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Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy comes into focus at Proud Boys trial as classified 'spill' roils proceedings

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Brandi Buchman
Details on how sending the defense attorneys the wrong "Jencks" file has roiled the Proud Boys trial.
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Matt Taibbi Declares John Podesta's Risotto Recipe Was "True"

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emptywheel
Matt Taibbi does not know the difference between "true" and "authentic," and it shows in his propaganda. 
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The Michael Flynn Complaint For Damages Against The US

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bmaz
Michael Flynn has filed a complaint against the government demanding damages for all his grievances. No, it is not going anywhere.
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Jenna Ellis Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied

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emptywheel
To save her CO bar license, Jenna Ellis stipulated to lying ten times during the period when she was also using those false claims to convince electors and Mike Pence to violate the law. The stipulation may be a useful admission for Jack Smith.
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Judge Unseals Details on Cooperating Witness in Douglass Mackey Case

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emptywheel
The government just revealed that one of Douglass Mackey's co-conspirators pled guilty and has been a cooperating witness in other investigations since.
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The 759 Digital Devices Tucker Carlson Didn't Review

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emptywheel
Tucker Carlson has claimed he has access to lots of evidence that others have not reviewed. That's not really true: And all the defense attorneys who have access to more have failed to substantiate the "peaceful tourist" claims that Tucker is spreading.
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Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial enters 32nd day

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Brandi Buchman
An overview of the "tools" theory of the Proud Boy prosecution.
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Trophy Documents: The Entire Point Was to Make FBI Obedient

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emptywheel
The leak to the WaPo about a dispute last summer about the stolen document investigation is concerning for what it reveals about how cowed Washington FBI agents remain by Trump's bullying. But it raises new concerns about a leak to Devlin Barrett in November, which seemed another attempt to preempt further investigation.
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Two of Jim Jordan's So-Called Whistleblowers Are Under Investigation for Improper Treatment of FBI Files

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emptywheel
Two of the FBI Agents that Jim Jordan claims to be whistleblowers are themselves under investigation for improperly accessing -- and in one case, leaking -- FBI files. Both have been paid money that may be part of the larger Trump investigation.
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How Would You Arrest a Former President?

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emptywheel
One way Jack Smith might arrest Trump is to arrest him, first, on a limited charge related to the crime scene, then supersede him on the other charges still being investigated.
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DOJ Says Inciting a Riot Is Not Part of the President's Job Description

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emptywheel
DOJ wrote a cautiously crafted amicus opining that inciting a mob was not within Donald Trump's job description.
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Did Steven D’Antuono Make It Easier for Trump to Steal 47 Classified Documents?

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emptywheel
By treating Trump differently than any other person suspected of stealing classified documents, Steven D’Antuono may have given Trump the opportunity to steal another 47 documents.
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Douglass Mackey Allegedly Aimed to Depress Black Turnout in Pennsylvania

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emptywheel
According to messages EDNY wants to introduce at the Douglass Mackey trial, his goal was to depress turnout of Black voters in Pennsylvania -- a goal that perfectly enhanced Paul Manafort's plan to win.
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Release the Kraken: Fox News' Revolving Sidney Powell Conspiracy Theory Door

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emptywheel
It's not just that Dominion has laid out damning evidence that Fox knowingly and falsely accused it of fraud. But discovery in this suit appears to have produced abundant evidence that the campaign itself knew it was recycling fraudulent claims Fox was peddling to keep Trump loyal.
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Marjorie Taylor Greene Admits Kevin McCarthy Should Have Considered National Security before Harming It

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emptywheel
Marjorie Taylor Greene acknowledges that if Russia gets access to the sensitive surveillance footage to which Kevin McCarthy has provided exclusive access to Tucker Carlson, it will compromise the security of the Capitol. But it's too late to consider that now.
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BREAKING from Fox News: Trump Cheated ... and He Still Couldn't Beat Joe Biden

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emptywheel
When Rupert Murdoch is forced to answer questions about the 2020 election under oath, it becomes clear the extent to which Fox News was -- is! -- covering up what a loser (Rupert knows that) Trump is. 
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The Search For The Origins Of The State

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Ed Walker
Were early societies "states" in the modern sense? Nope.
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How Holes in Ivanka's Testimony Could Help Make an Obstruction Case against Her Father

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emptywheel
In testimony before the January 6 Committee, Ivanka and Eric Herschmann both failed to recall key details of Trump's refusal to ask his rioters to leave the Capitol. For several reasons, one or both may end up remembering more of those details before a Jack Smith grand jury.
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The Biden Administration Staved Off Russia's First Round of InfoWar on Ukraine, But How about the Second?

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emptywheel
The year anniversary of Russia's expanded invasion of Ukraine offers a lesson of what the Biden Administration did right. But it's not clear it has an answer for the second phase of the information war, in which large swaths of the Republican party back Russia to undermine his Administration.
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