Open Thread: SCOTUS Decisions, Wednesday Edition [UPDATE-2]

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Rayne
13 cases remain undecided; the next batch of decisions will be delivered by SCOTUS this morning. This is an open thread.
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The Damaging Precedent of the Julian Assange Espionage Guilty Plea

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emptywheel
DOJ could have drafted the plea agreement with Julian Assange to do far less damage going forward, but for reasons that are not yet clear, they did not.
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The Nuclear Weapons Document Trump Stashed under Bubble Wrap and a Christmas Pillow

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emptywheel
Among the things disclosed by a new Jack Smith filing is that Trump stored a document about nuclear weapons under some bubble wrap and Christmas pillow.
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"Nobody ever slept on that side of the bed usually so he would have it all full of boxes"

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emptywheel
According to one of Trump's White House aides, he kept a cluster of boxes on the side of his bed, where (usually) no one slept, and had intimate knowledge of what was in the boxes.
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Julian Assange to Plead to One Count of Espionage Act on Way Back to Australia

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emptywheel
Julian Assange will plead guilty to one felony count of violating the Espionage Act.
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"Double Jeopardy Protection ... Is [Hunter Biden's] Right"

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emptywheel
Abbe Lowell has rolled out a bunch of tactical reasons why Hunter Biden's conviction (at least on the key possession charge) should be overturned.
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Gaza: Unending Cannon Fire and Steel Helmets

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Rayne
An examination of the Israel-Hamas war ahead of Netanyahu's address to Congress — yet another fuck-you from Bibi.
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Derek Hines Ensures that Two Likely Appeals Will Implicate His False Claims about Hunter Biden's New Haven Crack Pipe

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emptywheel
Hunter Biden's as-applied challenge to the gun charges against him will be far more interesting than his facial challenge to them. And that makes Derek Hines' continued false claims about the timeline a bit of a problem.
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Ashraf Shaaban Listed as Global Legal Head of National Bank of Egypt

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emptywheel
The American Chamber of Commerce in Egypt ties a lawyer named in the court filings investigating a suspected payment to Trump to the National Bank of Egypt.
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An Egyptian Bank Claimed Details of a Suspected $10 Million Payment to Trump Might be in China

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emptywheel
A bank owned by Egypt said it couldn't comply with a subpoena seeking information on a suspected payment to Trump during the 2016 election, in part, because China's laws would prevent that.
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Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller Demand the Right to Foster Right Wing Violence for the Election

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emptywheel
In courts up and down the East Coast, Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller are making the same argument: That Trump and his team must be permitted to make false, incendiary attacks on rule of law as part of an electoral campaign.
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Open Thread: SCOTUS Decisions, Friday Edition [UPDATE-1]

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Rayne
SCOTUS has 18 cases yet to be decided; the next batch of decisions are being delivered this morning. This is an open thread.
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Garrett Ziegler Done in by His Chateau Marmont Field Trip

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emptywheel
Garrett Ziegler's own California field trip were cited to deny his motion to dismiss Hunter Biden's lawsuit against him.
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The Schulte CIPA Transcripts: Locking up Vault 8

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emptywheel
Among the most interesting details revealed by the CIPA transcripts from the Josh Schulte case is that -- at least in 2022 -- the government still considered the tie to the Vault 8 source code theft and release classified information.
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Open Thread: SCOTUS Decisions [UPDATE-1]

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Rayne
SCOTUS releases its next batch of decisions at 10:00 a.m. this morning. This is an open thread.
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The Document Found with Roger Stone's Clemency Did Pertain to Emmanuel Macron

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emptywheel
In yet another bid to get Trump's stolen documents case thrown out, Trump's attorneys appear to have confirmed that a document in some way associated with clemency for Roger Stone pertained to Emmanuel Macron.
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Hunter Biden's Prosecutors Complained about the Laptop, Once, Too

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emptywheel
In a bench conference at the Hunter Biden trial, prosecutors tried to exclude information from the laptop, once.
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Our Choice of Fathers

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Rayne
Happy Father’s Day to all the fathers in our community. This is an open thread.
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The Threats that Hunter Biden's Prosecutors Pretended Didn't Exist Continue Unabated

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emptywheel
When Hunter Biden raised the way Trump had elicited threats against those investigating him, prosecutors simply pretended the threats didn't exist. But the arrest of a rabid Trump supporter last week made visible how vicious such threats are.
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