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  • A Tale of Two Zip-Tie Guys: Criminal Protestor or Armed Insurrectionist?

    Prosecutors in Tennessee and in DC told very different stories about the actions of Eric Munchel, AKA Zip-Tie Guy, and his mother. The difference

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  • Peter Strzok Subpoenas Trump’s Soccer Ball from Putin

    While it's unclear whether Strzok will succeed, he appears using his lawsuit for more than just obtaining recourse for the damage to his career and his reputation done by Trump's attention. Rather, he seems intent on unpacking how and why Trump used his texts to compromise the US government. 

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  • A DOJ IG Investigation Is Insufficient to Investigate Trump’s Attempt to Get DOJ Help to Steal the Election

    Michael Horowitz' announcement he'll investigate whether anyone at DOJ was involved in Trump's attempt to steal the election is welcome but not sufficient to reviewing what happened.

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  • Some Key Gaps in the January 6 Story

    Some of the things we still haven't seen among the arrests of the January 6 insurrectionists: those who assaulted about 100 officers, Brian Sicknick's murderer, the DNC bomber, and Rudy Giuliani's interlocutors.

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  • Grits: The Difference between Joshua Schulte’s Complaints about SAMs and Those of His Attorneys

    Joshua Schulte is renewing the same complaints he made about SAMs almost two years ago.

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2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection

A Tale of Two Zip-Tie Guys: Criminal Protestor or Armed Insurrectionist?

46 Comments
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January 27, 2021
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emptywheel
Prosecutors in Tennessee and in DC told very different stories about the actions of Eric Munchel, AKA Zip-Tie Guy, and his mother. The difference
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2016 Presidential Election, Mueller Probe

Peter Strzok Subpoenas Trump's Soccer Ball from Putin

93 Comments
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January 26, 2021
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emptywheel
While it's unclear whether Strzok will succeed, he appears using his lawsuit for more than just obtaining recourse for the damage to his career and his reputation done by Trump's attention. Rather, he seems intent on unpacking how and why Trump used his texts to compromise the US government. 
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2020 Presidential Election

A DOJ IG Investigation Is Insufficient to Investigate Trump's Attempt to Get DOJ Help to Steal the Election

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January 25, 2021
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emptywheel
Michael Horowitz' announcement he'll investigate whether anyone at DOJ was involved in Trump's attempt to steal the election is welcome but not sufficient to reviewing what happened.
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2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection

Some Key Gaps in the January 6 Story

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January 25, 2021
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emptywheel
Some of the things we still haven't seen among the arrests of the January 6 insurrectionists: those who assaulted about 100 officers, Brian Sicknick's murderer, the DNC bomber, and Rudy Giuliani's interlocutors.
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Cybersecurity, WikiLeaks

Grits: The Difference between Joshua Schulte's Complaints about SAMs and Those of His Attorneys

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January 25, 2021
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emptywheel
Joshua Schulte is renewing the same complaints he made about SAMs almost two years ago.
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2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Mueller Probe

Bill Barr's Entire DOJ Chased Trump Conspiracy Theories and Plotted Inappropriately

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January 25, 2021
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emptywheel
Sure, Jeffrey Bossert Clark should be shunned in the respectable legal profession for helping Trump attempt a coup. But so should the men who willfully let DOJ champion Trump's conspiracy theories for the two years before that. 
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emptywheel, Football, Trash Talk

Just Another Manic Sunday Conference Championship In Pandemic

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January 24, 2021
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bmaz
The conference championships are here. Both seemingly great matchups on the surface. So, who is going to win today and go to the Super Bowl?
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2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection

Prosecuting the Trump Coup Attempt Compared to the J20 Prosecution

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January 24, 2021
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emptywheel
The question of how many of the non-violent insurrectionists DOJ should charge compares in interesting ways to the Trump DOJ's failed attempt to prosecute a large number of protestors at Trump's inauguration because a handful cause some property damage.
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2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Press and Media, WikiLeaks

The Baraitser Decision's Impact (or Not) on Journalism

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January 24, 2021
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emptywheel
Contrary to a lot of discussion about UK judge Vanessa Baraitser's decision in the Assange extradition, it should not have a significant impact on journalism.
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2020 Presidential Election, Impeachment, Mueller Probe

Productive Ways to Hold Trump Accountable

61 Comments
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January 23, 2021
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emptywheel
There are ways to obtain accountability for the Trump Administration that don't necessarily require non-criminal investigative committees.
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2020 Presidential Election, Culture, Media

Larry King Is Dead, Long Live The King

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January 23, 2021
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bmaz
Larry King has died at 87. He was not necessarily a journalist, per se, even if news was often broken on his show. He was a massive media presence, and a good one. Unlike so many others, he did not get in the way of his guests and interviewees letting themselves be themselves, for better or worse.
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2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection

Zip-Tie Guy's Release on Bail Is Why Donald Trump Must Be Prosecuted

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January 23, 2021
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emptywheel
The thing that makes Eric Munchel's grab for the gavel and the zip-ties particularly dangerous is Trump's illegal plan to steal an election. Until prosecutors start naming Trump as a co-conspirator, start naming the Big Lie of a stolen election as the motivating cause of the violence, guys like Munchel are going to continue to get bail. 
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2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection

The DOD Flunkies' Convenient Lapse of Executive Privilege

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January 23, 2021
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emptywheel
There's good reason to believe the claims Kash Patel and other Trump flunkies made in a Vanity Fair profile are an attempt to burnish their tainted legacy.
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2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection

Now We Know Why Jeffrey Rosen Has Been Silent, How About Chris Wray?

60 Comments
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January 23, 2021
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emptywheel
During the two weeks between Trump incited an insurrection and Joe Biden's inauguration, Jeffrey Rosen remained virtually silent about that coup attempt. Last night we learned he's also a witness.
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2020 Presidential Election, Trump Administration

Crowdsourced Timeline: Tick-Tock to Insurrection and Beyond [UPDATE-3]

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January 23, 2021
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Rayne
This is a crowdsourced timeline of events related to the January 6 Capitol Building insurrection and Trump's attempted a takeover of the DOJ, with the intent to use the department's powers to persuade one or more states to overturn election results.
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2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection, Terrorism

"Stand Back and Stand By:" The Proud Boys Node of the January 6 Attack

180 Comments
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January 22, 2021
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emptywheel
The government has not yet alleged a conspiracy on the part of Proud Boy members in conjunction with the January 6 attack. But they have laid out elements of a conspiracy.
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2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe

In November, Emmet Sullivan Suggested He Might Not Be Done with DOJ and Mike Flynn

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January 21, 2021
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emptywheel
In his November opinion dismissing Mike Flynn's prosecution, Judge Emmet Sullivan did not resolve certain issues -- documents that got altered and Flynn's lies to Sullivan. I expect he may return to them next week.
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2020 Election, 2020 Presidential Election, Biden Administration, Civil Rights, January 6 Insurrection

Amanda Gorman Made Silvester Beaman Sad, Joe Biden Happy, and John Lewis Dance

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January 20, 2021
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Peterr
Just as the 23 year old John Lewis spoke on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in 1963, so the 22 year old Amanda Gorman stood at the other end of the Mall, on the steps of the Capitol in which John Lewis served until he died, and she is taking this nation one more step forward.
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2020 Presidential Election, Biden Administration

Inauguration Day 2021: Celebrate!

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January 20, 2021
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Rayne
Let's celebrate the moral universe's arc shifting toward justice again with the inauguration of Biden and Harris.
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2020 Presidential Election

Bannon Turned Out to Be the Irreplaceable One

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January 20, 2021
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emptywheel
Donald Trump decided to pardon Steven Bannon even though it probably doesn't help Bannon all that much and may hurt Trump. Which makes the pardon all the more interesting.
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