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With Friends Like These: A rough start to testimony from defense witnesses at Proud Boys sedition trial

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Brandi Buchman
A new phase of the Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial has started out rough with defense witnesses fumbling through testimony
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Lordy, There Are [Transcribed] Tapes

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emptywheel
Among the things that then-Chief Judge Beryl Howell ordered Evan Corcoran to turn over on Friday were "transcriptions of personal audio recordings" involving his representation of Donald Trump. Lordy, there are [transcribed] tapes!
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Barbara Jones Rules Project Veritas Was Not Engaged in Journalism When Brokering Ashley Biden's Stolen Diary

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emptywheel
In the investigation of the Ashley Biden diary theft, Barbara Jones has ruled against Project Veritas on most issues.
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Marathon Proud Boys sedition trial hits milestone as prosecution prepares to hand off to defense

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Brandi Buchman
The Proud Boys seditious conspiracy trial hits its 40th day and finally, after weeks of delays, objections, and hail-Mary attempts for a mistrial, the defense is poised to launch its case-in-chief.
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Just for Perspective: Investigations Take Longer When Presidents Don't Wiretap Themselves

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emptywheel
It has now taken longer to hold Trump accountable than it took to get Richard Nixon to resign after the Watergate break-in. Even assuming those were comparable timelines, a number of things distinguish the January 6 investigation from the far less complex Watergate one, starting with the fact that, unlike Nixon, Trump is not known to have wiretapped himself.
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Pavlov's Press Corps: Trump Once Again Got Journalists to Willingly Serve as His Incitement Mules

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emptywheel
Trump has once again expertly played journalists to get them to serve as data mules disseminating his tweet inciting violence in response to his expected indictment in New York.
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Three Things: Crying All the Way to the Bank

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Rayne
I hate feeling like Cassandra. Did we not learn anything from the 2008 crash? Or the decade-long savings and loan crises?
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KT McFarland Likened Trump's Transition Interventions to the Iran October Surprise

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emptywheel
Back in 2017, KT McFarland rationalized Mike Flynn's efforts to undermine US foreign policy to Nixon's Chennault Affair and Reagan's Iran October Surprise. NYT just confirmed that John Connally is the one who helped Reagan get elected by encouraging Iran to hold Americans hostage.
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Beryl Howell's Biggest Secret: Whether Bill Barr Killed the Egyptian Bank Investigation

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emptywheel
The biggest secret that Beryl Howell brings with her, as she ends her tenure as Chief Judge of DC, is whether the closure of the investigation into a suspected $10 million donation from Egypt to Trump in September 2016 was political interference from Bill Barr or a legitimate investigative dead end.
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Evan Corcoran: You're the Next Contestant on Trump's Crime-Fraud Reality Show

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emptywheel
Evan Corcoran is likely at least the fourth Trump lawyer to have his comms crime-fraud excepted in the last five years. The first known such instance, the recording of Trump agreeing to make hush payments in 2016, may lead to an indictment as early as next week.
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Guo Wengui Arrested

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emptywheel
Steve Bannon's sometime partner, Guo Wengui, was arrested this morning on a sweeping financial fraud and conspiracy indictment.
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The New Investigation into Bannon and Boris Buried Under Bannon's Bluster

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emptywheel
Buried 22 paragraphs below some flashy quotes from Steve Bannon, NYT reveals that he -- along with the subject of a profile, Boris Epsheyn -- is under legal scrutiny for the crypto currency scam they used to bilk a lot of Trump loyalists.
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How Tucker Carlson Duped the People His Producer Called "Dumb ... Cousin-Fucking ... Terrorists"

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emptywheel
What we've learned from Tucker Carlson's effort to lie about January 6 is that Tucker is the one lying about what happened. Before Tucker's propaganda gave reason to respond, DOJ, had actually been withholding some of the most damning video from journalists. Tucker's propaganda effort has provided yet another glimpse of how many close calls the police managed to avert on January 6.
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Tucker's Putin Envy

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emptywheel
Among the new details about the back channel Tucker Carlson had with Russia -- purportedly to set up an interview with Putin -- are that the intelligence community also obtained Signal texts, not just an email setting up a trip to Russia.
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Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy comes into focus at Proud Boys trial as classified 'spill' roils proceedings

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Brandi Buchman
Details on how sending the defense attorneys the wrong "Jencks" file has roiled the Proud Boys trial.
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Matt Taibbi Declares John Podesta's Risotto Recipe Was "True"

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emptywheel
Matt Taibbi does not know the difference between "true" and "authentic," and it shows in his propaganda. 
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The Michael Flynn Complaint For Damages Against The US

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bmaz
Michael Flynn has filed a complaint against the government demanding damages for all his grievances. No, it is not going anywhere.
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Jenna Ellis Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied and Lied

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emptywheel
To save her CO bar license, Jenna Ellis stipulated to lying ten times during the period when she was also using those false claims to convince electors and Mike Pence to violate the law. The stipulation may be a useful admission for Jack Smith.
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