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Mueller Told Trump He Was Being Investigated for Hacking, Wire Fraud, and Mail Fraud

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emptywheel
Mueller investigated Roger Stone for hacking charges at least through August 28, 2018. And the book A Stable Genius reveals it wasn't just Stone that Mueller considered charging with hacking-related crimes, but also Trump himself.
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We Don't Do That

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bmaz
Go read this article by David Roth at the Columbia Journalism Review, it is brutally true. Here is a taste, but do read the whole thing: It all happened in the way that decline generally happens in American culture, which is one anxious,…
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Questioning Bill Barr's "No Collusion" Propaganda, Reggie Walton Orders an In Camera Review of Mueller Report

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emptywheel
Reggie Walton doesn't agree with Bill Barr's claim that the Mueller Report showed no collusion. So he's ordering an in camera review of the redactions in the Mueller Report.
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Amid Discussions of FISA Reform, James Boasberg Pushes for Greater Reform

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emptywheel
After DOJ and Amicus David Kris provided recommendations for improving FISA, presiding FISA Judge James Boasberg went further than both recommendations. Congress would do well to note his recommendations, as he can't force this without their help.
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The Joshua Schulte Jury Is Falling Apart

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emptywheel
One of the jurors on the Joshua Schulte case got removed after sharing public information with another juror.
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Driving Carter Page: What the 302 Says

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emptywheel
One of the Mueller 302s released this week shows how minor a Woods procedure violation identified by the IG Report on Carter Page was -- but also shows that the Woods procedure violations really weren't the biggest problem with those applications.
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The Recruitment of Jared Kushner

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emptywheel
The heavily redacted FBI interview report released under FOIA this week is more interesting for the related 302s showing how aggressively Kushner was cultivated.

Democrats' 2020 Primaries: Super Tuesday Results [UPDATE-4]

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Rayne
This post is dedicated to the Democratic Party's Super Tuesday results.

US COVID-19 Cases Now Spreading Due To Trump's Testing Restrictions And Dismantling Of Pandemic Response Teams

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Jim White
In 2018. Donald Trump dismantled the pandemic response structure that Barack Obama had built during the Ebola outbreak. That, coupled with his administration needlessly restricting access to COVID-19 testing, has led to the virus likely spreading much more widely in the US than would have been the case with early widespread testing followed by appropriate isolation of infected individuals.
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It's Easy to [Claim to] Attribute Hacks to CIA after a One Month Trial on CIA's Tools

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emptywheel
A Chinese InfoSec company just released an opportunistic report based off some of the Joshua Schulte trial record.
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Roger Stone Accuses Jerome Corsi of Lying When He Testified Stone's Cover Story Was a Cover Story

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emptywheel
Larry Klayman's deposition of Roger Stone is great TV if you have a penchant for nastiness. But underlying that nastiness is a fight over who is telling the truth over the lies Stone and Jerome Corsi agreed to tell.
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We Have Never Been Modern: Conclusion

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Ed Walker
The role of neoliberalism in the thinking of the Moderns, and a possible way forward.
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With One Dropped Charge and a Major Screw-up, Government in Remarkably Weak Position against Joshua Schulte

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emptywheel
While the evidence against Joshua Schulte is strong, his defense team has laid a lot of reason for jurors to get to reasonable doubt that he leaked the CIA's hacking tools to WIkiLeaks.
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Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl's Pathetic Disinformation May Finally Matter

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emptywheel
Hoaxsters Jack Burkman and Jacob Wohl may finally have done some good with their latest stunt, in the form of making it easier for the FBI to figure out who is behind an effort to discredit the jury verdict against Roger Stone.

Ted Yoho Says Lynching Is Not A Hate Crime

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Jim White
To Ted Yoho, all we need to say is that your time for promoting hate in the US Congress is coming to an end at the end of this year. Your views will eventually lose out, and peace and justice will eventually come to our country. There are simply more people who are working for peace and justice than there are promoting hate. Even within our current Congress, which has many Republicans who endorse the bulk of the racist Republican agenda, you were outvoted by over 100-1 on the issue of lynching being a hate crime. The Senate and House versions of this legislation will soon be synchronized, and even if your racist President chooses to veto, there are enough votes to override this last-ditch effort to spread hate.

Preparing For The Inevitable Coronavirus Disease 2019 Outbreak

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Jim White
Jim here. I am quite late to getting to a post on the new coronavirus, but headlines yesterday finally forced me to move ahead and gather info today. First, watch this incredibly informative video from the World Health Organization. It gives…
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The State of Play: Joshua Schulte and Julian Assange

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emptywheel
Julian Assange won a delayed, second hearing in his extradition case in December. That delay may provide the US government time to integrate charges related to Vault 7 that would be fairly damaging to Assange's case.
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Kim DotCom Posts Evidence Trump's "Best Friend (Name Redacted)" in Pardon Discussions

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emptywheel
Kim DotCom posted texts claiming to broker a pardon for Julian Assange with Trump's best friend whose name, Sean, he claimed to redact.
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The Carter Page Clauses in the FISA Reform Bill Wouldn't Help Carter Page

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emptywheel
The new FISA bill has some good aspects to it. But measures that might be designed to help someone in the position of Carter Page probably wouldn't have helped Carter Page in 2016.
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