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Trial by Combat: Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman Speeches Included in Ed Badalian Exhibit List

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emptywheel
In the case where you can draw the clearest line between things that Trump and Rudy Giuliani and John Eastman said at the January 6 rally to an assault at the Capitol -- Danny Rodriguez' near-murder of Michael Fanone -- DOJ has laid the ground work to demonstrate that clear line.
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The Evolving Robert Costello - Steve Bannon Timeline

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emptywheel
Last year, Robert Costello said he had worked with Steve Bannon for three years. In a lawsuit trying to force Bannon to pay for legal services, Costello's firm said they started working with Bannon in late 2020. The discrepancy may involve "Hunter Biden's" "laptop."
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Pence's Previously Redacted Documents and The Corcoran Scapegoating

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emptywheel
There's a funny story about Trump's stolen document lawyers that neglects to mention Boris Epshteyn.
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Kevin McCarthy Makes Sensitive Security Footage Available to the Insurrectionists' Propagandist

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emptywheel
Two hours before Marjorie Taylor Greene took credit for Kevin McCarthy's decision to give Tucker Carlson access to all the security footage from January 6, she called for Civil War.
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James Comer's Twitter Hearing Confirmed Donald Trump's Censorship Attempt and Matt Taibbi's "Censorship" about It

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emptywheel
James Comer's hearing on Twitter proved two things: The single instance of government censorship proven at the hearing involved Trump's attempt to censor a tweet calling him "pussy ass bitch," and Matt Taibbi had obscured -- according to his own false terms, "censored" -- that incident.
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Charles McGonigal and the Unclassified Oligarch Info

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emptywheel
A protective order dispute between SDNY and Charles McGonigal's co-defendant reveals that all the discovery in the case is unclassified. But McGonigal and his attorney, former Bill Barr aide Seth DuCharme, both undoubtedly know of classified information they could demand.
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Where Alina Habba Didn't Personally Search

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emptywheel
A declaration Alina Habba submitted in May 2022 in the Tish James investigation of Trump Organization has been taken as declaration covering all the locations where Trump had classified documents. But there are gaps.
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Egalitarian Cities In Early Central America

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Ed Walker
Two examples of egalitarian societies in Mesoamerica, and a discussion of the rise of religion.
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"A Demonic Force:" Dominion Just Gave Jack Smith Useful Evidence

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emptywheel
Fox News knew that platforming of Trump's false claims would damage the country. And they did it anyway. 
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The "Escalating," "Aggressive," "Intensifying" Step of Subpoenaing Key Witness Mark Meadows

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emptywheel
It is not aggressive for Jack Smith to subpoena Mark Meadows. It may, however, reflect an interest in the funding of Meadows' "insurrectionist's clubhouse."
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Alleged DNC Hacker's Co-Conspirator, Vladislav Klyushin, Convicted of Cheating Elon Musk and Others

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emptywheel
Vladislav Klyushin was convicted today of filling a safe with cash via a hack-and-insider trading conspiracy with one of the guys who allegedly hacked John Podesta.
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Judge Kelly's Basis for His "Tools" Determinations

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emptywheel
Judge Tim Kelly's guidelines for admitting written statements of "tools" of the alleged Proud Boy conspiracy.
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How J6C's Obstinance on Transcripts Enabled Dominic Pezzola's Attempt to Sow Conspiracy Theories

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emptywheel
The January 6 Committee's refusal to turn over transcripts to DOJ until December has endangered the Proud Boys case for a second time.
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Active Shooter Event at Michigan State University [FINAL UPDATE—08:50 AM]

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Rayne
Michigan State University's active shooter situation ended about 12:28 a.m local time.
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Trump's National Security Adviser Responded to an Attack on the Capitol by Sending Personal Tweets

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emptywheel
Robert O'Brien claims to remember virtually nothing about what he did on January 6. I'm sure that's among the things that Jack Smith would like to question him about.
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Alex Saab: The Businessman Inside the DEA Informant Inside the Claimed Venezuelan Diplomat Inside the Alleged Putin "Laundry Man"

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emptywheel
In testimony last August, Robert O'Brien suggested that a Colombian extradited on money laundering charges to the US in 2021 is "Vladimir Putin's laundry man."
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Super Bowl LVII

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bmaz
Super Bowl LVII is upon us. Let's rock and roll.
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Some People Have Sex Toys; Trump [Claims He] Has Empty Classified Evening Briefing Folders

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emptywheel
Trump's lawyers told DOJ that the reason people they paid to search Trump's properties found an empty classified folder is because he has an empty classified folder fetish. He does have an empty classified folder fetish. But that cannot explain why it remained in his residence in December, after not being found in August.
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A Book Author, A Religious Leader, and A Pollster Walk into Trump's Classified Document Bar

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emptywheel
The answer to the most pressing Trump document theft story from yesterday -- why did a former White House aide now working for Trump's PAC have classified materials on her laptop -- may answer the most pressing outstanding question from the Special Master review -- who compiled a document with messages from a book author, a religious leader, and a pollster with classified documents?
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