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From the Willard to Danbury Correctional: Steve Bannon Allegedly Joins the Conspiracy

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emptywheel
Jack Smith's story about January 6 has finally arrived at the Willard Hotel, with Steve Bannon in tow.
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How Jack Smith Wants to Prove Trump's Crimes

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emptywheel
Jack Smith might have a tougher time getting SCOTUS to let him rely on Eric Herschmann's testimony than on Mike Pence's.
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The Immunity Brief: How We Got Here, Where We're Going

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emptywheel
In a bid to delay their response to Jack Smith's immunity filing until after the election, Trump's lawyers misrepresent the timing that brought us here.
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John Roberts' Sordid Legacy: 14 Pages of Mean Tweets

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emptywheel
John Roberts' newfangled presidential immunity is so sordid, he forced prosecutors to spend 14 pages explaining why Trump's attacks on fellow Republicans are not official acts of the President of the United States.
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The "Truth" about JD Vance

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emptywheel
Last night's debate is not going to affect the election. But I think JD Vance did what he needed, for his own wildly ambitious goals: He doubled down on undermining democracy, and ratcheted up the professionalism of Trump's attack on truth.
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2024 Presidential Election: The Vice Presidential Debate

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Rayne
CBS News network hosts the vice presidential debate this evening beginning at 9:00 p.m. ET. Will the winner be the billionaires' fake hillbilly or Coach Walz?
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Donald Trump Didn't Do the Homework Assignment

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emptywheel
Because Trump didn't engage with the redactions in the way Judge Tanya Chutkan ordered him to, it looks more likely we'll get to see Smith's substantive brief sooner rather than later. 
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Bill Barr Didn't Hear When Trump Asked, "Russia Are You Listening?"

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emptywheel
One of the last things Mueller's prosecutors added to the report was language explaining why Trump's successful solicitation of a hacking attempt wasn't a crime. They need not have bothered. Bill Barr was deliberately ignorant to that episode.
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As Kamala Harris Passes the Two-Thirds Mark, Trump Adopts Apocalyptic Language

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emptywheel
As we enter the last third of Kamala Harris' race to be President, Donald Trump looks weak and Donald Trump looks violent, but that is not yet a persistent news coverage theme.
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The Other Problematic Subject Trump Hid

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Rayne
Did the Trump campaign act out at Arlington National Cemetery in order to change the subject through redirection? What were they trying to hide behind war dead?
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My Sixth Amendment Sense about Jack Smith's Proposed Book Report

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emptywheel
I predict that Trump's attorneys will balk at the way Jack Smith wants to present his immunity case, by including quotes from sensitive materials, without identifying the witness who said it.
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Iranian Hackers Compromised Roger Stone's Email Eight Years After Russian Hackers Exfiltrated DNC Emails

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emptywheel
Iranian hackers first compromised Donald Trump's rat-fucker eight years, almost to the day, after Russian hackers stole the emails from the DNC that Roger Stone used to help get Trump elected.
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Fridays with Nicole Sandler

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emptywheel
We talked about Jack Smith's still-sealed 180-page brief in the Trump January 6 case.
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VP Harris' Haley Play

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emptywheel
If Kamala Harris' concerted efforts to convert Nikki Haley voters works, it could make the difference in a close election.
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Bill Barr, "So Far as We Knew"

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emptywheel
In their book, Aaron Zebley et al describe that Bill Barr had no insight onto Mueller's work before he wrote his memo attacking Mueller's approach to the obstruction issue, "so far as we knew." That claim looks somewhat different when you consider Lev Parnas' recent claim that Victoria Toensing had a role in Barr's hiring.
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Eric Adams Indicted

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emptywheel
Although the indictment of Eric Adams is 50-pages long, it only lays out one of the schemes known to be under investigation and does not (yet) include a FARA component.
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Reid Epstein's Economic Polling Anxiety

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emptywheel
Reid Epstein is so upset that Kamala Harris didn't address a question about how to change her polling on the economy that he missed that she is changing her polling on the economy.
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