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Andy McCarthy has been operating under the same misconception that the Lawfare crowd recently was: that the entire Russian investigation was under Mueller from the start. It wasn't. Something made him subsume those parts of the investigation.

When Michael Cohen got raided, the Trump team wailed mightily about needing someone outside the government to review his materials for privilege claims. A half million dollar bill later, they still had to turn over 6,200 items out of government hands, including 57 files they had specific concerns about.

In addition to quashing stories about Donald Trump's mistresses, David Pecker also helped Roger Stone smear Ted Cruz during a period we know Mueller is investigating.

Richard Burr seems intent on declaring that the Senate Intelligence Committee has found no evidence of a conspiracy between Trump and Russia, but also worried that someone might, in the future, point to something the committee chose not to look for.

The press seems convinced by Michael Cohen's own press claims that he has something to offer in a cooperation agreement. I think it's far too late for that.

Rudy Giuliani insists there was no follow-up on the June 9 meeting. That's not true. At a minimum, there were two weeks of attempts to set up a follow-up meeting, before Aras Agalarov realized he needed to set up a new channel of communication with Trump. And the same day Agalarov concluded that, Jared attempted to set up a new channel of communication from inside Don Jr's office.

Are three classes enough? Can workers reject domination by the rich?

Don McGahn and his lawyer might want you to believe they fucked up the White House counseling of their job if in fact McGahn fucked up the campaign finance side, which would more immediately lead to a conspiracy indictment.

The sentencing memorandum in George Papadopoulos' case demonstrates that the plea deals for everyone but Rick Gates aren't as generous as often made out.

Richard Burr suggests only he and Mueller have access to the knowledge to decide whether Trump conspired with Russians to get elected. In doing so, he discredits the one congressional investigation that has thus far avoided partisan dysfunction.