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Morning Docket: 08.17.26

* Trump’s legal team at S&C just keeps shrinking. [Politico]

* Armed men claiming to be ICE agents try to bust into immigration law firm. [Sacramento Bee]

* Already facing ethical questions, the Chicago US Attorney’s Office now revealed to have been running investigation into daughter of NY judge in Trump’s trial. [NY Times]

* Administration allowing Trump family crypto venture to convert into a bank. [Law360]

* Kyrsten Sinema’s sexcapades revealed in court documents. [Daily Beast]

* Law student punished for Charlie Kirk comments secures key victory. [Reuters]

* Goodwin Procter unveils AI tool to streamline venture capital financings. [Bloomberg Law News]

* Trump asks Supreme Court to authorize his power to tear down and rebuild national monuments without congressional approval. [US News]

* Tracing originalism’s Bullshit-Industrial complex. [Slate]

* A law firm identified by the SPLC as a hate group took the organization to court. The Sixth Circuit tossed the case, noting that the firm posted a press release about it on their own website. [Courthouse News Service]