Trump wins PA GOP primary but notable that in a closed primary over 130k registered Republicans cast a vote for Nikki Haley:

Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore on whether Trump will testify: “I personally would suggest that he probably should not.” Does it increase or decrease chances of conviction if he does? “Significantly increase”

Both Trump & Biden fell well short of receiving a hundred million votes in the 2020 presidential election.

Unsolicited from a defense attorney today:

“All defense attorneys lie. If you don’t have the facts on your side, you argue the law. If you don’t have law on your side, you argue facts. If you don’t have facts or law on your side you argue prosecution is crooked or corrupt.”

A really interesting story by Sean Lyngaas. We'll have more on how these American animations may have ended up on a North Korean server on The Lead CNN in the 5p hour.

'Plasmic Echo – a name that could conceivably work for 1970s rock band ... appears to be the code name for the FBI investigation into the mishandling of classified documents from the Trump White House.'

via Tierney Sneed & Holmes

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Opening statements will soon begin in the first criminal trial of the presumptive Republican nominee for president. Watch CNN and follow live updates. cnn.it/3xJ5usp

From a phone call with Hakeem Jeffries after Iran attacked Israel to prayer to deciding what he learned from intel briefings was more important than pleasing his right wing: how Mike Johnson came around on Ukraine aid

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After covering an intense week of jury selection in the Trump trial, I come home to this in the mail...

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A full jury of 12 jurors and six alternates has been empaneled in Trump's criminal trial. Opening statements are expected on Monday. cnn.com/politics/live-…

Just as a full jury is empaneled in Trump’s New York trial a fire breaks out in front of the courthouse — Laura Coates reporting live from scene that a person appeared to set themselves ablaze.

Attorneys will be choosing alternate jurors as day 4 of former President Donald Trump's hush money criminal trial gets underway, after the full 12-person jury and one alternate were selected yesterday. Follow live updates. cnn.it/4dhULpt