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Junkets In Lieu of Investigation: John Durham Charged Igor Danchenko without Ever Interviewing George Papdopoulos about Sergei Millian
Thanks to Roger Stone's persistence we've learned another damning detail about the Durham investigation: He never interviewed George Papadopoulos before hopping on a plane with the Attorney General chasing the conspiracy theories the Coffee Boy was spreading.
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January 6 Committee Details The Big Fraud Monetizing The Big Lie
The January 6 Committee presented evidence that Trump raised $250 million by lying to his supporters about vote fraud and then used that money to pay off Mark Meadows and Paul Manafort.
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House January 6 Committee: Public Hearings - Day 2 [UPDATE-1]
This post is dedicated to content and comments related to Day 2 of the House J6 Committee's public hearings.
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Three Things: Something Truck-ed This Way Comes
Americans can increasingly see their wretchedness out in the open now that hate groups act as if they received a permission slip from Donald Trump.
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On Josh Schulte's Continued Attempts to Hack the Judicial System
For over a year, Josh Schulte has been attempting to hack the justice system prosecuting him. As his trial kicks off tomorrow, it'll become more clear whether he succeeded.
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The Masters Of Faster Talk Of Trash
It is Trash talk time! For the doldrums of summer, there are a lot of sports to talk about and space needed for all things "not" January 6 related.
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The January 6 Militia Witnesses Are Cooperating with DOJ, Probably Not the January 6 Committee
The January 6 Committee knows a great deal about how Trump's mob got directed to the Capitol. But I suspect they're still waiting to learn all the details that cooperating witnesses have provided.
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The Peaceful Transfer of Power: What President Reagan Called, "Nothing Less than a Miracle"
In her opening statement in yesterday's January 6 Committee hearing, Liz Cheney treated Washington resigning his commission as a religious moment in an attempt to depict democracy as something worth fighting for.
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House January 6 Committee: Public Hearings - Day 1 [UPDATE-1]
This post is dedicated to content and comments related to Day 1 of the House J6 Committee's public hearings.
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Trash Talk: NBA Finals Games and More
More sportsing means more Trash Talk thread. Bring your sports and other non-House J6 committee discussion here to this open thread.
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Prep for the January 6 Committee Hearings: Focus on 18 USC 372
As the January 6 Committee hearings kick off tonight, keep in mind that DOJ has charged both militia conspiracies under 18 USC 372 for preventing cops and members of Congress (including President of the Senate Mike Pence) from doing their job on January 6.
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"Something Like This Has 0 Repercussions if You Mess Up:" John Durham Debunked the Alfa Bank Debunkery
Agent Scott Hellman, who made clear errors in his assessment of the Alfa Bank anomaly, is about the only FBI agent who investigated Russia in 2016 who did not face adverse consequences.
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It's Your Economy, Stupid GOPr
Yet another Trumpy GOP candidate exposing his ignorance about the state's economy while punching down. Arizona, don't inflict this on yourself.
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Quoting Enrique Tarrio Invoking "The Winter Palace," DOJ Charges the Proud Boys with Sedition
Charles Donohoe's cooperation with prosecutors in the Proud Boys investigations appears to have provided the evidence they wanted to be able to charge seditious conspiracy.
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3 Things: GOP’s Continuing Deadly Assault on America
If uncontrolled guns were the only damage they inflicted on this country, but no – the Grand Old Party of Death goes wide.
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John Durham's Igor Danchenko Case May Be More Problematic than His Michael Sussmann Case
John Durham's case against Michael Sussmann was a ridiculously weak case. His problems in the Igor Danchenko case may be still worse.
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The Ongoing Investigation into Paul Manafort's Handlers
The redactions in the Team M Report that Andrew Weissmann's team wrote for posterity seems to suggest the events it discussed have gotten more sensitive over time.
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Peter Navarro Thinks He's Better than the 800 Other January 6 Defendants
Peter Navarro thinks he shouldn't be treated according to the same rules under which 800 other January 6 defendants have been treated.
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Trash Talk: NBA Finals Games 1+2, French Open Tennis, MLB, NFL
Because there's just so much bloody sportsing going on right now we need a Trash Talk thread.
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Peter Navarro Had No Privileged Communications with Donald Trump's Lawyer
Unlike Steve Bannon, the conversations that Peter Navarro had with Donald Trump's legal team about blowing off the January 6 Committee subpoena did not go through a lawyer. That means they'll be readily accessible to prosecutors.