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Just Security has created an annotated version of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 165-page brief in the election interference case against Donald Trump — identifying the names behind the redactions.

“Hurricane Helene hit especially hard in heavily Republican areas of Georgia and North Carolina — a fact that could work to Donald Trump’s disadvantage in the two swing states,” Politico reports. “Research has shown that major disasters can influence both voter turnout and voter preference.” “State records show that nearly 40,000 absentee ballots were mailed to voters in the 25 North Carolina counties that were declared a disaster following Helene.

Donald Trump told NBC News he knew “nothing” about a TruthSocial post on his account falsely claiming he’d been endorsed by JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon. Said Trump: “I don’t know anything about it.” When asked about the post on his account, Trump said: “Somebody put it up – no I don’t know.”

“On the last day of August, President Joe Biden was asked about his fall campaign plans. He promised a Labor Day appearance in Pittsburgh and said he would be ‘on the road from there on,’” the AP reports. “Biden did campaign with Vice President Kamala Harris on Labor Day, but he largely has been a campaign no-show since.”

“The next president is on track to enter office with the fewest number of vacant federal judgeships to fill in more than three decades, the culmination of both parties diverging sharply on what types of judges they want to appoint and putting a high priority on confirming their preferred judges while in charge,” NBC News reports.

A new Tarrance Group poll in Nevada shows Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump among likely voters, 47% to 44%. Four percent chose the unique Nevada option of “None of These Candidates,” 4% were undecided and 1% chose a third-party candidate.