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3:10 AM ET, December 21, 2022

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CNN:
Exclusive: Trump's former White House ethics lawyer told Cassidy Hutchinson to give misleading testimony to January 6 committee, sources say  —  The January 6 committee made a startling allegation on Monday, claiming it had evidence that a Trump-backed attorney urged a key witness to mislead the committee about details they recalled.
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Amanda Carpenter / The Bulwark:
Four Crimes: The Jan. 6th Committee Recommends Prosecution for Trump  —  An overview of the evidence for each of the committee's criminal referrals.  —  A JANUARY 6 VIDEO OF FORMER US PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP TELLING HIS SUPPORTERS TO GO HOME, IS SEEN ON SCREEN DURING A HEARING …
New York Times:
Lawyer for Key Jan. 6 Witness Seeks to Rebut Panel's Claim of Interference  —  Stefan Passantino, who represented Cassidy Hutchinson in the early stages of the House select committee's investigation, took a leave of absence from his law firm.  —  WASHINGTON — A former lawyer for a White House aide …
Discussion: Raw Story, Political Wire and Bloomberg
CBS News:
Exclusive: Trump aide testified he saw Trump “tearing” documents; Meadows also once told him, “Don't come into the room”  —  Nick Luna, a former White House aide to President Donald Trump, told the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 assault on the Capitol that he witnessed Trump …
Discussion: New York Post, Raw Story and The Hill
William Saletan / The Bulwark:
Piecing Together What Trump Knew and When He Knew It
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
No, the Jan. 6 committee didn't make Trump stronger
NBC News:
House committee votes to make public Donald Trump's personal and business tax records  —  House committee votes to release Donald Trump's tax returns  —  The House Ways and Means Committee voted Tuesday to make six years of former President Donald Trump's tax returns public …
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New York Times:
I.R.S. Didn't Audit Trump for 2 Years in Office, House Committee Says  —  The House Ways and Means Committee voted to release six years of Mr. Trump's tax returns, and members revealed that the I.R.S. failed to follow its own policy because it did not audit Mr. Trump during his first two years in office.
CNN:
READ: House Ways and Means Committee report finding Trump was not properly audited by IRS as president  —  The Democratic-led House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday released a summary report that concluded the IRS failed to audit former President Donald Trump's taxes as required under the mandatory presidential audit program.
AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
House Committee Votes ‘Yes’ on Releasing Trump's Tax Returns
Lois Beckett / The Guardian:
Police provide first official details of Elon Musk's alleged stalker incident  —  Police say a member of Elon Musk's security team is currently a suspect in their investigation, not a victim  —  Twitter CEO Elon Musk tweeted last week that a “crazy stalker” followed a car carrying …
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NBC News:
California police say member of Elon Musk's security team is a suspect following stalker claim  —  Police in Southern California said Tuesday they were seeking additional information about an incident last week that Twitter CEO Elon Musk said prompted him to crack down on accounts that track whereabouts of private jets — including his.
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Congress releases major spending bill with election reforms to prevent another Jan. 6  —  WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders released a bipartisan government funding bill early Tuesday that includes a rewrite of federal election laws aimed at preventing another Jan. 6-style attack …
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Ryan King / Washington Examiner:
‘Dead on arrival’: McCarthy threatens to tank McConnell's agenda if Senate GOP votes for omnibus
BBC:
Zelensky in Washington: Ukraine's leader heads to US for first foreign trip  —  Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says he is on his way to Washington, where he will meet US President Joe Biden on Wednesday.  —  It is his first foreign trip since Russia invaded in February.
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Washington Post:
Zelensky slated to meet Biden, appear in Congress on Wednesday
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
The GOP is quietly ‘Trump-proofing’ our system behind his back  —  Nobody tell Donald Trump, but Republicans in the Senate appear poised to join Democrats in protecting our democracy from exactly the election subversion he attempted in 2020 — and would surely attempt again in 2024 if given the chance.
Lee Fang / The Intercept:
Twitter Aided the Pentagon in its Covert Online Propaganda Campaign … Twitter executives have claimed for years that the company makes concerted efforts to detect and thwart government-backed covert propaganda campaigns on its platform.  —  Behind the scenes, however …
Politico:
New book says Biden called Harris a ‘work in progress’  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  In the first months of his presidency, JOE BIDEN vented his frustration …
Hugh Son / CNBC:
Wells Fargo agrees to $3.7 billion settlement with CFPB over consumer abuses  — Wells Fargo agreed to a $3.7 billion settlement with the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau over customer abuses tied to mortgages, auto loans and overdraft fees, the regulator said Tuesday.
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Hannah Levitt / Bloomberg:
Wells Fargo to Pay $3.7 Billion for Mistreating Customers
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
The Twitter-FBI story relies far more on insinuation than evidence  —  The third-most important story of Oct. 7, 2016, was a warning from the federal government about Russian efforts to interfere with that year's presidential election.  It was an unusual message and a relatively vague one …
Sarah Wallace / NBC New York:
Face Recognition Tech Gets Girl Scout Mom Booted From Rockettes Show — Due to Where She Works  —  A recent incident at Radio City Music Hall involving the mother of a Girl Scout is shedding light on the growing controversy of facial recognition, as critics claim it is being used …
Antony J. Blinken / United States Department of State:
Standing with Afghanistan's Women and Girls  —  The United States condemns in the strongest terms the Taliban's indefensible decision to ban women from universities, keep secondary schools closed to girls, and continue to impose other restrictions on the ability of women and girls in Afghanistan …
Discussion: The Guardian, DNyuz and Bloomberg
Bloomberg:
Sam Bankman-Fried to Fly to US Wednesday, Escorted by FBI Agents  —  Federal authorities are set to whisk Sam Bankman-Fried to the US on Wednesday to face a range of criminal charges related to the collapse of the FTX crypto exchange.  —  Bankman-Fried signed his surrender documents on Tuesday …
Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
White House Looks at Benefits to Lure Americans Back Into Workforce  —  Biden administration officials are crafting a 2023 economic agenda  —  WASHINGTON—Top White House economic officials are considering a renewed push for a suite of policies aimed at luring more Americans back to work …
Discussion: The Hill
Wilhelmine Preussen / Politico:
Nazi camp secretary found guilty in potentially final Holocaust trial  —  'I'm sorry for everything that happened and I regret that I was in Stutthof at the time.  That's all I can say,' says Irmgard Furchner.  —  A German court convicted a former Nazi camp secretary of complicity in the murder …
Associated Press:
Police seize on COVID-19 tech to expand global surveillance  —  Majd Ramlawi was serving coffee in Jerusalem's Old City when a chilling text message appeared on his phone.  “You have been spotted as having participated in acts of violence in the Al-Aqsa Mosque,” it read in Arabic.
Discussion: HotAir and Associated Press
Umair Irfan / Vox:
America's most important EV is also its goofiest  —  A new fleet of electric mail trucks heralds the next phase of the EV revolution.  —  Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor climate change stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.
Financial Times:
Billionaire Oleg Deripaska's Sochi hotel complex seized after Russian court order … A Russian court has ordered the seizure of a luxury hotel complex owned by billionaire Oleg Deripaska, one of the few oligarchs to have criticised President Vladimir Putin's war in Ukraine …
Discussion: DNyuz, Defense One and Political Wire
Matt Pusatory / wusa9.com:
Council considers upping hotel tax to boost DC tourism  —  DC leaders say tourism has taken a hit during the pandemic and an increased tax will help raise money for advertising.  —  WASHINGTON — The DC Council is holding its final session Tuesday before new members are sworn in next month.
Discussion: NBC4 Washington
 
 
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Reuters:
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NBC News:
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