How Neil Gorsuch Bucked Trump—And Almost Derailed His Own Nomination

Trump Camp Cashes In • Hutchinson’s Getting In • Russia’s “Unacceptable” Jailing of Journalist [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( How Neil Gorsuch Bucked Trump—And Almost Derailed His Own Nomination Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Ahead of Donald Trump’s arraignment tomorrow in Manhattan, Kelly Rissman [writes]( how the former president’s campaign is cashing in, raising more than $4 million in the 24 hours after the news broke. (Trump is [also planning]( to give remarks at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday night). Meanwhile, former Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson [announced]( yesterday that he will run for president, while suggesting Trump’s indictment is “too much of a sideshow and distraction.” Elsewhere, in an excerpt from her new book, Nine Black Robes, Joan Biskupic [chronicles]( Neil Gorsuch’s trajectory to the Supreme Court—and how it was almost derailed after the conservative justice “expressed dismay at Trump’s attacks on federal judges, particularly related to the Muslim-country travel ban.” Thanks for reading. [How Neil Gorsuch Bucked Trump—And Almost Derailed His Own Nomination]( By [Joan Biskupic]( [In her forthcoming book, Nine Black Robes, Joan Biskupic chronicles everything from Gorsuch’s family history to his tumultuous nomination in 2017, which was nearly nixed after the conservative judge did what no one on the right dared at the time: defy Trump.]( [Read more button](   [Trump Campaign Raises More Than $4 Million Since Indictment]( By [Kelly Rissman]( [The former president’s plan to energize his loyal MAGA base seems to be paying off.]( [Read more button](   [Secretary of State Blinken Says Detention of WSJ Journalist Evan Gershkovich Is “Unacceptable”]( By [Kelly Rissman]( [President Biden also demanded the release of the journalist from Russian custody on Saturday: “Let him go.”]( [Read more button](   [Ex-Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson Throws Hat Into the Ring as GOP Presidential Nominee]( By [Kelly Rissman]( [The latest Republican candidate to vie for the White House thinks Trump’s indictment is “too much of a sideshow and distraction.”]( [Read more button](   [Donald Trump to Make Remarks at Mar-a-Lago After Tuesday’s Expected Arrest in Manhattan]( By [Kelly Rissman]( [The ex-president’s lawyer Joe Tacopina said on Sunday that he hopes the arraignment is “painless and classy.”]( [Read more button](   Get on the list Subscribe to our Hollywood newsletter for your essential industry and awards-season news, every day. [Sign Up Now](   [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( [LinkedIn](   This e-mail was sent to you by The Hive. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our e-mail address, vanityfair@newsletter.vf.com, to your address book. View our [Privacy Policy]( [Unsubscribe](newsletter=vf) Sent from Condé Nast, 1 World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007 Copyright © 2023 Condé Nast