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Spill! The EDVA Case against Jim Comey Could Well Harm the Even More Corrupt SDFL Case

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emptywheel
The privilege spill that led prosecutors to ask for a privilege review in the Jim Comey case is likely to cause evidentiary problems for both this case and also the one they're pushing in Florida.
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As Spacemen Stalk Jim Comey, Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons Doxed Him

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emptywheel
On the same day that a guy posting threats targeting Jim Comey was arrested, Rebekah Donaleski had to point out to Tyler Lemons it's not cool to publicly post emails and phone numbers in court filings.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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emptywheel
Nicole played all the video of sandwich man, Sean Dunn.
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Tyler Lemons Caught Jack Eckenrode Committing a Capstone Crime

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emptywheel
Last Monday, Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons revealed that Jack Eckenrode committed precisely the crime, conspiracy against rights, that they claim to be chasing for John Brennan and Jim Comey.
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May This Week Be a Pivot

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emptywheel
This sure feels like a week that -- if we survive long enough to look back at it -- will have been a pivotal one.
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Open Thread: Generational Change Continues, Nancy Pelosi to Retire

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Rayne
Nancy Pelosi, former House Speaker, announced her plan to retire from Congress at the end of her term. Gee, what was the trigger?
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Tyler Lemons Narcs out Pam Bondi: She Couldn't Have Ratified Lindsey Halligan's Actions

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emptywheel
According to a new filing from Loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons, Pam Bondi couldn't have ratified the things Lindsey Halligan did in the Jim Comey grand jury on September 25, because the only transcript that existed at that point excluded all Halligan's actions.
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Pam Bondi's DOJ Gets Admonished a Second Time for Indict[ing] First, Investigat[ing] Second

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emptywheel
When William Fitzpatrick scolded loaner AUSA Tyler Lemons about charging Jim Comey and investigating afterwards, he echoed the comments another Magistrate Judge, André Espinonsa, made months ago when dismissing the charge against Ras Baraka.
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We're on the Unfuck Stage of Trump's Abuse of Power

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emptywheel
The Supreme Court hearing on tariffs increases my optimism that at least five Justices will reverse the tariffs. A more interesting moment of the hearing, though, came when Amy Coney Barrett asked how we unfuck the damage Trump already did.
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The IG Firing that May Matter: FHFA

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emptywheel
Donald Trump just fired the guy who would alert prosecutors that their criminal charges against Letitia James are baseless.
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Open Thread: The Morning After Election Day 2025

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Rayne
This is an open thread with an emphasis on state and local elections with updates to follow. Discuss election results in your state and municipality here.
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Cat Got the Indictment Singer's [sic] Tongue?

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emptywheel
It turns out Pam Bondi's DOJ couldn't even competently follow Judge Cameron McGowan Currie's order to show what Lindsey Halligan said to the Jim Comey grand jury.
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Tyler Lemons' Vindictive and Selective Bill of Particulars

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emptywheel
Tyler Lemons' efforts to craft a narrative to explain away all the malice behind the Jim Comey prosecution result in a serial confession that the charges really don't match the evidence.
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Dick Cheney, Gone But Not Forgotten

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emptywheel
The precedents Dick Cheney established as Vice President have empowered the madness and authoritarianism of Donald Trump.
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The Halloween Special Attorney's Loaner AUSAs' Loaner AUSA Forgot to Describe Jim Comey's Imaginary Crime

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emptywheel
Lindsey Halligan's Loaner AUSAs have submitted their responses to Jim Comey's initial motions, which I've laid out below. The Tl;dr of the response to the observation that Lindsey was not lawfully appointed (DOJ submitted the same motion…
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Tyler Lemons Confesses Kash Patel's FBI Was Reading Previously Seized Material without a Renewed Warrant

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emptywheel
Tyler Lemons and his fellow Loaner AUSA Gabriel Diaz on the Jim Comey case confirm what Comey objected to in his opposition to a filter protocol: the FBI has been reviewing material seized over five years ago without obtaining a new warrant.
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Jim Comey and the Crown Jewels of the Fevered Conspiracy against Rights Conspiracy

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emptywheel
The shoddy indictment Lindsey Halligan got charging Jim Comey with lying to Congress makes far more sense when you consider how right wingers might want to use it as a foundation for the sprawling, fevered Conspiracy against Rights conspiracy they want to charge.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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emptywheel
There were signs that the friction of legal challenges and attempts to peel off Republicans slowed Trump down this week.
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Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer's Disappearing Agreement to a Litigation Hold

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emptywheel
What was supposed to be a filing arguing against keeping a log of all contacts that Tish James' prosecutors have with journalists turned into a complaint that prosecutors would be asked to keep their communications at all.
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Judge Nachmanoff Punts on Privilege

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emptywheel
Judge Michael Nachmanoff has seemingly punted the dispute over whether and if so how the loaner AUSAs prosecuting Jim Comey can have access to privileged discussions he had years ago with Dan Richman. But the punt likely has the effect of giving him much of what he wants.
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