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In a Shoddy Attempt to Inflate the Single Server Fallacy, Roger Stone Suggests Communicating with Guccifer 2.0 Would Be Criminal

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emptywheel
In a frivolous pair of motions, Roger Stone is going after CrowdStrike's analysis of the Russian hack. In the first, he demands full unredacted copies of CrowdStrike's reports on the hacks. He bases that demand on a claim the CrowdStrike reports…

NC Election Investigations and the Yard Sale at the 18th Hole

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Rayne
What's going on with the federal investigation of voter fraud underway in North Carolina? And just how many non-English-speaking Russians now live in the US? This is an open thread.
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On the Curious Timing of Daniel Everette Hale's Arrest

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emptywheel
It's not surprising the government indicted Daniel Everette Hale as the Intercept's suspected Drone Wars source. It's surprising they waited five years.
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The Orange Injector and the Troubling Tariffs

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Rayne
As if a constitutional crisis wasn't enough, he did it again — trashed the market with tweets. And we're stuck on this crazy ride with him. This is an open thread.
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Why Didn't Mueller Hold Counterintelligence Suspect Mike Flynn Responsible for Sanctions Call?

For some reason, Mueller did not hold Mike Flynn responsible for -- at a time when he was under active counterintelligence investigation for his ties to Russia -- undercutting the official policy of the US on punishing Russia for its election year attack. I wonder whether the any counterintelligence interviews may explain why.
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Undead Testify: Welcome to the Zombie Apocalypse

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Rayne
The zombie apocalypse wasn't supposed to look like this; it should have been more cinematic. And yet here we are, surrounded by the undead. This is an open thread.
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Did Rod Rosenstein Pressure Mueller to Enter the Plea Deal with Paul Manafort?

According to Andrew Weissmann, there was a lot of pressure to enter into a plea deal with Paul Manafort last September, which had the effect of shifting attention from the Mueller investigation during the election. We now know that prosecutors already knew he was lying to them when they entered into that plea deal.
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One Man's Declination Decision Is Another Man's Criminal Suspect Failson

One thing Robert Mueller's March 27 letter to Attorney General William Barr reveals -- in addition to the fact that Mueller is as pissed as he has ever been in his career -- is that the two men think very differently about the redactions in…
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William Barr Absolved Trump of Obstruction without Having the Faintest Clue What He Obstructed

In his SJC hearing today, the Attorney General said it was okay for Trump to obstruct the Mueller investigation because (he claims) Trump was falsely accused, without being aware that the report showed that several of the key allegations against Trump -- including that his campaign manager coordinated with Russians, including one Barr agrees is a bottom-feeding scum-sucker" with ties to Russian intelligence -- were actually true. 
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Useful, but Willful, Idiot: "Page or" "Or JD Gordon" [Updated]

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emptywheel
It turns out there was a lot more implicating Carter Page as a willful agent of Russian than those wailing about his FISA application have let on.
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Paul Manafort Violated Campaign Policy in Risking a Meeting with Konstantin Kilimnik on August 2, 2016

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emptywheel
The Mueller Report makes something else clear about the August 2, 2016 meeting between Paul Manafort and Konstantin Kilimnik. Trump's campaign manager attended a meeting with a guy his deputy believed was a Russian spy at a time when everyone else in the campaign was being told to defer such meetings because of the attention on his own ties with Kilimnik.
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RIP Damon Keith, The Once And Forever Crusader For Justice

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bmaz
It is with a heavy heart I report that one of the finest, and most righteous, judges in American history has passed away. Judge Damon Jerome Keith was a giant. In a field of giants, Judge Keith stood tall as a special giant. I wish I knew a…
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Trump's Never-Declined Invitation from Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko

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emptywheel
Reading the fine print of the Mueller Report, it appears that Trump never declined an invitation to attend the June 2016 St. Petersburg Forum where he might meet Putin and talk Towers.
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What if Julian Assange Flipped?

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emptywheel
Everyone's assuming that Julian Assange will mount a long extradition fight. But what if he instead flipped?
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History's Rhyme: Nixon's Articles of Impeachment

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Rayne
What would Articles of Impeachment look like if drafted today about Trump? Would they look like Nixon's? This is a open thread.
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Why Did Mueller Include the June 9 Meeting Statement in His Obstruction Case?

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emptywheel
I've got a bunch more posts on the Mueller Report I'm going to eventually write; I've still got a slew of theories and observations to share. But there's one topic I just have guesses on, one I'd love to have more people weigh in on. Why…
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Giorgi Rtslchiladze's Honor Has Been Sullied because He Can't Decide Whether He Knows the Tapes He Suppressed Exist or Not

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emptywheel
Giorgi Rtskhiladze's lawyer is making thoroughly contradictory claims about the pee tape exchange his client had with Michael Cohen just before the 2016 election.
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The Dispute over the Accusation Maria Butina Is a Spotter Distracts from Clear Case She Should Be Sent Home

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emptywheel
Maria Butina's lawyers are complaining that the government submitted a declaration in her sentencing that lays out a theory of how the networking she did would be useful for Russian intelligence. I think that distracts from making an argument that even using the precedents the government relies on, she has a solid case she should be sent home now.
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