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Carter Page Shared "Immaterial Non-Public Information" with Rosneft While "Working" for Trump

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emptywheel
In any other era, Republicans would be grateful that the FBI was tracking a guy who admitted sharing immaterial non-public with Rosneft while claiming to work for Trump. In this one, Republicans have decided that Carter Page is a latter day MLK Jr.
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BREAKING: Roger Stone Insists Russia Hacked the DNC

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emptywheel
After insisting to Judge Amy Berman Jackson that Russia didn't hack the DNC, Stone lawyers Grant Smith and Robert Buschel are arguing to Judge John Koeltl that Russia did hack the DNC.
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Key Mueller Witness, George Nader, Arrested on Child Pornography Charges

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emptywheel
George Nader -- Mueller's key witness on the Seychelles meeting and other Gulf State involvement in the Russian investigation, was just arrested for the child porn the FBI found on his phone while searching it for the Mueller investigation.
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History's Rhyme, Part 3: How Nixon's Impeachment Unfolded [UPDATE-2]

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Rayne
This post is one that I didn't foresee needing. It's about the sequence of events leading to Nixon's eventual resignation in August 1974.
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If FBI Had Spied on Trump's Campaign As Alleged, They'd Have Known Why Manafort Traded Michigan for Ukraine

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emptywheel
A timeline of the publicly confirmed steps of Mueller's investigation supports Attorney General Bill Barr's observation that the investigation into Trump's associates was "anemic" at the beginning of the investigation.
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On the Fizzle and Boom in Friday's Mike Flynn Friday Night News Dump

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emptywheel
Some events set in motion by a request WaPo made in April to unseal the sentencing files of Mike Flynn that have resulted in some fizzle, some pop, and a lot of premature speculation. In their response to the request, the government said…
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What the Stone Search Warrants Suggest about the Ongoing Investigation into Him

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emptywheel
Given what a filing submitted yesterday in Roger Stone's case, it looks like prosecutors may have returned to a consideration of CFAA-related charges for Stone after the raids on his properties in January.
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On Nine Different Occasions, Bill Barr Was Unable to Offer Any Evidence of Irregularity in Russia Investigation

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emptywheel
In an otherwise supine interview with the Attorney General, CBS' Jan Crawford asked Bill Barr nine different times for evidence that there's some reason to investigate the Russian investigation. On nine different occasions, he was unable to answer her question.
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Two Factors that May Change the Impeachment Calculus, Part Two: Criminalizing a Roger Stone Pardon

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emptywheel
There's one really cynical reason why Democrats should embrace an impeachment inquiry. If Stone's trial goes forward in November, it would present as damning a case against Trump's cheating as any impeachment trial could do. But to ensure that happens, Democrats need to make it clear that pardoning his way out of this will incur even greater costs for the President. 
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Two Factors that May Change the Impeachment Calculus, Part One: To Enforce a GOP Subpoena Covering a Trump Lie to Mueller

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emptywheel
By pitching impeachment as a necessary response to Trump Organization blowing of a GOP-issued Congressional subpoena, it may provide a way for Republicans to decide to support impeachment down the road.
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Mueller's Emphasis: Russia's Greater than Two Efforts to Interfere in the Election

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emptywheel
Mueller's press conference changes the emphasis of the outreach to Trump officials significantly.
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Whip It, Whip It Good: Who's Read the Report? [Updated]

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Rayne
How many Republican members of Congress have actually read the Special Counsel's Report? After Robert Mueller's statement today this question becomes more relevant.
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Mike Flynn Doesn't Want the Brazenness of His Lies to become Public

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emptywheel
The WaPo has graciously asked Emmet Sullivan to liberate Mike Flynn's unredacted 302. But Flynn is opposed to the motion.
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The Game of Telephone that Has Attorney General William Barr in a Lather

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emptywheel
The George Papadopoulos hearing that serves as the excuse to demand an investigation into the FBI investigation into Trump is actually a demonstration of how crazed Republicans are.
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Memorialize This

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Rayne
What did we celebrate this Memorial Day? This is an open thread.
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There's a Discrepancy about When Papadopoulos Left the Trump Campaign

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emptywheel
Mueller says that the Trump Campaign dismissed George Papadopoulos after he wrote a column trashing sanctions on Russia. Papadopoulos told Congress last fall that he never left.
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Ted Stevens, The "Toobz", And The Idiocy Of The Internet

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bmaz
Alright, this will be a fairly short post, but I would like to remind people of some things. Namely, regarding Ted Stevens. As background, Marcy wrote a serious, and important, post on the Trumps Organization's curious, and semi-hilarious, use…
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George Papadopoulos' Changing Tune about Working for Trump

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emptywheel
George Papadopoulos' stories about whether or not he wanted a job in the Administration have been inconsistent.
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The FBI Went to Microsoft, not Trump Organization, for Emails Incriminating Individual-1

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emptywheel
Trump Organization hosted its emails with Microsoft. That means the FBI has been able to access emails from Trump's business directly from Microsoft since they put a preservation order on all Trump Organization business accounts in July 2017.
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