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Judge Maryellen Noreika Prepares for a Hunter Biden Trial ... without Bates Stamps

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emptywheel
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.
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About Those Two Sealed Dockets Related to the Henry Cuellar Case...

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emptywheel
DOJ rolled out several filings in the Henry Cuellar prosecution that reinforce my impression that this case may not go to trial.
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Right Wing Propaganda Fail: Julie Kelly's Troubles with Ten and Two

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emptywheel
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.
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How We Got to a Place Where Right Wingers Cheer Stealing Nuclear Documents

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emptywheel
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.
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Stan Woodward's Manufactured Scandal about Box A-15

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emptywheel
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.
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400 Rich People Pay $40K to Hear Trump Glorify Cop Assailants

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emptywheel
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?
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The Cuellar Indictment: DOJ Moves to Make 219 FARA a Thing

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emptywheel
Like Robert Menendez, DOJ is prosecuting Henry Cuellar under a part of the FARA statute that has not been used before.
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Open Thread: Cuellar, Collared

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Rayne
This is an open thread, kicked off with news of Rep. Henry Cuellar's indictment by DOJ today.
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The DOJ IG Backlog on Bill Barr's Behavior

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emptywheel
Amid discussions of delayed accountability, the DOJ IG investigations of Bill Barr's DOJ plod along even as the Presidential election approaches.
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Background For A New Book

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Ed Walker
Some ideas about rights in preparation for reading How Rights Went Wrong by Jamal Greene
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Aileen Cannon Liberates Details of Trump and Melania's Mar-a-Lago Bedrooms

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emptywheel
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.
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The Evolving Media Strategy of Lev Parnas

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emptywheel
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.
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Joseph Ziegler Allegedly Chased Doctored Laptop Evidence

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emptywheel
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.
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Kaitlan Collins Ignores Bill Barr's Role in the Effort that Framed Joe Biden

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emptywheel
Under Bill Barr's close watch, Joe Biden was framed. Not only didn't Kaitlan Collins ask him about his role in that process, but she let Barr lie to her face about being pressured on Hunter Biden.
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Brett Kavanaugh Thinks that Jack Smith Is as Crazy as Ken Starr Was

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emptywheel
Brett Kavanaugh tried to spin his concerns about Donald Trump being investigated, at all, yesterday as a concern about Special Counsels. Ironically, Hunter Biden may give Kavanaugh opportunity to back his stated concern with Special Counsels before Donald Trump does.
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King John Would Like a Word with Justice Alito

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Peterr
There's originalism, and then there's original originalism. Justice Alito, let me introduce you to John, by the grace of God King of England, Lord of Ireland, Duke of Normandy and Aquitaine, and Count of Anjou.
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