The biggest secret that Beryl Howell brings with her, as she ends her tenure as Chief Judge of DC, is whether the closure of the investigation into a suspected $10 million donation from Egypt to Trump in September 2016 was political interference from Bill Barr or a legitimate investigative dead end.
Evan Corcoran is likely at least the fourth Trump lawyer to have his comms crime-fraud excepted in the last five years. The first known such instance, the recording of Trump agreeing to make hush payments in 2016, may lead to an indictment as early as next week.
Steve Bannon’s sometime partner, Guo Wengui, was arrested this morning on a sweeping financial fraud and conspiracy indictment.
Buried 22 paragraphs below some flashy quotes from Steve Bannon, NYT reveals that he — along with the subject of a profile, Boris Epsheyn — is under legal scrutiny for the crypto currency scam they used to bilk a lot of Trump loyalists.
What we’ve learned from Tucker Carlson’s effort to lie about January 6 is that Tucker is the one lying about what happened. Before Tucker’s propaganda gave reason to respond, DOJ, had actually been withholding some of the most damning video from journalists. Tucker’s propaganda effort has provided yet another glimpse of how many close calls the police managed to avert on January 6.
Among the new details about the back channel Tucker Carlson had with Russia — purportedly to set up an interview with Putin — are that the intelligence community also obtained Signal texts, not just an email setting up a trip to Russia.
Matt Taibbi does not know the difference between “true” and “authentic,” and it shows in his propaganda.
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.
The government just revealed that one of Douglass Mackey’s co-conspirators pled guilty and has been a cooperating witness in other investigations since.
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.
