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The Frothy Right Finally Finds a Counterintelligence Investigation They Love!!!

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emptywheel
The FBI counterintelligence steps used with Christopher Steele primary subsource Igor Danchenko are the same ones that the frothy right loathes when applied to Trump associates.
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Sidney Powell Accuses William Barnett of Committing "Outrageous, Deliberate Misconduct" and Kenneth Kohl Hides Evidence that Brandon Van Grack Did Not

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emptywheel
In her filing last night, Sidney Powell accused William Barnett of abuse and the submitted evidence that Jeffrey Jensen was engaged in abuse.
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Billy Barr Releases 302 that Proves View of Pro Mike Flynn Agent Held Sway in Mueller Report Conclusions

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emptywheel
Billy Barr just provided evidence that the only witness who will corroborate their claims that Flynn was railroaded, actually provided evidence that he wasn't, even while remaining silent about several key pieces of evidence against Flynn.
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Why a Clinton Foundation/Crossfire Hurricane Comparison Might Backfire

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emptywheel
John Durham is comparing how the Clinton Foundation and Crossfire Hurricane investigations worked. While the use of oppo research to take investigative steps may not compare favorably to the Russian investigation, the leaking and biased FBI Agents might look Crossfire Hurricane look far more professional if he continues down this path.
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"A Digital Pearl Harbor:" The Ways in Which the Vault 7 Leak Could Have Compromised US and British Assets' Identities

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emptywheel
WikiLeaks would like to believe that nothing happened after 2013 that would change DOJ's understanding of those earlier exposures of US (and British) assets.  But the very same Mike Pompeo speech that they've all been citing explained precisely what changed. The US government had a different understanding of WikiLeaks' facilitation of the exposure of its assets identities.
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The Still-Secret Cultivation of Alex Jones by Guccifer 2.0

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emptywheel
The SSCI Report on Russia treats a passage on Guccifer 2.0's outreach to Roger Stone buddy Alex Jones to be still classified.
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A Month after Trump Learned that Mueller Knew of the Pardon Deal, Cassandra Fairbanks Learned the Pardon Was Off

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emptywheel
In an attempt to help Julian Assange, former Russian propagandist Cassandra Fairbanks just gave a sworn statement about how she ferried non-public information to Assange.
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Randy Credico Refuses to Answer Whether Roger Stone Called Him about an Assange Pardon on November 9, 2016

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emptywheel
Randy Credico refuses to deny that Roger Stone set about getting Assange a pardon immediately after the election.
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Wherein WikiLeaks Brags about Entertaining a Pardon Dangle from a Suspected Russian Asset and a White Supremacist

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emptywheel
For some reason, Julian Assange's lawyer thought it would help his case to testify about just one of the four pardon pitches -- all involving Russia -- made for Julian Assange since he helped authoritarian Donald Trump become President.
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Really Big Girl

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bmaz
Yeah, she was that and everything. RBG became a thing, not just in hip hop, but popular culture. And she earned every ounce of it. I once knew Sandra Day. Was she as much of a hero, especially to progressives that I would rather associate…
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The Closed Mueller Investigations: Erik Prince Skates on the Seychelles

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emptywheel
The biggest surprise among the things DOJ doesn't think need to be redacted anymore in the Mueller Report is a warrant for Erik Prince's cell location data.
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After Bill Barr Minimized Roger Stone's Threat against Amy Berman Jackson, Emmet Sullivan Got Threatened by a Mike Flynn Supporter

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emptywheel
After Bill Barr treated Roger Stone's threats against Amy Berman JAckson as a technicality, a Mike Flynn backer allegedly threatened to assassinate Emmet Sullivan.
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"The Buck Stops at the Top:" In January, Bill Barr's DOJ Decided the Correct Decision Was to Send Mike Flynn to Prison

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emptywheel
Bill Barr says the buck stops with him. And yet, he has reneged on a key decision his DOJ approved in January, to send Mike Flynn to prison.
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Bill Barr Defended Yevgeniy Prigozhin Last Night

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emptywheel
While Barr didn't say it explicitly, the logic of his complaint, in a screen about the Mueller investigation, that prosecutors are applying hyper-aggressive theories of law is a defense of Yevgeniy Prigozhin.
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Bill Barr's Screed Is About Mike Flynn, Nora Dannehy, and Robert Mueller

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emptywheel
Bill Barr's screed was a comment on the prosecutions of Trump's flunkies who tried to cover up their involvement in Russia's effort to steal the 2016 election.
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In at Least One Interview, Paul Manafort Was Not Asked How Stone Planned to Save Trump's Ass

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emptywheel
Paul Manafort probably lied about discussing with Roger Stone how to cover up their activities from July and August 2016. That's why I find it so interesting that Manafort didn't offer up the most damning conversation, where Stone pitched how they would save Trump's ass.
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Paul Manafort's Claims about WikiLeaks in His September 13, 2018 Interview

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emptywheel
This post tries to capture the Stone/WikiLeaks/Jared Kushner related information that was protected as part of an ongoing investigation on January 2, 2020, but released as part of the SSCI Report.
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Snowden Lies about Outreach about a Pardon and Puts a Target on Daniel Everette Hale's Back

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emptywheel
In which Snowden lies about the direct ask for a pardon made on his behalf three hours earlier.
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HHS Propgandist Michael Caputo Is the Rat-Fucker's Protégé

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emptywheel
Michael Caputo, who has been inventing a false reality in which Donald Trump managed COVID well, is Roger Stone's protégé.
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