
"My life's on the line here:" Gary Shapley's Direct Supervisor Believed His Claims Were Unsubstantiated
During the period when Gary Shapley was writing documents misrepresenting David Weiss' words, his supervisor recommended he be removed from the Hunter Biden case.

Hunter Biden Sues the IRS
For five years, the government has (apparently) chosen to relentlessly pursue pickayune charges against Hunter Biden while ignoring the crimes committed to try to force the government to file those charges. And Abbe Lowell may be preparing to make that case in the case of any trial.

On Recusal, Give Trump the Evidentiary Hearing He Demands!
Trump claims that during the year and a half of January 6 cases she had presided over by October 28, 2022, Judge Tanya Chutkan had not seen any evidence from which she could form an opinion about Trump's role in the event. By all means, let's put the evidence she had seen in the record.

Trash Talk: Won't Somebody Think of the Children Edition
Disgusting: how unprepared MSU was to handle a high-profile sexual harassment complaint, and how the GOP blows off revolting behavior by its own. Won't somebody think of the children?

Sunset Musings III and Trash Talk
A few of you may remember Sunset Musings II regarding the fall of Grandpa Pricky. Most were likely not here back then. So Casa de bmaz has today lost yet another noble centurion. Grandma Pricky.

After Threats Elicited by Gary Shapley's Misleading Testimony, Hunter Biden Prosecutors Reneged on the Plea Deal
In a package to Congress, Abbe Lowell laid out all the evidence that Gary Shapley's political pressure led directly to David Weiss' decision to ratchet up the charges against Hunter Biden. But the package left something out: Shapley's media tour has also led to credible threats of violence targeting the prosecutor who first crafted the plea deal.

By Asking for Tanya Chutkan's Recusal, Trump Invited a Lesson in His Centrality to January 6
Trump wants his January 6 trial to be messaging and fundraising vehicle. But by asking Tanya Chutkan to recuse, he invited DOJ to lay out just how deeply implicated he is in the entire assault on the Capitol.

Not Breaking News and Stop Lying to Your Followers It is: David Weiss Indicts Hunter Biden
David Weiss indicted Hunter Biden on the weapons charge and a false statements charge.

Gary Shapley's Notes Show That Gary Shapley Misrepresented David Weiss
Gary Shapley rewrote his own notes about what David Weiss said at a contested October 7, 2022 meeting, changing a statement originally recorded saying that Weiss "will" bring charges in Los Angeles to one about what he would have to do to obtain authority to do so.

Gary Shapley's Notes Recorded Something He Claimed Not to Know before House Ways and Means
In his testimony before the House Ways and Means Committee, Gary Shapley claimed he didn't know what outlet had published a leak on October 6, 2022. It was a funny claim then. It's funnier still given that his handwritten notes recorded that the leak had been to the WaPo.

Hunter Biden Sues Garrett Ziegler for Hacking His iPhone
Hunter Biden just sued Garrett Ziegler for hacking the encrypted compartment on the "Hunter Biden" "laptop" that included his backed up phone.

By the Time Kevin McCarthy Rolled Out an Impeachment Inquiry, the FBI Had Already Debunked a Key Premise
By the time Kevin McCarthy empowered Jim Jordan and others to start an impeachment investigation yesterday, Jim Jordan knew one of the only claims pertaining to Joe BIden's Administration had been debunked.

As Kevin McCarthy Embraces James Comer's Wet Dreams of Dick Pics, George Santos Discusses "Paths Forward"
Prosecutors in EDNY are explicitly discussing a plea agreement with George Santos' former fundraiser and implicitly discussing "resolutions" with Santos as well.

Todd Blanche Confuses Aileen Cannon's Prior Trump Reversal with Tanya Chutkan's Individualized Guilt
To assess the seriousness of Trump's demand that Tanya Chutkan recuse herself because of bias, you need only know that Todd Blanche -- who has expressed no concern about Aileen Cannon's much more glaring biases -- signed onto the motion.

The Federalism that Mark Meadows Wants the 11th Circuit to Reverse
In refusing to remove Mark Meadows' prosecution from Georgia state courts, Judge Steve Jones ruled that most of the things of which Meadows is accused had no valid federal purpose.

David Weiss May Have More Bluster than Tactical Leverage
Speedy Trial filings in the Hunter Biden gun case last week seem to hint at an intense game of chicken between David Weiss and Abbe Lowell. And thus far at least, Weiss seems more afraid of indictment than Lowell is.

Cleta Mitchell Skates
While grand jurors expressed lukewarm support for charging three Senators -- David Purdue, Kelli Leoffler, and Lindsey Graham -- they expressed far more support for charging Cleta Mitchell, who nevertheless was not charged.

Beloved By Toni Morrison
Giving voice to the people damaged by enslavement.

Stan Woodward Thinks Aileen Cannon Is an Easy Mark
Before Stan Woodward stalled any conflict review for his client Walt Nauta for a month, he tried to delay any conflict review for his then-client Yuscil Taveras.

Prosecutors in Georgia Still Abusing Their Over Broad RICO Law
Georgia now charging protestors with RICO. I warned that what has, and was, being done in Georgia as to RICO was dangerous. And this is just then tip of the iceberg coming because it will spread.

