💬 Quoted… “Not guilty.”

• Former President Donald Trump appeared before a federal judge in D.C. yesterday, where he pleaded not guilty to four felony charges filed by DOJ special counsel Jack Smith over Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the result of the 2020 presidential election.

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🏢💼 Stat of the Day: Workers in the Midwest are coming into the office more often than any other US region, per new data from Basking.io. Midwest offices posted a 60% weekly average peak occupancy rate in the first half of 2023 – the highest in the nation by far, and more than double the Northeast’s 24% occupancy rate over the same period.

🤔 Did You Know?... There’s a species of aquatic beetle in Japan that, upon being eaten by a frog, quickly wiggles its way through the digestive tract to come out the other end unscathed.

📰 Worth a Read: How sports memorabilia exploded into a booming billion-dollar business → (Robb Report)