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A Modest Proposal to Fix FBI's FISA 702 Woes

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emptywheel
My Modest Proposal to fix the FISA 702 impasse is to require the FBI to obtain probable cause warrants for the target of surveillance -- possibly from the FISA court -- for data they want to search.
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Doo-Doo Process: John Durham Claims to Know Better than Anthony Trenga and Two Juries

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emptywheel
In spite of the fact that two juries and Judge Anthony Trenga acquitted Michael Sussmann and Igor Danchenko, in his report, John Durham repeats his allegation that they lied. To do so, he misrepresents the evidence submitted in both cases.
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Peter Baker Discovers that Russia Sows Partisan Antagonism and Then Helps Them Do So!

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emptywheel
Peter Baker thought his naive observation about the way that Putin uses sanctions to foster divisions in the US was worth giving Russia an opportunity to claim that January 6 defendants were really just persecuted dissidents.
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Rudy's Very Bad Week

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emptywheel
The key point of Noelle Dunphy's lawsuit against Rudy is to alert a lot of corrupt people that she has damning emails unprotected by a non-disclosure agreement.
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DOJ Arrests Enrique Tarrio's Cop Buddy, Shane Lamond

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emptywheel
For years, I've said that certain steps in the January 6 investigation had to wait on the Proud Boys verdict. One of those things was the arrest of Enrique Tarrio's DC Cop buddy, Shane Lamond.
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John Durham Committed the "Crime" of "Inferring" of Which He Accused Rodney Joffe

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emptywheel
In his attempt to implicate Rodney Joffe in his conspiracy theories, John Durham criminalizes private citizens making inferences. And then he makes two inferences of his own.
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John Durham, High Priest of the Cult of the Coffee Boy

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emptywheel
In an attempt to sustain his argument that the FBI was overly hasty in opening an investigation into Trump's Coffee Boy, John Durham whitewashed many of the details about George Papadopoulos, including that he himself found the Coffee Boy's communications with Sergei Millian to be "creepy."
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Jack Teixeira's Polish (or Croatian) Missile

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emptywheel
A filing in the detention dispute of accused leaker Jack Teixeira reveals he was responding to solicitors from people presenting as foreigners as early as November 2022.
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"Ridiculous:" Durham's Failed Clinton Conspiracy Theory

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emptywheel
A list of interviews cited in the John Durham report suggests he never really investigated the things he claimed to be investigating -- like the problematic Carter Page FISA applications or the two false statements cases he did charge -- because starting no later than February 2020, he was too busy pursuing a baseless attempt to claim Hillary tried to frame Donald Trump.
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Eight Things Not Mentioned in the Durham Report

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emptywheel
If John Durham closed just a handful of enormous gaps in his shoddy report, it would all fall apart.
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Before Rand Paul Went to Moscow, He Was in a White House Meeting Discussing Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, and Andrew McCabe

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emptywheel
Along with a note showing that Trump discussed firing Lisa Page, Peter Strzok, and Andy McCabe in February 2018, Strzok just docketed another note John Kelly took as Chief of Staff, showing that Rand Paul was discussing the FBI officials between the Helsinki meeting and his trip to Moscow to carry a letter from Trump to Putin.
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Are The Dubs Done?

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bmaz
Last night I was too tired, and half asleep, so did the unthinkable and semi-hijacked Rayne's thread with a shout out to Punaise and Molly Pitcher regarding the Golden State Warriors demise. Punaise has not showed up yet, but Molly's response…
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The Media's Past Indifference to Trump's Past Abuse of Pardons Invites Him To Do It Again

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emptywheel
Of course Trump will pardon January 6 criminals if he wins in 2024! Why wouldn't he?!?! You let him blather on for an hour, even discussed future pardons with him, with not a single mention of his past abuses. 
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DOJ Attempts to Stave Off May 24 Trump Deposition in Peter Strzok Lawsuit

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emptywheel
As things currently stand, Peter Strzok has a May 24 deposition scheduled with Donald Trump. But DOJ is trying to forestall that.
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Three Things: Turf's Up

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Rayne
We’ve had a little fun with the new LIV Golf tour and the game of golf in comments. We should spend a little more time on this subject if Special Counsel Jack Smith thought Trump's LIV-related business was subpoena worthy.
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Russia's Snakes Got DePlaned

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emptywheel
The US claims to have substantially shut down the infrastructure of one of Russia's most sophisticated cyberespionage groups.
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Some of George Santos' Alleged Crimes Resemble Trump's Suspected Crimes

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emptywheel
Five of the charges against George Santos accuse him of telling political donors he was raising money for his campaign when in fact he allegedly pocketed the money. That's not much different than the theory behind the financial investigation of Trump.
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THE RINGLEADER'S LAST(?) CIRCUS: Observations from inside the Proud Boys Seditious Conspiracy Trial

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Brandi Buchman
A reflection on the Proud Boys trial including a few observations on the deluded leader who led a seditious conspiracy.
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Feds Charge the Deciding Vote That Made Kevin McCarthy Speaker

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emptywheel
With the report that DOJ has filed still-undisclosed charges, Speaker McCarthy will henceforward be owned not just by Marjorie Taylor Greene, but also by whatever alleged crimes imposter Congressman George Santos has committed.
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