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Least surprising story ever

artappraiser — Sat, 29 Aug 2020 06:42:39 +0000

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Least surprising story ever https://t.co/11972J5Orb
— Reed Galen (@reedgalen) August 29, 2020

DOJ asserted in a press

PeraclesPlease — Fri, 28 Aug 2020 17:43:27 +0000

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DOJ asserted in a press release, without citing any evidence, that state orders “may have resulted in the deaths of thousands of elderly nursing home residents.”

That’s a bold and highly questionable claim, and one that DOJ will never be able to back up.
https://t.co/7lSkJnLQlu
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) August 27, 2020

Shaub WH ethics thread

PeraclesPlease — Wed, 26 Aug 2020 12:14:34 +0000

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Shaub WH ethics thread

OSC also says merely tweeting "#resist" can get you in trouble, but openly engaging in Tea Party activity at work is permissible because, according to OSC, "Tea Party" is a vague "umbrella term" not associated with a party. I've never met a Tea Party Democrat. Or a unicorn.
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 25, 2020

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PeraclesPlease — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 15:02:08 +0000

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Today marks the corrupt transformation of our criminal justice system from a tool to absolve Trump's allies of wrongdoing into a bludgeon against his enemies.

The issue isn't the underlying acts; the corruption is the disparate treatment of them.
— Peter Strzok (@petestrzok) August 19, 2020

A second document, from the

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 11:45:48 +0000

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A second document, from the State legal counsel in December 2019, explicitly said Senate-confirmed officials (i.e. the secretary ) cannot even attend a convention-related event. https://t.co/XxmBHKtvFa pic.twitter.com/o9WX9MGp88
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) August 24, 2020

SSCI Steele thread

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 09:27:00 +0000

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SSCI Steele thread

There are multiple instances in this report where DNI John Ratcliffe refused to declassify something for a bipartisan oversight committee that he has since (or had already) declassified so Republicans in Congress could politicize it. Here's a key example. pic.twitter.com/usmfpMVDZ6
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 24, 2020

Rob Johnson/Giuliani thread

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 03:19:06 +0000

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Rob Johnson/Giuliani thread

2. Johnson told WaPo (@eliseviebeck @DDaltonBennett): “no recollection of the president mentioning Rudy Giuliani” at May 23 Oval Office meeting.

Others in meeting who testified Trump said to work or talk with Giuliani:

Sondland
Taylor
Volker
Morrison

Johnson somehow forgot.
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 24, 2020

Our investigation began after

PeraclesPlease — Tue, 25 Aug 2020 03:05:32 +0000

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Our investigation began after Michael Cohen testified before Congress that Trump’s annual financial statements inflated the values of his assets to obtain favorable terms for loans & insurance coverage, while also deflating the value of other assets to reduce real estate taxes.
— NY AG James (@NewYorkStateAG) August 24, 2020

I just published with

PeraclesPlease — Mon, 24 Aug 2020 21:31:36 +0000

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I just published with @AshaRangappa_:

"Manafort’s Reward"

Senator #RonJohnson's staff started work with Russian disinformation operative even BEFORE Trump's call with Ukraine President.

It worked in accord with Manafort's and Giuliani's plan.https://t.co/KMlNBHVZyH
— Ryan Goodman (@rgoodlaw) August 24, 2020

SSCI ignored Trump Tower

PeraclesPlease — Sun, 23 Aug 2020 09:03:00 +0000

In reply to Russia paid Don Jr $90k?

SSCI ignored Trump Tower

https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/08/20/sscis-timidity-on-trump-tower-moscow/

Or stuff that made Congress look bad

Next thread in the SSCI Report: The Peter Smith effort and other rat-fuckery.https://t.co/7aZvPwvvh9

I've said repeatedly that SSCI avoided anything that might reflect badly on Congress, Dem or GOP. Here's another (inexcusable) instance. pic.twitter.com/Pa773GbbVk
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 22, 2020