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The Big Election Lie Built on the Last Big Election Lie

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emptywheel
Before Trump told the Big Lie that he was the victim of vote fraud, Trump told the Big Lie that he was the victim of an investigation into the many documented ways in which Trump tried to optimize Russian help to get elected.
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Happy Holidays From The Emptywheel Blog: A Year To Remember, A Year To Forget And An Open Forum For Cooking, Trash And Other Talk

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bmaz
What a long strange trip 2021 has been. January 6 is still less than a year ago. Joe Biden's Presidency is only eleven months old. The DOJ and 1/6 Committee are working away nicely on an unprecedented case that is multitudes more complicated…
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Chekhov's Riot Shield: How Proud Boy Matthew Greene's Cooperation Helps Prove the Conspiracy

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emptywheel
As a cooperator, Matthew Greene won't be able to tell prosecutors what top Proud Boys were planning. Nor will he be able to reveal how they networked with Trump's associates. But he does offer proof that low level Proud Boys were in a conspiracy with the group's top leadership. And his testimony will make it more likely that others will also cooperate. 
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Three Crimes Included in Proud Boy Matthew Greene's Intent Statement

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emptywheel
In his statement of offense adopted under oath yesterday, Proud Boy Matthew Greene laid out three crimes -- obstruction, damage to the Capitol, and trespassing -- that will expose other Proud Boys to more serious punishment.
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Broken Windows Policing and January 6 Plea Deals

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emptywheel
Two more cases demonstrate that DOJ is using the threat of terrorism enhancements to convince people to cooperate in the January 6 investigation.
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Mike Flynn Forgets He Was Shit-Canned by Presidents of Both Parties

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emptywheel
There's a lot of nonsense in Mike Flynn's lawsuit against the January 6 Committee. Among the most interesting is his effort to quash a Verizon subpoena notice of which he doesn't claim to have received.
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Behind the Arrest of Putin's Pen-Tester, Vladislav Klyushin

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emptywheel
A guy I will call Putin's pen-tester for the information operations that he provided to Russia's Presidential Administration was just extradited to the US because, on the side, he was allegedly engaged in insider trading.
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Three Things: Omigod Omicron

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Rayne
The Biden administration will mount a response to the explosion of Omicron variant COVID cases. It follows some corporate stupidity which may have left the door open to this new surge.
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The Intransitive Corruption of the Oath Keepers

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emptywheel
In a ruling affirming DOJ's application of "obstruction" to the January 6 riot, Judge Amit Mehta ruled that "corruptly" in 18 USC 1512(c)(2) is intransitive, meaning defendants themselves must have had the intent of acting corruptly.
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Angry Mom: Thanks, Joe “2022 Will Be an Electoral Bloodbath” Manchin [UPDATE-2]

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Rayne
At least 53 people deserve a swift comeuppance for letting down the American people, beginning with 50 GOP senators and Joe Manchin.
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Hot and Cold Running John Durham Conspiracy Conspiracies

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emptywheel
In one side of the John Durham investigation, he claims that Igor Danchenko must waive conflicts that might arise if people implicated in the conspiracy he has not yet charged. In the other side, Durham claims that Michael Sussmann is not entitled all the 302s of that same conspiracy.
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How SDNY Came to Treat James O'Keefe Better than Former SDNY US Attorney Rudy Giuliani

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emptywheel
Somehow and for some reason, the President's former lawyer is being treated less favorably by his former office than your garden variety rat-fucker. The reasons why that might be bear some consideration.
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Two Months after Insinuating Ali Alexander Should Be Held Responsible for January 6, Jonathan Moseley Claims To Be His Lawyer

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emptywheel
Two months ago, when he was nominally representing Zach Rehl, Jonathon Moseley insinuated that Ali Alexander should be held accountable for any violence that happened on January 6. Yesterday, he showed up on a lawsuit claiming to be Alexander's lawyer.
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This Is My O Face: Welcome, Omicron [UPDATE-1]

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Rayne
Guess who's getting tested for COVID today? Now with additional content and update.
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In Their Bid for Special Master, Project Veritas Provided Evidence of Possible Extortion

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emptywheel
In an attempt to boast about Project Veritas' ethics, one of its lawyers produced evidence that James O'Keefe had already decided not to publish Ashley Biden's [allegedly stolen] diary when someone called up Joe Biden and tried to extort an interview from him.
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The Pied Piper of Insurrection, and Other Challenges in Charging the January 6 Organizer-Inciters

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emptywheel
The government is already prosecuting several "organizer-inciters" of the January 6 riot, including Brandon Straka, Alan Hostetter, and several InfoWars employees. But these prosecutions face First Amendment challenges that most of the other 700 prosecutions don't.
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Finally, Everyone Is Talking about Trump's Obstruction on January 6

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emptywheel
Thanks to Liz Cheney's exposure of all the Fox hosts and Trump children desperately asking him to stop the assault on January 6, the commentariat finally understands the role of obstruction in the January 6 investigation.
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The Video Authentication Challenge: Aaron Mostofsky

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emptywheel
A filing in the Aaron Mostofsky case explains how DOJ plans to authenticate the publicly-obtained video evidence it will use at trial.
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