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Mike Mulcahy

Daily Digest: ISIS trial nears an end

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Hey, it's Wednesday already. Gov. Mark Dayton holds a press conference later today where he is likely to talk about the remaining bills he's considering and the prospects for a special session. Let's take a look at the Digest.

1. Closing arguments are underway in the trial of three Minnesota men accused of wanting to travel overseas to join the terrorist group ISIS. A defense attorney argued Tuesday that the government has not proven its case, and that watching videos and thinking unpopular thoughts is different from committing a crime. (MPR News)

2. Federal investigators are expected to release their report today on whether Minneapolis Police officers violated the civil rights of Jamar Clark when they shot and killed him last November. Minneapolis Mayor Betsy Hodges asked the Justice Department to step in last year. After an investigation by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced earlier this year that he would not file charges against the officers. (Star Tribune)

3. Gov. Mark Dayton signed a bill that spells out data practices around video captured by police body cameras. Some had urged Dayton to reject the legislation because it keeps much of the video private. But Dayton said he promised during the session that he would sign the bill if lawmakers removed a provision that allowed police officers to view the videos before they wrote their incident reports. They did, so he did. (MPR News)

4. Donald Trump lit into the media Tuesday as he laid out how much money he donated to veterans' groups. The Washington Post in particular put pressure on Trump to disclose the donations after he claimed to have raised $6 million on a night he boycotted a Fox News debate. Once again, Trump thinks he is being treated unfairly. (Washington Post)

5. I don't know if you heard that Bill Kristol was dropping hints over the weekend about a possible independent third party candidate for president as an alternative to Trump and Hillary Clinton. It turns out the person he had in mind is David French, a military veteran and writer for the National Review. French isn't talking, but Trump said yesterday that he believes it's too late for an independent to enter the race now. (Bloomberg Politics)