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Trump's response to the government's motion for a stay of some of Judge Cannon's order ignores (or misrepresents) a bunch of factual issues. But it also makes an appellate claim DOJ did not address.

Trump's team is wailing that Raymond Dearie is going to adhere to the law during his Special Master Review.

The education of John Durham as he has struggled to provide discovery to first Michael Sussmann and now Igor Danchenko has been painful and damaging for those charged. But along the way he's debunking many of the conspiracy theories he was hired to sustain.

In its motion for a stay before the 11th Circuit, the government hinted that the investigation into Trump's document theft has expanded to consider whether and to whom he leaked these documents.

The trial for a different embittered former government employee who allegedly brought classified documents to his home in Florida, Oath Keeper Jeremy Brown, is due to start in October. It provides a glimpse at the kinds of issues that come up in Espionage Act prosecutions.

Judge Cannon makes no mention of the specific crimes under investigation in her order denying a stay of her Special Master order. That's telling, because the documents marked as classified at issue are either evidence of a violation of the Espionage Act or evidence of obstruction.

Courts don't protect democracy. They protect a status quo that favors the filthy rich.

When I scoffed that John Durham's key witness was the Twitter account purporting to be run by Sergei Millian, I didn't imagine how desperate he would be for some evidence -- even emails that show Millian returned to the US early in what would be ample time to meet with Igor Danchenko.

Trump stored his stolen documents alongside " a coat rack with suit jackets, as well as interior decor items such as wall art and frames."

Last week, DOJ served legal process to keep them busy through the election and, quite possibly, enough to emerge on the other side with the ability to start demonstrating how all these parts fit together: a scheme to attack our democracy and get rich while doing it.