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The August 13 Venmo Charge David Weiss Claimed Was an August 14 Charge

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emptywheel
It appears that David Weiss made at least one notable error in the indictment charging Hunter Biden with making false statements on federal documents.
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Hunter Biden Accused Rudy Giuliani of Hacking His Data, Not Defamation

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emptywheel
Hunter Biden is not accusing Rudy Giuliani of saying things about him that aren't true. Hunter Biden is accusing Rudy Giuliani of accessing data -- whether on a hard drive copied from a laptop or in the cloud -- to which he did not have legal access. 
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Advent Week 2: Prepare Ye The Way for The Stollen Ahead

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Rayne
Here it is, my first candidate for the stollen election. What bread/cake containing fruit did you make/buy/consume this week? This is an open thread.
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The May 2017 Report Tying Oleg Deripaska to Russian Intelligence

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emptywheel
Bill Barr's flunkie, Seth DuCharme, thinks his client Charles McGonigal should get a probation sentence even though he reviewed reports of Oleg Deripaska's Russian intelligence ties before choosing to work for Deripaska.
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Great Apes As Rational Agents

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Ed Walker
The long evolutionary step to the great apes includes rationality and new psychological processes.
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All Points Bulletin to David Weiss! Tony Bobulinski Is a Missing Person!!

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emptywheel
In the tax indictment of Hunter Biden, David Weiss has hidden the role that Tony Bobulinski had in events the indictment describes. In so doing, he may be attempting to hide the way Donald Trump's personal involvement taints the investigation that led to a tax indictment of Joe Biden's son.
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How David Weiss May Plan to Prove His Case against Hunter Biden

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emptywheel
To take his Los Angeles indictment to trial, Hunter Biden has to be willing to let a paparazzi press spend valuable 2024 campaign reporting time on how Joe Biden's son could spend $383,548 on sex workers and $100,330 on adult entertainment in one year, 2018.
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John Paul Mac Isaac's Undisclosed Home Movie

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emptywheel
Another look at interesting intersections between the Rudy Giuliani timeline and the computer repairman's.
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Ratifying Sedition: The Proud Boys 404(b) Evidence

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emptywheel
At the Proud Boys trial, prosecutors made Trump's role in their conspiracy clear. Now, leading up to the former President's own trial, DOJ has said they will present communications that amount to an agreement in September 2020 and ratification of the Proud Boy attack on the country in September 2023.
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Three Things: Brilliant Opportunities Disguised

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Rayne
Some news outlet will point out how the failings of the state GOP parties in Florida, Michigan, and Texas are somehow bad news for Joe Biden, and not the brilliant opportunities they represent for Democrats. But not this site.
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DOJ Will Show that Trump's Campaign Intended to Cause a Riot at TCF Center in Detroit

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emptywheel
In a court filing, DOJ says it will show that Trump intended to cause a riot on November 4, 2020 at the TCF Center in Detroit.
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Principal Senior Assistant Special Counsel Leo Wise Insinuates David Weiss Lied to Congress

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emptywheel
Abbe Lowell's request to subpoena Bill Barr and others produced far more flopsweat from David Weiss' team than I imagined. It also seems to have gotten Leo Wise a fancy promotion.
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NYT Covers Up the Still-Ongoing Trump-Russian Effort to Frame Joe Biden

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emptywheel
The NYT is right: A second Trump term would be worse than the first one. But repeating that, over and over, even while misinforming readers about Trump's ongoing five year effort to frame Joe Biden is not the best way to prevent a second term. 
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When John Eastman Acknowledged that Candidate Trump Spoke in His Personal Capacity

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emptywheel
When John Eastman moved, on Trump's behalf, to intervene in Texas v. Pennsylvania, Eastman described that Trump spoke "as a candidate for re-election," he spoke in "his personal capacity." That motion plays a key role in the Blassingame decision, and may have important implications as Trump appeals Judge Tanya Chutkan's ruling on absolute immunity.
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James Comer's War on Christmas: The Burial Ground of a Dick Pic Impeachment

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emptywheel
James Comer has declared a War on Christmas!! He wants to impeach Joe Biden because the then-Vice President invited his son to a holiday party!
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Judge Tanya Chutkan Had to Tell Trump That, "There is no 'Presidential Immunity' Clause"

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emptywheel
In an opinion booting some of the more difficult questions on presidential immunity to the DC Circuit and SCOTUS, Judge Tanya Chutkan informed Donald Trump that there is not presidential immunity clause in the Constitution.
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