Bill Barr Hid Evidence of a Bribery for Pardon Investigation During the Election

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emptywheel
Bill Barr hid that someone was trying to bribe Trump for a pardon through the entire election.
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The Investigations into the Russian Investigation Have Lasted 69% Longer than the Russian Investigation Itself

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emptywheel
The Russian investigation and its offshoots seems to have ended by September 18, for a total of 1510 days. Meanwhile, the Durham investigation remains ongoing, meaning that the investigations into the Russian investigation have lasted 2557 and still counting.
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Hours before Trump Pardoned Flynn, "Phil" Weighed in a Pardon

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emptywheel
The guy I went to the FBI about -- whom I call Phil -- was weighing in on a Flynn pardon hours before Trump issued it.
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Four Things Judge Emmet Sullivan Should Do in the Wake of Flynn's Pardon

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emptywheel
Judge Sullivan will undoubtedly honor Trump's pardon of Mike Flynn. But there are things he could do to raise the cost of the pardon for Trump.
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Trump Attempts to Invalidate the Mueller Investigation

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emptywheel
The language Trump used to pardon Mike Flynn attempted to invalidate the Robert Mueller investigation. But it did not go far enough to protect Mike Flynn from legal jeopardy.
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The Trump Team Covered Up Flynn's Calls in Real Time

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emptywheel
Mike Flynn didn't just lie about his calls with Sergey Kislyak. He and other Transition officials also lied in real time.
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Waiting on the Flynn Pardon Paperwork: What Happened with the Roger Stone Commutation

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emptywheel
We should expect to learn the details of Mike Flynn's pardon the same way we learned the details of Roger Stone's commutation: from the grant when it gets posted to the docket.
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Kraken Clemency: Did Trump Issue the Flynn Pardon Wednesday To Avoid Potential Conflict with Sidney Powell's Batshittery??

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emptywheel
Trump sandwiched his Mike Flynn turkey pardon between his announcement he had no ties with Sidney Powell and the moment she submitted her "kraken" -- several conspiracy riddled lawsuits challenging Trump's resounding loss. Do Powell's election efforts explain the timing of the pardon?
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When Secret Servers Bump Up against Prosecutorial Independence and Following the Evidence

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emptywheel
CNN says that the White House will soon start sharing stuff from Trump's secret server with President-Elect Biden. But a more difficult question may pertain to whether Biden will share it if prosecutors ask for it.
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Thanksgiving Day Cheer

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bmaz
Okay, the football gods did not smile on fans today. But, hey, there is a lot else to be thankful for. Especially here, thanks to all of you. And so we are thankful for all of you!
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Through Turkey Giblets to the Stars

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Rayne
The challenges expand to meet the people present, but thanks be that they are here.
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Mike Flynn's Son Invoked His Fifth Amendment Privilege Early in the Investigation into His Father

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emptywheel
When Mike Flynn Jr was subpoenaed to testify about his dad in July 2017, his attorney told prosecutors he would invoke the Fifth.
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White House Statement Suggests Flynn Has Been Pardoned ONLY For the Charge He Pled Guilty To

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emptywheel
The White House statement on Mike Flynn's pardon suggests it's only for the charges he pled guilty to.
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Even Bill Barr (in His Confirmation Hearing) Agreed that Trump Just Committed a Crime

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emptywheel
According to Bill Barr's testimony to Congress, the pardon President Trump just gave Mike Flynn is a crime.
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Trump Pardons an Undisclosed Agent of Turkey Along with a Thanksgiving Bird

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emptywheel
On the day before Trump will pardon a turkey, multiple outlets reported that Trump is preparing to pardon undisclosed Agent of Turkey Mike Flynn. But that may be easier said than successfully done.
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Roger Stone Takes Georgia, and the Senate, Hostage

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emptywheel
Roger Stone is trying to hold the Georgia Senate races -- and with it GOP control of the Senate -- hostage. That may reflect his legal exposure under a Joe Biden presidency.
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Shirkey and Chatfield: No One Else Was in the Room Where It Happened

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emptywheel
Michigan's certification of the vote and GSA's move to let President-Elect Biden begin the transition happens just days after a meeting where Trump was expected to make bribes or threats to a group of Michigan politicians who owe their allegiances to Dick DeVos.
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How Ric Grenell and Sidney Powell Have Made It Easier to Prosecute Donald Trump for Conspiring with Russia

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emptywheel
Thanks to the efforts of Ric Grenell and Sidney Powell, the Biden Administration will have evidence of unprecedented sensitivity to make a case that Trump was coordinating with Russia to undermine Russia as part of a pay-off for election year help.
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We Need a New Common American Story

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emptywheel
In 2016, I argued that Trump appealed to those who were lost with the fracturing of the myth of American exceptionalism. In 2020, it's clear that if we don't replace that myth with some kind of common story, this country won't survive.
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The DeVoses and a Pence Pardon for Trump

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emptywheel
The DeVoses may be growing tired of Trump's chaos. If that's true, it puts their close ally Mike Pence in a remarkable position.
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