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Robert Hur's Box-Checking

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emptywheel
Before Robert Hur confessed that jurors who "are unwilling to read too much into Mr. Biden's brief aside" that Hur quoted out of context would never vote to convict Joe BIden, Hur went to ridiculous lengths trying to make something of a very weak "strongest case for criminal charges."
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Open Thread: Trump v. Anderson before SCOTUS

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Rayne
Feel free to discuss today's Trump v. Anderson oral arguments here but bring all your off-topic discussion to this open thread.
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Michael Bromwich Warns of Robert Hur Report Ahead of Release

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emptywheel
Ahead of the release of the Robert Hur report, Michael Bromwich has raised concerns that Hur is reporting consensual interviews without proper context.
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Seth DuCharme's Information Operation

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emptywheel
On how SDNY prosecuted Charles McGonigal without giving him a bunch of stuff he seemed to be fishing for.
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John Durham Feigns Totally Dumb about Russian "Collusion"

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emptywheel
During John Durham's testimony to Congress, he played dumb about how willingly Trump pursued Russian help.
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DC Circuit: Go Big and [in a Footnote] Go Blassingame!

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emptywheel
By producing a strong unanimous opinion in the Trump immunity claim,Judges Henderson, Pan, and Childs may have ended up producing the most expeditious result.
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Stop Treating Rule of Law Like a Magical Sparkle Pony and Get Busy

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emptywheel
Far too many Democrats have turned themselves into balls of quivering impotence by investing all their hope in guilty verdicts that might make beating Trump easy. They won't, and they never would. So stop wasting your time panicking about Karen Henderson and find something you can do that's productive.
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Hunter Biden's Delayed Email Access on the JPMI Laptop

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emptywheel
The laptop attributed to Hunter Biden deviated from the pattern established with his other replacement devices in one key way: He appears not to have logged into Google right away.
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Abbe Lowell Already Accused David Weiss of a Brady Violation

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emptywheel
Another piece of evidence showing that David Weiss never intended to charge Hunter Biden with gun crimes before Jim Jordan demanded he do so is that Weiss never provided something that would be Brady material before the failed plea deal.
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The December Warrant Shows David Weiss Wasn't Going to Charge Gun Crimes Until Trump Elicited Threats

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emptywheel
The mainstream news continues to ignore the evidence that David Weiss only decided to charge Hunter Biden with gun crimes after threats ginned up by Trump led him to fear for the safety of his family.
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Josh Schulte Sentenced to 40 Years

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emptywheel
This week, at the age of 35, Josh Schulte got sentenced to 40 years in prison for stealing CIA's hacking tools and sharing them with WikiLeaks.
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Trump Spent $50 Million Paying Lawyers But Taxpayers Are Providing Loaner Laptops

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emptywheel
Donald Trump is spending a good deal of his campaign fundraising -- over $50 million -- paying for lawyers for loyal employees. But taxpayers are loaning two of the most important laptops to review surveillance footage.
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Mike Roman, Donald Trump's Spy and Vote Fraud Fraudster

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emptywheel
Once you understand that the spying skills WaPo describes in a Mike Roman profile have traditionally been targeted at Republicans, a lot else begins to make sense.
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The Hunter Biden Laptop: Two CARTs before the Horse

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emptywheel
According to the warrants associated with the laptop attributed to Hunter Biden, an FBI agent took possession of the laptop from John Paul Mac Isaac, then four days later, took possession of the laptop from one CART agent to hand off to another CART agent.
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Smoking Gun! FBI Didn't Have "Sufficient Evidence" to Prosecute Firearms Crimes against Hunter Biden

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emptywheel
The Devlin Barrett story in October 2022 designed to pressure David Weiss to charge gun and tax crimes against, Hunter Biden claimed that investigators had sufficient evidence to charge the gun crimes. WaPo hasn't reported on the three months of investigative work done since actually charging to try to obtain sufficient evidence to prosecute the charges.
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Chessboard(s): Hunter Biden's Replies

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emptywheel
Abbe Lowell is collecting a whole lot of information to increase his success at beating the odds on motions to dismiss the charges against Hunter Biden.
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