The Clinesmith Sentencing Memos: Politically Biased Data In, Politically Biased Data Out
John Durham’s prosecutors continue to prove in court filings that they don’t understand key details about what they’re investigating.
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John Durham Has Unaltered Copies of the Documents that Got Altered in the Flynn Docket
Bill Barr could come to regret his neat effort to place a ticking time bomb inside the Joe Biden DOJ, because John Durham has evidence in hand that Bill Barr’s DOJ tampered with documents. I’ve been thinking … There’s something that doesn’t make sense about Bill Barr’s roll-out of the order making John Durham a […]
A Mike Pence Pardon of Trump for Flynn’s Pardon Would Obstruct the Mueller Investigation
Mike Pence would own Trump’s obstruction of the Mueller investigation if he were to pardon Trump for Trump’s pardon of Flynn. That makes his silence about the topic all the more interesting.
The Facts “Known to” the Mueller Investigation: Judge Sullivan Should Demand the December 22, 2016 Flynn Transcript
I wrote up four things that, if I were Judge Emmet Sullivan presiding over the Mike Flynn case, I would do: Make Trump name Flynn’s crimes Establish a record about whether Flynn or Sidney Powell traded electoral assistance for this pardon Force DOJ to explain what went into the altered documents Identify who wrote the […]
The Last Trickle of the Mueller 302s before the Biden Storm
It appears a small side investigation within the larger Mueller investigation pertained to how the MemCon from Trump’s May 2017 meeting with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov got leaked to the press.
Bill Barr Hid Evidence of a Bribery for Pardon Investigation During the Election
Bill Barr hid that someone was trying to bribe Trump for a pardon through the entire election.
The Investigations into the Russian Investigation Have Lasted 69% Longer than the Russian Investigation Itself
The Russian investigation and its offshoots seems to have ended by September 18, for a total of 1510 days. Meanwhile, the Durham investigation remains ongoing, meaning that the investigations into the Russian investigation have lasted 2557 and still counting.
Hours before Trump Pardoned Flynn, “Phil” Weighed in a Pardon
The guy I went to the FBI about — whom I call Phil — was weighing in on a Flynn pardon hours before Trump issued it.
Four Things Judge Emmet Sullivan Should Do in the Wake of Flynn’s Pardon
Judge Sullivan will undoubtedly honor Trump’s pardon of Mike Flynn. But there are things he could do to raise the cost of the pardon for Trump.
Trump Attempts to Invalidate the Mueller Investigation
The language Trump used to pardon Mike Flynn attempted to invalidate the Robert Mueller investigation. But it did not go far enough to protect Mike Flynn from legal jeopardy.
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