“Prosecutors who investigated New York Attorney General Letitia James for possible mortgage fraud found evidence that would appear to undercut some of the allegations in the indictment of James secured earlier this month — including the degree to which James personally profited from her purchase of the property — according to a memo summarizing the state of the case in September,” ABC News reports. 

A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader’s theme music, “The Imperial March,” behind National Guard troops walking through Washington, D.C.

Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY), fresh out of prison on a pardon, told New York Magazine he plans to name any future kids Donald and Marjorie.

“Former Rep. George Santos (R-NY) was freed from prison last week thanks to his federal fraud sentence being commuted by President Donald Trump — but he may not be free from criminal prosecution on the local level,” ABC News reports.

“The district attorney’s office in Nassau County, which is home to part of the district Santos represented, declined to say what, if anything, prosecutors might be investigating that could warrant state charges.”

Harry Litman: It’s up to you, New York.

A pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested last weekend for allegedly threatening to kill House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, CBS News reports.

“Two days after his release from federal prison, George Santos, the disgraced former Republican congressman from New York, appeared on TV to thank President Trump for commuting his 87-month sentence after just 84 days and claimed that he was devoting his future to prison reform,” the New York Times reports.

“He also used his media appearances on CNN’s ‘State of the Union’ and on Fox News’s ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ to slap back at those who have condemned his release and to attack the warden of Federal Correctional Institution Fairton in New Jersey, where he had been incarcerated.”

“And he chatted with Rachel Campos-Duffy of ‘Fox & Friends Weekend’ about the benefits of being out of prison, including that he is free to get Botox injections.”

Reuters: “People who take part in Saturday’s mass ‘No Kings’ protest against President Donald Trump’s administration may be targeted for federal government surveillance with a range of technology that could include facial recognition and phone hacking.”

“‘No Kings’ organizers expect 2,600 rallies across all 50 U.S. states. But the level of surveillance at protests and the type of technology in use is likely to be both location-specific and dependent on the police forces present.”

President Trump said he had commuted the sentence of former Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after pleading guilty to fraud and identity theft charges, the AP reports.

Trump said Santos would be released “immediately.”

“Voting-technology provider Smartmatic was charged Thursday with conspiring to bribe foreign officials and money laundering over a decade-old effort to win business in the Philippines,” the Wall Street Journal reports.

“Former Trump administration national security adviser John Bolton was charged Thursday in a federal investigation into the potential mishandling of classified information,” the AP reports.

“The 18-count indictment sets the stage for a closely watched court case centering on a longtime fixture in Republican foreign policy circles who became known for his hawkish views on American power and who after leaving Trump’s first government emerged as a prominent and vocal critic of the president.”

President Trump commented to reporters: “I did not know that… He’s a bad person. He’s a bad guy. Too bad. That’s the way it goes.”

“A north Florida judge has issued a restraining order against Rep. Cory Mills after the central Florida Republican was accused by a former girlfriend of threatening to circulate sexually explicit videos of her,” Politico reports.

Brian Beutler: “Donald Trump and Stephen Miller will probably get the blood in the streets they want eventually.”

“We don’t know when or how it will unfold, or how the public will come to perceive it. But we do know that no matter how it unfolds or is perceived, it is already their fault, and everyone who cares about the future of the country should be prepared to blame them.”

“A man who scaled an iron security fence in the middle of the night, eluded police and used beer bottles filled with gasoline to ignite the occupied Pennsylvania governor’s mansion pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted murder and other charges,” the AP reports.

Under a plea deal, the man was sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison.

Axios reports that 337 mass shootings have occurred so far this year in the U.S. as of Oct. 11, according to the Gun Violence Archive.

Any incident involving more than four people being shot, not including the shooter, is considered a mass shooting.

“The acting U.S. Attorney in Maryland is moving forward quickly to seek criminal charges against President Donald Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton,” MSNBC reports.

Molly Roberts: “It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.”

“The FBI has fired at least three special agents who worked in connection with former special counsel Jack Smith’s probe of now-President Donald Trump,” NBC News reports.