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Brandon Fellows Demands Positive Reinforcement as an Accused Criminal, Before Confessing to More Crimes

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emptywheel
By using his bond reconsideration hearing to lay out a bunch of transparent excuses about his own actions, Brandon Fellows exhibited for Trump appointed judge Trevor McFadden how much bullshit and false victimization January 6 defendants are spewing.
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What is the appropriate sanction for a "pawn" who participated in a coup attempt?

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emptywheel
Defense Attorney Heather Shaner argues that probation is a better way to deal with "pawns" whom coup plotters exploited as part of their coup attempt. She may not have the answer, but she's asking the right question.
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DOJ Was Still Working to Access Joshua Schulte's Phone in September 2019

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emptywheel
Glenn Greenwald thinks that because the CIA didn't have proof Julian Assange was a Russian agent on April 13, 2017, that's proof that they haven't obtained any such evidence from one of at least three investigations focusing on WikiLeaks since then.
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FBI Searches the Home of the Guy Who Said, "I want to see thousands of normies burn that city to ash" on January 6

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emptywheel
For months, the Proud Boy leaders have been claiming that Aaron Whallon-Wolkind's behavior leading up to the January 6 riot was more damning than their own. Now, Zach Rehl's lawyer is attempting to claim none of that is true.
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Puzzling Developments in the January 6 Investigation

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emptywheel
It's pretty clear that DOJ keeps flipping Oath Keeper defendants. But in a series of other cases, there have been recent developments that defy understanding.
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Michael Sussmann Attempts to Bill [of Particulars] Durham for His Sloppy Indictment Language

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emptywheel
In a motion for a Bill of Particulars, Michael Sussmann identifies two big holes in John Durham's indictment of him. But he also makes a reasonable argument that Durham's description of Sussman's alleged lie is too squishy to prove at trial.
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The Two New Material Errors Are the News from the IG Report on Woods File Errors

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emptywheel
DOJ IG released another of its reports on FISA, showing that for 2.6% of FISA applications, the FBI didn't have any Woods file attesting to the accuracy of discrete factual claims in the application. But while the report shows far more substantive issues that need to be addressed with the FISA process, it doesn't acknowledge that those substantive issues are more important to the integrity of the process than Woods files.
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Live Thread: U.S. Senate Commerce Hearing with Facebook Whistleblower [UPDATE-5]

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Rayne
The Senate Commerce Committee is conducting a hearing right now; Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen is currently testifying before the committee.
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David Judd Claims He's Not Being Treated as Well as the Teenager Who Got Murdered

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emptywheel
In the second bid by a January 6 defendant to claim he's being selectively prosecuted, David Judd claims that he's being treated unfairly because, unlike Portland rioter Isaiah Maza Jr, his charges weren't dismissed after he got murdered.
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There Is Going To Be A Game Tonight

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bmaz
Some former New England Patriot QB is going back to Foxbvorough. No, it is not Jacoby Brissett. It's the other guy. Gronk is out with fractured ribs, which really sucks. But Antonio Brown is back from Covid, the Bucs are not without weapons…
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In Indictment Accusing Michael Sussmann of Hiding Details about Researchers, John Durham Hid Details about Researchers

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emptywheel
John Durham says it is a crime to lie about the researchers who did the Alfa Bank research in an effort to launch an investigation. And yet, the available evidence suggests he did just that.
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WikiLeaks' Intent in Publishing (and Not Publishing) CIA's Hacking Tools Was To Wreck the Agency

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emptywheel
One of several things missing from Yahoo's clickbait story about the things CIA was not permitted to do in the wake of learning its hacking tools had been stolen is that WikiLeaks helped Edward Snowden flee with the specific intent of inspiring someone like Joshua Schulte, the alleged Vault 7 leaker, to steal those files with the goal of "wrecking" the CIA. 
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Alex Jones Used the Promise of a Permit and a Stage to Lure Hundreds to the East Steps

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emptywheel
Ali Alexander used some front organizations to obtain a permit for (among other places) the East side of the Capitol, where he put up a stage. The permit and the stage were the excuse Alex Jones used to lure hundreds of people to the East side of the Capitol. But he brought them to the steps, where many of them breached the building from a second front.
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Zach Rehl's Subpoena for Port-a-John Details from the Non-Existent One Nation Under God

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emptywheel
Zach Rehl wants the permit that shows Ali Alexander's people created fake organizations under whose names to obtain permits for the Stop the Steal rally.
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The Yahoo Story about All the Things CIA Wasn't Allowed to Do Against WikiLeaks

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emptywheel
In a blockbuster story, Yahoo spends over 100 paragraphs showing that its lead is overstated.
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The FBI's Proud Boy Informant Showed Up Late

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emptywheel
The place to look for witnesses about the plan that Joe Biggs had on January 6 is among those he met with the night before the attack, not low-level Proud Boys who showed up late to insurrection.
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Lev Parnas' Failed Attempt to Flip

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emptywheel
In a motion in limine submitted in advance of Lev Parnas' trial next month, SDNY reveals he had a single proffer session with the government in March 2020.
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