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Brandon Straka's Cell

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emptywheel
By all appearances, Brandon Straka appears to be attempting to sabotage any assistance he gave DOJ in investigating people like Andy Biggs and Kash Patel, with whom he just appeared on a CPAC panel.
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The Accidental Exposure of DOJ's Misdemeanor Plea Deals

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emptywheel
Recent mistakes regarding the sealing of documents in the Brandon Straka case make it clear that the government has offered cooperating misdemeanor plea deals that otherwise have gone entirely unnoticed.
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"It's a Tremendous Amount of Information:" The Details about Alex Jones' Phone

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emptywheel
After accidentally sharing information with plaintiffs lawyer, Alex Jones' lawyers were put in a position where they had to admit to failing to comply with discovery or clawing back the information.
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DOJ Is Suing Peter Navarro (But Not Ivanka or Mark Meadows)

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emptywheel
With a lawsuit against Peter Navarro for violating the Presidential Records Act, DOJ has likely put him between an obstruction charge and having to turn over ProtonMail content that even he seems to suspect includes evidence of a crime.
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The "Subject" of Robert Costello's Declination

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emptywheel
A story explaining why Robert Costello believes, with good reason, that Rudy Giuliani will not be charged for helping Yuri Lutsenko fire Marie Yovanovitch, reveals that the investigation was broader than reflected on the known warrants.
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Alex Jones' Lawyers Accidentally Shared His Entire Phone with Sandy Hook Plaintiff Lawyers

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emptywheel
Lawyers for parents of a Sandy Hook victim suing Alex Jones say were sent a copy of Alex Jones' phones by his defense attorneys, and they're going to share it with prosecutors.
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Pat Cipollone Wants Trump to Know He's Still Protecting Him

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emptywheel
Someone close to Pat Cipollone told the press that he's going to continue to make (frivolous) executive privilege claims to protect Donald Trump.
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Mid-Term Election 2022: August 2 Primary Elections and Ballot Initiatives [UPDATE-3]

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Rayne
Big bellwether ballot initiative in Kansas and some MAGA candidates to keep an eye on. What do you see in the other primary races and ballot initiatives tonight?
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The Evidentiary Hole in the Middle of Ari Melber's "Not anything but evidence"

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emptywheel
We know that the December 18, 2020 meeting at which Sidney Powell pitched Trump to seize the voting machines led almost immediately to his December 19 tweet that led hundreds of rioters to start planning for January 6. We just don't know what happened between the two.
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More than Twenty Transcripts: The January 6 Committee's Investigation into Fake Electors

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emptywheel
The January 6 Committee is going to share 20 transcripts from its depositions with DOJ. That's interesting because the Committee interviewed far more than 20 people with knowledge of or involvement in the fake electors scheme.
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Mapping the Scenes of the Crimes

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Rayne
If we had a better map of the conspiracies and conspirators, could we resolve some open questions about the attack on the Capitola Building on January 6, 2021?
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Constructive Action: Make It Rain [UPDATE-1]

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Rayne
Don't readily accept news media's positioning on Congress going into the mid-term elections. We can make our own flood. We can make it rain.
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Three Things: Let's Give Them Something to Talk About

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Rayne
In which some are shocked, SHOCKED, to learn the Department of Justice has been investigating Trump and persons in his immediate circle. This is an open thread.
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A Tale of Three January 6 Misdemeanors: Steve Bannon, Baked Alaska, and Hatchet Speed

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emptywheel
Steve Bannon's guilty verdict for misdemeanor contempt of Congress was probably less important than the developments in several other January 6 misdemeanor cases last week.
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Liz Cheney's Women in White Fighting Donald Trump's Deceit

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emptywheel
Liz Cheney opened the January 6 hearings by attempting to claim the mantle of Reagan. Last night, she closed the hearings by giving that mantle of conservative truth teller a distinctively female face.
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House January 6 Committee: Public Hearings - Day 8

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Rayne
This post is dedicated to content and comments related to Day 8 of the House J6 Committee's public hearings — the last before August in-district break, scheduled for prime time television viewing.
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What Lisa Monaco Said about Charging a Hypothetical Former President

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emptywheel
Back in May, Lisa Monaco answered some questions about charging Trump for January 6 at length.
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If You Need to Panic about DOJ's Investigation into January 6, Panic First about Doug Mastriano

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emptywheel
If you want to panic about charges relating to January 6 that DOJ's election guidance might prevent, then panic about Doug Mastriano, who poses a more imminent threat to democracy.
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