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Tim Parlatore's decision to quit because of Boris Epshteyn's role as a gatekeeper looks very different given the news that he and other Trump lawyers haven't been able to find the Iran document Trump claimed to have in 2021.

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2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations

In March, DOJ Asked Trump for the Iran Document; In April, DOJ Asked for His Saudi Business Records

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June 2, 2023

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emptywheel

In March, DOJ asked Trump for the Iran document he bragged he had at Bedminster in July 2021. He couldn't find it. In April, DOJ asked for details of his business ties with, among other countries, the Saudis.

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2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe

John Durham Fabricated His Basis to Criminalize Oppo Research

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June 1, 2023

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emptywheel

The entire Durham investigation was built on a fabrication about what a Russian intelligence report said about Hillary.

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2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations

Lordy, There Are Tapes [of Trump Acknowledging He Had Stolen Classified Documents]!

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May 31, 2023

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emptywheel

All trials are about prosecutors telling stories. This incident is a story so good that Trump tried to tell it himself, and in the process got recorded admitting he had stolen classified documents.

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Culture

Leave No Stone Unturned

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May 29, 2023

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Rayne

Thinking about my hard-ass uncle on this Memorial Day, and a duty to the future.

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2020 Presidential Election, 2024 Presidential Election, emptywheel, January 6 Insurrection, Leak Investigations

All GOP Horserace Analysis Is Useless without Consideration of Possible Indictments

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May 29, 2023

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emptywheel

Any horserace analysis of the GOP primary that fails to at least consider how potential indictments might affect the primary is utterly useless.

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Blogs Internet and New Media, Culture

Three Things: Crustpunk Nazi Bar Update, $42K Extortion Edition

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May 28, 2023

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Rayne

It’s been a while since we had a chat about the crustpunk Nazi bar known as Twitter. The dead-ending bird decided to press the issue for us.

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2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection

OATHS BROKEN, OATH KEEPERS BOWED: Sentences for 2 more in marquee Jan. 6 conspiracy case

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May 28, 2023

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Brandi Buchman

Raw emotions positively dominated a federal courthouse in Washington, D.C. this week as the Justice Department secured significant sentences for two more Oath Keepers involved in a larger conspiracy to forcibly stop America’s transfer of power…

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2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection

'NOTHING HAS CHANGED, MR. RHODES, NOTHING HAS CHANGED': Seditious Oath Keeper Elmer Rhodes sentenced to 18 years

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May 25, 2023

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Brandi Buchman

After expressing zero remorse and heralding himself to a federal judge as a “political prisoner” who “like Donald Trump only committed the crime of opposing those who are destroying our country,” Oath Keeper Elmer Stewart Rhodes was…

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2020 Presidential Election, January 6 Insurrection

Stewart Rhodes: Yale Law Grad, Seditionist, Terrorist, and Ongoing Threat to Democracy

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May 25, 2023

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emptywheel

In sentencing Stewart Rhodes, Judge Mehta called him an ongoing peril to the very fabric of democracy.

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2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe

How CNN Inculpated John Durham While Purportedly Exonerating Trump

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May 25, 2023

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emptywheel

In an otherwise problematic early report on the results of the Durham Report, CNN caught Durham in two of the Special Counsel's numerous lapses of precisely the standards he attempted to criminalize with the FBI.

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Culture

Long Live The Queen

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May 24, 2023

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bmaz

This is a guest post by long-time community member Rosalind. Rest in peace, Queen.

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emptywheel

RIP Riverboat Queen

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May 24, 2023

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bmaz

As you may have heard, Tina turner has passed at the age of 83. It is pretty hard to describe how incredible, and important, she was over so many decades.

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Cybersecurity, FISA

Between the Annual Release of FISA Statistics and the Release of the FISA 702 Opinion, FBI Rolled Up Turla

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May 24, 2023

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emptywheel

There's a physical search FISA order released with the FISA 702 one that sounds like it pertains to a cybersecurity application.

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2020 Presidential Election, Leak Investigations

ABC Reports that Sources Familiar Say 2 + 2 = 5

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May 24, 2023

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emptywheel

Trump milked grievance on his social media platform yesterday in advance of being indicted. ABC did him the favor of claiming he was doing something else.

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2020 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Leak Investigations

The Potential International Grift Hiding behind the Stolen Documents Investigation

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May 23, 2023

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emptywheel

Investigative developments in the stolen document case reported out in the last several weeks have suggested that this investigation may not be the obstruction investigation everyone is treating it as. Jack Smith may only get to obstruction via a conspiracy to hoard classified documents.

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emptywheel, FISA

A Modest Proposal to Fix FBI's FISA 702 Woes

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May 22, 2023

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emptywheel

My Modest Proposal to fix the FISA 702 impasse is to require the FBI to obtain probable cause warrants for the target of surveillance -- possibly from the FISA court -- for data they want to search.

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2016 Presidential Election, emptywheel, Mueller Probe

Doo-Doo Process: John Durham Claims to Know Better than Anthony Trenga and Two Juries

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May 21, 2023

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emptywheel

In spite of the fact that two juries and Judge Anthony Trenga acquitted Michael Sussmann and Igor Danchenko, in his report, John Durham repeats his allegation that they lied. To do so, he misrepresents the evidence submitted in both cases.

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FBI Cyber Division’s Enduring Blue Pill Mystery

ONLY TIME WILL TELL: Seditionist Oath Keepers sentenced amid tears and promises of redemption

Tim Parlatore Quit After Trump Lawyers Couldn’t Find the Iran Document

In March, DOJ Asked Trump for the Iran Document; In April, DOJ Asked for His Saudi Business Records

John Durham Fabricated His Basis to Criminalize Oppo Research

FBI Cyber Division's Enduring Blue Pill Mystery

ONLY TIME WILL TELL: Seditionist Oath Keepers sentenced amid tears and promises of redemption

Tim Parlatore Quit After Trump Lawyers Couldn't Find the Iran Document

In March, DOJ Asked Trump for the Iran Document; In April, DOJ Asked for His Saudi Business Records

John Durham Fabricated His Basis to Criminalize Oppo Research

Lordy, There Are Tapes [of Trump Acknowledging He Had Stolen Classified Documents]!

Leave No Stone Unturned

All GOP Horserace Analysis Is Useless without Consideration of Possible Indictments

Three Things: Crustpunk Nazi Bar Update, $42K Extortion Edition

OATHS BROKEN, OATH KEEPERS BOWED: Sentences for 2 more in marquee Jan. 6 conspiracy case

'NOTHING HAS CHANGED, MR. RHODES, NOTHING HAS CHANGED': Seditious Oath Keeper Elmer Rhodes sentenced to 18 years

Stewart Rhodes: Yale Law Grad, Seditionist, Terrorist, and Ongoing Threat to Democracy

How CNN Inculpated John Durham While Purportedly Exonerating Trump

Long Live The Queen

RIP Riverboat Queen

Between the Annual Release of FISA Statistics and the Release of the FISA 702 Opinion, FBI Rolled Up Turla

ABC Reports that Sources Familiar Say 2 + 2 = 5

The Potential International Grift Hiding behind the Stolen Documents Investigation

A Modest Proposal to Fix FBI's FISA 702 Woes

Doo-Doo Process: John Durham Claims to Know Better than Anthony Trenga and Two Juries

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