Donald Trump Indicted for an Astonishing Third Time, Now in DOJ Election Case

Biden’s Bellwether • Resisting Poll Panic • DeSantis’s “Fatal Miscalculation” [View in your browser]( | [Update your preferences](newsletter=vf) [Vanity Fair Hive logo image]( Donald Trump Indicted for an Astonishing Third Time, Now in DOJ Election Case Good morning from the Hive newsroom! Well, it’s official: Donald Trump has been indicted not once, not twice, but three times in one year. The former president was handed four federal counts yesterday for attempting to overturn his 2020 election loss, [writes]( Bess Levin, marking a major escalation in a probe that special counsel Jack Smith has been leading since last November. Zooming out from Trump’s legal morass, reporters on Ron DeSantis’s campaign trail [tell]( Charlotte Klein that they’ve noticed a “distinct shift” in the Florida governor’s aggressive posture with the press. “The campaign is now proactively trying to shape stories and spin on background,” one says. Plus, Abigail Tracy [lays out]( the stakes of the North Carolina governor’s race, which could be a harbinger of Joe Biden’s prospects for 2024. Thanks for reading. [Donald Trump Indicted for an Astonishing Third Time, Now in DOJ Election Case]( By [Bess Levin]( [This comes on the heels of a separate indictment by the Justice Department and one in New York.]( [Read more button](   [Ron DeSantis’s Media Reset May Be Too Little Too Late: “A Fatal Miscalculation”]( By [Charlotte Klein]( [Campaign reporters say the combative Florida governor and his team are starting to play ball a bit more with the press, an uptick in engagement that comes as DeSantis’s 2024 prospects dim. “They’ve dug themselves into a huge fucking hole,” says one.]( [Read more button](   [North Carolina Governor’s Race Is Shaping Up to Be a Bellwether for Joe Biden]( By [Abigail Tracy]( [With Republicans “dragging our state backwards,” says Attorney General Josh Stein, the 2024 election is setting up to be a crucial test for Democrats hoping to fend off an extremist legislature—and an opportunity to win North Carolina’s 16 electoral votes for the first time since 2008.]( [Read more button](   [Donald Trump Still Has a Tight Grip on America. But Democrats Shouldn’t Panic]( By [Eric Lutz]( [New polling puts the twice-impeached, twice-indicted former president in a dead heat with Joe Biden, underscoring the work that Democrats have ahead of them in fending off Trump once more.]( [Read more button](   [Trump Plans to Defend Himself Against Election Charges by Throwing His Lawyers Under the Bus: Report]( By [Bess Levin]( [Yes, it is a very big shock that Trump may blame other people for his own actions.]( [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