DOJ/Trump/GOP Corruption Black Friday Edition XIV

By PeraclesPlease on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 4:31pm |

For the Corruption that keeps (Thanks)giving

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TRUMP PARDONS FLYNN... for something.
As always with Trump, it's a confusing piece of shit that doesn't mean what people claim until the pieces are dredged out (and put in writing)

Sure. But it is irresponsible to make any claims about what it is without forcing Trump to go on the record about it.

Is it just his guilty plea, or does it cover FARA and perjury?
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 25, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 4:40pm

Reupping this bc thus far WaPo and NYT have made claims that are not YET supported by the record on Flynn's pardon. It's very complicated and we need to see the fine print.

Trump Pardons an Undisclosed Agent of Turkey Along with a Thanksgiving Birdhttps://t.co/fSKyVVP0Pu
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 25, 2020

In his confirmation hearing, Bill Barr said that the pardon Trump just provided would be a crime. https://t.co/m7aARXDhK8 pic.twitter.com/8fUR7oN9ZQ
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 25, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 4:43pm

Trump fired Michael Flynn for lying about his conversations with the Russian ambassador.

And Flynn did lie.

Flynn also admitted to lying about his lobbying for Turkey.

Now Trump pardons Flynn.

It's just one more disgraceful pardon. See the list:https://t.co/akzZmuairc
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) November 25, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 5:33pm

Trump channels whackadoo Emily

This should be the headline: TRUMP PARDONS FLYNN FOR JUST ONE OF THREE CRIMES.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 25, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 5:43pm

Follow this thread for background on NSO Group: https://t.co/TFO4ECRjoG
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) November 26, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 3:33pm

And the Flynn story suddenly becomes old news. "Manafort" trending on Twitter, this:

No so fast, Manafort. Manhattan DA appeals Manafort dismissal to NY's high court https://t.co/LXhx0HU8A5
— Barbara Malmet (@B52Malmet) November 25, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 6:41pm

Retweeted by the president... pic.twitter.com/hM3tlGW92S
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) November 26, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 11/25/2020 - 7:14pm

Oh I love this because and I can’t say this enough fuck postmaster DeJoy https://t.co/cQxdW4MtM7
— Molly Jong-Fast (@MollyJongFast) November 26, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 11/26/2020 - 11:15am

SC census insanity thread

SG Wall is like "hey, reach the merits!"

NOTE: Their merits position is .... insane as David Gans wrote in @Slate https://t.co/LZOW7KXXsy
— Leah Litman (@LeahLitman) November 30, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 10:21am

Felix Sater Kazakh case

Note: The ruling itself does not mention Trump properties, but the lawsuit that it advances does. Those details have been added to the story.

Attorneys for neither of the parties immediately responded to emails.

I will add their comments if and when they respond.
— Adam Klasfeld (@KlasfeldReports) November 30, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 2:16pm

Flynn pardon is out, and language is *very* broad-for “any and all possible offenses” arising out of facts related to Special Counsel investigation: https://t.co/V1rHImQzCE
— Elizabeth Joh (@elizabeth_joh) November 30, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 5:55pm

NEW: DOJ posted the details of Trump's FLYNN pardon and legal experts say it may be the broadest pardon issued since Nixon.

w/ @joshgerstein https://t.co/1UCeJ7BTGp
— Kyle Cheney (@kyledcheney) November 30, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 6:48pm

The art of THE GRIFT continues unabated to the tune of $150 million:

This cannot be described as anything other than fraud and theft.

Trump, his staff, and the @GOP are robbing their own supporters with fraudulent claims. https://t.co/dKTScXixY7
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) December 1, 2020

Normally, campaign emails dry up after Election Day. But, then, normally it's hard to gin up a fundraising hook for die-hard supporters. https://t.co/DW8vWVvldV
— Philip Bump (@pbump) November 30, 2020

#ELB: “Trump raises more than $150 million appealing to false election claims” https://t.co/WCnfV3BXXy grifty!
— Rick Hasen (@rickhasen) December 1, 2020

by artappraiser on Mon, 11/30/2020 - 11:27pm

exponential grifting

According to a Trump email today, 11/30/2020, is "our most IMPORTANT deadline EVER.”

The election was almost four weeks ago.

And the fundraising continues.https://t.co/yhS6C3kJZ5
— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) December 1, 2020

especially since I just listened to a bunch of talking heads on CNN confirm that multiple White House sources have told multiple journos that Trump has fully accepted now that he has lost the election

edit to add cross-link:

MORE HERE BY Omar Wasow

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 12:47am

worth listening to again, compare and contrast

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 9:07pm

more possible grift. because, hey why not, a lot of people are going to be dead and gone anyways

Beginning to suspect the President and those around him are not quite on the level https://t.co/NdZfwHSHy6
— Karen Schwartz (@pithywidow) December 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 8:28pm

emptywheel on the above:

Bill Barr Hid Evidence of a Bribery for Pardon Investigation During the Electionhttps://t.co/ig1a1gurLG
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 8:40pm

another good question:

What kind of ignorant ass dumb fuck of a moronic president destroys his get-out-of-jail-free card in the form of pardons by potentially taking bribes and make them all illegal?
— I Smoked The Trump Admínístration (@Dknight10k) December 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 12:45am

working on a new pardon festival:

NEWS: Along with discussing a pardon for Giuliani, Trump has talked with advisers about pardons for his children and son-in-law Jared Kushner. Trump told advisers he fears a Biden Justice Department will seek retribution against his family. w/@maggieNYT https://t.co/8Z9Je0QDDT
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) December 2, 2020

WH sources say preemptive pardon talk began around impeachment trial described by sources as a "series of hypotheticals" - focused specifically if Trump could pardon himself. Now preemptive pardons back on table for allies & members of Trump family https://t.co/MskjVP2kiH
— John Santucci (@Santucci) December 2, 2020

BREAKING: The New York Times reports Trump has discussed pardons for his three eldest children and Giuliani. pic.twitter.com/eFNPBMq46c
— All In with Chris Hayes (@allinwithchris) December 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 8:38pm

Mika Brzezinski has a question for Twitter:

Why is Jared Kushner in Saudi Arabia and Qatar?
— Mika Brzezinski (@morningmika) December 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 9:38pm

some are suggesting to look over here.

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/01/2020 - 9:42pm

anger about Flynn from a few usually pretty temperate types, one right after another on my feed

Mike Flynn calls on Trump to declare martial law to hold a redo election. This man is a complete disgrace and enemy of democracy and the American republic. In a democracy this amounts to sedition. In a democracy what is worse than a call to overthrow the state? https://t.co/PAgLTd9mbp
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 2, 2020

Michael Flynn joins Sidney Powell in advocating for suspension of democracy, state of emergency, martial law, etc. https://t.co/HxyJUWP83R
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) December 2, 2020

Remember, if and when Trump's effort to bully state legislatures into seating fake electors fails, then his only two options are:

1) hold up the EV count in Congress (probably will fail)

2) declare martial law, tanks in the street, dictator-for-life type of shit
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) December 2, 2020

And (2) is highly, highly likely to fail, and seems like it could easily end very very badly for Trump.https://t.co/15Rjpvarwe
— Noah Smith (@Noahpinion) December 2, 2020

A former Army general calling for suspension of the Constitution. The document we swear an oath to uphold and defend. https://t.co/C5iYzD1SUJ
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) December 2, 2020

edit to add another, they just keep coming on my feed, especially "manly men" patriotic types, they seem to want to see him shot at dawn:

Few general officers have betrayed America like @GenFlynn has. Maybe none. https://t.co/BEfYUr7O1l
— Jeff Timmer (@jefftimmer) December 2, 2020

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 12:49am

84% of Republicans support martial law and new a election, where Trump wins, as a "defense of freedoms."

12% Republicans against it.

4% undecided

Roy Blunt, (R-Mo), said "Trump absolutely has a right to as many elections as it takes, for him to win, a fair one."

by NCD on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 7:43am

Many people do not understand the distrust of the process felt by many Republicans.

Edit to add:

Gabriel Sterling, a voting system official in Georgia, harshly criticized the president for failing to condemn threats of violence against people overseeing the election in his state.

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/12/01/us/politics/georgia-election-trump.html?action=click&module=Top%20Stories&pgtype=Homepage

by rmrd0000 on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 8:29am

Trump's Twitter response was to continue to call the Georgia election "rigged"

https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-inevitably-flips-out-at-georgia-elections-official-who-begged-him-to-calm-down?ref=home

by rmrd0000 on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 8:52am

General Flynn put a full page ad in the Washington Times paper yesterday where he said Trump must declare martial law and throw out the election.

Followed by another election, which Trump will, of course, approve and consider "fair and legal" when fraud and intimidation of officials and/or their replacement with apparatchiks assures a Trump "win."

The Trump base wants a Stalinist system like Maduro's Venezuela, or Putin's Russia. Where the Party is purged, the disloyal threatened and removed from office, courts are rigged, corruption rampant, the free press suffocated, and the authoritarian cult leader rules for life.

by NCD on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 10:48am

That should make for a pretty court-martial, if they can have one to revoke Flynn's benefits for advocating overthrowing the Constitution. Maybe he can live off Trump's PAC money.

But see the D.C. district court’s November 20 ruling in Larrabee (in which I’m counsel to the plaintiff).

It’s an open question, per my above tweet. https://t.co/7kcJA9Im5U
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) December 2, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 10:59am

Here’s from the manifesto Gen Flynn tweeted and endorsed, calls on Trump to declare martial law and suspend the constitution, then have the military hold a new election. pic.twitter.com/Jo4OsczqEV
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 2, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 9:45am

#TrumpCrimeFamily has just started trending

by artappraiser on Wed, 12/02/2020 - 6:10pm

Election docs altered oops

Juli Haller also shows up in this article about altered exhibits.https://t.co/sJMid5FEJO
— Mask Up Buttercup (@jenjenkra) December 3, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 2:10am

Federal watchdog finds 'substantial likelihood of wrongdoing' by Trump appointees overseeing VOA https://t.co/8L1he9mJ8x
— J. W. (@wolfjon4) December 3, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 6:16pm

Collins,Toomey, Grassley, Rounds and Romney

Republican senators urge Trump to dodge pardon controversies https://t.co/fTF07xRUPw pic.twitter.com/BJwNlGn7pW
— The Hill (@thehill) December 4, 2020

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/03/2020 - 11:24pm

grifting off Trump fans is becoming contagious?

Over 9,000 retweets for a completely false story, which is followed by a tweet asking for PayPal donations.

Because at the end of the day, this entire vote fraud conspiracy is about grifting money from the supporters who are too stupid to know they're the actual targets. https://t.co/tksXGaovvL
— Josh Jordan (@NumbersMuncher) December 4, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 7:07pm

thread:

Watch this: @DrewGriffinCNN on how conspiracy theorists like Alex Jones are cashing in on the lie that Trump didn’t lose the election.

Grifters https://t.co/2528aFnV0P
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/04/2020 - 9:08pm

Josh Marshall:

We need to start understanding that these are quite literally crimes. If you call up the vote counter and tell him to change the numbers or throw away a bunch of ballots, that’s a crime. The person saying no doesn’t make it not a crime. https://t.co/Q4a5ZCtaaB
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 5, 2020

2/ We throw people in jail for sharing state secrets with foreigners, military plans, etc. because it’s national security. But the security of the state, the republic stands prior to concealing its secrets or military plans. It’s the most central national security.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 2:51pm

but what about the fraud pic.twitter.com/DNfdcLLYNj
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) December 5, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 9:32pm

mighty have fallen

General Flynn calls Sidney Powell "the guardian angel of justice in America." https://t.co/5xB25xwE3z
— Yashar Ali (@yashar) December 6, 2020

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/05/2020 - 9:56pm

Postal Service delays disenfranchised thousands of legally-case ballots this fall.

It's likely 25,000-50,000 ballots nationwide were ultimately rejected because of USPS problems. https://t.co/YLdxsVJIWA
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) December 6, 2020

He's the director of national INTELLIGENCE. https://t.co/C1VvIjioUg
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) December 6, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 12/06/2020 - 2:52pm

Flynn's insurrection begins

(click for full thread)

1. Phil Waldron was asked by Mike Flynn to testify for @RudyGiuliani. (Ask him.) Waldron has worked for the DIA and founded a company with Ronald Cassoni called Pointstream, Inc., which was involved in the Trump transition in cybersecurity. pic.twitter.com/iNpWfuutvp
— Karen Piper (@PiperK) December 6, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 12/06/2020 - 4:40pm

Trump appeals to DoD? Whack

At least we finally have an explanation for why Kash Patel is DOD Chief of Staff. https://t.co/2sgVzTAkse
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 7, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 12/07/2020 - 10:51am

Trump stinkbomb: FCC / internet

Even most telecom lawyers assume FCC actions fall into two buckets:

1) rulemakings follow NPRMs and public comment and aren't final until published in the Federal Register

There isn't time for an NPRM/comments and the Biden FCC could block publication in the FedReg anyway
— Berin Szóka (@BerinSzoka) December 7, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 2:02am

End of an era: Judge Emmet Sullivan has dismissed the criminal case against Michael Flynn as moot given his presidential pardon https://t.co/JuJI6906KL

Previously: https://t.co/uXVE6WJlhE pic.twitter.com/X0AxudMBqq
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 8, 2020

Michael Flynn's criminal case is officially over, but Judge Sullivan makes very clear that a presidential pardon does not mean that Flynn is innocent of the crime he pleaded guilty to twice pic.twitter.com/K2VgvUnDuV
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) December 8, 2020

by artappraiser on Tue, 12/08/2020 - 2:58pm

Flynn’s recently installed deputy at the Pentagon is trying to neuter the CIA’s paramilitary capabilities. Wow https://t.co/MlOZrDqqGd
— ℂorey (@Corey7999) December 10, 2020

Sources tell the WaPo that the Russian SVR intelligence service --APT 29 -- appears to be behind the hack of FireEye. That's the same group that hacked Democratic servers in 2015. But the investigation continues. @Joseph_Marks_ https://t.co/bhg8gBaUNN
— Ellen Nakashima (@nakashimae) December 8, 2020

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 12/10/2020 - 3:41am

Heh, is rich

Jeanine: But we now know Bill Barr was the ultimate do nothing deep stater pic.twitter.com/WQLtS3hBDp
— Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) December 13, 2020

by artappraiser on Sun, 12/13/2020 - 2:51am

DOJ/Trump/GOP Corruption Black Friday Edition XIV

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