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8:25 PM ET, January 27, 2023

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Washington Post:
Justice Department asks FEC to stand down as prosecutors probe Santos  —  The request is the clearest sign to date of an active criminal investigation examining the congressman's campaign finances  —  The Justice Department has asked the Federal Election Commission to hold off …
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Mother Jones:
We Tried to Call the Top Donors to George Santos' 2020 Campaign.  Many Don't Seem To Exist  —  Fight disinformation: Sign up for the free Mother Jones Daily newsletter and follow the news that matters.  —  In September 2020, George Santos' congressional campaign reported that Victoria …
Discussion: WCAX-TV
Roger Sollenberger / The Daily Beast:
George Santos' Campaign Might Face a New Criminal Probe  —  Santos could be in big trouble for a very small mistake that may point to a larger problem in his campaign finance reports. … As financial questions continue to swirl around George Santos, his campaign might face a new criminal investigation.
Discussion: Fox News, CNN, CNBC, Politico and Forbes
Emily Ngo / Spectrum News NY1:
New Santos filings raise more questions over $700,000 loan
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Rolling Stone:
Trump's Killing Spree: The Inside Story of His Race to Execute Every Prisoner He Could  —  Before 2020, there had been three federal executions in 60 years.  Then Trump put 13 people to death in six months … N THE FINAL moments of Brandon Bernard's life, before he was executed …
Discussion: Vox, Vanity Fair and Raw Story
New York Times:
Tyre Nichols Live Updates: Memphis to Release ‘Appalling’ Police Video  —  People who have seen the footage say it shows five police officers, who have been fired and charged with murder, beating Mr. Nichols, who died three days later.  His family and officials have called for peaceful protest.
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NBC News:
Tyre Nichols video live updates: Memphis police release bodycam video  —  Coming up: Live coverage as Memphis police release video of Tyre Nichols' arrest … 1m ago / 12:07 AM UTC  —  Biden said he told Tyre Nichols' mother he'll push for bill to prevent police abuse  —  Dennis Romero
NBC News:
Video shows Memphis officers kick, punch and tase Tyre Nichols during fatal encounter  —  Video released by authorities in Memphis Friday shows police officers beating Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop that ended with his hospitalization and death.  —  The four videos released …
Jack Forrest / CNN:
Court releases video of attack on Paul Pelosi  —  San Francisco Superior Court on Friday released video and audio recorded during last year's attack on Paul Pelosi after a California court ruled the district attorney's office must make the materials public.  —  CNN has obtained the CD containing …
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Washington Post:
Judge releases evidence, video footage in attack on Paul Pelosi  —  Police body-camera video showing the October attack on the husband of Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), along with audio of Paul Pelosi's 911 call, were made public Friday, revealing footage of the moment he was bludgeoned by a hammer-wielding intruder looking for his wife.
Houston Keene / Fox News:
David DePape breaking into Pelosi home captured on US Capitol Police surveillance footage
Stuart A. Thompson / New York Times:
On Trump's Social Network: Ads for Miracle Cures, Scams and Fake Merchandise  —  Truth Social, the social network started by former President Donald J. Trump, has struggled to attract large brands.  —  Between posts about conspiracy theories and right-wing grievances was an unusual advertisement …
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Natalie Allison / Politico:
Ronna McDaniel wins RNC chair race that grew very messy by the end  —  DANA POINT, Calif. — Ronna McDaniel will serve a rare fourth term as chair of the Republican National Committee, emerging victorious in a contentious bid for reelection.  —  McDaniel on Friday defeated her main challenger …
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Washington Post:
Ronna McDaniel quells revolt to win reelection as chair of fractured RNC
NBC News:
Biden's notebooks among items seized by FBI in Delaware home search  —  Notebooks that President Joe Biden wrote in during his time as vice president are among the items the FBI took from one of his Delaware homes during a search there last week, according to a person familiar with the investigation.
Discussion: Sputnik News
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Trent Abrego / Argus Leader:
Former Jones County GOP chairman charged with 3 counts of child pornography  —  Update: This story has been changed to include a comment from the South Dakota GOP.  —  A Lincoln County man has been charged with three counts of possession of child pornography.
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Announces More Arrests in Plot to Kill Iranian Writer  —  Three men were enlisted to assassinate Masih Alinejad, a human-rights activist in Brooklyn who has criticized Iran's repression of women, the indictment said.  —  The Justice Department has charged three men in a murder …
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NBC News:
Man sentenced to over 6 years in the Jan. 6 assault on Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick  —  Julian Khater admitted to spraying Sicknick and another officer with a chemical irritant.  Sicknick died a day after the riot of natural causes, which Capitol Police said was in the line of duty.
Discussion: Bloomberg, Politico and CNN
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CBS News:
Jan. 6 rioter who admitted to spraying Officer Brian Sicknick sentenced to more than 6 years in prison
Alexander Nazaryan / Yahoo News:
Attorney who helped firebomb NYPD car during BLM protests sentenced to prison … President of the United States since 2021  —  BROOKLYN — In a dramatic hearing on Thursday, a federal judge sentenced a corporate attorney who firebombed a police car during the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests …
Mattathias Schwartz / Insider:
Exclusive: Inside the extramarital affair and cash-fueled double life of Charles McGonigal, the FBI spy hunter charged with taking Russian money  —  2023-01-27T11:00:00Z … One morning in October 2017, Allison Guerriero noticed something unusual on the floor of her boyfriend's Park Slope, Brooklyn, apartment: a bag full of cash.
Discussion: Talking Points Memo and Bloomberg
Gadi Zaig / Jerusalem Post:
Jerusalem synagogue killing spree leaves seven dead, three injured  —  Netanyahu: ‘I call on citizens not to take the law into their own hands, for that we have an army and police’  —  At least seven people were killed and another three injured in a terror attack at a synagogue …
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Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel:
Palestinian terrorist shoots 7 dead in ‘murderous rampage’ at Jerusalem synagogue
Lane Brown / Curbed:
New Yorkers Never Came ‘Flooding Back.’ Why Did Rents Go Up So Much?  —  Getting to the bottom of a COVID-era real estate mystery.  —  For a minute there, things looked grim for New York City landlords.  The pandemic caused an exodus of such proportions that building owners were forced …
Alexi McCammond / Axios:
Not an anomaly: 2020's red states have higher murder rates  —  The murder rates in Trump-voting states from 2020 have exceeded those in Biden-voting states every year since 2000, according to a new analysis by ThirdWay, a center-left think tank. … - Four reliably-red states consistently …
Paul Schwartzman / Washington Post:
Downtown D.C.'s struggles mount as many workers remain remote  —  As his only tenant was moving out the other day, Anthony Lanier walked through his glass office tower in downtown Washington, all too aware of the looming financial danger he faces.  —  Mortgage payments of about $1 million a month.
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez / Washington Post:
Election losses only deepen Arizona Republicans' insistence on fraud  —  Some lawmakers refuse to acknowledge legitimacy of democratic governor, resist attempts to lessen division  —  PHOENIX — As Republicans in Arizona's largest county gathered earlier this month, the routine task of choosing …
Discussion: Raw Story and Political Wire
Jennifer Cohn / Bucks County Beacon:
Roger Stone Deserves More Scrutiny for His Role in the Events Leading to January 6  —  Political fixer Roger Stone deserves more in depth scrutiny than the bipartisan January 6th Committee could or did provide in its recent 814-page report, which focused primarily on former President Donald Trump.
Discussion: Raw Story
Douglas London / Just Security:
Rep. Jordan's Dangerous New Panel is Nothing Like the Church Committee  —  Washington is bracing for the impact of the new House Select Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government which is to be led by Rep. Jim Jordan, the incoming chairman of the Judiciary Committee …
Politico:
Garcetti, you're still here?  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  With help from Allie Bice.  —  It's been 567 days since President JOE BIDEN announced his nomination of ERIC GARCETTI to become U.S. ambassador to India.
 
 
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Steve Inskeep / NPR:
Hakeem Jeffries says Democrats won't pay a ‘ransom note’ to GOP over debt ceiling
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Bloomberg
Greg Sargent / Washington Post:
New fears about Ron DeSantis's book crackdowns show his odious game
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Department of Justice:
United States Obtains Temporary Restraining Order Against Firearm Companies Illegally Selling Machine Guns
Discussion: UPI and The Hill
Abigail Adcox / Washington Examiner:
FDA to relax blood donation rules for gay and bisexual men in monogamous relationships
Max Moran / American Prospect:
The Myth of Jeffrey Zients
Discussion: New York Times