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Lyman: Prosecutors accuse Trump of ‘criminal scheme’ to ‘corrupt’ 2016 election; Russia hoaxers walk free

In opening statements on Monday, Manhattan prosecutors sought to convince a jury that former President Donald Trump “orchestrated a criminal scheme to corrupt the 2016 presidential election.”

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Supreme Court grapples with obstruction charge lobbed at 350 Jan. 6 defendants, Trump

The Supreme Court struggled Tuesday with the government’s case against 350 Jan. 6 defendants from the 2021 protest at the Capitol, with justices pondering how a law written in the wake of the Enron document-shredding scandal can be applied to those who brought the 2020 election certification to a halt.

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