March 22, 2023

Afternoon Update: 

Rachel Weiner of the Washington Post: "The Federal Reserve raised interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, moving forward with its fight against high inflation after taking dramatic steps to contain a banking crisis."

William Rashbaum, et al., of the New York Times: "The Manhattan grand jury that has been hearing evidence about Donald J. Trump’s involvement with a hush-money payment to a porn star will not meet on Wednesday, according to two people with knowledge of the matter, suggesting that any indictment of the former president would come Thursday at the earliest."

Adam Klasfeld of Law & Crime: "After forcing Department of Justice attorneys to burn the midnight oil, the D.C. Circuit quickly affirmed that ... Donald Trump’s legal team must turn over 'documents' to special counsel Jack Smith. Details of the ruling are sparse, as it was filed pursuant to an appeal of a sealed case. The public portion makes clear, however, that it will fuel the special counsel’s ongoing investigation into the former president’s possession of highly classified documents, which sparked last year’s FBI search at Mar-a-Lago." ~~~

      ~~~ Update: The Washington Post's story by Josh Dawsey & others, is here: "The panel of three judges issued a brief order Wednesday afternoon directing the parties 'to comply with the district court’s March 17, 2023, order to produce documents' and ending an emergency hold on a ruling last week by a lower-court judge."