NBC Should Have Grilled Ronna McDaniel Until She Self-Deported

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Rather than firing her, NBC should have simply grilled Ronna McDaniel about unknown details of her role in the 2020 coup attempt until she chose to leave.
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High Court Decision May Pose New Challenges to Julian Assange Prosecution

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To get approval to extradite Julian Assange, the US would need to provide assurances regarding Assange's ability to rely on a First Amendment defense. That may pose a dilemma for the US.
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The US Attorney for Delaware Treats Contract Law as a Hypertechnicality

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David Weiss has called the argument that he can't, legally, be both US Attorney and Special Counsel at once a "hypertechnicality."
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Alexander Smirnov Shared an Already-Debunked Fox News Hoax with His FBI Handler

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In 2020, Alexander Smirnov recycled a false claim made by Fox News and Trump that had long been debunked. And somehow, that didn't tip anyone at the FBI off that Smirnov was lying.
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Judge Mark Scarsi Orders Briefing on Whether David Weiss Is David Weiss

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Judge Mark Scarsi has offered David Weiss the opportunity to explain whether contracts signed between Hunter Biden and the US Attorney from Delaware are binding on the Special Counsel.
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Lev Parnas Alleges Bill Barr Offered Dmitry Firtash Legal Relief if He "Played Ball"

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Lev Parnas claims that Rudy Giuliani suggested Bill Barr had made assurances to Dmitry Firtash if he helped them.
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David Weiss Does Not Contest He Reneged on Hunter Biden's Plea Agreement to Chase Russian Lies

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David Weiss is claiming one thing about the disposition of Alexander Smirnov's 2020 attempt to frame Joe Biden in Smirnov's prosecution and saying something totally different in attempts to withhold discovery on that from Hunter Biden. And the withheld documents go to the core of Weiss' decision to renege on a plea deal.
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How Josh Dawsey Downplays Paul Manafort's Ties to Alleged Russian Spies

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Donald Trump is considering hiring the former business partner of two alleged Russian spies, admitted money launderer Paul Manafort, to help with fundraising. 
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"Not Your Mother's Ireland Anymore"

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From the grocery store to the freeways to the diversity, my spouse and I often describe how "it's not your mother's Ireland anymore."
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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We discuss Scott McAfee's order that Fani Willis has to get rid of Nathan Wade, delays in the Alvin Bragg trial, and the Robert Hur testimony.
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Judge Scott McAfee Orders Fani Willis to Get Rid of Nathan Wade

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Judge Scott McAfee ruled that either Fani Willis and her team must step down from the Trump prosecution, or Nate Wade must.
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Eight Possible Explanations -- Many Bad, Some Good -- for SDNY's Delay in Turning Over Cohen Files

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There are at least eight possible reasons why SDNY may have delayed turning over files relating to Michael Cohen's SDNY prosecution to Alvin Bragg and Trump. Most involve preventing (or delaying) DOJ embarrassment. But there are several confirmed investigations that could also explain and would entirely justify it.
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A Third Tie between Trump World and Alexander Smirnov

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emptywheel
Remember that any tie between Alexander Smirnov and Donald Trump is most interesting if there's some obvious way that Scott Brady would have learned of Smirnov's meeting with Burisma.
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The "Waiting for Mueller" Mistake and the Right Wing Bubble

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Simon Rosenberg is optimistic about Joe Biden's chances in November. But he notes that Democrats can't wait for Jack Smith like they waited for Robert Mueller.
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How Alleged Geezer Joe Biden Caught Rob Hur and Marc Krickbaum Trying to Sandbag Him

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emptywheel
Robert Hur and Marc Krickbaum's novelistic theory about how a folder of Afghan documents came to be in Joe Biden's garage looks even stupider when you review the transcript.
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What If the Problem Is Not with Special Counsels, But Instead the Presidency?

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Robert Hur is due to testify to the House Judiciary Committee today.
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