo moment of reckoning, five years after he became a magnet for the movement.  After deliberating for nine days spanning more than two weeks …
John Solomon / Just The News:
DOJ snooped on House Intelligence Committee investigators during Russia probe, subpoenas show  —  In an extraordinary intrusion on congressional oversight, the Justice Department used grand jury subpoenas to secretly obtain the personal email and phone data of at least two top House Intelligence …
Lawrence H. Summers / Washington Post:
Larry Summers: What the Fed should do next on inflation  —  The debate over U.S. monetary policy is in a new phase.  There is no longer any question that the Fed allowed itself to fall way behind the curve in the second half of 2021 and early 2022, calling its credibility into question.
Discussion: New York Post
David Uberti / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Scores $4 Billion Windfall on Oil-Reserve Sales  —  Washington emerges as unlikely winner after releases from Strategic Petroleum Reserve  —  Volatile energy markets have made 2022 a big year for commodity traders.  One of the biggest and perhaps most unlikely winners: The U.S. government.
Michael Powell / New York Times:
How Naming the James Webb Telescope Turned Into a Fight Over Homophobia  —  Did the former head of NASA discriminate against gay people?  One physicist tried to rebut the accusation, only to find himself the target of attacks.  —  For half a decade now, influential young scientists …
Discussion: HotAir
Adam Wren / Politico:
'He's Got a Huge Problem'  —  PHOENIX — A few weeks before Election Day, Mike Pence stood in the arid Arizona heat to give a boost to someone who was at that moment locked in a fight for a Senate seat.  —  Pence had been invited by David McIntosh — the president of the conservative Club for Growth and …
Roll Call:
Omnibus text delayed over FBI headquarters issue  —  Release of a massive $1.7 trillion omnibus spending package with all manner of unrelated add-ons was taking longer than expected, with text still being finalized Monday evening.  —  The chief holdup appeared to be language Democrats …
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
An ‘Imperial Supreme Court’ Asserts Its Power, Alarming Scholars  —  Several new studies document the current court's distinctive insistence on its dominance and the justices' willingness to use procedural shortcuts to achieve it.  —  WASHINGTON — The conventional critique of the Supreme Court …
 
 
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Electoral Count Act, crafted as response to Jan. 6, will be in omnibus bill
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Jay Nordlinger / National Review:
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