Three Things: Irish Fish Stew

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Rayne
Doesn’t it strike you as unusual that a Russian diplomat worked directly with an Irish fishing industry representative?
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John Durham Suggests April Lorenzen Thinks He Bullied Her

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emptywheel
Last week's crazy John Durham filing suggests that April Lorenzen's lawyer may have complained about Durham's treatment of her.

Breathing Room: What Pods Are You Casting?

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Rayne
Take a break, take a breath, then share in comments what podcasts have attracted your attention.
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DOJ Finally Gets around to Sharing Discovery with Oath Keepers Mark Grods and Caleb Berry

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emptywheel
In the recent round of indictments, DOJ purposely hid what they've learned about Roger Stone from witnesses whose testimony they needed to finalize the sedition conspiracy. And for the first time, overt cooperators may get more questions about that. 
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John Durham Flew to Italy to Get Joseph Mifsud's Blackberries But Never Walked Across DOJ to Obtain James Baker's Phones He Forgot He Knew Were There

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emptywheel
Two years ago, John Durham claimed he knew better than Michael Horowitz about the predication of the Russian investigation because he had done things like obtain Joseph Mifsud's outdated phones. Three days ago, Durham admitted he had never bothered to look for the phones of his single witness against Michael Sussmann.
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Brandon Straka Assures MAGAts That He Didn't Share Evidence of Any Pre-January 6 Crimes

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emptywheel
Brandon Straka wants to assure MAGAts that he didn't share evidence of any crime before January 6th.
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The First Mike Flynn-Inspired Insurrectionist Sentenced to 44 Months in Prison

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emptywheel
The first QAnon-inspired January 6 assault defendant to be sentenced, Nicholas Languerand, attributed his radicalization to Mike Flynn, among others.
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The Paulie Plot in Ukraine

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emptywheel
The claim that part of Russia's plans with Ukraine are akin to the plans that Paul Manafort got involved with in 2016 -- to place a Russian-backed puppet in charge -- reminds us of the ties between Ukraine and that earlier Russian attack.
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Three Things: Ukraine, Ukraine, Ukraine

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Rayne
We all should have and could have seen the current tensions over Ukraine coming. It's a bigger surprise that tensions didn't increase earlier.
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John Durham Had No Idea Michael Sussmann Provided Another Anonymous Tip on Behalf of Rodney Joffe

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emptywheel
Among the things John Durham didn't know for accusing Michael Sussmann of criminal intent when sharing an anonymous tip from Rdoney Joffe about weird forensic data is that in the period under investigation, Michael Sussmann shared another anonymous tip from Joffe about weird forensic data.
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Why It Would Be Counterproductive To Appoint a Special Counsel to Investigate January 6

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emptywheel
If you believe that Trump's actions played a central role in the insurrection -- if you believe that the violent mob mobilized on January 6 was an important part of plans hatched at the Willard Hotel -- then creating a separate investigation to investigate Trump does nothing but remove him from his liability in crimes already charged as sedition.
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"Let's Go Brandon!" Straka's Cow Manure

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emptywheel
Brandon Straka's own sentencing letter conflicts with his lawyers' sentencing memorandum. If it wasn't already clear he has been bullshitting prosecutors, that makes it evident.

Enough With Hobbes And Rousseau

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Ed Walker
It's time to dump these old ideas. We know more now.
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Special Master Barbara Jones Turns Over Rudy's Chats

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emptywheel
Special Master Barbara Jones has now made over 30,000 items seized from Rudy's phones to investigators.
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Five Percent of Mueller Pre-Grand Jury Interviews Pertain to Still Ongoing Investigations

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emptywheel
Of 696 pages of Mueller interview materials withheld in the BuzzFeed FOIA earlier this month, 5% of pertained to ongoing investigations.
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Bennie Thompson to Ivanka: Come In from the Conspiracy

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emptywheel
In a letter inviting Ivanka to testify voluntarily to the January 6 Select Committee, Bennie Thompson very subtly said two things: Trump entered into an agreement with leaders of multiple conspiracies to engage in violence on January 6, and unless Ivanka turned over all her White House records to the National Archives as required by the Presidential Records Act, so did she.

Drive for Show, Putt for Dough, Cheat for Tax Deductions

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Rayne
Every time I think I’ve met the limit of repulsion for Trump, I meet a new threshold. This time it's at Seven Springs, the golf course that wasn't.
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"HOLD. THE. LINE!!!" DOJ's Late Research into Brandon Straka's Grift

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emptywheel
It's difficult to tell what really went down with the Brandon Straka plea. That's because -- as laid out here -- the government seems to have realized that Straka had been less than forthright in interviews, in which he was deemed cooperative…
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Guest Post: The Tie that Binds the Conspiracies

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Rayne
Guest post by long-time community member WilliamOckham examining oddities about the false certifications the "alternate electors" signed ahead of the January 6 insurrection.
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