Have Mark Judge Testify Along with Christine Blasey Ford (and Kavanaugh)

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emptywheel
If SJC is going to have Christine Blasey Ford testify on the attempted rape she alleges she suffered at the hands of Brett Kavanaugh in high school, let's also have the witness, Mark Judge, who will have to testify to how much the two drank.
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Manafort Turns State's Evidence: "It's Time for Some Game Theory"

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emptywheel
Trump needs his fellow Republicans to believe that Paul Manafort isn't providing evidence that incriminates him. Because if they start to believe that, their calculations behind support for him may change, and change quickly. 
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Paul Manafort's Modus Operandi: Accuse the Female Politician of Crimes She Didn't Commit, Then Dodge Sanctions

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emptywheel
I think Mueller included a chunk of exhibits in Paul Manafort's plea deal not just to prove one of his charges, but to preview coming attractions on how Paul Manafort ran Trump's campaign based on what he had done for years for Viktor Yanukovych.
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Manafort Plea Agreement Weekend Trash Talk

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bmaz
Okay, this post will have nothing to do with Manafort's plea. But this is the big weekend after the Friday of Manafort, and Trash must be talked. This will be a bit of truncated Trash because , well, I am tired after an early morning yesterday…
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A Comparison of Rick Gates and Paul Manafort's Plea Deals

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emptywheel
The most interesting difference between the Manafort and Gates plea agreements is that Gates' plea included a gag order. Manafort's doesn't.
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The Objection that Made Mueller's Case

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emptywheel
I suspect Manafort's cooperation became inevitable when Greg Andres successfully prevented Manafort from entering details about what Rick Gates had told Mueller into evidence in his EDVA trial.
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Checkmate: The Manafort Cooperation Is Pardon Proof

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emptywheel
It's now officially too late for Trump to prevent the damage that Paul Manafort's testimony against him will do with a pardon.
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What Paulson, Bernanke, Geithner and Neil Irwin Don’t Get

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Ed Walker
The elites do not grasp the anger about the lack of accountability for the people who caused the Great Crash.
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The EDVA Holdout Juror Has (Thus Far) Saved Paul Manafort $16 Million

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emptywheel
The holdout juror in the Paul Manafort case that thus far saved the defendant $16 million.
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Paul Manafort Is One of 37 People in an Omertà with the President

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emptywheel
Apparently there are 37 people in Trump's Joint Defense Agreement, including Paul Manafort.
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The $30 Million Leverage Mueller Has to Force Paul Manafort's Cooperation

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emptywheel
Little discussed in reporting on Manafort's efforts to negotiate a plea deal with Meuller is that he's already subject to a $16 million seizure and stands to lose $30 million more
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Richard Burr Pretends He Has a Basis to Claim SSCI Has [Searched for and] Not Found Any Evidence of "Collusion"

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emptywheel
Richard Burr went on TV and claimed his committee has looked for, but not found, any evidence that Trump conspired with Russia.
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The Other Thing Kavanaugh and Trump Share: Hidden Money Stories

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emptywheel
Along with the expected questions about law and GOP rat-fuckery, Sheldon Whitehouse asked Brett Kavanaugh some questions about his finances that may come back to haunt him.
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The Frothy Right Is Furious that Peter Strzok Pursued the Guy Leaking about Carter Page

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emptywheel
Mark Meadows has gotten the entire frothy right -- from Sara Carter to Donald Trump -- outraged because Peter Strzok and after him the FBI aggressively pursued the guy leaking about Carter Page.
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Is a Tie with Vladimir Putin What Makes Mariia Butina More of a Spy than Paul Manafort?

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emptywheel
Given my continued obsession with the border between the spying charge (18 USC 951) with which Mariia Butina got charged and the FARA charge (22 USC 611 et seq.) with which Paul Manafort got charged, I find this footnote from the government's…
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Brett Kavanaugh Thinks Using Stolen Emails Is Acceptable Behavior

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emptywheel
Whether or not you think Brett Kavanaugh lied about whether he knew, when asked in the past, that he was using stolen emails, it's clear that he doesn't think it was wrong to do so.
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Trash Talk Returns From The Dead

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bmaz
Hi there Wheelheads! Trash Talk has been on hiatus since April, nearly five months, and that was kind of a one off NFL Draft discussion. But real football is back, fall is...almost...in the air (hey, it's going to be 107º here today).
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Just before Mike Flynn Was Interviewed by the FBI, Putin Increased His Participation in the National Prayer Breakfast

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emptywheel
Over the weekend of January 20-21, 2017, Vladimir Putin increased his participation in the February 2, 2017 National Prayer Breakfast.
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