Another Maggie Haberman NYT Story Covers Up Oleg Deripaska's Role
NYT and other media outlets are burying the truly scandalous details of Trump's willingness (and second thoughts) about bringing Paul Manafort back onto a campaign role: his role (witting or not) in Russia's interference in the 2016 election.
Happy (Forced) Mother's Day!
Wishing all mothers in fact or mothers of invention a restful Sunday — except for Sen. Katie Britt (R-Gilead). Also a note about a comments system change.
Barr Time 1: "Conjuring up criminal conspiracies about political opponents"
Bill Barr walked into the AG job determined to kill an investigation into Russian interference. Before he walked out, he set up a system that protected interference from Russian agents in Ukraine. His claims about what he did fall apart given what we've learned since he made them.
Fridays with Nicole Sander
Nicole Sandler and I discussed the hush money coverup trial, Aileen Cannon and right wing propaganda, and Steve Bannon's failed appeal.
Judge Maryellen Noreika Prepares for a Hunter Biden Trial ... without Bates Stamps
Judge Maryellen Noreika relied in a key decision on evidence made available from Rudy Giuliani, while claiming that it derived from Hunter Biden's memoir. That's one of many reasons to be alarmed that Judge Maryellen Noreika has decided that Hunter Biden prosecutors don't have to tell him whence they've derived laptop evidence before trial.
About Those Two Sealed Dockets Related to the Henry Cuellar Case...
DOJ rolled out several filings in the Henry Cuellar prosecution that reinforce my impression that this case may not go to trial.
Right Wing Propaganda Fail: Julie Kelly's Troubles with Ten and Two
A key piece of propaganda that may have given Aileen Cannon cover to indefinitely stall Trump's stolen documents trial is based on a failure to distinguish between the numbers ten and two.
How We Got to a Place Where Right Wingers Cheer Stealing Nuclear Documents
Trump's propaganda machine has drowned out facts and replaced it with grievance.
And until something starts cutting through that grievance, mere trials aren't going to fix this.
Aileen Cannon Bows to Donald Trump
Judge Cannon just admitted she has no intention of setting a trial date in Trump's stolen documents case.
Stan Woodward's Manufactured Scandal about Box A-15
Stan Woodward has revealed, that like the central box in the Joe Biden investigation, the FBI failed to preserve the order of the documents in some of the boxes found at Mar-a-Lago.
400 Rich People Pay $40K to Hear Trump Glorify Cop Assailants
If 400 rich people paid $40,000 to watch Trump glorify political violence and the NYT and WaPo omitted all mention to that violence, did it really happen?
The Cuellar Indictment: DOJ Moves to Make 219 FARA a Thing
Like Robert Menendez, DOJ is prosecuting Henry Cuellar under a part of the FARA statute that has not been used before.
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
Nicole and I discuss the Trump trial and Henry Cuellar's indictment.
Open Thread: Cuellar, Collared
This is an open thread, kicked off with news of Rep. Henry Cuellar's indictment by DOJ today.
The DOJ IG Backlog on Bill Barr's Behavior
Amid discussions of delayed accountability, the DOJ IG investigations of Bill Barr's DOJ plod along even as the Presidential election approaches.
Background For A New Book
Some ideas about rights in preparation for reading How Rights Went Wrong by Jamal Greene
Aileen Cannon Liberates Details of Trump and Melania's Mar-a-Lago Bedrooms
Among the things Aileen Cannon ordered to be unsealed in the August 2022 search warrant affidavit for Mar-a-Lago is a description of Trump and Melania's private suites at the resort.
The Evolving Media Strategy of Lev Parnas
By focusing his story more closely on Dmitry Firtash's role in a claimed quid pro quo, Lev Parnas' recent telling of his story puts Bill Barr more centrally in the plot.
Joseph Ziegler Allegedly Chased Doctored Laptop Evidence
A lawsuit from a Secret Service agent framed in fabrications on some versions of the Hunter Biden laptop is suing -- and releasing details about an interview Joseph Ziegler did about the fabrications.
Fox News and the Joint Tortfeasors
Hunter Biden is suing Fox News and other tortfeasors.