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Douglass Mackey's Criminal Twitter Trolling

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emptywheel
A jury just declared that the kind of disinformation that Matt Taibbi and Elon Musk are welcoming back on Twitter can be a crime.
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Trump's People Have Attempted to Cover Up That He Cheated to Cover Up Cheating in 2016 at Least Six Times

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emptywheel
Trump wailed last night that his "indication" was a matter of free and fair elections. He's right. It's about one of at least six efforts he and his agents have made to cover-up that he cheated to win in 2016.
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Donald Trump, Accused Criminal

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emptywheel
NYT reports that Trump has been indicted. CNN has confirmed. A Manhattan grand jury voted to indict Donald J. Trump on Thursday for his role in paying hush money to a porn star, according to four people with knowledge of the matter, a historic…
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The Yahoos in Brazil Identified in Sergey Cherkasov's Complaint

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emptywheel
Most of the complaint charging suspected Russian spy Sergey Cherkasov relies on evidence obtained after Cherkasov was arrested in Brazil. Where it doesn't, it nods to far more that the US Intelligence Community might know.
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Donald Trump's Dumbass Russia Binder

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emptywheel
If you're going to expose yourself and your assistants to Espionage Act prosecution, the binder full of Crossfire Hurricane documents that Trump has obsessed about ever since is one dumbass document to do so over.
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"That's How ... You End Up as a Defendant in a Court Room:" Some Days in the Life of a Named-and-Shamed Former GRU Hacker, Ivan Ermakov

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emptywheel
By the measure of evidence submitted in the trial of his co-conspirator, alleged John Podesta hacker Ivan Ermakov has been enjoying life in the years after his indictment by Robert Mueller. But the record of those exploits helped to convict his Vladislav Klyushin in a hack-and-trade conspiracy.
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Breathing Room: What Are You Cooking?

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Rayne
What are you cooking, even if cooking for some of us is nothing more than preparing a Cup-O-Noodles. This is an open thread.
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When things turned to ‘Ash’: Henry Tarrio’s first witness appears; plus a fight over informants ensues at Proud Boys sedition trial

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Brandi Buchman
The first witness called by Proud Boy ringleader Henry Tarrio at Jan. 6 sedition trial trips over testimony
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Kash's Castles of Scatter and Evan Corcoran's BCC

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emptywheel
John Solomon seems very concerned about sharing the correspondence he and Kash Patel had with NARA General Counsel Gary Stern last summer.
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Happy Crime-Fraud Exception Day, for Those Who Celebrate

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emptywheel
As investigations relying on the witness testimony of Michael Cohen and Evan Corcoran converge this week, it's a reminder that for at least seven years, Trump's lawyers have exposed themselves legally in assistance of Trump's cover-ups.
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On Joshua Schulte's Alleged Substantial Amount of CSAM ... and Other Contraband

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emptywheel
Something else is going on -- on top of the news that FBI claims 2,400 CSAM files were found on Josh Schulte's discovery laptop.
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Remember: DOJ May Still Suspect Trump Is Hoarding Classified Documents

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emptywheel
Donald Trump demonstrably played a shell game in advance of Evan Corcoran's search for classified documents last summer. DOJ's effort to get his crime-fraud excepted testimony may help to understand all the other shell games Trump has played with subpoena responses.
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With Friends Like These: A rough start to testimony from defense witnesses at Proud Boys sedition trial

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Brandi Buchman
A new phase of the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial has started out rough with defense witnesses fumbling through testimony
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Lordy, There Are [Transcribed] Tapes

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emptywheel
Among the things that then-Chief Judge Beryl Howell ordered Evan Corcoran to turn over on Friday were "transcriptions of personal audio recordings" involving his representation of Donald Trump. Lordy, there are [transcribed] tapes!
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Barbara Jones Rules Project Veritas Was Not Engaged in Journalism When Brokering Ashley Biden's Stolen Diary

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emptywheel
In the investigation of the Ashley Biden diary theft, Barbara Jones has ruled against Project Veritas on most issues.
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Marathon Proud Boys sedition trial hits milestone as prosecution prepares to hand off to defense

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Brandi Buchman
The Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial hits its 40th day and finally, after weeks of delays, objections, and hail-Mary attempts for a mistrial, the defense is poised to launch its case-in-chief.
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Just for Perspective: Investigations Take Longer When Presidents Don't Wiretap Themselves

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emptywheel
It has now taken longer to hold Trump accountable than it took to get Richard Nixon to resign after the Watergate break-in. Even assuming those were comparable timelines, a number of things distinguish the January 6 investigation from the far less complex Watergate one, starting with the fact that, unlike Nixon, Trump is not known to have wiretapped himself.
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Pavlov's Press Corps: Trump Once Again Got Journalists to Willingly Serve as His Incitement Mules

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emptywheel
Trump has once again expertly played journalists to get them to serve as data mules disseminating his tweet inciting violence in response to his expected indictment in New York.
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