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The Discovery Refrigerator: When Joshua Schulte Social Engineered His Cellmate's Brother

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emptywheel
Behind one of Joshua Schulte's guilty counts, there was a whole lot of social engineering and false identities.
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What DOJ Was Doing While You Were Wasting Time Whinging on Twitter

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emptywheel
A running timeline of the DOJ investigation into Trump's closest associates.
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How Adam Schiff Proves that Adam Schiff Is Lying that It Is "Unprecedented" for Congress to Be Ahead of DOJ

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emptywheel
Adam Schiff claimed that it is unprecedented for a congressional committee to be so far ahead of DOJ on an investigation as he imagines the January 6 Committee is with the DOJ investigation into January 6. His and Andrew Weissmann's histories on the Russian investigation easily disprove that.
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How Josh Schulte Got Judge Jesse Furman to Open a File in Internet Explorer

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emptywheel
Back in 2018, Joshua Schulte allegedly wanted to encourage a global cyberattack using his stolen CIA hacking tools from prison. That's why some of his behavior associated with the trial alarms me.
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How Trump's Ad-Libbed Changes Led Directly to Assaults on Cops

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emptywheel
At least a dozen January 6 defendants attributed their decision to go to the Capitol -- and in at least one case, to get angry enough to join the attack in the Tunnel -- to Trump's claim he would join his supporters walking to the Capitol. As Stephanie Murphy explained, that line was ad-libbed.
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House January 6 Committee: Public Hearings - Day 7

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Rayne
This post is dedicated to content and comments related to Day 7 of the House J6 Committee's public hearings.
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Cassidy Hutchinson Is a Superb Witness -- to Get Other Witnesses against Trump

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emptywheel
Yet another post noting that Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony is incredible valuable -- but for a prosecution of Donald Trump, its use thus far would be in securing the cooperation of witnesses who more directly interacted with Trump.
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Trump's Attorney Debunked Trump's Claim to Have Invoked Executive Privilege Two Weeks Ago

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emptywheel
It turns out that Trump's attorney, Justin Clark, debunked the claims Trump and Bannon made yesterday about Executive Privilege two weeks ago.
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Steve Bannon, 30 Second Man

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emptywheel
Steve Bannon needed to have more than thirty seconds of press coverage associated with the January 6 Committee in a bid to delay his trial. And multiple outlets obliged him by covering his stunt.
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On Oath Keeper Jeremy Brown's Asymmetric Treatment

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emptywheel
In a hearing on June 23, the Oath Keeper that some press outlets are only newly discovering for the grenades he brought to DC demanded to know whether he'd be added to one of the Oath Keeper conspiracies. It's a good question.
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WaPo Says It's Breaking News That They've Been Duped by Latest Trump-Bannon Lie

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emptywheel
Some anonymous sources close to Donald Trump got the WaPo to repeat a bunch of false claims so as to float something that has not happened as news.
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Robert Costello Reveals He Was Working for Steve Bannon a Year before He Was Publicly Hired

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emptywheel
According to a request to withdraw as defense attorney in Steve Bannon's contempt case, Robert Costello says he has represented Bannon for three years, well over a year longer than was publicly known.
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The Josh Schulte Trial Moves to Deliberations

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emptywheel
As the jury starts to deliberate in Josh Schulte's second trial today, here's a review of what they'll be considering.
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Georgia Grand Jury Subpoenas Include False State Farm Arena Claims

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emptywheel
The latest batch of subpoenas from Fani Willis include the false claims made about counting at State Farm Arena, in addition to the request for more votes from Brad Raffensperger.
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South Carolinians Converging at the East Door ... and Hampton Inn

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emptywheel
It turns out two guys from South Carolina who shared a hotel room on January 6 -- George Tenney and Robbie Norwood -- both played roles in opening the East door of the Capitol on January 6, then went on to share a hotel room that night.
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A Republic, If You Can Keep It

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Rayne
This nation remains a Republic, if we together can keep it.
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Open Thread: Summer Sunday Afternoon

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Rayne
This is an open thread. Talk about your beach reads, or barbeque, or what not.
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Amid Claims of Witness Tampering, Revisiting Peter Navarro's Alleged Contempt

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emptywheel
Given the evidence that Trump's camp attempted to influence Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony, it makes the possibility DOJ obtained any comms Peter Navarro had with Trump's camp more interesting.
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The Men Disputing Cassidy Hutchinson's Retelling of Trump's SUV Lunge Got Warnings about Plans to Flood the Capitol

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emptywheel
Secret Service loyalists to Donald Trump are pushing back against Cassidy Hutchinson's second-hand report of Trump lunging in the SUV when told he could not go to the Capitol. They're not pushing back against far more damning details: including that when they made plans to take Trump to the Capitol, they knew of plans to occupy buildings.
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