Home - emptywheel

Fridays with Nicole Sandler
Nicole played all the video of sandwich man, Sean Dunn.

Read more
Tyler Lemons Caught Jack Eckenrode Committing a Capstone Crime
Last Monday, Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons revealed that Jack Eckenrode committed precisely the crime, conspiracy against rights, that they claim to be chasing for John Brennan and Jim Comey.

Read more
May This Week Be a Pivot
This sure feels like a week that -- if we survive long enough to look back at it -- will have been a pivotal one.

Read more
Open Thread: Generational Change Continues, Nancy Pelosi to Retire
Nancy Pelosi, former House Speaker, announced her plan to retire from Congress at the end of her term. Gee, what was the trigger?

Read more
Tyler Lemons Narcs out Pam Bondi: She Couldn’t Have Ratified Lindsey Halligan’s Actions
According to a new filing from Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons, Pam Bondi couldn't have ratified the things Lindsey Halligan did in the Jim Comey grand jury on September 25, because the only transcript that existed at that point excluded all Halligan's actions.

Read more

Previous Next

1 2 3 4 5

Weaponized DOJ

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

4 Comments

November 7, 2025

emptywheel

Nicole played all the video of sandwich man, Sean Dunn.

2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe

Tyler Lemons Caught Jack Eckenrode Committing a Capstone Crime

12 Comments

November 7, 2025

emptywheel

Last Monday, Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons revealed that Jack Eckenrode committed precisely the crime, conspiracy against rights, that they claim to be chasing for John Brennan and Jim Comey.

Unitary Executive, Weaponized DOJ

May This Week Be a Pivot

60 Comments

November 7, 2025

emptywheel

This sure feels like a week that -- if we survive long enough to look back at it -- will have been a pivotal one.

2026 Mid-Term Election, Congress, Democrats

Open Thread: Generational Change Continues, Nancy Pelosi to Retire

159 Comments

November 6, 2025

Rayne

Nancy Pelosi, former House Speaker, announced her plan to retire from Congress at the end of her term. Gee, what was the trigger?

Weaponized DOJ

Tyler Lemons Narcs out Pam Bondi: She Couldn't Have Ratified Lindsey Halligan's Actions

27 Comments

November 5, 2025

emptywheel

According to a new filing from Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons, Pam Bondi couldn't have ratified the things Lindsey Halligan did in the Jim Comey grand jury on September 25, because the only transcript that existed at that point excluded all Halligan's actions.

Weaponized DOJ

Pam Bondi's DOJ Gets Admonished a Second Time for Indict[ing] First, Investigat[ing] Second

5 Comments

November 5, 2025

emptywheel

When William Fitzpatrick scolded loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons about charging Jim Comey and investigating afterwards, he echoed the comments another Magistrate Judge, André Espinonsa, made months ago when dismissing the charge against Ras Baraka.

Economics

We're on the Unfuck Stage of Trump's Abuse of Power

33 Comments

November 5, 2025

emptywheel

The Supreme Court hearing on tariffs increases my optimism that at least five Justices will reverse the tariffs. A more interesting moment of the hearing, though, came when Amy Coney Barrett asked how we unfuck the damage Trump already did.

emptywheel

The IG Firing that May Matter: FHFA

9 Comments

November 5, 2025

emptywheel

Donald Trump just fired the guy who would alert prosecutors that their criminal charges against Letitia James are baseless.

2026 Mid-Term Election

Open Thread: The Morning After Election Day 2025

74 Comments

November 5, 2025

Rayne

This is an open thread with an emphasis on state and local elections with updates to follow. Discuss election results in your state and municipality here.

Weaponized DOJ

Cat Got the Indictment Singer's [sic] Tongue?

29 Comments

November 4, 2025

emptywheel

It turns out Pam Bondi's DOJ couldn't even competently follow Judge Cameron McGowan Currie's order to show what Lindsey Halligan said to the Jim Comey grand jury.

emptywheel

Tyler Lemons' Vindictive and Selective Bill of Particulars

4 Comments

November 4, 2025

emptywheel

Tyler Lemons' efforts to craft a narrative to explain away all the malice behind the Jim Comey prosecution result in a serial confession that the charges really don't match the evidence.

Torture

Dick Cheney, Gone But Not Forgotten

48 Comments

November 4, 2025

emptywheel

The precedents Dick Cheney established as Vice President have empowered the madness and authoritarianism of Donald Trump.

emptywheel

The Halloween Special Attorney's Loaner AUSAs' Loaner AUSA Forgot to Describe Jim Comey's Imaginary Crime

19 Comments

November 3, 2025

emptywheel

Lindsey Halligan's Loaner AUSAs have submitted their responses to Jim Comey's initial motions, which I've laid out below. The Tl;dr of the response to the observation that Lindsey was not lawfully appointed (DOJ submitted the same motion…

Weaponized DOJ

Tyler Lemons Confesses Kash Patel's FBI Was Reading Previously Seized Material without a Renewed Warrant

19 Comments

November 3, 2025

emptywheel

Tyler Lemons and his fellow Loaner AUSA Gabriel Diaz on the Jim Comey case confirm what Comey objected to in his opposition to a filter protocol: the FBI has been reviewing material seized over five years ago without obtaining a new warrant.

2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe

Jim Comey and the Crown Jewels of the Fevered Conspiracy against Rights Conspiracy

14 Comments

November 2, 2025

emptywheel

The shoddy indictment Lindsey Halligan got charging Jim Comey with lying to Congress makes far more sense when you consider how right wingers might want to use it as a foundation for the sprawling, fevered Conspiracy against Rights conspiracy they want to charge.

Weaponized DOJ

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

31 Comments

October 31, 2025

emptywheel

There were signs that the friction of legal challenges and attempts to peel off Republicans slowed Trump down this week.

emptywheel, Weaponized DOJ

Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer's Disappearing Agreement to a Litigation Hold

38 Comments

October 31, 2025

emptywheel

What was supposed to be a filing arguing against keeping a log of all contacts that Tish James' prosecutors have with journalists turned into a complaint that prosecutors would be asked to keep their communications at all.

Weaponized DOJ

Judge Nachmanoff Punts on Privilege

18 Comments

October 30, 2025

emptywheel

Judge Michael Nachmanoff has seemingly punted the dispute over whether and if so how the loaner AUSAs prosecuting Jim Comey can have access to privileged discussions he had years ago with Dan Richman. But the punt likely has the effect of giving him much of what he wants.

2020 Presidential Election

Follow the Money: Chuck Grassley Doxes the Entire Far Right

25 Comments

October 30, 2025

emptywheel

In an attempt to do a Twitter Files dump on Jack Smith's January 6 investigation, Chuck Grassley exposed very personal details of the far right political establishment, in the process identifying people whose role in all this was previously unknown.

2020 Presidential Election, Weaponized DOJ

Jeanine Pirro Covers Up Donald Trump's Doxing Conspiracy

21 Comments

October 30, 2025

emptywheel

Among the things Trump's DOJ excised from the sentencing memo of Tayler Taranto yesterday is Trump's own role, by doxing Barack Obama, in getting Taranto to stalk Obama's neighborhood.

See all posts

Share this entry

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

Tyler Lemons Caught Jack Eckenrode Committing a Capstone Crime

May This Week Be a Pivot

Open Thread: Generational Change Continues, Nancy Pelosi to Retire

Tyler Lemons Narcs out Pam Bondi: She Couldn’t Have Ratified Lindsey Halligan’s Actions

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

Tyler Lemons Caught Jack Eckenrode Committing a Capstone Crime

May This Week Be a Pivot

Open Thread: Generational Change Continues, Nancy Pelosi to Retire

Tyler Lemons Narcs out Pam Bondi: She Couldn't Have Ratified Lindsey Halligan's Actions

Pam Bondi's DOJ Gets Admonished a Second Time for Indict[ing] First, Investigat[ing] Second

We're on the Unfuck Stage of Trump's Abuse of Power

The IG Firing that May Matter: FHFA

Open Thread: The Morning After Election Day 2025

Cat Got the Indictment Singer's [sic] Tongue?

Tyler Lemons' Vindictive and Selective Bill of Particulars

Dick Cheney, Gone But Not Forgotten

The Halloween Special Attorney's Loaner AUSAs' Loaner AUSA Forgot to Describe Jim Comey's Imaginary Crime

Tyler Lemons Confesses Kash Patel's FBI Was Reading Previously Seized Material without a Renewed Warrant

Jim Comey and the Crown Jewels of the Fevered Conspiracy against Rights Conspiracy

Fridays with Nicole Sandler

Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer's Disappearing Agreement to a Litigation Hold

Judge Nachmanoff Punts on Privilege

Follow the Money: Chuck Grassley Doxes the Entire Far Right

Jeanine Pirro Covers Up Donald Trump's Doxing Conspiracy

Interesting links

Pages