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The Smoking Craters Where Trump Deal Brokers Used to Be

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emptywheel
The deeper we get down the Trump corruption rabbit hole, and the role of real estate brokers becomes all the more obvious.
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To Pre-empt an Ass-Handing, the Government Lards on Problematic New Charges against MalwareTech

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emptywheel
Among other things the government did in a bid to save face against Marcus Hutchins is charge him for actions he did when he was a minor, actions for which the statute of limitations has expired, and a lie that a prosecutor claimed the contrary of in court last year.
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Manafort Renewed His Outreach to FBC Group after Mueller's Early April Revelations

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emptywheel
Something happened in early April that gave Manafort cause to try to reach out to Mercury lobbying firm again. There are several details in the Mueller filings that might explain that risk.
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The Cat Moves onto Pounce on its Paul Manafort Cat Toy

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emptywheel
After a six month game enticing Paul Manafort to try to make bail, Mueller's team has just laid out how he has broken the law while out on bail.
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The 58 Second Gap: Did Emin Agalarov Tell Rob Goldstone Putin Talked to His Father about the June 9 Meeting?

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emptywheel
In one WhatsApp chat turned over by Ron Goldstone to SJC, there's at least a name if not 58 seconds missing from a voicemail Emin Agalarov left to placate Goldstone about his perceived link to Putin. Does the missing recording show Emin admitting Putin had talked to his father on this matter?
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Waiting

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Ed Walker
How long will the majority consent to be governed by the minority?
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The Giant Holes in Trump's Mike Flynn Story Point to "Collusion," Not Obstruction

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emptywheel
The Trump lawyer letter provides new insight onto their efforts to explain the Mike Flynn firing. But that story raises more questions than answers.
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The Evasion in Trump's Response on the June 9 Meeting Statement: Did Putin Dictate the Statement?

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emptywheel
Trump's evasive answer about his role in the first statement about the June 9 Trump Tower meeting released under Don Jr's name dodges the real question: did he write the statement? Or did Vladimir Putin?
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What Got Added to Sekulow's List: Further Obstruction (Including Consideration of Firing Mueller), and "Collusion"

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emptywheel
The topics that got added to Jay Sekulow's understanding of what Robert Mueller wants to ask Trump ballooned between January 8 and March 5. Now they include a slew of questions on Trump's awareness of and involvement in "collusion" with Russia.
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The NY Times, Sekulow and Dowd's Sophistry and Trump's King Like Viewpoint

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bmaz
I have obligations that I seriously must run out the door for, but this need to be posted so that it can be dissected. The inestimable crew of Haberman, Schmidt et. al have posted a rather amazing letter 20 page letter issued on behalf of Trump…
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How the Mueller Team Thinks of ConFraudUs

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emptywheel
In a response to a Concord Consulting challenge, the Mueller team lays out how it thinks of ConFraudUs, conspiracy to defraud the US. It reveals why the charge may be so useful in going after the election conspirators.
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Rudy 9/11's Latest Outrageous Attempts to Obstruct the Mueller Probe

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emptywheel
Rudy's taking some really outrageous steps in trying to obstruct the Mueller probe.
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The Government Refuses to Name FBI Agent Accused of Deceit in MalwareTech Case

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emptywheel
The government's attempt to argue that FBI agent Lee Chartier didn't deceive Marcus Hutchins when he explained why he had arrested him last year didn't involve actually mentioning Chartier.
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On Those Five AT&T Phones Manafort Wanted To Learn About

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emptywheel
Amy Berman Jackson says Manafort can't have an unredacted affidavit pertaining to information on 5 AT&T phones, suggesting some of the phones may belong to other people. Since Mueller got that warrant, he has been focused closely on Roger Stone.
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The Mouse That Roared, The Bigotry Roseanne Perpetrated and Ignorant Racism Of Trump

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bmaz
No, it is not enough that ABC and Disney canned the ignorant bigot Roseanne, the media needs to stop propagating the Salena Zito fraud that "Real America" supports ignorance and racism.
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Three Data Points on George Papadopoulos

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emptywheel
It was some time after Papadopoulos had told Downer that the Russians had damaging material they might release closer to the election to hurt Hillary and after Papadopoulos had told the FBI that the damaging material in question was "thousands of emails" before the FBI took one of the most basic investigative steps, figuring out whom Papadopoulos had been talking to during that period.
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Paul Manafort Wasn't the "Campaign Boss" (Yet) during the June 9 Meeting

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emptywheel
When Don Jr set up the June 9 meeting, he said that Paul Manafort was the "campaign boss." But he wasn't, yet. He was still fighting to assume that role with Corey Lewandowski.
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The Same Day Aras Agalarov Was Talking about Restoring Communication with Trump, Jared Kushner Pitched a Back Channel

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emptywheel
The SJC interviews reveal that the same day that Trump's handler, Aras Agalarov, was talking about restoring communication channels in the wake of the election, Jared Kushner was pitching using Russian facilities to do that.
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