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Grand Jury Rejects Trump Administration’s Effort to Charge Individual With Voter Fraud

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Feuer
The rejection demonstrates the department’s harried push to prove President Trump’s unsubstantiated claims of rampant voter fraud.

© Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times

The Justice Department has been handed a string of losses in courts across the country in recent weeks.
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As Midterms Near, Top Law Firms That Capitulated to Trump Are on the Sidelines

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt and Jim Rutenberg
None of the firms that struck deals to avoid crippling executive orders are publicly involved in the major legal efforts to check the Trump administration’s attempts to meddle in the midterm elections, a review by The New York Times shows.

© Mark Schiefelbein/Associated Press

The lawyer Norm Eisen is preparing to lead a coalition that has vowed to stop President Trump if he tries to interfere in the midterm elections.
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Grand Jury Declines to Bring Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt · Alan Feuer and Glenn Thrush
The rejection of the indictment was the latest extraordinary setback in President Trump’s wide-ranging campaign to go after his political opponents.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

The investigation of Cassidy Hutchinson was directed to the Justice Department’s civil rights division, which normally focuses on issues like police violence and election integrity.
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Cornell’s Chi Phi Chapter Faces Scrutiny Over Assault Accusations

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Alan Blinder and Michael S. Schmidt
Chi Phi’s Cornell chapter was shuttered after a woman said its members sexually assaulted her. It was one of the oldest fraternities at the school, where Greek life has thrived.

© Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times

The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University.
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Justice Dept. Opens Inquiry Into Los Angeles Clippers’ Dealings With Kawhi Leonard

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt · William K. Rashbaum and Santul Nerkar
The investigation, by the U.S. attorney’s office in Brooklyn, is in its earliest stages, leaving it unclear whether criminal charges will ensue.

© Ryan Sun/Associated Press

The N.B.A. leveled a series of severe punishments last week against the Los Angeles Clippers after an investigation concluded that the team had engaged in a wide-ranging effort to break league rules.
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How a Counterintelligence Inquiry Into Trump’s Russia Ties Was Derailed

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt
Documents released by the White House shed new light on the demise of an often-overlooked 2017 F.B.I. investigation.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

President Trump has always dismissed as baseless political smears suggestions that he was a Russian asset.
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Trump, Paul Weiss and the Capitulation of Big Law: 5 Takeaways

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
The law firm Paul Weiss led the legal resistance against President Trump. Then it led a sudden retreat across the legal industry. A Times investigation examined how it caved to White House pressure.

© Andrew Kelly/Reuters

Paul Weiss’s offices in Washington.
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Democrats Demand Information From Law Firm Over Its Deal With Trump

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt
The demand from top congressional Democrats signals their plans to investigate the nature of law firms’ agreements with the Trump administration if they return to power after the midterm elections.

© John Taggart for The New York Times

Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom agreed to do $100 million in pro bono work on issues that President Trump supports in a deal it reached with the White House.
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Trump Administration Subpoenas Law Firms, Escalating Pressure Campaign

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt and Devlin Barrett
The uneasy truce between the administration and the law firms it cut deals with last year has erupted into a pitched legal battle behind closed doors.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

The subpoenas — which were part of a civil dispute and not a criminal investigation — ask for all communications the firms had with Boris Epshteyn, President Trump’s personal lawyer.
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Yale Law School Fights to Stop Trump Deal

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Alan Blinder and Michael S. Schmidt
The university has been in talks to resolve investigations into its admissions practices. The law school’s dean and some faculty have argued a deal could compromise its independence.

© Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

Students at Yale Law School have also criticized the university’s efforts to seek a deal with the Trump administration.
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White House Secretly Swayed Board Meant to Protect Federal Workers From Unfair Firings

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Jonah E. Bromwich · Michael S. Schmidt and Rebecca Davis O’Brien
Behind the scenes, the Trump White House went to extensive lengths to advance its theory of executive power, potentially giving the president remarkable leeway to install loyalists at nearly every echelon of government.

© Eric Lee for The New York Times

The Trump administration maintains that the president can direct the actions of federal employees, including prosecutors and immigration judges.
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Yale Seeks Trump Administration Deal in Inquiry Over Race and Admissions

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt · Alan Blinder and Michael C. Bender
The university hired a high-powered law firm to try to reach an agreement with the Justice Department over claims its admissions practices hurt white and Asian applicants.

© Christopher Capozziello for The New York Times

While a deal could alleviate federal pressure on Yale, it could create problems closer to campus. Schools that have cut deals with the Trump administration have faced a backlash from students, faculty and alumni.
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Conor McGregor Defends Treatment That Included Banned Drugs

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt
The Ultimate Fighting Championship star said his priority was walking again after shattering his leg, and he confirmed elements of a New York Times article about how he came to use banned substances.

© Rob Gray/Associated Press

Conor McGregor attending an N.B.A. game in Salt Lake City last year.
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Conor McGregor’s Comeback: A Tale of Banned Drugs and a Famous Doctor

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt
McGregor, the Ultimate Fighting Championship’s main attraction, had the support of the prominent sports physician Neal ElAttrache when he decided to use performance-enhancing drugs.

© John Locher/Associated Press

Conor McGregor preparing to fight Dustin Poirier in Las Vegas in 2021. McGregor suffered a badly broken leg during the bout.
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John Bolton, Ex-Trump Adviser, Reaches Deal to Plead Guilty Over Classified Information

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Devlin Barrett and Michael S. Schmidt
The former Trump national security adviser plans to plead guilty to a count of illegal retention of classified information, which could result in a fine and possibly prison time of up to five years.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

John R. Bolton’s indictment accused him of mishandling classified information when he compiled notes for a book that was critical of President Trump.
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F.B.I. Said to Have Investigated Times Reporter After Article on Patel’s Girlfriend

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt
The bureau said it is not pursuing a case, but the scrutiny is an example of the Trump administration weighing whether to criminalize routine news gathering.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, during a House hearing last month. A New York Times reporter wrote about how he used bureau personnel to provide his girlfriend with government security and transportation.
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DOJ’s Civil Rights Division Investigates Cassidy Hutchinson, Who Testified Against Trump

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Alan Feuer and Michael S. Schmidt
It was a highly unusual move by Justice Department leadership to direct a case that appears to involve accusations of lying to Congress to a division that normally focuses on civil rights abuses.

© Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times

Cassidy Hutchinson during a hearing on Capitol Hill in 2022. The investigation into Ms. Hutchinson began weeks ago after the Justice Department received a referral from a Trump ally in Congress who accused Ms. Hutchinson of lying to the House committee that investigated Jan. 6.
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Trump’s Effort to Target Rivals Stall as Judges Cut Short Basic Investigative Steps

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt and Alan Feuer
A ruling Friday that derailed an investigation into the Federal Reserve chair at an exceptionally early stage showed the limits of President Trump’s campaign of legal retribution.

© Jason Andrew for The New York Times

Judge James E. Boasberg ruled on Friday that there was “essentially zero evidence to suspect” that Jerome H. Powell, the Federal Reserve chair, had committed a crime.
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Justice Dept., Under Pressure From Trump, Fails to Build Autopen Case Against Biden

✇NYT > U.S. News
Von: Michael S. Schmidt · Devlin Barrett and Alan Feuer
Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department’s increasing inability to follow through on the president’s desire to indict his rivals.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

Former President Joseph R. Biden Jr. has forcefully denied assertions that his use of the autopen broke the law, calling President Trump and his allies “liars.”
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