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Based on the observations of untrained teenagers, it's fairly clear the guy behind the Thug Shaker leaks is a narcissist ginned up by conspiracy theories who leaked the documents in a room focused on Ukraine. The question is whether he leaked the documents solely for the adulation of teenagers, or whether some spooks IDed him as an easy mark.

On the face of it the shuffle of corporations from one state to another looks like a convenient consolidation. But this is Elmo's work and surely problematic.

The Proud Boys and their close associates have an establishes history of using intimidation to avoid legal consequences. That makes the concerns about being followed of jurors in the Proud Boy trial particularly troubling.

Among the many things Jeff Gerth misunderstood about the press coverage about the Russian investigation is why Peter Strzok would watch it -- all of it -- closely.

Peter Navarro has still not complied with Colleen Kollar-Kotelly's March 9 order that he turn over ProtonMail records that Navarro tried to withhold because they will incriminate him, "forthwith."

The best measure of how inadquate CJR's attempt to explain the series Jeff Gerth made making false claims about the Russian investigation is that the even made no mention of Gerth's undisclosed reliance on a Russian intelligence report of dubious reliability.

In a Florence Pan opinion that Justin Walker largely joined, the DC Circuit rejected an interpretation of 18 USC 1512(c)(2) that Carl Nichols had singularly adopted on January 6 cases. But even where Walker and Pan differ, both would uphold the majority of obstruction cases currently or potentially charged.

As Jack Smith gets closer to making a decision on charges against Donald Trump, pundits who previously complained about the DOJ investigation, are suggesting that the Alvin Bragg indictment newly emboldened. That's nonsense, belied by the public record.

One of the only new details in the statement of facts regarding Trump's NY indictment relates to Robert Costello.