Roger Stone / Barr
- Trump threatens to sue his investigators and demands Roger Stone case be ‘thrown out’ by John T Bennett (Independent)
- Trump’s call for Roger Stone to receive a new trial, briefly explained by Aaron Rupar (Vox)
- US attorney general ‘considers resignation’ over Trump tweets (Al Jazeera)
- U.S. Attorney General Barr considers quitting over Trump tweets: source (Reuters)
Pardons/ Clemency
- Trump grants clemency to high-profile individuals, including Rod Blagojevich, Michael Milken and Bernard Kerik by Anne Gearan, Josh Dawsey, Beth Reinhard, and Colby Itkowitz (Washington Post)
- The Rod Blagojevich scandal and Trump’s commutation of his sentence, explained by Andrew Prokop (Vox)
- Trump goes on clemency spree, and the list is long (Al Jazeera)
- Trump announces a blitz of pardons and commutations by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump Issues Pardons for Another Round of White-Collar Criminals He Knows Socially by Ben Mathis-Lilley (Slate)
Other News
- John Bolton Teases Ukraine Scandal Details In Upcoming Book, Sparks Online Backlash by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
- Former Ethics Chief Mocks Ivanka Trump’s Taxpayer-Funded ‘Corporate Trip’ To Dubai by Mary Papenfuss (Huffington Post)
- Kenan Thompson, Hasan Minhaj Named For White House Correspondents’ Dinner by Lee Moran (Huffington Post)
- Trump blasts proposed restrictions on China trade, wants China to buy U.S. jet engines (Reuters)
- Mark Zuckerberg and Trump have struck deal to help president get re-elected, says George Soros by Samuel Lovett (Independent)
- Trump administration targets Russian oil company for helping Venezuela skirt sanctions by Caitlin Oprysko (Politico)
- Trump didn’t plan to win presidency and admitted he only ran to make more money than Bill Clinton, Andrew Neil reveals by Alex Woodward (Independent)
- Trump suggests he may sue over Mueller investigation by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
- Post-impeachment, Trump declares himself the ‘chief law enforcement officer’ of America by Toluse Olorunnipa and Beth Reinhard (Washington Post)
- ACLU races to stop ice from deleting years of records, including data on detainee deaths and sexual assault reports by Chantal da Silva (Newsweek)
- Trump’s Plan to Plant a Trillion Saplings Misses the Forest for the Trees by Jackie Flynn Mogensen (Mother Jones)
- Trump blasts Garcetti on immigration as he returns to LA by Jeremy B. White (Politico)
- Lawyers in Suit Seeking Trump’s DNA Accuse Him of Trying ‘to Stop the Truth From Ever Coming Out’ by Jennifer Peltz / AP (TIME)
- Trump campaign takes out full-page newspaper ad ahead of Nevada debate by Tal Axelrod (The Hill)
- Trump pledges federal support for Los Angeles in hosting 2028 Olympics by Brett Samuels (The Hill)
Analysis
- Trump’s expansive view of executive power gets a post-impeachment surge by Nancy Cook (Politico)
- The Trump Administration Finally Broke the Anti-Trafficking Movement by Melissa Gira Grant (The New Republic)
- The Coronavirus Outbreak Could Bring Out the Worst in Trump by Peter Nicholas (The Atlantic)
Opinion
- The Saudi crown prince has learned he can persecute Americans with no pushback from Trump or Pompeo by The Editorial Board (Washington Post)