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A suspect is in custody for allegedly going on a shooting rampage in the seaside California town of Half Moon Bay, marking the 37th mass shooting in the first 23 days of the year.

According to SNBC13, the rampage took place in a combination of two different locations but by the same shooter.

Journalist David A. Graham, writing for The Atlantic, explained on Monday that there are some key signals to look for that will indicate whether the Justice Department will pull the trigger on an indictment for former President Donald Trump.

Graham expects the indictment will likely come with serious charges that will have come after "a years-long elaborate dance with the law in which he usually stayed just one step ahead."

Former FBI agent Charlie McGonigal was charged on Monday with money laundering and violating Russian sanctions, leading to a lot of concern among other former FBI officials, said former assistant director for counter-intelligence Frank Figliuzzi.

Speaking to MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace, Figliuzzi confessed he was "distraught" and "angry," but he wasn't alone among those former Bureau colleagues. He explained that because of this case, they now must reexamine every case that McGonigal touched throughout his career in the New York field office.

South Carolina attorney Alex Murdaugh, the man who is accused of murdering his wife and son, began his trial Monday with lawyers pleading with the judge not to talk about "blood spatter" evidence in the case.

The Daily Beast reported that, just before jury selection started, the defense told the judge it wanted to bar the discussion of “blood spatter on a white T-shirt Murdaugh wore the night his wife and son were killed in June 2021.

Donald Trump's lawyers released a statement on Monday claiming that it's clear their client is innocent of anything involved in the Georgia voter fraud investigation as evidenced by the fact that he wasn't called to testify before the special grand jury.

Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporters Bill Rankin and Tamar Hallerman posted the statement from Drew Findling and Marissa Goldberg, who are attorneys with the law firm that was retained by the former president.

Legal analyst Lisa Rubin, who advises MSNBC and host Rachel Maddow's team, explained that from her observations, the FBI sees Donald Trump's document scandal as more significant simply based on watching the DOJ's actions.

"My fidelity is to the rule of law, and if the facts here change, I can assure you my legal analysis will too," Rubin said about the severity of Biden's documents issues. "But based on what we’ve seen so far, the Biden administration and his personal legal team has followed DOJ’s lead at every turn, even to his political detriment."

Donald Trump delivered remarks at the ticket-only memorial service for far-right fan Lynnette "Diamond" Hardaway of "Diamond & Silk" fame. The group was a short-lived Fox News commentary group until they began questioning the legitimacy of COVID-19 data, the Daily Beast reported at the time.

Unconfirmed theories claim that she died as a result of COVID complications, Newsweek said in a report about the questions around her death.

As Rep. George Santos (R-NY) officially takes his seat in Congress, the updates to the congressional app are being made to include factoids about the members, their offices and contact information.

One thing CNN reporter Kristin Wilson noticed is that even Santos' official biography isn't all that flattering.

Nicolle Wallace previously worked for George W. Bush's White House and has been a part of politics for decades, so she's witnessed the specifics about both sides of the political aisle.

In a discussion with Michael Cohen for his "Mea Culpa" podcast, Wallace explained the differences between "lies" that both Democrats and Republicans tell, though her category for "lies" for Democrats is more about hope.

Rep. Katherine Clark (D-MA) tweeted on Sunday that her daughter was arrested in Boston on Saturday night. The Boston Herald revealed that the charges are based on Clark's daughter allegedly assaulting a police officer while resisting arrest for defacing the Boston Common bandstand.

According to police, 23-year-old Riley Dowell was seen defacing a Boston Common monument with the words "NO COP CITY" and "ACAB" which stands for "All Cops Are Bast**ds."

Washington Post columnist Jennifer Rubin noted that any revelations around President Joe Biden's documents found will not only have no bearing on the investigations conducted by special counsel Jack Smith.

Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Smith to oversee the probe into the Jan. 6-related issues and the documents theft case Trump faces. While Biden is facing his document issues, what Smith is doing, according to Rubin, Trump is not less likely to face charges due to Biden's documents.

Donald Trump announced his 2024 campaign just after the 2022 midterm elections, but he has yet to have any events or the rallies that have become his signature.

Trump advisers are reportedly scrambling to generate the hefty crowd size that the former president expects, but they're having a difficult time doing it. All of this comes amid Trump losing a key bloc of voters that had been loyal and dedicated to him: anti-choice voters.