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DOJ Moves for Contempt as Injunction Finally Lifted

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emptywheel
DOJ has asked Beryl Howell to hold Trump in contempt for refusing to certify his search for stolen documents.
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The Rules Against Keeping Classified Documents in an Unsecure RV Parked alongside Jeremy Brown's Home

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emptywheel
Jeremy Brown wants to argue he had a good reason to bring classified information and store it in his RV. Probably, that argument will work no better for him than it has any number of Espionage Act defendants -- or for that other disgruntled Floridian who took classified information home from work.
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Another Late September Russian Influence Peddler Indictment

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emptywheel
DOJ announced the September indictment of Andrii Derkach, the Ukrainian they label as a Russian spy who peddled all the Hunter Biden dirt to Rudy in December 2019.
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Two Inconsistent Stories on Additional Searches of Trump's Property

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emptywheel
A Trump-friendly WaPo story reveals that an outside firm conducted additional searches for stolen classified documents on at least Bedminster and Trump Tower, and claims that some kind of attestation that no more documents were found (though that may apply only to Bedminster). CNN, however, reveals four properties were searched and states that no attestation was made.
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A Counter Perspective: On the House January 6 Committee’s Impending Referrals

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Rayne
This is “[a] republic, if you can keep it.” The J6 Committee’s “political gestures” are some of the means to do so.
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Special Counsel Jack Smith Taught DOJ How to Alphabetize by Last Name! A Tale of Two Subpoenas, and Other Self-Mockery

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emptywheel
To mock myself and others for overreading, I proclaim that comparing subpoenas from the fake elector investigation from before and after the appointment of Jack Smith "proves" that he taught DOJ how to alphabetize.

The J6 Committee Proves Themselves To Be Suspect Media Whores

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bmaz
Well, here it is. J6 Chairman Bennie Thompson, clearly fueled by Liz Cheney, is going to do one of the dumbest things ever. A "criminal referral" from this Committee means absolutely nothing. The DOJ will prosecute individuals and/or entities…

"Tentacles" with the "Potential to Spiral:" Geoffrey Berman, Bill Barr, and Hunter Biden's Dick Pics

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emptywheel
As Republicans all prepare to investigate why Twitter took down pictures of Hunter Biden's dick posted without consent, it's worth reviewing Geoffrey Berman's description of the "tentacles" of a Rudy Giuliani investigation that might
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Trump Is a Mob Boss Whose Omertà Has Started to Fail

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emptywheel
On the way that the two Pats, Cipollone and Philbin, testified for ten hours about Trump's crimes, he ratcheted up his wails to try to hide and reverse his vulnerability.

Chrissie

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bmaz
Last night Punaise and I had a discussion about the Pretenders. There are not a lot of bands that have to be seen live, but Chrissie Hynde and the Pretenders are one of them. If they get anywhere near you, go see them, they are that good. Here…
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Matty Taibbi's Dick Pics

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emptywheel
Given his long history of apologizing for Russia, Matt Taibbi is a terrible choice to explain the back story behind Twitter's (stupid) decision to prevent a shoddy NY Post story on "Hunter Biden's" "laptop" from going viral. He's an even worse choice to complain about the takedown of leaked Hunter Biden dick pics.
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"We Have a Plan. I'm with Rufio" ... But the Government Does Not

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emptywheel
In the same way that Oath Keeper prosecutors never obtained evidence about what transpired in a key phone call, Proud Boy prosecutors appear not to have evidence about a key meeting on January 5 where Joe Biggs and Ethan Nordean finalized a plan.
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After the Neo-Nazi Demands More Support from Trump for January 6 Defendants, Trump Delivers

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emptywheel
At his dinner with Trump, neo-Nazi Nick Feuntes tied support for Trump's reelection to greater support to January 6 participants. Shortly thereafter, Trump taped a video for a neo-Nazi tied organization celebrating those who attacked the Capitol.

Resistance To Power

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Ed Walker
We can look at aspects of society groups of people push back at to see the outlines of power.
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11th Circuit to Trump: You're Not Special

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emptywheel
A very conservative panel, including two Trump appointees, just confirmed that he's not special anymore. 
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More on the Government's January 6 Google GeoFence

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emptywheel
The government response to David Rhine's motion to suppress warrants obtained as part of and subsequent to a Google GeoFence lays out more reason why this application of a GeoFence is unlikely to be replicated.
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Skull and Bones: The Proud Boys' Non-Conspiratorial Secret Society?

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emptywheel
There's a lot that was left unsaid in the various sentencing memos for the two Proud Boy Nicks: DeCarlo and Ochs, perhaps appropriate to Ochs' high level access primarily through a chat named after Skull and Bones.
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On the Shoddy Journalistic Defense of "WikLeaks"

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emptywheel
It took a little old emptywheel to point out to some of the world's leading newspapers that they hadn't fact-checked a letter purporting to defend the principles of journalism.

On Trump, the Anti-Semites, and the Coup Attempt: The Import of Nick Fuentes' Reference to January 6

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emptywheel
Nick Fuentes' complaint about Trump's lack of support for January 6 defendants deserves closer focus.