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COME.

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>> THANK YOU, LAWRENCE.

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I APPRECIATE IT.

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>> 50 YEARS AGO TODAY, THE

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FRONT PAGE OF THE LARGEST

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CIRCULATING NEWSPAPER IN DONALD

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TRUMP’S NEW YORK CITY

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NEIGHBORHOOD OF QUEENS, IN THAT

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NEWSPAPER, THIS WAS THE

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HEADLINE.

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NIXON BLASTS FALSE CHARGES.

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NEWSPAPERS ARE HARD TO FIND IN

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NEW YORK CITY NOW BUT IN THOSE

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DAYS THEY WERE EVERYWHERE.

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AND THE FRONT PAGES OF THE

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NEWARK DAILY NEWS WERE DESIGNED

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TO GRAB THE EYE AS YOU RUSHED

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PAST MULTIPLE NEWS STANDS ON

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THE WAY TO THE SUBWAY, WHERE

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THERE WERE ALSO NEW STANDS IN

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THE SUBWAY AND WHERE HALF THE

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PEOPLE ON YOUR SUBWAY CARD IN

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QUEENS WOULD BE READING THE NEW

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YORK DAILY NEWS.

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DONALD TRUMP HAD TO SEE THAT

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HEADLINE ON THIS DAY, 50 YEARS

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AGO.

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HE COULDN’T MISS IT.

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NO ONE IN NEW YORK CITY COULD

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MISS IT.

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THAT WAS AUGUST 16TH, 1973.

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THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED

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STATES ON THE FRONT PAGE OF

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DONALD TRUMP’S HOMETOWN

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NEWSPAPERS CLAIMING THE

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ACCUSATIONS AGAINST HIM

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EMERGING IN CRIMINAL

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INVESTIGATIONS WERE ALL FALSE,

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ALL OF THEM FALSE.

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AND ONE YEAR LATER, RICHARD

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NIXON RESIGNED THE PRESIDENCY

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BECAUSE THOSE CHARGES WERE TRUE,

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ALL TRUE.

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EVERY NEWSPAPER IN THE COUNTRY

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HAD A VERSION OF THAT VERY

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HEADLINE, 50 YEARS AGO TODAY.

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AND EVERYONE WHO SAW THAT

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HEADLINE, INCLUDING KIDS IN

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JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, KNEW THAT

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WE WERE LIVING THROUGH AN

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IMPORTANT CHAPTER OF HISTORY.

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WE KNEW WE WERE LIVING IN THE

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MIDDLE OF HISTORY.

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THE PRESIDENT TO THE KNIGHTED

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STATES BEING INVESTIGATED FOR

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POSSIBLE CRIMINAL CONDUCT.

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THAT IT NEVER HAPPENED BEFORE

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IN HISTORY.

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YOU ARE NOW LIVING IN THE

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MIDDLE OF SUCH HISTORY ONCE

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AGAIN.

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AND IF YOU ARE IN HIGH SCHOOL

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OR COLLEGE NOW, YOU WILL BE

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AROUND 50 YEARS FROM NOW TO SEE

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THE TRUMP HEADLINES REAPPEAR ON

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THEIR 50TH ANNIVERSARY, 50

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YEARS FROM NOW THERE WILL BE

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FOUR DIFFERENT DATES THAT YEAR

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THAT WILL MARK A 50TH

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ANNIVERSARY OF A FORMER

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PRESIDENT TO THE KNIGHTED

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STATES BEING INDICTED.

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THE BIGGER ANNIVERSARIES, A

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YEAR OR TWO AFTER THAT, WILL BE

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THE 50TH ANNIVERSARIES OF

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GUILTY VERDICTS, IF THEY ARE

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REACHED IN THESE FOUR CRIMINAL

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PROSECUTIONS OF A FORMER

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PRESIDENT.

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WHEN YOU ARE LIVING IN THE

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MIDDLE OF HISTORY, MAINTAINING

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PERSPECTIVE IS NOT JUST A

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CONSTANT STRUGGLE.

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IT IS OFTEN IMPOSSIBLE.

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NO AMERICAN SOLDIER OR GENERAL

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KNEW THAT THEY WERE GOING TO BE

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FIGHTING WORLD WAR II FOR FOUR

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YEARS.

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WHEN IT IS PRESENTED IN HIGH

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SCHOOL TEXTBOOKS IN ITS NEED

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FOR YOUR PACKAGE, WORLD WAR II

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LOOKS LIKE IT MAKES A CERTAIN

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SENSE IN THE FLOW OF AMERICAN

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HISTORY TO A HIGH SCHOOL

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STUDENT.

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YOU CAN SEE WHERE IT FITS IN.

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50 YEARS AGO, NO ONE KNEW THE

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PRESIDENT OF UNITED STATES WAS

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ONE YEAR AWAY FROM BEING FORCED

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TO RESIGN THE PRESIDENCY AND

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THEN RECEIVE A PARDON FOR HIS

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CRIMES COMMITTED WHILE HE WAS

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PRESIDENT TO THE NATIVE STATES.

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THAT PARDON IS THE ONLY REASON

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DONALD TRUMP IS THE FIRST

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FORMER PRESIDENT TO DONATED

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STATES TO BE INDICTED.

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THERE IS NO GREATER STRUGGLE

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THAT I PERSONALLY HAVE IN THESE

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PRESENTATIONS AT THIS HOUR

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EVERY NIGHT THAN THE STRUGGLE

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OF PERSPECTIVE.

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FOR EXAMPLE, THIS INDICTMENT IS

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NOW 48 HOURS OLD, AND I STILL

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HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO DO WHAT I

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HAVE BEEN HOPING TO DO FOR TWO

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NIGHTS IN A ROW NOW, AND THAT

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IS TO SPEND THE ENTIRE HOUR

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GUIDING AND ANALYSIS OF THE

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ENTIRE INDICTMENT.

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THE ALLEGED CRIMES OF DONALD

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TRUMP AND THE PEOPLE CLOSEST TO

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HIM, MARK MEADOWS AND RUDY

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GIULIANI, FOLLOWING ELSA

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VILLAGE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THE

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GROUP OF INDICTED LAWYERS, AN

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UNPRECEDENTED INDICTMENT OF A

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GROUP OF LAWYERS LIKE JEFFREY

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CLARK, JOHN EASTMAN, JENNA

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ELLIS SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE AN

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ANALYSIS OF THE ALLEGED CLAIMS

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OF THE INDICTED FAKE ELECTORS

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AND THE ALLEGED CRIMINAL

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CONSPIRACY TO STEAL VOTING DATA

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FROM COMPUTERS IN COFFEE COUNTY,

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GEORGIA.

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AND LAST AND IN MOST WAYS MOST

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IMPORTANTLY AN ANALYSIS OF THE

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ALLEGED CLIMBS OF WITNESS

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TAMPERING AND THREATENING THAT

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INVOLVE THE VICIOUS LIES TOLD

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BY DONALD TRUMP AND RUDOLPH

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GIULIANI ABOUT THE POLL WORKERS

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RUBY FREEMAN AND HER DAUGHTER,

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AND THE CRUEL, AND ACCORDING TO

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THE INDICTMENT, CRIMINAL

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ATTEMPT BY KANYE WEST’S FORMER

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PUBLICIST TO TERRORIZE RUBY

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FREEMAN.

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THIS INDICTMENT IS THE SINGLE

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MOST IMPORTANT STORY TOLD IN

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INDICTMENT FORM ABOUT DONALD

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TRUMP OR ANY PRESIDENT TO

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UNITED STATES, AND DONALD

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TRUMP’S ALLEGED CRIMINAL

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ENTERPRISE TO DESTROY AMERICAN

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DEMOCRACY AND TO DESTROY ANY

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PERSON IN THE WAY OF HIS

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CRIMINAL ENTERPRISE.

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WHEN OUR FIRST GUESTS TONIGHT,

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AN OPINION PIECE FOR THE NEW

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YORK TIMES CALLED THIS

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INDICTMENT INGENIOUS.

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IF YOU HAVE NOT YET READ THIS

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INDICTMENT, YOU DO DESERVE A

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FULL PAGE BY PAGE ANALYSIS OF

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IT ON THIS PROGRAM.

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BUT THE FLOW OF NEWS ABOUT THIS

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INDICTMENT WILL NOT YET ALLOW

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US TO SLOW DOWN AND TURN EACH

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PAGE OF THIS INDICTMENT FOR YOU,

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AND SO WE WILL CONTINUE TO BE

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QUOTING IT SELECTIVELY.

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I WILL ALWAYS BE STRUGGLING TO

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FIND THE RIGHT PERSPECTIVE ON

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THIS INDICTMENT AND THE STORIES

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AROUND IT.

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BUT I JUST WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE

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AT THE OUTSET THIS EVENING THAT

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HISTORY IS NOW MOVING TOO FAST

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FOR A MERE NEWS PROGRAM TO BE

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ABLE TO HOLD IT IN PLACE FOR AN

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HOUR.

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TONIGHT, A FEDERAL JUDGE IN

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ATLANTA RESPONDED IN LESS THAN

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24 HOURS TO DEFENDANT MARK

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MEADOWS’S MOTION TO MOVE FULTON

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COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY FANI

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WILLIS’S CRIMINAL CASE AGAINST

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HIM FROM THE FULTON COUNTY

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COURTHOUSE TO FEDERAL COURT.

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DONALD TRUMP AND OTHER

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DEFENDANTS ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE

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SIMILAR MOTIONS.

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THE FEDERAL JUDGE, STEVEN SI

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JONES, APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT

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OBAMA, ORDERED A HEARING ON

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THAT QUESTION IN HIS FEDERAL

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COURTROOM IN ATLANTA A WEEK

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FROM MONDAY, ON AUGUST 28TH, AT

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10 AM.

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THE JUDGE GAVE DISTRICT JOURNEY

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WILLIS A DEADLINE OF NEXT

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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 23RD, FOR

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SUBMITTING A RETURN BRIEF

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ARGUING AGAINST MOVING THE CASE

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TO FEDERAL COURT.

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TODAY JUDGE ERNIE WILLIS FILED

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A MOTION WITH THE GEORGIA STATE

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JUDGE CURRENTLY IN START OF THE

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CASE PROPOSING THAT THE

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ARRAIGNMENT OF THE DEFENDANTS

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SHALL TAKE PLACE THE WEEK OF

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SEPTEMBER 5TH.

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THE MOTION ALSO PROPOSES DATES

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FOR THE DISCOVERY PROCESS AND

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PRETRIAL MOTIONS TO BE FILED.

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THE LAST LINE OF THE MOTION