Devin Nunes’ Promise of Shock!! Shock!! in the Evolving Steele Claims in the Fourth Carter Page FISA Application
Some details behind Devin Nunes’ latest attempt to distract the right wing press corps.
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A Warning about Hype Surrounding the Manafort Tax Evasion Trial
Paul Manafort goes to trial this week. But this trial is unlikely to provide the big Mueller break news outlets will hype it for.
The MalwareTech Case Resets to Zero: A Dialogue Wherein the Government Repeats “YouTube” Over and Over
The government’s latest attempt to argue their ill-considered prosecution of MalwareTech makes sense reads like this: “YouTube! Try this dictionary! YouTube! Or maybe this dictionary! YouTube!”
The Info Ops Unit at GRU, Not the Technical Hacking Unit, Hacked the State Boards of Election Servers
The GRU indictment suggests a division of labor between the two GRU units cited in the hack: Unit 26165 did the technical hacking, whereas Unit 74455 did the information operations. If that division of labor holds, it suggests the hacks of State Boards of Election and VR Systems in the days before the November 2016 election, which were done by Unit 74455, may have been designed as propaganda.
The Worm Turns: Neither Devin Nunes Nor Ron DeSantis (Thus Far) Support Jim Jordan’s Impeachment Bid
Ron DeSantis has not yet joined in the effort to impeach Rod Rosenstein. That suggests that even someone whose immediate electoral prospects depend on the vocal support of Donald Trump thinks doing so will be an electoral plus.
BREAKING! NYT Discovers Tweets They Discovered 3 Months Ago
Maggie and Mike rehash a story the NYT broke in April, all so Rudy can dismiss the seriousness of the Mueller investigation again.
Journalist Records from the “Last Five Years”
When DOJ responded to Ron Wyden’s questions about whether they’ve changed their approach to seizing journalists’ records, the government may have been engaging in linguistic parsing.
Twenty Comey Questions Do Not Eliminate Trump’s Obstruction Exposure
Contrary to what Rudy Giuliani has journalists credulously repeating, Trump is exposed to obstruction charges for more than just his firing of Jim Comey.
Denial and Deception: Did Trump Really Hire and Fire the Suspected Russian Assets on His Campaign?
Carter Page’s incoherent ramblings may not actually be denial and deception. But Donald Trump’s (and Paul Manafort’s) sure look to be.
Keith Gartenlaub Wonders Why He Can’t Get the Carter Page Treatment
Now that the release of the Carter Page FISA application has demonstrated DOJ claims of national security damage is overblown, maybe Keith Gartenlaub will have the opportunity to review his own FISA application.
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