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David Weiss May Have More Bluster than Tactical Leverage

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emptywheel
Speedy Trial filings in the Hunter Biden gun case last week seem to hint at an intense game of chicken between David Weiss and Abbe Lowell. And thus far at least, Weiss seems more afraid of indictment than Lowell is.
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Cleta Mitchell Skates

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emptywheel
While grand jurors expressed lukewarm support for charging three Senators -- David Purdue, Kelli Leoffler, and Lindsey Graham -- they expressed far more support for charging Cleta Mitchell, who nevertheless was not charged.
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Stan Woodward Thinks Aileen Cannon Is an Easy Mark

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emptywheel
Before Stan Woodward stalled any conflict review for his client Walt Nauta for a month, he tried to delay any conflict review for his then-client Yuscil Taveras.
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Prosecutors in Georgia Still Abusing Their Over Broad RICO Law

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bmaz
Georgia now charging protestors with RICO. I warned that what has, and was, being done in Georgia as to RICO was dangerous. And this is just then tip of the iceberg coming because it will spread.
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Proud Boy Henry Tarrio Sentenced to 22 Years for Role in Jan. 6 Seditious Conspiracy

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Brandi Buchman
Former Proud Boy chairman Henry "Enrique" Tarrio was sentenced to 22 years in prison for his role leading a conspiracy to stop the transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021.
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Oligarchy Has Arrived. Congress Must Take Notice — and Act!

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bmaz
In this guest post: an innovative tax-the-rich proposal now before lawmakers would reverse the wealth concentration that’s suffocating our democracy
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The Finding Out Part: Proud Boys Face Sentencing

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Brandi Buchman
Sentences were handed down to Proud Boys convicted of seditious conspiracy but the leader of the group still awaits his fate.
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Goodbye Margaritaville

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bmaz
Well, shit fuck damn. Jimmy Buffett has up and died. One of the better performers ever. Saw several times, but the most memorable was at Red Rocks. which was twice, because the first one was killed by a storm. Also once saw Jimmy play a whole…
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Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola sentenced to 10 years in prison, Ethan Nordean gets 18

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Brandi Buchman
Proud Boy Dominic Pezzola, who U.S. District Judge Tim Kelly described Friday as the "tip of the spear" that first let rioters flood into the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been sentenced to 10 years in prison. As he exited the courtroom,…
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Proud Boy Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years, Zachary Rehl gets 15

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Brandi Buchman
Proud Boy Joseph Biggs is sentenced to 17 years in prison for his role leading a seditious conspiracy to stop the peaceful transfer of power on Jan. 6, 2021.
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The Supreme Court Has Always Been Terrible

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Ed Walker
And it won't get better without confrontation.
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The Comings and Goings of Insurrection

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emptywheel
It sounds like Mark Meadows may succeed in getting his trial removed to Federal court, but not dismissed.
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Trump Court Hearings For August 28, 2023

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bmaz
There are two hearings today, one as to the DC case the other regarding the Fulton County case. Both go off at 10:00 am EST.
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FISC Rules that [Redacted] Is Not Subject to FISA 702 for One of Its Services

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emptywheel
Some company successfully argued that, under FISA 702, if they don't have access to your data, they can't be compelled to provide US spooks assistance to get to it.
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Aileen Cannon Working Hard to Protect Stan Woodward; Doing Nothing to Protect Walt Nauta or Carlos De Oliveira

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emptywheel
Aileen Cannon has helped Stan Woodward stall any resolution of the potential conflict in his representation of Walt Nauta for an additional nine days based off his claim not to have notice of the sealed documents that Cannon herself had stricken from the docket 18 days before. Between them, they have ensured that Nauta will wait a month to get notice of the potential problems with Woodward's conflicted representation, if Cannon grants one at all.
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Right Wing Operatives Say Hunter Biden Shouldn't Get Same Treatment as Dmitry Firtash

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emptywheel
Right wing operatives are now wailing that Hunter Biden's lawyers sought out a DOJ meeting to point out that much of the investigation into their client happened as part of a political campaign. But they didn't seem to mind the DOJ meeting that was part of that political campaign.
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Trump to Be Arraigned at 7:30 P.M. Thursday Eve [UPDATE-1]

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Rayne
This is an open thread. Bring all your off-topic idle chatter here while you wait for the anticipated arraignment photo and rant-y perp speech to follow.
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Willie Floyd's Curiously Inactive Docket

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emptywheel
WaPo discovered that one of the GA co-conspirators, Willie Floyd, was charged with assaulting 2 FBI agents in May. But what has happened since, if anything, remains sealed.
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Putin Doesn't Cook

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Rayne
Putin may have burned his chef by way of Russian air defense missiles.
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