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MNI POLITICAL RISK - DOJ Edges Closer To Trump Indictment

Executive Summary:

  • Department of Justice Special Council Jack Smith may be close to a charging decision in his probe into former President Donald Trump's alleged mishandling of classified government documents.
  • Hostilities between conservative Republicans and GOP leadership continued for second day yesterday, blocking a week’s worth of votes in the House of Representatives and prompting fresh questions about the viability of House Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s (R-CA) position.
  • UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak will conclude his whistle-stop two-day tour of Washington today with a bilateral meeting with President Biden at the White House.
  • The United State Supreme Court is expected to strike down President Biden's student-debt relief plan despite a presidential veto on Republican legislation to repeal the programme.
  • President Biden will welcome NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg to the White House on Monday as speculation increases over Stoltenberg's successor.
  • The House Committee on Natural Resources has launched a taskforce to “combat China’s influence in the Indo-Pacific.”
  • The US and India hope to strike a deal on metals tariffs ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's US State Visit.
  • Poll of the Day: The Republican Party is on track to retake control of the Senate in 2024.

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