Crash Course: As Trump's legal woes mount, Republicans prep with a new talking point: Jury verdicts don't count

John Durham's report cements the new GOP line of attack on democracy: Rejecting the legitimacy of jury trials [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvenkzY2dkeTNjdi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3BXA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYnB1OXhkZGNuZi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3AmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). As Trump's legal woes mount, Republicans prep with a new talking point: Jury verdicts don't count When [E. Jean Carroll won her defamation and sexual abuse](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvb2NlZ3V0MGphcy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3AmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) lawsuit against Donald Trump earlier this month, Republicans knew exactly who they wanted to blame. No, not Trump's defense attorney, who called no witnesses and offered no evidence in his client's defense. No, not Trump, who keeps undermining his weak denials of the crime by [bragging about how guys like him "historically](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMveTlqNmo5c2IwMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3AmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo)" and[ "fortunately" get away with sexual assault](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvOXptZ2thcTlqOC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3AmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). No, they blamed the jury. [Read the rest from Amanda Marcotte.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbXluYnVqMnIzYi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3AmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images) The CDC will no longer track COVID-19 cases. Is that a mistake? In a move that marks a turning point in the [COVID-19 public health](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvYzhjZXNscDJvNi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3AmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) crisis, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) [Covid Data Tracker,](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvenV3aHRoeWdzMy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3BXA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) a once-revered source of information regarding the number of COVID-19 cases in the United States, has made its penultimate update. The final one will occur on June 1, 2023, to reconcile historical data; after that, the CDC will no longer track such numbers, at least not comprehensively. 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Executives of the leading AI companies are making the rounds in Washington to meet with [the Biden administration](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvb3ZjM2xrODM3eC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3BXA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) and [Congress](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdGFjMWQ3eHIwbS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3BXA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) to discuss its promise and perils. This is what it feels like to stand at the hinge of history. 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[CNN](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvdGMxaW5mdjh2bi8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3BXA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) MTG claims that calling her a "white supremacist" is the same as calling a Black person the "N-word" Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., said on Thursday that she feels "threatened" by Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., following a widely publicized argument they had outside the Capitol on Wednesday, [The Hill reports](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvZjN6d3RxcGV5dy8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3BXA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Greene at a Thursday news conference said that she is "very concerned" about the "history of aggression" she claimed Bowman has toward her and other members of Congress. She described her perspective of the altercation, saying that Bowman approached her "yelling, shouting, raising his voice," which led to the argument. [Read the rest from Tatyana Tandanpolie.](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvN2x5c25nNjhrMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPTJtdnhwa2w4N3AmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZGLAVmdkltD2fVIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images) [Unsubscribe from this list](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0RCaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvY3Jhc2gtY291cnNlL3Vuc3Vic2NyaWJlP2lkPUAzNTQzOTUyVwNzcGNCCmRiwFZnZJbQ9n1SG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAKA~~) Copyright © 2023 Crash Course, All rights reserved. 1000 N. West Street, Suite 1200, Wilmington, DE 19801 [Made with Letterhead [Letterhead logo]](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmSdu_P0QiaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbmVwbm83czh5c1cDc3BjQgpkYsBWZ2SW0PZ9Uht0cmlzdHJhbWJhbGR3aW44NUBnbWFpbC5jb21YBAAAACg~)