What Powell's Plea Means
Plus: The Glories of the American Rodeo
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KIMBERLY WEHLE: What Sidney Powellās Guilty Plea Means for the Case Against Trump.
IN RECENT WEEKS, THE NINETY-ONE CRIMINAL COUNTS collectively lodged against former President Donald J. Trump in four different indictments across four jurisdictions have largely been pushed from the headlines. But the calendar keeps zipping along regardless, and there have been some major developments.
Jury selection begins on Friday in the first case to go to trial as part of the Georgia indictment brought by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willisāa sweeping racketeering and election-interference case against Trump and eighteen co-defendants. Here are three big things to knowā¦
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CLARE COFFEY: The Glories of the American Rodeo.
THE DAYS ARE STILL HOT AND LONG, but an autumn breeze is creeping into the nights. In the fields, garbanzos, lentils, and hay have all ripened to a uniform straw color. Soon they will be harvested, and the stubble and bare soil left to winterās ravages will look ominous, as in fact they are. But for now, everything is fullness, completion, the slow and heavy part of the year. Smoke from wildfires makes the air hazy. Itās rodeo season.
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