Three Things: Big Day, Big Top

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Rayne
It's going to be a big day under the big top. Attorney General Bill Barr has planned quite the circus. But first, three things -- this is an open thread.
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The Debate We May Be Having Tomorrow: If Trump Obstructed Justice to Hide Compromise by Russia, Could that Be a Crime?

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emptywheel
The one thing that is consistent with all the reporting on the Mueller Report thus far is that Trump obstructed justice to hide how badly he got manipulated by Russian spooks.
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Our Lady of Paris

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Rayne
She is our lady, the Notre-Dame de Paris. She represents the better part of us even in flames.
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Manafort's Federal Life Sentence Might Just Get Longer

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emptywheel
The government says it needs six months before it can consider revisiting the redactions in the Paul Manafort breach determination filings.
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The Assange Complaint Was Filed the Day the UK Rejected Assange's Diplomatic Status

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emptywheel
The affidavit and complaint regarding the Julian Assange indictment make it even more likely this prosecution was used to give UK a way to prevent Ecuador and Russia's efforts to exfiltrate Assange in 2017.
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The Logistics of the Julian Assange Indictment

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emptywheel
Here's what I think DOJ has planned for the Assange indictment.
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The Dangers of the Julian Assange Indictment

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emptywheel
DOJ needlessly included core journalistic source protection activities in an indictment that actually charges something else, and as a result, has set off a panic about Julian Assange's arrest.
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You're Fired (Undocumented Trump Worker): What Odd Timing

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Rayne
Trump org fired undocumented workers just in time for Trump to offer terms on DACA and TPS during the government shutdown negotiations. Is there really any separation between Trump and the Trump organization?
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It's Plane to See: A Plane with Assange or Another One? [Updated]

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Rayne
"...until the plane's on the ground," he said. Was it the plane with Assange on board? Or another plane yet to land?
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The Assange Indictment and The Rule of Specialty

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bmaz
Assange has been indicted. But for only one computer crime. What is the DOJ ups the ante with additional charges? Know the Rule of Specialty.
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The Facts: There Is No Crisis and No Emergency, Just Trump's Campaign

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Rayne
Fact: The crisis at the border is a lie and the emergency is manufactured, based on the government's data. Fact: Trump is caging babies as part of his re-election campaign and the GOP endorses this.
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Trump's Gone Full Jessep

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Rayne
Issuing illegal orders while "ranting and raving" that "border security is his issue" describes an out-of-control man during a narcissistic meltdown. The Nuremberg defense won't work for those who obey these orders.
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The Rwandan Genocide's 25th Anniversary

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Rayne
We owe it to the Rwandans who died 25 years ago to learn something from the hateful madness which took them.
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The Carr Correction and the Barr Pseudo Exoneration

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emptywheel
Had Buzzfeed not been corrected for what now seems an even more defensible word choice, Bill Barr would not have had the opportunity to put his thumb on the scale of injustice. Which means the circumstances surrounding that correct deserved renewed scrutiny.
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The Irony of Glenn Greenwald Cuddling Up with Bill Barr, the Grandfather of Ed Snowden's Phone Dragnet

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emptywheel
It's fairly ironic that Glenn Greenwald, who got rich and famous for helping Ed Snowden expose a phone dragnet, has spent 10 days hailing the trustworthiness who implemented the original dragnet.
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The Significance of that Word, "Summary"

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emptywheel
My guess is Barr's claim to have summarized even “the principal conclusions" of the Mueller report -- much less the "results of his investigation” -- is going to really come back to embarrass him. 
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