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The DOJ’s 2020 election investigation targets Trump; The EU and Tunisia strike $112 million deal to stem immigration from North Africa.

Tonight's Sentences was written by Jariel Arvin.

Trump’s indictment problems are getting worse

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• Tuesday, embattled former President Donald Trump said he received a letter informing him that he’s a target of the Justice Department’s investigation into efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. [Vox / Nicole Narea]
• The letter means Trump could soon be indicted over the events that led to the January 6, 2021 insurrection and attempts to block certification of Joe Biden’s victory. [Washington Post]
• The frontrunner for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination also faces a federal indictment over classified documents, and a New York trial for allegedly falsifying business records. A Georgia election interference case could bring more charges. [Associated Press / Eric Tucker]
• Tuesday’s announcement came hours before the first pretrial hearing, in a federal court in Florida, for Trump’s alleged mishandling of classified documents and obstruction of justice. [Reuters / Sarah N. Lynch and Jacqueline Thomsen]
• Trump’s lawyers are seeking to delay the documents trial until after the 2024 election over objections from prosecutors. Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee, could set a timeline Tuesday. [NBC News / Katherine Doyle]

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Vox’s Li Zhou explains the wide range of tactics and gimmicks Republican presidential hopefuls are employing to make it to the debate stage. [Vox / Li Zhou]

How the EU and Tunisia plan to stop immigration

• The European Union will pay Tunisia $112 million to prevent human trafficking and curb undocumented immigration from the North African country to its borders. [Al Jazeera]
• Under the deal, Tunisia, a hub for migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Europe, will strengthen its borders. [NYT / Monika Pronczuk]
• Over 75,000 migrants have arrived in Italy by boat in 2023 — more than twice the amount in the same period last year — and more than half departed from Tunisia. [Reuters / Tarek Amara]
• The deal comes despite criticism of President Kais Saied for weakening Tunisian democracy and for his incendiary rhetoric that’s fueled violence against Black Africans. [BBC / Cecilia Macaulay]

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A judge temporarily blocked Iowa’s six-week abortion ban pending current legal challenges from reproductive health care providers. [Vox / Nicole Narea]

• Alabama Republicans are resisting Supreme Court orders to redraw the state’s congressional map with an additional majority-Black district to comply with the Voting Rights Act. [AP / Kim Chandler]
• The World Meteorological Organization is warning about the risk of overnight heart attacks and other illnesses as an intensifying heat wave scorches the northern hemisphere. [Reuters]
• A Texas trooper says Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star policies directed them to push migrants back into the Rio Grande River and not provide drinking water. [Houston Chronicle / Benjamin Wermund]

“We can’t keep dealing with this drama.”

[Nikki Haley, Republican 2024 presidential candidate and former South Carolina governor, on Trump’s legal woes / Fox News]

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