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Trump's Other Immunity Claim: Stealing Boxes and Boxes of Classified Documents

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emptywheel
SCOTUS decided to weigh the extent of Presidential immunity less than a week after Trump claimed that he legally stole boxes and boxes of classified documents.
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Three Things: Goodbye, Good, Buy? Good – Bye!

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Rayne
Goodbye, Minority Leader McConnell and two other topics not worthy of a full post. This is an open thread.
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How Derek Hines Fooled Ken Dilanian into Making False Claims about the Hunter Biden Laptop

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emptywheel
Back in January, Derek Hines made some claims about the laptop that were always suspect have since been further discredited. Nevertheless, Ken Dilanian parroted those claims as if they were true.
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Lesley Wolf Vindicated by Alexander Smirnov Indictment

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emptywheel
You know who is vindicated by the Alexander Smirnov indictment? Lesley Wolf, who made an effort to prevent Trump's efforts to interfere in the investigation from tainting the investigation into Hunter Biden and then faced death threats because she did so.
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Leo Wise Keeps Digging Through Difficulties Caused by a Dumb Prosecutorial Decision

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emptywheel
Leo Wise keeps digging himself bigger holes, all of which stem from making rash prosecutorial decisions without considering the complexity of the case against Hunter Biden.
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Premier Palace: The Risk of Non-Russian Involvement in Alexander Smirnov's anti-Biden Election Operation

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emptywheel
Leo Wise led the Nevada Magistrate Judge to believe that he's most worried about Alexander Smirnov fleeing to Russia. But the reporting he laid out suggests the big worry is that Smirnov will flee to Israel.
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Navel-Gazing: The Ethics Problem Caused by Merrick Garland's Brad Weinsheimer Solution

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emptywheel
Merrick Garland's reliance on the career Associate Deputy Attorney General rather than a PADAG to oversee Special Counsel investigations seems to have created a kind of navel-gazing that only encourages ethical problems with the investigations.
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Trump's Defense: He Intended to Steal Boxes and Boxes of Classified Documents

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emptywheel
Between his motion to dismiss for absolute immunity and his motion to dismiss under Presidential Records Act, Trump is quite literally claiming that being President gave him authority to steal boxes and boxes of classified documents.
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Ken Vogel Covers Up Rudy Giuliani and His Alleged Russian Spies

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emptywheel
In a story struggling to explain how Alexander Smirnov relates to the side channel Bill Barr set up to launder dirt from Rudy Giuliani, Giuliani mouthpiece Ken Vogel covers up the role of Rudy and the alleged Russian spies from whom he solicited dirt on Hunter Biden.
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Happy Delaware Laptop Day, for Those Who Celebrate

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emptywheel
A Delaware court will consider Hunter Biden's motion for summary judgment against John Paul Mac Isaac today. If he prevails, the decision may roil both criminal cases against Hunter Biden and 40 months of propaganda from Murdoch properties.
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David Weiss Was Planning on Using Alexander Smirnov's Claims against the Bidens Until He Wasn't Anymore

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emptywheel
The Alexander Smirnov prosecution provides more evidence that the reason why David Weiss reneged on a plea deal was to chase this bribery claim.
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Hunter Biden's Motions to Dismiss: The Technical Complaints

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emptywheel
In addition to sweeping motions to dismiss the indictment against him, Hunter Biden also filed a number of technical motions that would have the effect of chipping away at most of the charges against him.
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Alexander Smirnov Admits Russian Spies Passed on Lies about Hunter Biden

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emptywheel
Alexander Smirnov admitted some of the claims he has made about Hunter Biden came from Russian spies.
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Robert Hur Snooped Through Joe Biden's Diaries after White House Warned It Would Be Unprecedented

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emptywheel
Robert Hur used his investigation into Joe Biden as an opportunity to snoop through Joe Biden's diaries ... and he did so even though no prosecutor had done such a thing in the past.
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