President Trump's next potential indictment — his fourth, expected as soon as this week — could be grounded in a law typically used against mobsters.

• Why it matters: Georgia's expansive racketeering law — RICO — could end with pardon-proof charges against Trump and more than a dozen associates, Axios' Sareen Habeshian and Zachary Basu report.

Fulton County (Ga.) District Attorney Fani Willis is expected to begin presenting her case to a grand jury early this week.

• Two potential witnesses — former Georgia Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan and independent journalist George Chidi — said on social media that they've been called to testify tomorrow.

Catch me up: The sweeping, years-long investigation began after Trump asked Georgia's top election official to "find" nearly 12,000 votes on Jan. 2, 2021 — an explosive conversation caught on tape.

• Willis has obtained texts and emails directly connecting members of Trump's legal team to a breach of voting software in Coffee County, Ga., in January 2021, CNN reports.

Legal experts point to three big consequences of Willis' expected use of the state's RICO (Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations) statute:

1. The stiff penalties associated with RICO charges are a big incentive for co-defendants to seek deals in return for new evidence. Some Trump allies and supporters have already been informed by the D.A.'s office that they are targets of the investigation, including Rudy Giuliani and GOP electors who falsely "certified" Trump as Georgia's 2020 victor.
2. Since these would be state charges, a presidential pardon wouldn't free Trump. "If he were to win the presidency or if a Republican sympathetic to him were to win ... the president of the United States can't pardon or can't dismiss," said Anthony Michael Kreis, a law professor at Georgia State University.
3. While the federal judiciary — and New York courts — are averse to televising criminal proceedings, Georgia courts are more transparent, Kreis notes. Georgia could end up being the only Trump trial broadcast to the world.

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Walter Isaacson — who'll be out 30 days from now with "Elon Musk" — tells me Musk has studied the French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte for leadership insights.

• "He likes military history," Isaacson said. "And he believes there are lessons that apply to corporate life."
• "For example," Isaacson continued, "he believes that wherever Napoleon was, that's where his armies would do best. So he liked to show up late at night on the assembly lines at Tesla and SpaceX," where Musk is CEO.

In an incident recounted in the book, Musk said after spending an hour under a Starship booster being built at the SpaceX Boca Chica launch site in Texas: "If they see their general on the battlefield, they will be more motivated."

• "I learned that by reading about Napoleon," he added.

🎧 At night, Musk likes to listen to Dan Carlin's "Hardcore History" podcast.

🥊 Isaacson posted a screenshot of a text exchange between Musk and Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, making it clear that the physical fight they've discussed won't happen any time soon.

• Musk texted Isaacson the screenshot at 4:44 a.m. in New Orleans, where Isaacson lives.

On the outlook for a mano a mano fight, Isaacson says: "I don't make predictions when it comes to Musk! But it seems unlikely."

• The author added: "I obviously think that this whole cage match idea is completely ridiculous."

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About two-thirds of new investment in clean energy — wind, solar, etc. — "is in Republican-controlled states, where policymakers have historically resisted renewables," the N.Y. Times reports.

• Why it matters: Increasingly, money matters more than politics.

🖼️ The big picture: The U.S. is enjoying an accelerating pivot from fossil fuels — even in areas dominated by the oil and gas industries, the Times writes in "The Clean Energy Future Is Arriving Faster Than You Think."

The wildfire on Hawaii's Maui Island killed at least 96 people, making it the deadliest American wildfire in over a century.

• 2,700+ structures were destroyed. Damage is estimated at $5.6 billion.

The death toll surpassed the 2018 Camp Fire in northern California, which left 85 dead and destroyed the town of Paradise.

• 1918's Cloquet forest fire in northern Minnesota killed 453 people.

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• Several family funds are also online — including one for a three-generation home and another for a family with a 50-year-old dream house that was supposed to become a refuge for grandchildren.

President Biden will host Japan's prime minister and South Korea's president on Friday for his first-ever leaders' summit at Camp David, with plans to announce joint military exercises — and a possible new crisis hotline between the three allies, Axios' Hans Nichols reports.

• Why it matters: Bringing South Korea and Japan closer together has been central to Biden's regional approach to China. The Camp David Trilateral Summit is designed to send a loud message to China and North Korea that the allies are fortifying their military and economic ties.

Between the lines: The summit allows Biden to play the role of international statesman on a domestic stage as he runs a Rose Garden re-election campaign, using the trappings of the presidency to emphasize his leadership.

🔎 What's happening: The summit follows months of U.S. diplomacy, as officials worked to persuade Japan and South Korea to look beyond their complicated past.

• Biden, Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol are preparing to announce the "Camp David Principles," a new set of protocols to govern their relationship.

🖼️ The big picture: From the beginning of his presidency, Biden has worked to strengthen alliances in the Indo-Pacific to counter China's ambitions.

• One of his first virtual summits was with the so-called Quad, the leaders of the U.S., Japan, Australia and India.

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A police department in Marion, Kan., is accused of violating First Amendment protections after officers raided a weekly paper and the home of its co-owner, Axios' Sara Fischer writes.

• 30+ major news organizations and the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press condemned the seizure of computers from the Marion County Record, in a letter yesterday to the chief of the Marion Police Department.
• The paper said the raid contributed to the death of its 98-year-old co-owner, who collapsed the next day — "[s]tressed beyond her limits and overwhelmed by hours of shock and grief."

What happened: The Marion County Record said police seized computers and staff's file servers and phones in Friday's raid on the family-owned paper's office. Co-owner and editor Eric Meyer's phone, computers and internet router were taken during a search of his home after a search warrant was issued and signed by a local judge.

• The raids occurred following a complaint from restaurant owner Kari Newell, who accused the paper of illegally obtaining and disseminating information on a drunken driving conviction against her, according to a nonprofit news site, the Kansas Reflector.
• The Marion County Record said it obtained the information legally from a tip, and used public online records to verify details. The paper decided against publishing the information and instead contacted police. It did report on Newell confirming the conviction during a city council meeting.

The other side: Marion Police Chief Gideon Cody told Axios in an emailed statement: "I believe when the rest of the story is available to the public, the judicial system that is being questioned will be vindicated."

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CBS News president Neeraj Khemlani is stepping down after a little more than two years on the job, according to a staff memo obtained by Axios' Sara Fischer.

• Why it matters: Khemlani's exit marks the third departure in four years of an executive leading CBS News.

Khemlani said in his memo: "I'm pleased to share that I've signed a multi-year, multi-platform first look deal with CBS to develop content — including documentaries, scripted series and books for Simon & Schuster [which, like CBS, is part of Paramount]."

• "It's an opportunity that will allow me to write, report and develop stories that I've long wanted to pursue."

The abrupt announcement didn't include a succession plan.

• Wendy McMahon — a longtime TV stations executive who, like Khemlani, has the title "president and co-head of CBS News" — remains.
• CBS president and CEO George Cheeks said he'll update staff "soon" about the division's leadership.

State of play: "60 Minutes" continues to be the most-watched TV news show. But the daily "CBS Mornings" and "CBS Evening News" lag in ratings.

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis — joining other Republican presidential candidates this weekend at the Iowa State Fair — drove a bumper car with his daughter Madison (above) and flipped pork chops (below).