DOJ Moves to Label John Sullivan a Professional Provocateur

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Yesterday, the government released a superseding indictment for John Earle Sullivan, the guy who filmed video of the insurrection and then sold it to CNN and other media outlets. In addition to adding two crimes for his possession of a knife…
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Track This Post: U.S. Postmaster DeJoy Must Be Fired and Hajjar Hired

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Rayne
The country has had enough economic hassle this past year -- they don't need more from Trump's corrupt appointee Louis DeJoy. And whatever's holding up Anton Hajjar's appointment needs to end, stat, so he can help get rid of DeJoy.
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Rudy's Lawyers Destroy His Reputation in an Attempt to Save It

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Just before a long tirade about how, if DOJ had just asked Rudy Giuliani for help proving he's not a secret Agent of Russian-backed Ukrainians while he was busy at State and WDPA acting as a secret Agent of Russian-backed Ukrainians, he could…
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Y'all Qaeda Northwest: Ethan Nordean Provides Yet More Proof of the Proud Boys' Sophistication and Resilience

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The government and Ethan Nordean are having a dispute that is, at least procedurally, about whether by giving Nordean the Telegram text messages he demanded in prioritized fashion, the government committed a Brady violation. Nordean started…
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No One Wants to Work [For You] Anymore: The End of Oligopsony

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Rayne
There are few ways faster to piss me off than to say, "Slackers don't want to work" in response to the lack of candidates for low-wage jobs. Try paying a living wage and not being a bully, for starters.
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January 6: A Change of Pace

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emptywheel
The pace of arrests in the January 6 investigation has slowed of late. But there's a lot more going on in the background.
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DOJ's Curious Militia Math

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emptywheel
The latest filing in the Proud Boys leadership conspiracy raises questions about whether top Proud Boy leadership includes six people, or six people plus the FBI's seeming informant.
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Peter Debbins, Shrink-Wrapped Spy

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emptywheel
In a long redacted passage of the government's response to Peter Debbins' excuses for spying for Russia, the government likely address the theories of Debbins' psychiatrist.
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The Mike Flynn Interviews, with Backup

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emptywheel
A few weeks ago, the government turned over the backup to some Mueller interviews, including a number of Flynn interviews, at least one Steve Bannon interview, and a Corey Lewandowski one. I've long been tracking the public Mike Flynn interview…
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When Fox News Generals Boasted of Brokering Russian Meetings with Mike Flynn

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emptywheel
Recently liberated backup files to Mike Flynn's Mueller interviews show that at least one Fox News General was claiming he and Flynn had been reaching out to Russia during the election.
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Fertile Ground: Lack of Broadband and Disinformation Proliferation

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Rayne
The lack of broadband infrastructure serving Americans uniformly leaves them prey to disinformation about existential matters. This country needs broadband everywhere.
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"Oversight:" Mike Flynn Lied to Protect Barbara Ledeen, Who Then Fed Disinformation to Sara Carter

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emptywheel
Emails between Mike Flynn and Barbara Ledeen raise real questions about whether her disinformation campaign was an effort to protect him, or a bid to hide her own complicity.
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The Day After the Second COVID Mother's Day

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Rayne
The cards have been opened and read, the flowers admired, you made your phone call to the mothers in your life yesterday to tell them you care. Now prove you really care and follow through.
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DOJ's Failures to Follow Media Guidelines on the WaPo Seizure

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emptywheel
The 2020 seizure of some Washington Post reporters' phone records didn't comply with DOJ's policy on notice to the reporters. But given the detail that DOJ didn't succeed in obtaining their email records, it's likely the seizure didn't comply with other DOJ guidelines on media requests.
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Peter Debbins Claims He Stopped Spying for Russia in 2011

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emptywheel
In the sentencing memo for Peter Debbins, DOJ notes that Debbins claims to have quit spying for Russia in 2011, but then lays out a host of details that suggest they don't believe him.
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Did John Durham Seize Journalists' Call Records?

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emptywheel
The best explanation for a report that DOJ seized some WaPo reporters' toll records is that John Durham is seizing journalist call records.
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Radicalized by Trump: A Tale of Two Assault Defendants

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emptywheel
It's not clear whose mental illnesses Trump exacerbated worse, Landon Copeland or Anthony Antonio.
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Four Ways Billy Barr Obstructed the Investigation into Rudy Giuliani

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emptywheel
Bill Barr's various efforts to obstruct the investigation into Rudy Giuliani succeeded in delaying it by over 500 days.
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January 6: Focus on Jeff Merkley's Office and Missing Laptop

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emptywheel
Amid an increased focus on those who trashed Jeff Merkley's office on January 6, the government has moved to revoke the bail of one of the guys who was there.
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