[Trump Scandals & Russian Interference] party like it's 2016

By PeraclesPlease on Mon, 11/08/2021 - 11:00am |

Rick Gates told the US AG DC that Allen Weisselberg was "CFO TO THE WORLD." I wonder if he'd say that now? pic.twitter.com/kr8B42srQz
— Stephanie Winston Wolkoff (@SWinstonWolkoff) May 21, 2021

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Deripaska & Steele Dossier

You Cannot Discuss Disinformation and the Steele Dossier without Discussing Oleg Deripaskahttps://t.co/aOeA8vg0O0

Sadly, @nytimes let @BarryMeier do so.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 23, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 12:04pm

2020 overview if Deripaska/Kilimnik involving, plus Gates admitting how much heavy detailed polling review he & Manafort did with them...

This passage of a Rick Gates 302 on the August 2, 2016 meeting makes that crystal clear. https://t.co/ecaUw628Cd pic.twitter.com/Tc7oMfL6mJ
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 24, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/24/2021 - 7:38pm

Belarus downs plane, grabs press reporter

Raman Pratasevich is a Belarusian journalist and @belamova editor. He actively covered the events of the 2020 election campaign and the subsequent protests. Belarusian security forces started several criminal cases against him, the KGB put him on the terrorist list. pic.twitter.com/merNVeHegV
— Franak Viačorka (@franakviacorka) May 23, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 12:07pm

hmm Ret. Lt. Col. Vindman expresses interest in following these events:

Good thread on events in Belarus.
Yes, the Gov. of Belarus forcing down a Ryanair flight to detain an opponent is a Human Right violation. Yes, this was a terror act. It is also violation on international norms with grave implications for vital US national interests. https://t.co/CaMtkoWOuw
— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) May 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 4:29pm

Greenwald Condemns Hijacking, Arrest of Journalist

"The strongman president of Belarus sent a fighter jet to intercept a European airliner traveling through the country’s airspace on Sunday and ordered the plane to land in the capital, Minsk, where a prominent opposition journalist aboard was then seized, provoking international outrage.....

.... in Russia — where the state media described last year’s uprising against Mr. Lukashenko as a Western plot — the arrest met with approval among Mr. Putin’s supporters. Margarita Simonyan, editor of the pro-Kremlin RT television network, wrote on Twitter that Mr. Lukashenko “played it beautifully.”

link NYT

Oh wait, Greenwald has said nothing, perhaps because he is a Putin / Russian intelligence asset, an RT regular who has never once criticized Putin.

https://mediagazer.com/210523/p3

by NCD on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 4:53pm

Reminder: RT is propaganda, however smooth or awful it behaves at any moment. The parade of Assange-lovers and others going on have only helped their long game.

Head of RT, Simonyan-

Никогда не думала, что я буду хоть в чем-то завидовать Белоруссии.

Но вот сейчас как-то завидую.

Батька исполнил красиво.
— Маргарита Симоньян (@M_Simonyan) May 23, 2021

I never thought that I would envy Belarus in any way. But now I somehow envy. Old Man performed beautifully.

3:42 PM · May 23, 2021·Twitter for iPhone

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 3:02am

Minsk not nearest airport!!!

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/24/2021 - 5:03am

Jason Miller, baby killer? right MAGAs?https://t.co/jzIXgVIQQ6
— RogerF1953 (@RogerF1953) May 22, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 12:12pm

NEW SDNY FILING: The searches of @RudyGiuliani & @VicToensing “were the result of an ongoing, multi-year grand jury investigation into conduct involving Giuliani, Toensing, & others.”

The “grand jury investigation is ongoing.” pic.twitter.com/g5uIqxXsEA
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) May 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/23/2021 - 8:27pm

The Rudy that always was

https://www.salon.com/2021/05/29/rudy-and-me-my-1980s-legal-battle-with-...

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/29/2021 - 1:37pm

Javanka's grift

Ivanka Trump may not have been qualified to work in the White House, but she did make hundreds of millions of dollars while doing so https://t.co/fHpLxgtsdt
— Yong Khor (@YongKhor1) May 24, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/24/2021 - 10:07am

Amb. Sondland who paid $1m to be ambassador, out another $1.8m for dealing with Rudy & Pompeo & Trump & getting involved with shaking a foreign country down for dirt on a political opponent.

Expensive pegging your tarnished star to Donald "MadDog" Trump

Here's a key graf: State was going to pay his attorneys fees if he just walked away, but when he refused to resign, they started reneging.

Note the use of the word "purge" in this context. pic.twitter.com/6w9qnQuW7L
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 24, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/24/2021 - 10:14am

Manafort dirtier than ever

Redactions newly revealed in this thread. Manafort’s lies about KILIMNICK ran much deeper than previously known. Incredible abuse to have pardoned the henchmen. Failures of Mueller, distortions by Barr, and cowardice of Senate Rs leading us down the path toward the insurrection. https://t.co/u4I577OGIO
— David Carroll (@profcarroll) May 24, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/24/2021 - 12:38pm

BREAKING: DOJ to appeal a federal judge's order requiring the release of legal memo related to Trump's alleged obstruction of the Mueller probe. Background: https://t.co/KzglDmi8Up pic.twitter.com/ztgjARnvsZ
— John Kruzel (@johnkruzel) May 25, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 1:34am

More detail

https://www.nbcconnecticut.com/news/politics/justice-dept-appeals-judges...

Still weird - maybe DoJ wants to retain the right to hide background when it know it's blowing smoke up Congress's ass? Even without Barr? What's Garland thinking?

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 1:59am

DoJ violators help lead DoJ investigation, write DoJ response -

what could go wrong?

In its request for a stay before releasing the Barr Memo, DOJ COMPLETELY IGNORES one of ABJ's complaints about the claims made before her thus. far.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 25, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 4:00am

More DoJ memo fuckery

(so who's running the asylum now?

Garland's fine with this?)

Frankenstein's OLC: DOJ Says DOJ Can't Do What DOJ Did in the Barr Memohttps://t.co/pMRg6ywvj8
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 25, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 7:31am

pic.twitter.com/fxOrrMIb76
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) May 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 8:47pm

related WaPo's headine this evening:

Grand jury convened in Trump criminal probe to hear evidence, weigh potential charges https://t.co/MXL5g6R59e
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) May 25, 2021

related earlier thread

NY ATTORNEY GENERAL ADDS 'CRIMINAL CAPACITY' TO PROBE OF TRUMP ORGANIZATION

from May 18 thru May 19

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 8:55pm

Trump Tries to Dismiss Lawsuit Blaming Him for Inciting Jan. 6 Siege by Saying Maxine Waters Said Worse Thingshttps://t.co/o7xUWlEgxp
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 25, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 05/25/2021 - 9:49pm

Trump's fears of being prosecuted have 'escalated' in recent weeks: NYT's Maggie Haberman https://t.co/uh3S8Um0tV
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) May 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 6:33pm

New Jan 6 analysis

2/ Transient 1 was a deception (see Part 2). Even though the bulk of the MAGA rioters were congregating and attacking along the West Capitol Plaza the main purpose of this transient was to focus the manpower and perceptions of the defending police forces on this location.
— James Scaminaci III (@4GWDOTDOTDOT) May 26, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 05/26/2021 - 9:27pm

Or maybe co-opted analysis, dunno

Ima keep it short. I don't got time to debunk all your faux assessments, weird assumptions & ES level research @4GWDOTDOTDOT Maybe tomorrow. I will say you have to remove the research you stole from @bennybryant17 and instead of attacking @trbrtc attack his whole gd team. pic.twitter.com/qTkjU4w6qc
— Capitol Terrorists Exposers (@CTExposers) May 27, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 9:25am

Read this story and tell me if you think Tom Barrack, the billionaire investor and Trump pal, testified truthfully in the Trump inauguration scandal case.

Then think about whether there ought to be any consequences for him.https://t.co/rzM5ZHF5h7
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) May 27, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 5:34pm

hah hah hah hah, stuck in the pokey ONLY because Trump won't keep touting his lost cause:

Man Who Threatened to Kill Pelosi Denied Bail Again Because Trump Keeps Repeating Stolen Election ‘Canard,’ Judge Ruleshttps://t.co/y8E31Ir6X9
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 6:28pm

then there's that our founders apparently thought a dose of violence now and then was healthy? I am interested in what the judge says in response:

Lawyer for ‘Oath Keepers’ Asks Judge to Toss Democratic Lawmakers’ Capitol Breach Lawsuit: ‘The Constitution Does Not Protect One from Violence’https://t.co/PZ8rKltxNG
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 27, 2021

if you haven't heard of it, do note the

lawsuit filed by House Democrats accusing the organization as well as Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, and the Proud Boys of conspiring to incite the deadly Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in order to prevent Congress from certifying the Electoral College votes.

by artappraiser on Thu, 05/27/2021 - 6:35pm

Feds Oppose Handing Lev Parnas Goods from Rudy Giuliani Warrants—and Reveal More About the Probehttps://t.co/TemGEiawv6
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) May 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 05/28/2021 - 2:00am

How Rosen saved Russian Rudy See my post on how Jeffrey Rosen protected Rudy here:https://t.co/YyNvIyU4tT
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 28, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 05/28/2021 - 3:41am

A federal judge has denied a request from Rudy Giuliani for the return of a trove of digital information the FBI seized in a raid on his Manhattan home and office last month https://t.co/E3QkWpZyDr
— POLITICO (@politico) May 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 05/28/2021 - 1:40pm

insurrectionist golf carts thread () PROOF UNLOCKED: The insurrectionists' use of golf carts on January 6 was breaking news today due to new reporting by NBC News. Forty-five days ago, PROOF did a deep dive on a wild Insurrection Day golf-cart ride that you have to read about to believe. https://t.co/uH3eYQqub6
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 29, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 05/29/2021 - 1:59pm

Which Manhattan DA candidate owns "a $25.5 million Fifth Avenue apartment formerly belonging to the copper heiress Huguette Clark"?

You get 8 guesses and the first 7 don't count. https://t.co/18A83eeWLq
— Ted Hamm (@HammerDaily) May 29, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/29/2021 - 5:15pm

Gaetz is now represented by the Trump family lawyer. If you don't understand why that is, you haven't been paying attention. If Gaetz flips, he can tell the FBI what happened in the Oval Office on December 21. The Trumps' lawyer is representing Gaetz to make sure he doesn't flip.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 29, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/29/2021 - 7:37pm

I already put this Bratton/Dowd piece on the Policing thread, but I should point out that he makes a comment about Giuliani in the article:

BILL BRATTON on his old boss, Giuliani: “I can’t understand how he allowed himself to be subsumed by Trump. He’s made a caricature of himself and he’s lost the image of America’s mayor.” https://t.co/9FqyLUuF7d
— Shawn McCreesh (@ShawnMcCreesh) May 29, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 05/29/2021 - 11:20pm

Just wait until we get to the 342 person seditious conspiracy arraignment.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) May 30, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 9:50pm

(PS) I'm going to update the above article with the statement just made to QAnon crazies in Dallas by Michael Flynn. Flynn openly advocates for a military overthrow of the Biden Administration. The FBI and DOJ should begin investigating Michael Flynn for this statement right now.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) May 31, 2021

When you think about it, what better way to celebrate Memorial Day than for a former Nat'l Security Advisor & general to suggest that the military should stage a Myanmar-like coup to reinstall Trump as president & doubtless cause tens of thousands of deaths at the very least? https://t.co/wM1owh106M
— Jeryl Bier (@JerylBier) May 31, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 05/30/2021 - 10:15pm

Trump CFO flip soon

Trump Org. CFO Allen Weisselberg "perjured himself" in depositions and felt "enabled" to skirt the law when Trump was in the White House, according to his former daughter-in-law. https://t.co/8hEQ6zGk7l
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 31, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 7:07pm

TRUMP’S EX-NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER MICHAEL FLYNN CALLS FOR MYANMAR-TYPE COUP IN U.S.

By rmrd0000 on Mon, 05/31/2021 - 5:32pm |

Avowed QAnon disciple and confessed felon retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn has called for a Myanmar-like military coup in America.

“It should happen,” Donald Trump’s former national security adviser said in an astonishing declaration at a QAnon conference Sunday.

Myanmar’s military violently seized control of the country from its civilian government in late January, detained democratically elected leader Aung San Suu Kyi and top party members, and killed more than 700 protesters as of early this month. The military justified its action by claiming unproven “election fraud.”

Flynn presented his dark vision of a military coup and dictatorship in the U.S. in response to a question from the audience at the conference.

“I wanna know why what happened in Myanmar can’t happen here?” an unidentified member of the audience asked Flynn, though he pronounced the nation as “Minnimar.”

“No reason,” Flynn responded to wild screams of approval. “It should happen.”

URL:

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-flynn-qanon-conference-myanmar-mi...

by rmrd0000 on Tue, 06/01/2021 - 4:44am

Russia Appears to Carry Out Hack Through System Used by U.S. Aid Organization

Breaking News: Hackers linked to Russian intelligence seized an email system used by a U.S. agency and then mounted attacks on groups critical of Vladimir Putin. https://t.co/u9B2Ih8lq2
— The New York Times (@nytimes) May 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/02/2021 - 1:18pm

FEC kiss to Enquirer

your hero-> "The FEC also concluded that AMI and Pecker coordinated with the Trump campaign, because they had contact with Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, who assured the company that its expenses related to McDougal would be reimbursed" https://t.co/l1OPKMomLi
— KnowYourObama (@KnowYourObama) June 2, 2021

Yet in this matter and w/r/t @CommonCause complaint for Trump's Stormy Daniels hush payment, FEC refused to hold Trump accountable. GOP Commissioners Cooksey & Trainor blocked enforcement in Daniels matter, saying that pursuing the matter "not the best use of agency resources."
— Paul Seamus Ryan (he/him/his) (@ThePaulSRyan) June 1, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 06/02/2021 - 2:17pm

SCOOP: Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is under FBI investigation for political fundraising/contribution activity at his former company. After we approached him for comment about it, his spokesperson confirmed the inquiry. w/ @jacobbogage https://t.co/ufFJSYkKDH
— Matt Zapotosky (@mattzap) June 3, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 06/03/2021 - 5:00pm

Michael Cohen & Stephanie Winston Wolkoff complain about the latest news:

Enough is enough! It is time for @POTUS @JoeBiden @DOJPH #MerrickGarland to conduct an investigation into the multitude of cases (mine included) of #Trump #BillBarr weaponization of the Justice Department. https://t.co/u31eyUZzCJ
— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) June 3, 2021

The DOJ “willingly & knowingly” threatened to silence me from writing Melania and Me to protect Trumps personal interests. When the DOJ dropped this frivolous, bullying, anti-American case against me, I felt like we were living in America again & not in some lawless dictatorship.
— Stephanie Winston Wolkoff (@SWinstonWolkoff) June 3, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/03/2021 - 7:55pm

BuzzFeed whistleblower sentenced

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/06/03/former-treasury-official-senten...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 06/03/2021 - 11:23pm

America's Mayor goes intergalactic

Rudy Giuliani is doing My Pillow ads during his hour-long YouTube video on UFOs. pic.twitter.com/7eIEYFpPYx
— The Recount (@therecount) June 3, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 06/04/2021 - 1:01am

I thought surely that must be The Onion, but no. #ETTD. Well, at least he's not the type to be too proud to refuse work when he needs money.

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/04/2021 - 11:06am

Turns out Rudy had the dirt all along - didn't need Ukraine after all

I told you we were in the best timelinehttps://t.co/bJuTDIsImq
— Michael Malice (@michaelmalice) June 8, 2021

Hunter biden will never be editor of teen vogue now
— Joe Gabriel Simonson (@SaysSimonson) June 8, 2021

Of course it's awful that 2 grown men could indulge in racist banter, since 1 was assuredly in the powerless Driving Miss Daisy role, tho i was curious could there be anything morally wrong with publishing stolen data from someone's laptop, even if it contained the "n" word?

BTW, a lot of very nasty naughty words are getting a free pass these days cuz they aren't the "n" word. Hiding behind that anonymity has been like a windfall for them: "nope, it was a different n word" - plus nuts, nadz, nose picker, necrophiliac, narcoman, nymphet - they've all been sidelined cuz they ain't bad enough - not like the "n" word - more like "h-e-double toothpicks" bad.

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 06/09/2021 - 5:02am

Part of Trump's appeal has always been the way he projects his own faults on others?

On the nose: MAGA terrorist who mocked Capitol Police for "protecting pedophiles" is actually convicted pedophile. https://t.co/t2UNlMJdIe
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) June 4, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/04/2021 - 11:32am

Don McGahn tells House panel about Trump’s bid to undermine Mueller probe https://t.co/q18y7z3bvv
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) June 5, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/04/2021 - 9:16pm

McGahn is getting to testify behind closed doors because the Biden administration kept defending him against House Dems. Biden’s doing a lot of things right, but he completely misjudges the threat democracy faces. I hope he wakes up to that threat before it’s too late. https://t.co/MVQHUEhfTE
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) June 4, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 06/04/2021 - 10:20pm

pic.twitter.com/Df9yxHpIPP
— THE TAO OF NOW (@InTheNoosphere) June 4, 2021

Top story: Senior Trump Organization Official Testifies Before Grand Jury https://t.co/4onvLlCIhg, see more https://t.co/iG2McTjUMk
— A Rod (@virtualhispanic) June 5, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/04/2021 - 10:23pm

How's he related to them? How come we don't have a rap sheet on him yet?

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 06/04/2021 - 10:30pm

I read the reporters as suggesting sotto voce that he is being used to confirm the accusations against Weisselberg by prosecutors--or like to contradict him--in that they mention they get into all this stuff that he may have been given immunity but then he better damn tell the truth. So he would confirm what Weisselberg is not being truthful about and then they use that to squeeze Weisselberg and turn him against Trump? Again, keeping in mind it's a grand jury and not a trial, which really are fishing expeditions as often as not.

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/04/2021 - 11:51pm

as to the question of "what happened to Jared?" I note this in the Karni/Haberman latest today At Once Diminished and Dominating, Trump Prepares for His Next Act

This time around, Jared Kushner, his son-in-law who oversaw his 2020 campaign operation, has mostly dropped out, telling the small circle of advisers around the ex-president that he wants to focus on writing his book and establishing a simpler relationship with Mr. Trump, where he is just a son-in-law. Donald Trump Jr. has stepped in as the most politically involved family member in his father’s life.

also about this constant player, she is still there

Susie Wiles, the veteran Florida political consultant whom the former president and everyone in his orbit credit with winning the critical state in 2016 and again in 2020, oversees Mr. Trump’s fund-raising operation from Florida, shepherding the weekly conference call of the skeletal team that still runs the post-presidential operation.

and these oldies are on the payroll but seemingly not doing much yet:

Both of his 2020 campaign managers, Bill Stepien and Brad Parscale, are on Mr. Trump’s payroll and still involved in his world. But Mr. Trump is episodically enraged with most members of his team.

It also interestingly describes that he is quietly commuting now from NJ to his old NY office which is not staffed with many people at all.

by artappraiser on Sat, 06/05/2021 - 2:08pm

() BREAKING NEWS: Two U.S. Senators Were in Direct Telephone Contact with Now-in-Hiding Domestic Terror Leader Ali Alexander on Insurrection Eve

I hope you'll subscribe to PROOF, read on, and share this widely. Ali Alexander needs to be arrested *ASAP*. https://t.co/aCz4czYaHb
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 9, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/09/2021 - 4:45pm

McGahn, McGahn, McGahn!

Just in: House Judiciary chair Jerry Nadler says McGahn provided substantial new info re Mueller — “How dangerously close President Trump brought us to, in Mr McGahn’s words, the ‘point of no return.’”
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) June 9, 2021

McGahn testified that Trump’s directions were “crazy shit”, per transcript — including being warned that firing Mueller might be obstruction, only for Trump to order him to get Rosenstein to fire Mueller. https://t.co/Cd3ucUR9w7
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) June 9, 2021

Judiciary Cmte: Trump directed McGahn to write a false statement—knowing that the statement was false, and knowing that carrying out this order might expose McGahn to criminal liability, including prosecution by the Special Counsel. https://t.co/ODuz0Kqmb7
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) June 9, 2021

everybody's tweeting about it, she links to the transcript and goes over some pages here

After a protracted legal fight, former WH counsel Don McGahn finally testified by the House Judiciary Committee re: the Mueller probe, and the committee has just released the transcript: https://t.co/jRnJcwc8i1
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 9, 2021

Recall that we already know a lot of McGahn's version of events, since he talked to Mueller: https://t.co/g44EqTjeUv

As Chair Nadler notes, the agreement reached for McGahn to testify incl. that he could only be asked about publicly avail. info in Mueller report: pic.twitter.com/Zygb5GhfDj
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 9, 2021

At least at the start, McGahn is careful to avoid answers that stray from the literal text of the Mueller report.

Asked about a section saying Trump told Sessions to resign after learning about Mueller's appointment, McGahn replies: "I don't quibble with the syntax." pic.twitter.com/e4cJX5YAoK
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 9, 2021

"You rarely leave conversations with President Trump. There's never really a good beginning, middle, and end. It's just -- especially when you're the counsel. You're always kind of around." pic.twitter.com/NfrpJQRBX4
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 9, 2021

"You don't recall your reaction ... to learning that the press had reported that the President of the United States was under personal investigation by the special counsel?"

"I don't recall my subjective impression on the evening of June 14th about a news report. No, I don't" pic.twitter.com/C7QIbNxFcf
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 9, 2021

On Trump's request to involve Rosenstein:

Q "McGahn said he told the President that he would see what he could do."
A I did say that, yeah. Yeah.
Q Did you intend to see what you could do?
A No.
Q Then why did you say that to the president?
A I was trying to get off the phone. pic.twitter.com/PpC5HZzVc9
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 9, 2021

More on Trump's call to McGahn asking him to get Rosenstein to oust Mueller:

Q After you hung up with the President on that second phone call, how did you feel?
A After I got off the phone with the President, how did I feel? Oof. Frustrated, perturbed, trapped. Many emotions. pic.twitter.com/3iku7eIdJF
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 9, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 06/09/2021 - 5:43pm

MAJOR BREAKING NEWS: https://t.co/cA7194Bxlm
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 11, 2021

is a thread, he picks out things from the article he thinks most important

by artappraiser on Thu, 06/10/2021 - 10:23pm

Seth Abramson

@SethAbramson

1/ "As DOJ investigated who was behind leaks of classified info early in the Trump administration, it took a highly unusual step: Prosecutors subpoenaed Apple for data from the accounts of at least two Dems on the House Intel Committee, aides and family members. One was a minor."

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2/ "The records of at least 12 people tied to HPSCI were seized in 2017 and early 2018, including those of Representative Adam Schiff of California, then the panel's top Democrat and now its chairman, according to committee officials and two other people briefed on the inquiry."

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3/ "Prosecutors, under the beleaguered attorney general, Jeff Sessions, were hunting for the sources behind news media reports about contacts between Trump associates and Russia. Ultimately, the data and other evidence did not tie the Committee to the leaks." *Unbelievable*.

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4/ I don't believe for a second that this was a "leak investigation." Trump was using DOJ to investigate his enemies. It's Watergate 2.0.

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5/ "An ex-DOJ official who worked on leak investigations says 'In combination with Trump's unmistakable vendetta against Schiff, it raises serious questions about whether the manner in which this was done was influenced by political considerations rather than purely legal ones.'"

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 06/11/2021 - 4:44am

seems like EVERYBODY got a gag order:

And now Microsoft too:

New: Microsoft received a subpoena in 2017 related to a congressional staffer's personal email account, the company said Friday evening. As with Apple, Microsoft was subject to a gag order that was in effect for more than two years.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) June 11, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/11/2021 - 10:56pm

Pence’s book deal is said to have been grating on him https://t.co/elFcsBI1oR
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 11, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/11/2021 - 11:10pm

Here's the offiical notice from the DOJ inspector general's office office about a new probe into the department's use of subpoenas under Trump to get communication records from members of Congress and the media https://t.co/mBtyE1BAV7 pic.twitter.com/APoeHXt69A
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) June 11, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 06/12/2021 - 1:52pm

() UPDATE: I've now added a significant update (including new photographs) to the BREAKING NEWS from last night about Donald Trump secretly having contact with an insurrectionist leader—Alex Jones—on January 6. I hope you'll subscribe and RT this widely. https://t.co/xpsskKCgaS
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 12, 2021

edit to add:

() PROOF UNLOCKED: Here's the free PROOF article—it's been free for a *very* long time—that a video was taken from which has now gone viral and caused Alex Jones to trend on Twitter. I'd ask people to share this free article instead. I worked hard on it. https://t.co/yMFSxzkPky
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 12, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 06/12/2021 - 6:37pm

Nice. Also Greg Palast on Alexander and Georgia

https://www.gregpalast.com/why-did-the-georgia-gop-team-with-a-riot-inst...

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 06/13/2021 - 2:21am

Marcy McGahn splainer

1) This is NOT spying. The Schiff records and the McGahn records were, at most, call records (and w/McGahn probably not even that). These records are obtained on a "relevant to" standard, meaning there's also NO allegation that Schiff or McGahn were investigated personally.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 13, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 06/13/2021 - 4:04pm

NEW: A District Court Judge dismissed OLEG DERIPASKA's lawsuit against @USTreasury seeking to overturn sanctions levied against him in retaliation for “a range of malign activity around the globe” by Russia, including election interference & Crimea. https://t.co/7gjChbTSkh
— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) June 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 06/13/2021 - 6:36pm

Daniel Dale still watching all Trump's statements (as well as fact checking Biden and others now) so we don't have to:

The most frequent topics in Trump's post-presidency written statements:
- Lies about 2020 election: 33%
- Criticism of Republicans: 24%
- Endorsements: 23%
- Criticism of the media/social media companies: 15%
- Criticism of Biden: 10%
- Economy: 10% https://t.co/lDFHcRAr0K
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) June 12, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 06/13/2021 - 7:03pm

old news junkies like me will recognize this name wishing Trump a happy birthday and are actually happy to know she is a fan, 'splains a lot:

I stayed up till midnight to say.... HAPPY 75th BIRTHDAY TO THE BEST PRESIDENT EVER, Donald J. Trump.
America love you and misses you. pic.twitter.com/6Y7skMHOGM
— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) June 14, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 9:38am

think it highlights more than splains

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 12:09pm

The Putin worshipping segment of Trump supporters is still going strong. pic.twitter.com/hqxdN7BVCp
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) June 13, 2021

A taste of the comments. pic.twitter.com/vZQWMvZDT9
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) June 13, 2021

This is in response to Trump's recent statement. pic.twitter.com/BbZLRjZPLd
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) June 13, 2021

https://t.co/zE5w4r8KUH
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) June 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/14/2021 - 1:45pm

Russian mercenary porn on screen

(African edition)

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/28/africa/wagner-mercenaries-tourist-fil...

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 06/15/2021 - 5:29am

() MAJOR ROGER STONE EXPOSÉ: PROOF has just published the most comprehensive analysis ever of Roger Stone's changing alibis for January 6. This review confirms Stone is lying about what he did—when, why, and how. @FBI take note. Please share this widely. https://t.co/i8VxwGSWXu
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 15, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/15/2021 - 5:34pm

Plotting the coup by email

https://oversight.house.gov/news/press-releases/new-documents-show-trump...

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 06/15/2021 - 9:26pm

Kraken action gets sanctioned

A federal judge wants every attorney whose name was on court filings seeking to overturn Michigan's presidential election results in the "Kraken" suit there to show up for a sanctions hearing on July 6. pic.twitter.com/816zUMHZ4l
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) June 17, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 06/17/2021 - 10:21pm

Watching Biden meet Putin was 'the real moment' Trump realized he wasn't president anymore: NYT's Haberman

"This is the event that underscored for people around Trump and the former president himself the fact that he's not president anymore," she said. https://t.co/kmkG4Vkof3
— Khashoggi’s Ghost (@UROCKlive1) June 18, 2021

He lost Pootie's attention!

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/18/2021 - 2:20am

rubbing it in::

MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday praised the outcome of his summit with U.S. President Joe Biden and called him an astute and shrewd negotiator.
— Jonathan Lemire (@JonLemire) June 17, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/18/2021 - 2:26am

"Always flatter your opponent." - Pootie rule #1

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 06/18/2021 - 2:29am

Donald Trump: I’d be president right now if it weren’t for Mike Pence - https://t.co/56WqzmWrsf
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) June 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/21/2021 - 9:35pm

a reminder that Roger has a million stories

Trump ally Roger Stone claims Secret Service tried to escort him to the Capitol on January 6 https://t.co/NlvPd1bOfv
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) June 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/22/2021 - 3:43pm

Maybe Secret Svc testifies finally?

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 06/22/2021 - 3:51pm

ARE YOU SITTING DOWN?

The DOJ--using the same rational they used to defend Trump in my case--may defend Trump in the Capitol Insurrection suit brought by the illustrious Representative @RepSwalwell

"The Titanic is aimed at the Iceberg." --@tribelaw https://t.co/MeCREwBbtZ
— E. Jean Carroll (@ejeancarroll) June 22, 2021

is "trending" as "Trump in Capitol" looks like mostly left-wing screaming about Biden/Garland so far...

by artappraiser on Tue, 06/22/2021 - 7:12pm

Rudy's law license suspended

Having your law licensed suspended for lying shouldn't affect privilege historically. But ... it can't help Rudy hide any criming he committed while pretending to be the President's lawyer.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 24, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 06/24/2021 - 12:06pm

KKK reg used on Trump caravan

Biden-Harris campaign workers have sued over the ambush of their bus by a "Trump Train" convoy.

The plaintiffs, led by Texas politician Wendy Davis, allege local law enforcement officials "turned a blind eye to the attack — despite pleas for help."https://t.co/IO50KGRTPn pic.twitter.com/fzE0R2qTbo
— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) June 24, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 06/24/2021 - 2:35pm

getting real uppity with the ghost of Ronnie behind him: Pence said he's 'proud' Congress certified Biden's win on Jan. 6 @ TheHill.com, June 24

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/25/2021 - 1:19am

from now no more of the political party thing, you are either for Trump or you're part of the evil political parties, sort of a doppelganger upside down and flipped Geo. Washington?

Welp. Trump has gone after Robin Vos pic.twitter.com/lXiFHI3dZk
— Sam Stein (@samstein) June 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 06/25/2021 - 11:49pm

My statement on Trump’s insane attack on Wisconsin’s Republican leaders. pic.twitter.com/jb1nA7l65w
— Adam Jarchow (@therealadamjar1) June 26, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 06/26/2021 - 1:07am

And for context on some other things happening in media, Trump just once again knocked Fox News.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) June 27, 2021

I suspect any person or entity who doesn't support the idea that the election was stolen from him will ever get a mulligan on that, no matter how many other things they are supportive about?

by artappraiser on Sat, 06/26/2021 - 9:00pm

(Treason)in' like Flynn

“As far back as the fall of 2017, Flynn and his surrogates began probing the possibility of deploying a viral online information operation”

A hell of an investigation out today in The Intercept https://t.co/EPKt6BcTh8
— Jared Holt (@jaredlholt) June 27, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 06/27/2021 - 4:33pm

Having slaughtered the calf, prepared the food, and set the table, area man shares misgivings about eating the meal.https://t.co/VwsAehRzhk
— Peter Strzok (@petestrzok) June 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 06/27/2021 - 4:35pm

lots of pushback out there on this:

Word. https://t.co/GxbWSrINAW
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) June 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 06/27/2021 - 5:00pm

McConnell Reportedly Urged Bill Barr to Speak Out on Trump’s False Election Claims Amid Concerns About Georgia Runoffs https://t.co/0f3dgLKwNw

Isn't this shit illegal AF?
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) June 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 06/27/2021 - 6:07pm

Mitt Romney Snarks at Trump Pushing the Big Lie: ‘This Is Like WWF...It’s Not Real’

‘IT’S GOING TO NOWHERE’

“So where did he hear it from? The MyPillow guy? Rudy Giuliani? What are their sources of information?” Romney sighed about Trump’s sources.

Justin Baragona @ DailyBeast.com, Published Jun. 27, 2021 12:05PM ET

QAnon Supporters Express Boredom With 'Same Old' Trump Speech: 'This Is Getting Ridiculous'

By Benjamin Fearnow 10 hrs ago @ Newsweek via msn.com.

by artappraiser on Sun, 06/27/2021 - 9:03pm

Mother Jones: more Ivanka fibs

SCOOP: Ivanka Trump's sworn testimony in the inauguration scandal case is contradicted by documents filed in the case and by material obtained by @MotherJones. Did she testify falsely? https://t.co/y52Gurtejp
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) June 28, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 06/28/2021 - 9:26am

Donald Trump has some words to say about Bill Barr and Mitch McConnell (“another beauty”). It’s a rather lengthy statement that seems to confirm the rage he feels toward his former AG … here are a couple excerpts: pic.twitter.com/sMAx7eq6OF
— Jonathan Karl (@jonkarl) June 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/28/2021 - 1:08pm

D.C. Prosecutors Set Their Targets on Don Jr.’s Posse https://t.co/VxdSgRHGcl
— J. W. (@wolfjon4) June 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/28/2021 - 1:27pm

Trump cheered on MAGA rioters -- then called them 'idiots' after they made him look bad: Michael Wolff

@ Raw Story, June 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/28/2021 - 2:30pm

Wisconsin GOP just says no to feeding the Trump troll:

For more than seven months since he lost the election, Trump has engaged in a crusade against Republicans who crossed him.

But in Wisconsin, he has failed to spark intra-party chaos. https://t.co/4ITmr7kplO
— POLITICO (@politico) June 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/28/2021 - 6:23pm

Fischetti said Vance's team told him they will not charge Trump himself in their first indictment, which could come as soon as this weekhttps://t.co/8DuuNir46j
— Betsy Woodruff Swan (@woodruffbets) June 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/28/2021 - 6:27pm

^ this is causing much rending of garments and gnashing of teeth among hopeful Trump attack dogs on internet, with headline "Manhattan D.A. won't charge Trump", and among Trump supporters it's "where does he get his apology?" The correct spin on it seems to be the above "this is just the first indictment". That said, it does sound like a Mueller report or "Fitzmas" type thing, where expectations may be too high.

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/28/2021 - 6:34pm

Palmer Report seems quite pleased with how things are going in general, tho:

Donald Trump’s day so far:

- Trump Organization indictments now imminent
- Donald Trump goes berserk
- Ivanka Trump caught giving false testimony in DC probe
- #TrumpCrimeFamily is trending
- We told you Donald Trump is going to prison
- It’s still only 3:30pm
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) June 28, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 06/28/2021 - 6:47pm

Willard Hotel insurrection sessions

1/ The information PROOF readers now know about the planning of the insurrection that goes beyond what's routinely available in major media is now as large in size and scope as either the Mueller Report or the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence Report about Trump and Russia.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) June 30, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 2:31am

Trump Org indicted

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_60dc8a82e4b0b9e497e15fbf

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 3:28am

Trump's CFO surrenders

Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg surrenders to face tax crime charges https://t.co/btyCAMvhFk
— Umair Akbar (@akbarth3great) July 1, 2021

Gag order ne ended?

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/01/opinions/gag-order-against-trump-woul...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 6:51am

the traditional NYC "perp walk" thing:

They uncuffed him and he is seated at the front of the court with his legal team and multiple officers standing beside him. They walked him in handcuffs through the lines of cameras outside first, before bringing him down the aisle through the rows of press.
— Ema O'Connor (@o_ema) July 1, 2021

(Is actually quite the nasty, wherein police and/or prosecutors have more ability to influence the public via the media than the defense)

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 2:23pm

All Roger Stone's Men

A reader asks, given the news that a third Oath Keeper has entered into a cooperation agreement: "22% of Roger Stone’s security detail has turned states’ evidence against him?"https://t.co/NF2I71o7wJ

[It's a lower percentage, at least as far as we know.]
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) June 30, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 5:00am

Liz Cheney payback time

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/07/01/politics/nancy-pelosi-announces-membe...

(PS) Every report on the Committee from now until eternity must attach the adjective "bipartisan" to it. Media and Congress have established the definition of "bipartisan," and the Committee meets it—and must be assigned it in perpetuity. Kevin McCarthy being pissy is irrelevant.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 1, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 12:04pm

Palmer Report makes a good comment:

Kevin McCarthy is trying to go full Trump right now but he’s got an empty tank
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) July 1, 2021

Which I suspect may be correct especially if he does nothing about this:

Nearly 40 House Democrats are demanding Minority Leader McCarthy take what they call "immediate action" to address the behavior of GOP Rep. Greene, whose actions, they say in a letter obtained by CNN, "could lead to violence against members of Congress." https://t.co/rCC6o6kbcP
— CNN (@CNN) July 1, 2021

Then there's also the "Back The Blue" or "Law and Order" party problem:

Kevin McCarthy tries to shift blame for the January 6 insurrection from Trump and Republicans who promoted the big like -- such as himself -- to law enforcement pic.twitter.com/Na0MkI3bR1
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) July 1, 2021

Then there's the other renegade who will always tattle about what's really going on:

GOPer Adam Kinzinger responds to Seditionist Kevin McCarthy’s stupid threat:

“Who gives a shit?”
— Ricky Davila (@TheRickyDavila) July 1, 2021

And in the end I would remind that in midterms it is the more mature rational voters that usually turn out to vote. Not Trump-and-Qanon type crazies. The kind of voter who might vote for a Kinzinger or Cheney, but not a Greene.

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/01/2021 - 12:43pm

Trump Jan6 war rooms

() PROOF UNLOCKED: In honor of the announcement of a bipartisan House Select Committee to investigate January 6, PROOF—which has been conducting a thorough investigation of the planning of the insurrection for months—has unlocked a recent major article. https://t.co/TxTEz2ZPsb
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 1, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 07/02/2021 - 10:48am

The Trump boys can’t believe anyone cares about a little measly tax dodging. https://t.co/nzmM6VrPT3
— VANITY FAIR (@VanityFair) July 2, 2021

and I am reminded of this kind of thing

27 Big Celebrities Who've Had Tax Trouble

and yes, the "only the little people pay taxes" thing is often a subject of fascination more than outrage

BUT even though Trump is favored by fans as the first celebrity president, how can they excuse away that he actually WAS PRESIDENT, meaning he was in charge of getting the money in to run the country, NOT JUST a celebrity.

The amount of cognitive dissonance necessary to still like the idea of him being president is astounding sometimes.

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/02/2021 - 2:21pm

pray for snitches:

!!! ALERT: Plea discussions have begun with all defendants in OathKeepers conspiracy case in US Capitol insurrection

"Productive" discussions so far, prosecutors just told a judge

They ask for a few more weeks to continue talks pic.twitter.com/kjtOAPVwjD
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) July 2, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/02/2021 - 5:00pm

p.s. they already signed this one:

In his signed plea deal, Mark Grods of Alabama acknowledges conspiring ahead of Jan 6 to bring guns (storing them in hotel in Virginia, wearing Oath Keepers gear & riding golf cart thru DC

And he's agreed to cooperate w/ feds

Prosecutors continue to puncture the Oath Keepers pic.twitter.com/24m1EuI8xI
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) June 30, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/02/2021 - 5:09pm

Planning a big shew, gonna be YUGE:

Alexa, show me video of a gathering of unmasked secesh who are also victims of an unindicted con man who wants the whole world to burn https://t.co/zA1MjYZ73g
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 3, 2021

New key phrase WITCH HUNT! ?

Enquiring minds want to know: will Ivanka, Don Jr. and/or Eric be there?

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/03/2021 - 6:01pm

Lance Link, Secret Chimp style no doubt.

What was that game with all the intertwined monkeys? None dare call it chimpiracy, "just minding our own bidness"

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/03/2021 - 6:24pm

swear I only saw this Chait column now, 8 hrs. after my comment:

The continued saga of Donald Trump, extremely innocent man, persecuted by lawless progressive elites https://t.co/odK72ym0Rh
— Jonathan Chait (@jonathanchait) July 3, 2021

Republicans Invent a Whole New ‘Witch Hunt’ Defense for Trump’s Tax Crimes

The fair thing would be to let Trump’s criminal accomplices go free.

Here's a big excerpt due to me currently doing a trial subscription (their coverage of NY mayoral race the main reason)

[....] Instead, the Trumps and their defenders fell back on the claim that Trump’s 15-year-long scheme to pay CFO Allen Weisselberg under the table was a piddling thing. Everybody does it, nobody gets charged for it, and therefore, Mr. Trump is once again facing a Witch Hunt.

“Corporations almost never get criminally prosecuted for this sort of thing,” complains Dan McLaughlin (failing to consider how often corporations attempt such blatant tax evasion), “but Vance wanted the name ‘Trump’ in his indictment.” National Review’s Andrew McCarthy, author of one book assailing President Obama’s “Sharia Agenda” and another calling for his impeachment, complains prosecutors “are angering fair-minded people” — the news here is that McCarthy has ever met one — “who can’t help but see a two-tiered society, with its two-tiered justice system, in which Democrats and the radicals with whom they sympathize have immunity, while no infraction by a Republican — and especially, a Trump supporter — is too trivial for a good drawing and quartering.”.

The Federalist’s Mollie Hemingway, characteristically, goes even farther: “The politicized attacks on Trump — including the blatant weaponization of our legal system — are *at best* 3rd-world banana republic stuff but more accurately and disturbingly authoritarian.” Authoritarian! First they came for the millionaire tax cheats, but I said nothing.

It is true that tax-evasion cases do not always result in criminal charges. It’s not true that they never do. “Small companies, including restaurants and family-owned businesses, are routinely charged criminally for state tax violations in New York,” one prosecutor tells the Washington Post.

The rather obvious context for the decision to charge Weisselberg is, first, Donald Trump’s decades-long crime spree, which has been documented by his family members, tax forms, prosecutors, and allegations prosecutors are currently pursuing.

Second, there is Trump’s curious habit of sealing himself off from any criminal liability by refusing to use email or put his name on any document. Indeed, Trump stunned his lawyers in the White House by demanding they refrain from taking notes in his presence, insisting that his old lawyer, Roy Cohn, never took notes. (Cohn’s habit was no doubt appreciated by his mob-boss clients.)

The reason Trump takes such pains to avoid leaving a written record of his decisions is that he is a gigantic crook. That’s why the prosecutors are focusing on turning Weisselberg: They need his testimony to get avoid of Trump’s own direction of his illegal schemes.

But rather than acknowledge this obvious interpretation, Trump’s defenders instead present the prosecutors’ inability to produce documents implicating Trump personally as if it proves Trump’s innocence. “Vance is left trying to squeeze out of the CFO the case he apparently can’t make on the documents,” sneers McCarthy. “You can bet that [Prosecutor Cyrus Vance] would have indicted The Donald if he had the goods,” argues McLaughlin.

Except the reason Vance doesn’t have the goods on Trump is because of Trump’s mob-boss habit of avoiding a paper trail. Now, obviously, prosecutors can’t just put him behind bars because they know he’s guilty. What they can do is charge his subordinates for their clear criminal violations, and hope the threat forces his underlings to turn on him.

The Republican position is that a millionaire like Donald Trump can spend years engaging in systematic financial fraud, but as long as he takes precautions not to leave a paper trail, not only should he get away with it, but so should his accomplices who didn’t take those precautions.

Trump’s defenders don’t say they’re worried Weisselberg will flip on Trump. They claim their real concern is that “real” criminals — wink, wink — are getting away in order to focus on Trump’s crooks [....]

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/04/2021 - 2:51am

Martha Stewart called, wants to talk.
Note, one reason Trump's indictments are taking so long to roll out is he successfully stonewalled showing his tax returns to the New York DA, et al. for years. But will argue, "this is all old stuff". All of 2-3 years ago for some of it.

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 07/04/2021 - 4:46am

The Insurrection Trump Built

PREVIEW/ Here's a preview of Part 3 of my three-part series on the January 6 insurrection and the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, coming soon to PROOF (subscribe at https://t.co/94g4fNJ989): pic.twitter.com/nOh0iJPAuV
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 1, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 07/04/2021 - 4:56pm

The Trumpish Armada metaphor

https://digbysblog.net/2021/07/a-metaphor/

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 07/04/2021 - 5:08pm

Insurrectionists stored guns

"One if By Land, Two if By Sea:" What We Know of the Oath Keepers' January 6 Quick Reaction Forcehttps://t.co/Qyl3guhQ05

The govt has presented evidence suggesting at least 6 Oath Keepers already charged dropped weapons off at the Ballston Comfort Inn.

[fixed typo]
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 4, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 07/04/2021 - 5:44pm

NYU tax law professor explains why the Trump indictments are serious: “This is no mere fringe benefits case. It is a straight-out fraud case, claiming the defendants kept double books: phony ones to show the tax authorities.”Assumes IRS will indict too. https://t.co/DzvojU7PQl
— Kurt Andersen (@KBAndersen) July 5, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/04/2021 - 8:33pm

Can’t get this quote out of my head, from the @DevlinBarrett story last week https://t.co/7RhbCVCCOD pic.twitter.com/7VA23HjNtj
— Margaret Sullivan (@Sulliview) July 5, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 07/05/2021 - 4:09pm

To mark the six-month anniversary of the Capitol insurrection, AG Merrick Garland met with Capitol Police officers and DOJ employees working on the prosecutions — full readout attached.

Story on where things stand six months in: https://t.co/xtT7fSBn84 pic.twitter.com/U4DS0uJceE
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/06/2021 - 9:24pm

The FBI has enlisted the public’s help in manhunts since its foundation (sometimes for good, sometimes… not so much). But the Capitol riot investigation is truly a pivot point for a bureau and the federal government’s approach to domestic terrorism. https://t.co/Qfdu0D1q5d
— Ryan J. Reilly (@ryanjreilly) July 1, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 07/06/2021 - 9:36pm

The "patriot" community is turning on Oath Keeper leader Stewart Rhodes. It's vicious.
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 6, 2021

This is the article that's getting a whole lot of people pissed off. https://t.co/AJLN0Xak9v
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 6, 2021

Their main thesis:

Stewart was the ringleader for 1/6. The feds haven't indicted him. Therefore, Stewart is working for or with the Feds. That means the Feds were either behind 1/6 or at least let it happen.
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 6, 2021

FWIW, Revolver News is the same RW outlet that Tucker Carlson and Rep. Louis Gohmert have been relying on for their the-FBI-was secretly-behind-1/6 conspiracy theory.
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) July 6, 2021

Almost everyone in the "patriot" community has had some kind of negative interaction with him. They made excuse for years thinking he was a dedicated eccentric. But a lot of them suspected he was only self serving, and that includes informing, taking money,and abusing people
— Tasha Adams (@That_Girl_Tasha) July 6, 2021

Treason weasels are known for that; looking at decades of fed time clarifies one's thoughts & options.
Scorpions in a bottle. To save one's own ass one must get to the head of the 'flipping' line & rat out your buddies before they rat out you.
Much more to come ....
— King Clip-on Tie (@RichardClip) July 6, 2021

I think informing is why he was never arrested after Bundy ranch, but the 6th was all him
— Tasha Adams (@That_Girl_Tasha) July 6, 2021

And to be clear; he didn't go in as an informer. But he met with the FBI afterwards right before the indictments started coming down
— Tasha Adams (@That_Girl_Tasha) July 6, 2021

Jeez, if he's been a CI all this time, think what he knows (& recorded?).
Mind blowing ...
— King Clip-on Tie (@RichardClip) July 6, 2021

He ALWAYS recorded conversations, nothing to do with working for feds, just because he's an ass. He even recorded all his supervised visitations with the kids.
— Tasha Adams (@That_Girl_Tasha) July 6, 2021

He was just giving a speech in Wichita Falls... https://t.co/ovPOvLHXGv
— christo (@christo92787346) July 6, 2021

thread continues with speculative comments & discussion from peeps who clearly follow this scene

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/07/2021 - 9:28pm

Assange let's make a deal

New: Here is the extradition offer the US are making Julian Assange - no supermax, no SAMs, can serve prison sentence in Australia: https://t.co/8viLT5ba0j via @computerweekly
— Williamrt (@Williamrt) July 7, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 07/07/2021 - 10:05pm

Rudy suspended in DC now

BREAKING (GREAT) NEWS: https://t.co/rjYUSkiHMz
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 7, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 07/07/2021 - 10:23pm

Dominion subpoenas Rudy, Pillow Guy, Sidney... Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and Mike Lindell for their communications with Fox as part of its lawsuit against the network, which could show whether the Trump allies and Fox knowingly spread lies. https://t.co/YpFpTi0n9u
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) July 4, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/08/2021 - 3:04am

Experts said Trump's suits will likely be dismissed, but if they’re not, he would have to explain his actions that day. https://t.co/hsvzLI8rmd
— HuffPost (@HuffPost) July 8, 2021

This is the dumbest thing Trump has ever done. It’s wonderful.

I remind you from personal experience that when you sue somebody you have to give a multi-day deposition on anything relevant to the topic…in this case, like your role inspiring the 1/6 Coup https://t.co/oUGBrWdgmN
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) July 7, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/08/2021 - 3:02am

Babbitt's co-executioners

Because certain outlets are magnifying Trump's bullshit again, reupping this:

The Crimes of Violence Ashli Babbitt's Mob Allegedly Committedhttps://t.co/bwCgeuhnAC
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 7, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/08/2021 - 3:36am

Interesting what Kimberly thinks Trump donors want to hear:

Kimberly Guilfoyle Told Donors Donald Trump Jr. Likes Her To Dress Like A Cheerleader, Is ‘Naughty Boy’ https://t.co/z1TljITLOj
— J. W. (@wolfjon4) July 9, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 07/09/2021 - 1:18pm

Yeah, well, 1960s rules, Delta House and all...

We shall call Don Jr "Flounder".

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 07/09/2021 - 1:35pm

Trump years thru a far-right prism (long thread)

Most believe some or all of the theories involving midnight ballots, voting machines, etc, but what you find when you talk to them is that, while they'll defend those positions w/info they got from Hannity or Breitbart or whatever, they're not particularly attached to them. 2/x
— MartyrMade (@martyrmade) July 8, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/10/2021 - 12:54am

Seth & Roger finding a room

() PROOF UNLOCKED: I'm getting this to you all an hour later than anticipated—so I'm making it available to the general public. What this news confirms is that not only has Stone been lying about January 6 but that his team knows he's in serious trouble. https://t.co/6bxaQc0Yjd
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 10, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/10/2021 - 2:49pm

Trump insurrection rooms

() PROOF UNLOCKED: A Comprehensive Overview of All Five of Donald Trump's January 6 War Rooms, by @SethAbramson https://t.co/TxTEz2IeAD
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) July 10, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 07/11/2021 - 5:44am

Ivanka & inauguration scam

(PIC is Presidential Inauguration Committee)

https://t.co/NOg0wFifC7
— Stephanie Winston Wolkoff (@SWinstonWolkoff) July 10, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 07/11/2021 - 5:49am

He's at it again:

"We love you. You’re very special."

"I know your pain. I know you’re hurt. We had an election that was stolen from us."

"Remember this day forever!"

— tfg, Jan. 6. https://t.co/PW7OWdziX6
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 11, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 07/11/2021 - 2:07pm

"He's even crazier than I thought he was. From the beginning of my reporting on this -- this administration, it was clear that Donald Trump is not like you and he's not like me. Something is off. Something is broken. But I think this comes to a head on November 3rd." https://t.co/rMcRL0I89y
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 13, 2021

Michael Wolfe is not a person who's easily shaken, which is why his new book is unsettling. #LandslideBook #MichaelWolfe #Trump https://t.co/qA1tl8eOOA
— Crooks and Liars (@crooksandliars) July 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/13/2021 - 10:10am

Steele Dossier "libs made me do it" backgrounder -
how Deripaska/Manafort fed the Steele Dossier's disinfo
to the FBI, Dems & GOP, and how they've been using the
disinfo exactly as Deripaska intended from the start -
even justifying the attack on the US Capitol it seems.
Beautiful. Great work if you can get it.

The Viral Twitter Thread in Which Darrell Cooper Confesses Republicans Were Pawns of Russian Disinformationhttps://t.co/okb6n2Uj8C
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 13, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 07/13/2021 - 10:40am

Trump unloads on Brett Kavanaugh for his Supreme Court votes: "Where would he be without me? I saved his life. He wouldn't even be in a law firm. Who would have had him? Nobody. Totally disgraced. Only I saved him." https://t.co/Y1AGAkYLMK
— Axios (@axios) July 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/13/2021 - 10:19pm

5-parts Kavanaugh - read & weep

2/ We outline the strange circumstances that created an opening on the Supreme Court for Brett Kavanaugh.

Characters: Anthony Kennedy pere et fils; Justin Kennedy; Judge Alex Kosinski; Leonard Leo/Federalist Society.
— Greg Olear (@gregolear) July 24, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 5:07am

Joint Chiefs chairman feared potential ‘Reichstag moment’ aimed at keeping Trump in power

“.. a remarkable window into the thinking of America’s highest-ranking military officer, who saw himself as one of the last empowered defenders of democracy…” https://t.co/5fxIPnhVst

the Constitution isn’t supposed to work this way
— James Wagner (@wagnerblog) July 15, 2021

I find myself not shocked by this but, rather, I guess the word is grateful that we have military trained to think this way, they are supposed to be thinking worst case scenario contingency all the time, actually. That tendency is actually where civilians overseers are supposed to reign them in....

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/14/2021 - 8:58pm

dupe replaced with

link to video Laurence O'Donnell segment interview with Michael Wolff: ‘Trump is even crazier than I thought.’

Mon, July 12, 2021, 11:33 PM

Lede: In his third book about Donald Trump, author Michael Wolff reports that Donald Trump made calls to U.S. attorneys in swing states to try to get them to investigate election fraud - Wolff wouldn’t be surprised if there are tapes: “I think that anyone who speaks to Donald Trump should be switching on their iPhone to tape what’s going on. Donald Trump is only half aware of what he’s saying, it just spews out.”

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/14/2021 - 9:09pm

this most recent video release makes me think of "A Clockwork Orange", perhaps Trump should be made to watch some of these videos of the leaders of the mob of his "very fine people", with toothpicks holding his eyelids open:

Final video is another view of the attack on police. Note that the crowd begins to cheer and get loud as the violence picks up, there's a person pumping their fist in front of the camera at around 14 seconds, someone yells "there you go!"; others chant "pull them out!" pic.twitter.com/5vQGDsZ3NL
— Zoe Tillman (@ZoeTillman) July 15, 2021

It's all fun and games until you've created an actual mob.

Edit to add: perhaps I am thinking of this because I just realized it was Bastille Day, which in the original version wasn't all fun and games either, not exactly like as presented in Les Miserables on Broadway.

by artappraiser on Wed, 07/14/2021 - 9:57pm

George's reading reinforcing what he already knows:

This is going to be the story of fg's post presidency: endless revelations of how everyone around him knew he was an incompetent nutjob and struggled to keep him from doing incompetent and nutty things while pretending publicly he wasn't incompetent and nutty.
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 10, 2021

(see whole thread)

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/15/2021 - 12:07am

George also agrees with an interesting suggestion regarding the Jan. 6 commission:

YES. https://t.co/YTl7T37LgC
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 15, 2021

pic.twitter.com/GOLjbNoMsd
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) July 15, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/15/2021 - 12:26am

Not hyperbole (a reminder that he was chief tethics lawyer for Bush White House, 2005-7, now he's a law school prof.)

Sedition.

Donald Trump and Kevin McCarthy to meet on Thursday as 1/6 committee hearing looms https://t.co/JxowLotEQm
— Richard W. Painter (@RWPUSA) July 15, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 07/15/2021 - 2:05pm

new at The Guardian:

The person to ‘weaken’ America: what the Kremlin papers said about Trump https://t.co/kqvEiMwUaf
— Dr Tom Flynn (@Artnose) July 15, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 07/17/2021 - 1:06pm

Team Trump's criminal referrals

Last year, Trump DOJ spiked the prosecution of Don Jr., Jared Kushner, and Steve Bannon that was recommended by Republican led Senate Intel Committee.

Why isn't this a bigger deal? Very few seem to even know about it.https://t.co/FTGH8I6aLV
— Vaxxed but still not relaxed (@ljtcpa) July 20, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 8:58am

A brief review of the galaxy of individuals who helped Trump get elected and then were indicted or arrested. https://t.co/VQkFiLBqsJ
— Philip Bump (@pbump) July 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 4:17pm

Trump ally and ex-campaign adviser Thomas Barrack charged with secretly lobbying for UAE https://t.co/DZfQv8I3kp #SmartNews
— Chip Ster (@Chiprdale) July 20, 2021

Now, connect to Tom barrack and connect the dots.
https://t.co/jSIqmrsH3n
— Gayle Owen (@GayleOwen13) July 20, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 5:12pm

It seems likely prosecutors' theory is, or was, that Barrack did this for payments to Colony. Prosecutors don't need to show this to prove a crime, but failure to mention money or another motive does suggest a weakness in their case.
— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman33) July 20, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 07/20/2021 - 7:17pm

Avenatti in court

The jury isn't in the courtroom yet, and prosecutors and Avenatti are fighting about exhibits being admitted during Geoff Johnson’s testimony today. Selna wants everything disclosed.
— Meghann Cuniff (@meghanncuniff) July 22, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 07/22/2021 - 8:53pm

Weisselberg wife silenced

https://www.thedailybeast.com/key-trump-witness-jennifer-weisselberg-is-...

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 2:18pm

Mike Flynn inciting violence (thread)

Here’s Flynn inciting violence on GRU network @OANN a few days ago. https://t.co/7WLWF790Qk
— Jim Stewartson, QAnon Eliminator, #RIPQ (@jimstewartson) July 25, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 07/26/2021 - 2:28pm

New piece by @ryanjreillyhoneypotting Jan6 participants. https://t.co/ml48xbbD0L
— Seamus Hughes (@SeamusHughes) July 29, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 07/30/2021 - 12:17am

When you can’t even cheat effectively. https://t.co/PirgK39Fly
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) July 31, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 07/31/2021 - 9:31pm

Last month, the judge denied the state Senate’s motion to dismiss our lawsuit, writing that “It is difficult to conceive of a case with a more compelling public interest demanding public disclosure and public scrutiny.”https://t.co/6j2X2o6YGU
— American Oversight (@weareoversight) August 3, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/03/2021 - 7:10pm

Broidy/Nader behind Qatar attack

Here's my timeline from 2018 showing that on October 6, 2017 - the same day Elliott Broidy met with Trump and suggested he meet with UAE's MBZ and fire Tillerson for not being tough on Qatar - SCL Social did a FARA filing for UAE campaign to boycott Qatarhttps://t.co/j7sar2wHcA pic.twitter.com/H0BxpCzhOT
— Wendy Siegelman (@WendySiegelman) August 6, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 08/06/2021 - 10:20pm

Trump forced to return almost $13 million to supporters this year after donation scam: report https://t.co/zGY5mPRcfj
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) August 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/07/2021 - 8:26am

article sounds to me like there's a shitload of investigations going on behind closed doors in Congress and elsewhere so that lately Rosen has become like a full time witness about the Trumpco presidency

“Sen. Blumenthal said Mr. Rosen discussed previously reported episodes, including his interactions with Mr. Clark, with the Senate Judiciary Committee. He called Mr. Rosen’s account ‘dramatic evidence of how intent Trump was in overthrowing the election.’” https://t.co/fPRyGHfxCp
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) August 8, 2021

It's gonna get real interesting when House members eventually are confronted with their cynical lying by the more rational Trump supporters in their constituencies, many will no doubt be blaming the instructions of dear leader Kevin McCarthy. Maybe have to start up "GOP factions" threads again.

I cannot foresee how Trumpco can be of much help in 2022 to GOP candidates right when so many loser narratives about Trump are hitting the fan right around the same time. Maybe I am wrong but I see Cheney and Kinzinger making wise choices about the future, they could be the new leadership when the house of cards really comes crashing down...time is on their side

Edit to add: folks like Bill Kristol and his compadres at The Bulwark have not suddenly become Democrats just because they hate what Trump did to their party. They are biding their time eating popcorn and watching the show. whilst thinking up new schemes (likewise for conservatives like say, Andrew Sullivan and others like him who signed "The Harper's Letter" and have made temporary peace wih folks like Greenwald who they still don't agree with policy wise at all.

by artappraiser on Sat, 08/07/2021 - 10:20pm

Rudy, FBI & Ukraine (more)

Ukrainian prosecutor-turned-Russian-spy-sidekick Kostiantyn Kulyk was doing two things in October 2020:

1. Working on a disinformation-filled documentary with @RudyGiuliani.
2. Sending disinformation to @RonJohnsonWI.

The FBI is now hot on this.https://t.co/GkadKc1KIq
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) August 5, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 08/07/2021 - 11:36pm

Rewriting DoJ history?

This is batshit insane. Jeff Rosen made sure that SDNY couldn't expand its investigation into Rudy's dalliance with known Russian agents in early 2020.

He played a key role in undermining investigations against Trump's closest allies. https://t.co/iDF7iRTxfc
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 8, 2021

Jeff Rosen, who replaced Bill Barr, is getting effusive praise and apologies.

"I have to say history is going to very kind to Mr. Rosen. When he was initially appointed, I didn't think that was the case. I was wrong...It's a good thing for America we had someone like Rosen." pic.twitter.com/G0ItlHO4G4
— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) August 8, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/08/2021 - 1:23pm

Uppity young writer challenging Seth Ambramson as perhaps getting too myopic and full of himself with the import of his own narrative big picture historical perspective (believe it or not! from a youngin! Gives me hope!)

The pentagon was blown up, three New York City buildings were blown up, a plane crashed in a field in Pennsylvania, the Patriot Act was set over the American public eroding the 4th, and a subsequent war was waged that resulted in the deaths and displacement of 1 million Iraqis https://t.co/ngBThgqyPy
— sotonye (@cybersygh) August 6, 2021

I’m not sure exactly what’s happening to the minds of regular Americans but it isn’t great
— sotonye (@cybersygh) August 6, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 08/08/2021 - 9:51pm

Availability syndrome? Yeah, Seth gets pretty stuffy. Glad he's tucked away in some northeast refuge for unbearable intellectuals - only can take so much.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/10/2021 - 10:43am

At least six people providing security for Roger Stone participated in the Capitol attack, our new Visual Investigation shows. Here's how the guards (all Oath Keepers) went from guarding Trump's longtime confidant to standing inside the Capitol on Jan. 6: https://t.co/h2IU3jwxcE
— Christiaan Triebert (@trbrtc) February 14, 2021

(long thread)

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/12/2021 - 12:09pm

Mary Trump's summation (long)

https://newrepublic.com/article/163115/donald-trump-plot-against-america

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/12/2021 - 9:12pm

Trump DoJ Coup#2

In this great interview of @ktbenner she describes calling around to figure out what everyone thought in the wake of Jan 6 and they were like, there's something else. https://t.co/nFrOf3FVyM pic.twitter.com/r0B9GKMjEz
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 14, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 08/15/2021 - 10:16am

Toobin & Stone? jackoff-gate?

The Dirty Trickster

Campaign tips from the man who has done it all.
By Jeffrey Toobin
May 23, 2008

Rule: “Hate is a stronger motivator than love.” #GetMeRogerStone https://t.co/cbTSSJ2XAh pic.twitter.com/epOLtgCakr
— MINDF©️K (@gal_suburban) August 17, 2021

What started this jackoff-a-thon:

AG Garland: Don't prosecute Donald Trump. What he did was not a crime. My @CNN column.https://t.co/RSXqjjo9Am
— Jeffrey Toobin (@JeffreyToobin) August 16, 2021

Who knows what pilots Toobin from those seedy days, but maybe he's paying back a debt. Would be nice if he spared us, but self-awareness is obviously not his forte.

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/17/2021 - 2:05am

How to charge Trump 101

They're not.https://t.co/bD1k8KOEtu
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 19, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/19/2021 - 11:21am

Boebert poops the stage

(It was ok in 2019, but that window's gone... We have a functioning DoJ again)

After Rep. Lauren Boebert became a politician, her husband went from working as a well site supervisor to making $1 million as an energy company consultant. In February, Boebert introduced a bill to loosen drilling rules without disclosing her conflict. https://t.co/RnH5FhOcZY
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) August 19, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 08/20/2021 - 12:22am

Seth Ambramson thread on Reuters latest "EXCLUSIVE FBI finds scant evidence U.S. Capitol attack was coordinated-sources"

Then the FBI is f****** incompetent.

PROOF has detailed 18 meetings between Trump and his inner circle and various insurrectionists—including strategic/tactical planning for how January 6 would unfold. Anything the FBI isn't seeing it's chosen not to see. https://t.co/iBoCrovcPS
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) August 20, 2021

(note one of Reuters piece authors is Mark Hosenball, who does have a lot of sources"

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/20/2021 - 9:11am

Marcy Wheeler thread on the same Reuters/FBI leak article:

A couple of comments about what this does, and does not, say.

It explicitly says that Alex Jones and Roger Stone were not involved in coordinating an attack. https://t.co/wKg2GAhsRH
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/20/2021 - 12:01pm

Huge gov fuckup in Avenatti case by government leads to mistrial in Michael Avenatti's California federal case.

Follow @meghanncuniff for details and because she's great at her job.https://t.co/ka5EbZpz9D
— UtterDebacleHat (@Popehat) August 24, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/24/2021 - 4:32pm

DoJ & Jan5 speakers

I wrote a post here on prosecutors increasing focus on the Jan 5 rally.https://t.co/keiL0a6jSB
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) August 25, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 08/25/2021 - 6:50pm

Trump Kraken lawyers sanctioned

https://www.salon.com/2021/08/25/judge-sanctions-trumps-kraken-lawyers-o...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 08/26/2021 - 12:30am

I don't usually pay attention to what he's saying anymore but this one I just ran across is especially rich. Makes me realize that the still common accusations of Biden dementia by Trump fans are pure projection

Trump talks about how " we rely on stupid people like H.R. McMaster and John Bolton."

Reminder, Trump hired both of them as his national security advisor. pic.twitter.com/ftTZU737un
— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona) August 27, 2021

Not to mention the dementia accusations against Biden rarely make sense on their face, i.e. he's talking slow or not following the teleprompter exactly or some such...

by artappraiser on Fri, 08/27/2021 - 1:47pm

EXCLUSIVE: Tens of thousands of posts before & after the Jan 6 Capitol Hill riots are missing from @Crowdtangle, Facebook's transparency tool. It's unclear exactly how much is missing though FB says it's now fixed underlying bug https://t.co/Zs1TgKUz1e
— Mark Scott (@markscott82) August 31, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 08/31/2021 - 11:34pm

Gab got a letter from Congress.

See link for full text (7 pages)https://t.co/3li0M9UDzc pic.twitter.com/fZwA3diDXw
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) August 28, 2021

Gab's response to Congress:https://t.co/phcXp1DysM
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) September 1, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 09/05/2021 - 2:18pm

Syrian po-Russkiy

(2) AND "EVERYONE KNOWS IT" https://t.co/8jA8E3FLT0
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) September 8, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 09/08/2021 - 4:39pm

Manafort gave RU weekly polling

This post links to my summary of all the Rick Gates 302s by date -- thanks to @JasonLeopold liberating them. https://t.co/PnmV0iry9i
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) September 9, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 09/09/2021 - 7:44pm

Lindsay Graham & Proud Boys

He has pictures of himself with @LindseyGrahamSC around that time … pic.twitter.com/WC4bupFndD
— Lisa (@rexrode1967) September 10, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 8:55am

Fact checking w deniers

They get that alternate universe thing

They value their "facts" over any other evidence

https://edition.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/08/13/social-media-fact-che...

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 09/10/2021 - 11:57pm

"The man understood optics" pic.twitter.com/bmiejtCRnL
— Atticus Goldfinch (@AtticusGF) September 11, 2021

edit to add my favorite reply on that thread:

The beans. Don’t forget the picture with the beans. pic.twitter.com/rZRumGCYTw
— Chris W (@wallyindsm) September 11, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 09/11/2021 - 11:55pm

Not so secret insurrection

ICYMI (from a few weeks ago): https://t.co/jAilq0ZgCW
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) September 12, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/12/2021 - 7:04pm

GOP stunt/fashion posers

(the males they find in ridiculous professions like pillow or "extra large toilet seat" salesmen, or just self-obsessed political, military & rap personalities)

Dear @RealCandaceO, @laurenboebert, and Melissa Carrone (c/o @JennaEllisEsq): Serious question. Is this true? Did you all come from Explore Talent? Please explain. America deserves to know if you are crisis actors. TY. Thread. https://t.co/fDceIubr0V
— Jennifer Cohn (@jennycohn1) September 14, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/14/2021 - 5:23am

Bob Woodward's Crazytown Part II, Scene I, January 8 2021: A real military coup--one curbing Trump's nuke powers. (Call it the military version of executing the 25th Amendment if you prefer.)

‘CIA director Haspel warned Chairman of Joint Chiefs of Staff, "We are on the way to a right-wing coup. The whole thing is insanity. He is acting out like a six-year-old with a tantrum."’ https://t.co/G3sgbqJ4n7
— Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) September 14, 2021

Of course this could also be c.y.a. fiction by leakers; the two Bob's write a story based on what people they trust tell them and then you decide.

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/14/2021 - 6:54pm

WaPo's also got a preview of Woodward's Crazytown, Part II, Scene 1 -- is just a slightly different angle of the Gen.Milley-as-savior plot (that's CNN'S above), with China's role stressed:

Top general was so fearful Trump might spark war with China that he made secret calls to his counterpart in Beijing, new book says https://t.co/cb8ypg6JvF
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 14, 2021

In the book’s telling, Milley went so far as to pledge he would alert his counterpart in the event of a U.S. attack, stressing the rapport they’d established through a backchannel. https://t.co/7nCDFPhLBo pic.twitter.com/NkrK9p6rGv
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 14, 2021

“If we’re going to attack, I’m going to call you ahead of time. It’s not going to be a surprise,” Milley said.

Li took the chairman at his word, the authors write in the book, “Peril,” which is set to be released next week. https://t.co/PaH60y3ocg
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) September 14, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 09/14/2021 - 7:07pm

of course

Trump Calls Allies to Demand Gen. Mark Milley Be ‘Arrested’ for ‘Treason’ https://t.co/2Dvx2VpAAe via @thedailybeast
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) September 15, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/15/2021 - 2:03am

Roger Stone got served live on radio https://t.co/GI3WLEuSN0
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) September 16, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 12:54pm

I’ve written about and discussed the hacking of Smartech many times. Many people may be compromised because of it. 2/ https://t.co/OePnowFPmC
— Jennifer Cohn (@jennycohn1) September 16, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 09/16/2021 - 9:56pm

Durham tees up a turkey

If you had 30 meaningful cases, you wouldn’t even bother with this one.
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) September 17, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 09/17/2021 - 8:13am

/8 However, there are distinctly odd things about this indictment that take it outside the norm. First: it's based on a face-to-face oral statement with one government witness, Baker. I don't recall seeing another 1001 case like that.
— OwMyPopehat (@Popehat) September 17, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/19/2021 - 12:15am

It is further the case that when DOJ got CAUGHT altering docs, they stopped pursuing their manufactured October surprise.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) September 18, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/19/2021 - 12:41am

Durham s Benghazi subpoenas,

slow-mo pseudo fishing expedition (he doesn't actually care about outcomes, just smears & innuendo) continues.

Fortunately CNN is handling in an adult fashion.

https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/30/politics/durham-subpoenas-probe-russia-fb...

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 10/01/2021 - 7:10am

I hope the dozens of attendees from today’s Justice for J6 rally make it safely back to their desks at the FBI.
— Drew Holden (@DrewHolden360) September 18, 2021

From the “rally”. Can these fedbois be more obvious? pic.twitter.com/cOgJSexToH
— Kaitain (@Kaitain_US) September 18, 2021

Attendance at the Justice for January 6 rally is almost all press, very few actual rally attendees pic.twitter.com/unzjG9hjKV
— Audrey Fahlberg (@AudreyFahlberg) September 18, 2021

A sparsely attended rally at the U.S. Capitol in support of the jailed Jan. 6 rioters has dispersed, with few incidents reported. Demonstrators faced an overwhelming police presence, security fences and jeering counterprotesters. Four people were arrested. https://t.co/IpIF1mNOIO
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 18, 2021

Dagblog believers in being deathly ascared of the supposed danger to our nation of rioting right wingers, Proud Boys etc. must be terribly disappointed that law enforcement keep them all away. (Now if BLM had their way, where tribes take care of their own law enforcement, things might have turned out different.)

by artappraiser on Sat, 09/18/2021 - 3:56pm

GOP fuckbunny/RU spy wins office, Trump asslicker CEO Patrick Byrne sends her millions of dollars
Perhaps the most infuriating was when Butina streamed a promo video from lockup, certainly in defiance of all prison rules. But under Trump/Barr, all normalcy was suspended.

https://t.co/uqwKQOjkKw Byrne gave Butina large sums of money last year, to "help her land on her feet".....
— Teresa C Carter (@TeresaCCarter2) September 20, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 09/20/2021 - 3:06pm

This is the six-point plan advanced by Trump lawyer John Eastman for VP Pence to overturn the election on January 6th.https://t.co/IkgmEuCW8b pic.twitter.com/CXWTVY1LL7
— Christian Vanderbrouk (@UrbanAchievr) September 20, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 09/21/2021 - 6:21am

Lauren Windsor got John Eastman on undercover video. https://t.co/w70MXDi25S
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 26, 2021

John Eastman caught on undercover video saying he has “proof positive evidence” trump should be reinstated.

I don’t even know where to start. But he is lying and he is wrong in every way.

pic.twitter.com/lur2EfdQxu
— Scott Dworkin (@funder) October 29, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/30/2021 - 5:31am

Scoop: Donald suing Mary Trump and the Times for $100 million https://t.co/UmTkKPbBak
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) September 22, 2021

same old same old Uncle Donald

“I think he is a fucking loser, and he is going to throw anything against the wall he can,” said Mary Trump. "It's desperation. The walls are closing in and it's throwing anything against the wall that will stick." https://t.co/UmTkKPbBak
— Harry Siegel (@harrysiegel) September 22, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 09/22/2021 - 3:34am

Trump knew claims baseless (in this case the voting machines, but pick an issue, any issue - he's always bluffing. He lost like 69 of 70 election lawsuits?)

https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_614a3daee4b001718341de85

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 09/22/2021 - 3:46am

A year ago today…

Trump refuses to commit to a peaceful transfer of power if he loses, says “get rid of the ballots.”https://t.co/C1QcuyUDAW pic.twitter.com/VJQQexeDX0
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 23, 2021

That same day, one year ago today, The Atlantic published a piece that was derided by many as “fear porn,” but accurately predicted exactly what Trump would try to do.https://t.co/ogyq31ZHaG pic.twitter.com/nSEYVLzezY
— Parker Molloy (@ParkerMolloy) September 23, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 09/23/2021 - 9:20pm

How Rudy Giuliani's massive ego saved the country from an utter disaster on election 'fraud'

Analysis by Chris Cillizza, CNN Editor-at-large. Updated 1:03 PM ET, Wed September 22, 2021

By mid-December 2020, Donald Trump's amen chorus was dwindling, with even many longtime allies suggesting that it might be time to admit defeat in the 2020 election and move on.

Desperate to find some path back to victory, Trump huddled with a trio of conspiracy theorists -- former national security adviser Michael Flynn, attorney Sidney Powell and former Overstock.com CEO Patrick Byrne -- to consider his craziest move yet: Appointing Powell as special counsel to investigate (non-existent) voter fraud.

"'I'm making Sidney a special counsel to the president," Trump told his chief of staff Mark Meadows. "'Mark, you get her the forms. ... Give her the forms to onboard her.'"

It's not clear what "forms" Trump is referring to. Or how he would appoint a special counsel outside of the Justice Department. Attorney General Bill Barr was broadly dismissive of Trump's wild claims about election fraud -- and openly disdainful of Powell. (In that same meeting, Trump suggested that he would use the rarely-invoked National Emergencies Act to seize voting machines. So, yeah.)

The whole episode is recounted in "Peril," the new book from authors Bob Woodward and Robert Costa. And it depicts just how far Trump was willing to push the bounds of the government to make the outcome he wanted -- a full turning-over of the election -- a possibility.

Powell, who among other things had alleged a widespread communist conspiracy tied to the voting machines, never wound up being named special counsel. And amazingly, we have Rudy Giuliani to thank for that [....]

by artappraiser on Fri, 09/24/2021 - 1:09am

Kagan on Trump fascism

https://m.dailykos.com/stories/2021/9/25/2054144/-A-terrifying-essay-on-...

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 09/26/2021 - 11:47am

If you make it to paragraph 100-something in that article that claims "Some senior officials inside the CIA and the Trump administration even discussed killing Assange," you'll learn, "In the end, the assassination discussions went nowhere, said former officials."
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) September 27, 2021

How Yahoo etc al get it wrong on Assange and key officials - years after all this is known.

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 09/27/2021 - 10:25am

Trump & VA patient data grift

@votevets https://t.co/1aZguoSOXL
— Ken Getty (@getty_ken) September 28, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 09/29/2021 - 5:32am

Bill DeJoy effing up USPS still

https://www.salon.com/2021/09/29/louis-dejoy-rolls-out-plan-to-slow-post...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 11:35am

DHS's shitty response - who sabotaged DHS? Why does it exist then?

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/09/28/dhs-pentagon-jan-6-capitol-riot...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 09/30/2021 - 12:33pm

Russiagate & DHS interference
(among other branches of government - and don't forget white nationalists & their influence on Proud Boys/Oath Keepers & Trump/Stone's other semi-militias. "Whack-a-mole" indeed)

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/04/2021 - 5:54am

About those Capitol windows...

Four major access points that Jan. 6 rioters used to break into and overtake the U.S. Capitol had something unusual in common: They were among a dozen or so ground-floor windows and glass-paned doors that had not been recently reinforced https://t.co/uLYQb7swKU
— Sarah D. Wire (@sarahdwire) October 4, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/04/2021 - 10:18am

waaaah!

Trump Asks US Judge to Force Twitter to Restore His Account https://t.co/2Mh05iQT7j
— NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) October 2, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/02/2021 - 10:01pm

Trump's lawyers are arguing that "President Trump's social media accounts were government accounts, and not private ones," which would seem to raise loads of questions about how he, a private citizen, would have standing to sue over their suspension. pic.twitter.com/e4AAziP8Sg
— Brad Heath (@bradheath) October 1, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 10/03/2021 - 2:04am

Madame (ex-)President

I'm just astonished by how blunt Hillary was in her interview with me yesterday. She's genuinely afraid—as I am, as so many of us are–that this country will descend into minority rule. https://t.co/KbcQAXRGne pic.twitter.com/B3NvbaReNf
— Jennifer Senior (@JenSeniorNY) October 1, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 10/03/2021 - 4:21am

A whistleblower claims Facebook prematurely turned off safeguards designed to thwart misinformation in a moneymaking move that contributed to the deadly invasion of the U.S. Capitol. Former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen spoke on “60 Minutes.” https://t.co/EvZJJxlRvh
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 4, 2021

The FaceBook Whistleblower, data scientist, Frances Haugen, secretly copied tens of thousands of pages of internal research. Evidence shows FB is lying to the public. It is eroding civic trust & tearing our societies apart. cc: @AndrewYang https://t.co/dA7hcimPZF
— Dani Leis (@danileis) October 4, 2021

Haugen, who worked on Facebook's civic misinformation team, secretly copied thousands of internal documents before leaving the company in May. https://t.co/Ux8PrCLKO9
— HuffPost Politics (@HuffPostPol) October 4, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 10/03/2021 - 11:59pm

"Had US senators and producers at 60 Minutes cared about the people of Honduras, we might have had this moment back in April, when Zhang spoke to the Guardian and showed documentation that supported her assertions."https://t.co/ntdu7xLbEb
— Julia Carrie Wong (@juliacarriew) October 8, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/09/2021 - 10:53pm

Rep. Adam Kinzinger yesterday as regards the Jan. 6 committee on Twitter & on CNN:

Congress has a broad investigative authority—& so the @January6thCmte will use every avenue possible to ensure subpoenas are enforced.

The American people deserve answers & that means we need ALL the facts about the events of that day & all those leading up to it. https://t.co/0Osa9G2gME
— Adam Kinzinger (@RepKinzinger) October 5, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/06/2021 - 9:55pm

Alex Jones' fake stage (& Ali Alexander's covered up Stop the Steal permits collusion that could lead to conspiracy charges)

Stage was for 9am - that they ignored even the presence of the stage at it's appointed time after having misrepresented it and the organization behind it, which didn't actually exist, was just a front for Alex Jones with Stop the Steal to breach the East Entrance, luring his Pied Piper followers with promises of Trump)

https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/09/29/alex-jones-use-the-promise-of-a-pe...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 2:17am

January 6 committee issues new subpoenas for 2 leaders of 'Stop the Steal' group (Ali Alexander and Nathan Martin)https://t.co/gyCSKGZ7JT
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) October 7, 2021

REUPPING my scoop on the Capitol Police permits I pried loose thanks to @_LightLaw's exceptional legal work in light of the @January6thCmte subpoenas issued to Ali Alexander and Nathan Martin (who I interviewed) h/t @emptywheel https://t.co/ytWFv1eclu
— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) October 7, 2021

Ali Alexander is having a really bad day – and so are Roger Stone and Mo Brooks https://t.co/Ddt2ejGtUz
— Palmer Report (@PalmerReport) October 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 5:35pm

"If there is one extremist group that has definitely, undeniably had success in recruiting not just law enforcement but senior law enforcement, it is the CSPOA [Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association]." - ADL's @egavactip https://t.co/S9VWtmXIRc
— Joanna Mendelson (@jo_mendelson) October 7, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 9:42pm

SCOOP: Source tells me Trump White House chief of staff Mark Meadows and top aides Scavino, Bannon and Patel are set to defy Jan. 6 committee subpoenas — under instructions from Trump. @GuardianUS https://t.co/a8hQtm5zJ0
— Hugo Lowell (@hugolowell) October 6, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 5:38pm

MUST READ >>> Rosen, Donoghue, And Clark: The Psychodrama That Nearly Subverted American Democracy https://t.co/K3pyJHJB5c via @TPM
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) October 7, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 9:53pm

SUBVERTING JUSTICE: How the Former President and His Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election

Majority Staff final interim report by Senate Committee on The Judiciary, Chair Dick Durbin

Newly published 394-page PDF with impressive cover page and very nice table of contents

Here NYTimes writes about one scene in this new book (available free of charge from your Congress at the above link)

Isn’t a President obligated to uphold the Constitution? via @NYTimes https://t.co/xksXIaNWRm
— Susan Higgins (@prepostmeltdown) October 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 10:25pm

Manu Raju picks out some "key findings" of the new Senate Dem's Judiciary report for those who can't read the whole 394 pages AND links to Grassley's GOP report AND links to witness testimony

Senate Judiciary releases 394-page staff report entitled: “Subverting Justice: How the Former President and his Allies Pressured DOJ to Overturn the 2020 Election.”: https://t.co/zASBtOCu5w Durbin’s office says these are the key findings pic.twitter.com/zWgiVbEp8N
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 7, 2021

Grassley’s office releases GOP version of the report, with the GOP senator pushing back on Durbin’s report and defending Trump, saying he “listened to his senior advisors and followed their advice and recommendations” https://t.co/s3InEAJqGF
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 7, 2021

Here are the links to their witness testimony. https://t.co/EZQ637DHl7
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 11:18pm

Maggie's always watching the grifter for clues:

Twice on Hannity, Hannity has tried to bait Trump to trash someone more aggressively. Once was against Merrick Garland. Trump noticeably offered praise for the man who happens to oversee a massive entity that can charge people with crimes.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 8, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/07/2021 - 11:22pm

New: Trump hid over $73 million in losses on his D.C. hotel, a new House committee report alleges.

Report also reveals Deutsche Bank USA modified Trump's loan in the middle of his presidency, allowing him to defer principal payments for 6 years.

https://t.co/5jKdVfmwAk
— Christina Wilkie (@christinawilkie) October 8, 2021

BREAKING: @OversightDems releases new evidence that #Trump concealed millions of dollars in losses & outstanding debts & had several dangerous conflicts of interests related to his Washington hotel.

READ: https://t.co/vQR0mfqmpS
— Oversight Committee (@OversightDems) October 8, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 10/08/2021 - 3:19pm

Capitol Police whistleblower delivers scathing rebuke to two of its senior leaders on Jan. 6 https://t.co/XcK26bvTjr via @politico
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) October 8, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 10/08/2021 - 4:51pm

Jason Leopold on Capitol police

pic.twitter.com/uQKF83H3Ds
— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) October 8, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 10/08/2021 - 6:51pm

‘A Desperate Play for Time’: Lawyers Dismiss Steve Bannon’s ‘Nonsense’ Refusal to Comply With Congressional Subpoenahttps://t.co/tVSAgVsb8T
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) October 9, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 10/08/2021 - 10:22pm

Bannon has a point - they should lock him *and* Trump up until Trump decides to comply. Unfair to make Steve suffer alone. What would Susan MacGregor do?

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/09/2021 - 12:28am

Liz Cheney corrects Rick Wilson!

This is not true. 1/6 Committee is making significant progress and we will enforce subpoenas. Committee statement coming soon. https://t.co/syn0Rux9wb
— Rep. Liz Cheney (@RepLizCheney) October 8, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 10/08/2021 - 11:25pm

The Devil went down to GA

https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/4-days-in-january-the-story-of-t...

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 10/10/2021 - 1:34am

things are not going too well for the big lie in Wisconsin:

'Shut this fake investigation down': Attorney general slams GOP election review, calls subpoenas unlawful https://t.co/R8pHfTHaVr
— Journal Sentinel (@journalsentinel) October 11, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 10/11/2021 - 5:42pm

‘They will be prosecuted’: Adam Schiff describes how select committee will crack down on Trump obstruction https://t.co/fwSRUtpbz1
— Heal the Planet (@fwtoney) October 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/13/2021 - 5:03pm

A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has repeatedly sentenced people who stormed the Capitol to more prison time than prosecutors sought, saying that even people who were not violent should face consequences for joining the unprecedented assault https://t.co/GAOrgfdEE7 pic.twitter.com/PUxfCsoFX3
— Reuters (@Reuters) October 13, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/13/2021 - 5:45pm

STEVEN MNUCHIN STEPPED IN TO PREVENT IVANKA TRUMP WORLD BANK APPOINTMENT

President Donald Trump very much wanted Ivanka at the helm, and it was the Treasury secretary who blocked her ascent.

@ TheIntercept.com, Oct. 10

(apologies if you already posted this here and I missed it.)

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/13/2021 - 7:56pm

FBI agents have executed search warrants at properties in D.C. and NYC linked to the Russian oligarch Oleg Deripaska. The search is part of a criminal investigation, people familiar with the matter said.https://t.co/m6jIE3yZuT
— NPR (@NPR) October 19, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/19/2021 - 8:13pm

Rep. Liz Cheney just now:

“Mr. Trump’s privilege arguments do, however, appear to reveal one thing: they suggest that President Trump was personally involved in the planning and execution of January 6, and this committee will get the bottom of that.”
— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) October 19, 2021

*get to the bottom of that (typo on my part)
— Jan Wolfe (@JanNWolfe) October 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/19/2021 - 10:06pm

Did Ivanka plant the pipe bombs?

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 10/20/2021 - 12:43am

FBI still looking for this Jan. 6 perp:

Help @FBITampa find Jonathan Pollock, who allegedly assaulted law enforcement personnel during riots at the U.S. Capitol on January 6. Call 813-253-1000 or visit https://t.co/iL7sD5efWD to submit a tip. pic.twitter.com/odkrJrpqlc
— FBI (@FBI) October 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Tue, 10/19/2021 - 10:25pm

Raskin scolds Gaetz after grilling him on Trump's election lieshttps://t.co/Yguic8pMee
— RJ (@RoyJone63827013) October 20, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/20/2021 - 9:46pm

Democratic lawmakers press Attorney General Merrick Garland to pursue criminal contempt charges against Steve Bannon, who's refused to testify or provide documents to the Jan. 6 committee https://t.co/YPKuL1cEtb
— Bloomberg (@business) October 21, 2021

AG Garland vows to apply "facts and law" if Bannon contempt case is referred to Department of Justice. https://t.co/87mf8jxpPv pic.twitter.com/STk7AqeBC8
— USA TODAY Politics (@usatodayDC) October 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/21/2021 - 3:32pm

so a few hours ago the House voted Bannon in contempt of Congress, 229-202 including 9 Republicans (gosh what a crowning achievement in your career, Steve!) so now it's on to Garland's DOJ to see how it will be prosecuted if at all:

Trump ally Steve Bannon held in criminal contempt by House of Representatives for defying a subpoena from the committee investigating the US Capitol riothttps://t.co/jhW71rCn0i
— CNN Breaking News (@cnnbrk) October 21, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/21/2021 - 9:44pm

On its site, Trump's social network Truth Social says its code is proprietary. But it's clearly using the open-source Mastodon codebase, which has the requirement for people who fork the code to make it public. So Trump violating license, etc https://t.co/CCzLM8chVu pic.twitter.com/tkiDqcgrFk
— Joseph Cox (@josephfcox) October 21, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/21/2021 - 7:37pm

what John Dean thinks on what Bob Woodward said on CNN:

It is long past time for AG Garland to appoint a Special Counsel to investigate the Trump Coup attempt and Jan. 6th. This (like Watergate and Iran Contra) must include simultaneous Congressional inquiries. Our democracy is at stake, for heaven’s sake! https://t.co/I6FvC1xD6r
— John W. Dean (@JohnWDean) October 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Sun, 10/24/2021 - 2:51am

John's old; Special Counsels don't work. Mueller did an okay job - half-ass cuz *he's* old too, but Barr buried his work. Now we got a holdover Special Counsel John Durham appointed under a witchy stormy moon out of Macbeth to stick it to the libs. How was Ken Starr, bringing us the scandals of blowjobs & Henry Cisneros' lover, while jailing Susan McDougal 18 months for contempt. Iran-Contra that didn't even find Cap Weinberger and Bush Sr.'s notes/diaries? That Iraq WMD leak thing where Scooter Libby today the dive for everyone with still a sweetheart deal?

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 10/24/2021 - 11:03am

EXCLUSIVE: Jan. 6 Protest Organizers Say They Participated in ‘Dozens’ of Planning Meetings With Members of Congress and White House Staff

Two sources are communicating with House investigators and detailed a stunning series of allegations to Rolling Stone, including a promise of a “blanket pardon” from the Oval Office.

By HUNTER WALKER @ RollingStone.com, Oct. 24

As the House investigation into the Jan. 6 attack heats up, some of the planners of the pro-Trump rallies that took place in Washington, D.C., have begun communicating with congressional investigators and sharing new information about what happened when the former president’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. Two of these people have spoken to Rolling Stone extensively in recent weeks and detailed explosive allegations that multiple members of Congress were intimately involved in planning both Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss and the Jan. 6 events that turned violent.

Rolling Stone separately confirmed a third person involved in the main Jan. 6 rally in D.C. has communicated with the committee. This is the first report that the committee is hearing major new allegations from potential cooperating witnesses. While there have been prior indications that members of Congress were involved, this is also the first account detailing their purported role and its scope. The two sources also claim they interacted with members of Trump’s team, including former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, who they describe as having had an opportunity to prevent the violence.

The two sources, both of whom have been granted anonymity due to the ongoing investigation, describe participating in “dozens” of planning briefings ahead of that day when Trump supporters broke into the Capitol as his election loss to President Joe Biden was being certified.

“I remember Marjorie Taylor Greene specifically,” the organizer says. “I remember talking to probably close to a dozen other members at one point or another or their staffs.”

For the sake of clarity, we will refer to one of the sources as a rally organizer and the other as a planner [....]

by artappraiser on Sun, 10/24/2021 - 9:14pm

How Charlottesville relates to Jan 6

Here’s my preview of the trial, which is 4 years in the making. Heavyweight lawyers from the firms Paul Weiss, Kaplan Hecker & Fink and Cooley are leading the case for the plaintiffs, who were all Charlottesville residents during the 2017 violence https://t.co/I6L3X8MhJ3
— Jacqueline Thomsen (@jacq_thomsen) October 25, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 10/25/2021 - 11:12am

Rep. Liz Cheney calls out GOP Rep. Jim Banks for falsely signing letter as the ranking member of January 6 committee https://t.co/KTbgdMoGuw
— CNN Politics (@CNNPolitics) October 22, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 12:06pm

Trump Is Now Accusing William Barr Of Rigging The Election For Biden https://t.co/ABmHKVCHAM
— #TuckFrump (@realTuckFrumper) October 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 10/27/2021 - 8:10pm

Trump's speech is bizarre - we should continually be amazed and exploring how it is that someone with such a strange grasp of the English language got so far. I continue to be reminded of of The Mule in Asimov's 2nd Foundation - a cartoonist jokester buffoon that was actually the most powerful creature in the universe with amazing psychic powers. I wouldn't go that far with The Donald, but that he continues to be underestimated and has left so much roadkill of sanctified ideas & figures in his wake is not to be disregarded. Days after Jan 6, Trump was toast. A week later he was essential and the guiding standard again, the Sine Qua Non. How's he do it? What's the mechanism, the actual scientific explanation?

The Italian translator's really in the splash zone today. pic.twitter.com/XlzZ292vDd
— The Recount (@therecount) October 16, 2019

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/30/2021 - 4:50am

From Russia with Love

… retaliatory crusade against Julian Assange. If they succeed, it will be another nail in the coffin of democracy—in our country and around the world. #FreeAssange https://t.co/cSSzVisznl
— Tulsi Gabbard (@TulsiGabbard) October 28, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 2:27pm

It's gone viral, so she did her job if you go for "all publicity is good publicity"? Russia agitators like agitation, after all.

by artappraiser on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 3:09pm

Yep, aware odd that - like clockwork

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 4:30pm

Lindell, Byrne, & Kray 2.0

A Nevada secretary of state candidate announced at a QAnon conference he’s launched a new group with support from three Trump-endorsed candidates—and Mike Lindell. https://t.co/lvIwrmEBb1
— VICE (@VICE) October 27, 2021

QAnon Is 4 Years Old and Believers Are Still Waiting for Hillary Clinton’s Arrest - VICE https://t.co/T75Xiuur03
— AlbieReal (@albie_real) October 29, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 10/28/2021 - 11:35pm

And there it is. QAnon influencer David Todeschini or "David Trent,” who accuses Democratic politicians of being pedophiles, is identified as - you guessed it - a pedophile. https://t.co/ZkdsYey5Vc
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) October 29, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/30/2021 - 1:43am

David Rohde has scary thoughts (but then he was held hostage by the Taliban so he's used to those):

Attorney General Merrick Garland may or may not prosecute Steve Bannon, but polls suggest that provocation is proving more politically effective than probity, @RohdeD writes.https://t.co/k7RxFyjZMd
— The New Yorker (@NewYorker) October 27, 2021

by artappraiser on Fri, 10/29/2021 - 12:20am

Chief Judge Roasts DOJ for ‘Schizophrenic’ Light Treatment of Jan. 6 Criminals Before Sentencing Tennessee TikToker to Probationhttps://t.co/9I95jepFS5
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) October 29, 2021

[...] Though she called it important to send a message “they are not trespassers, they are criminals,” Judge Howell said the government tied her hands by charging Griffith with a “petty offense” and recommending non-jail sentences for similarly situated defendants. She also imposed a term of 90 days of home confinement and a $500 restitution, a price tag agreed upon under the plea deal.

For roughly two hours, Howell roasted the government for describing the siege of the Capitol as the “crime of the century” and “resolving it with a Class B, petty offense.”

Casting this approach as “schizophrenic,” Howell blamed it for public confusion about the gravity of the attack on the U.S. Capitol.

“No wonder,” she said, audibly frustrated [...]

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/30/2021 - 2:56am

Howell: This is not a real cooperation agreement? A real cooperation agreement, defendant agrees to testify at a trial. That's not in this cooperation agreement is it?

AUSA: No that's not in this plea agreement.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) July 29, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 10/30/2021 - 5:22am

Maggie Haberman says:

Great story by the WaPo crew on Trump’s new money making effort and how he could ride it to another nomination https://t.co/kdmoj1kUqf
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) October 30, 2021

But I just can't believe it, I must be in denial, I can't believe people will still give such a loser money to do anything. Definitely "TrumpISM" still has powerful allure ( a reminder that's the case worldwide) but I just can't see the "Trump brand" as doing anything but harm to the cause. I just have this strong feeling that he's fading away, slowly drowning, not getting more powerful, more the loser stereotype every day.

by artappraiser on Sat, 10/30/2021 - 10:11am

"[Flynn's] Patriot Caucus was running operations out of multiple states, financed by Texas billionaire Al Hartman.

In Pennsylvania, Everett Stern was given 2 main targets to focus on: Republican Senator Pat Toomey and Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick." https://t.co/ubua4KVZmM
— Julie Laumann (@Otpor17) November 1, 2021

GOP candidate claims Michael Flynn hoped to blackmail U.S. officials into pro-Trump "audits"
Pennsylvania Senate candidate Everett Stern made the bombshell accusation in a press conference Saturday https://t.co/k6nZauaMA9
— Karol Cummins (@karolcummins) November 1, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 11/01/2021 - 12:45am

Bannon indictment threads

Let's start back on 10/23 when multiple sources were reporting that DoJ might be hesitant to indict Bannon until a legislative purpose could be established for seeking Bannon's testimony in the first place. 2/ https://t.co/9jaxSEGb64
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) October 31, 2021

First, there is nothing confirming that this is what will happen. I would strongly disagree with a months-long delay to secure a ruling on what we already know to be true: that the committee has a legislative purpose. BUT... 2/
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) October 23, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 11/01/2021 - 5:36am

Parler--a right-wing social media site--found the planning for January 6th so legally exposing that they informed the FBI about it. The posts were about killing politicians. They also described kamikaze tactics. The FBI did not act on the warning. https://t.co/JPAddBNmfi pic.twitter.com/gUJrwNU6q7
— Mangy Jay (@magi_jay) October 31, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 11/02/2021 - 8:14am

Seth's Trump/Ali occupation plan (long thread)

6/ The article also goes through Donald Trump's actions before and during the attack, establishing that his actions were explicitly, repeatedly, and unambiguously focused on one thing and one thing only: ensuring that the occupation of the Capitol went on for as long as possible.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 3, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Wed, 11/03/2021 - 5:58am

Durham/NYT Danchenko slander
(why Durham hasn't been fired is anyone's guess, I suppose that treasured special prosecutor status that kept assholes like Ken Starr going for years)

ERROR #1: The NYT calls Steele's work "Democratic-funded opposition research." In fact it was first funded by anti-Trump Republicans. After Trump won the 2016 primary, it *later* came to be funded by Democrats. So it was "anti-Trump research" funded by *both* parties' faithful.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 4, 2021

ERROR #3: The NYT darkly calls Steele's work "a compendium of rumors and unproven assertions." In fact, it's what's called "raw intel," and was *always* presented that way to *everyone*. Raw intel often comprises rumors and uncorroborated assertions. There was no subterfuge here.
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 4, 2021

and on and on...

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 11/04/2021 - 2:54pm

Trump's Jan 6 profits(emoluments? What emoluments? Price gouger-in-chief pulls another wicked scam)

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-dc-hotel-room-prices-capitol-riot-g...

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 11/06/2021 - 9:26am

A Pennsylvania election worker who was falsely accused of rigging the state's election for Joe Biden is suing former President Trump and some of his top surrogates, charging their lies about him led to numerous death threats and two heart attacks. https://t.co/LByNbTrB3f
— NBC News (@NBCNews) November 7, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 11/08/2021 - 2:18am

DOJ charge Bannon timing. or not.

But I don't think they would have done it before Matthew Graves, the new US Attorney was installed. Today is his first full day (he was sworn in on Friday). https://t.co/BUj8CrKawB
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 8, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 11/08/2021 - 1:03pm

headline story at NYTimes.com right now:

Flynn and 5 Others Subpoenaed as Jan. 6 Panel Looks Into Election Plot
The latest batch of subpoenas reflected an effort to go beyond the events of the Capitol riot and focus on the effort to overturn the 2020 election.
Michael Flynn, who served as former President Trump’s national security adviser, was among those called to turn over documents and sit for depositions.

WaPo has it on the story on the home page by not making as big a deal about it:

House Jan. 6 committee issues subpoenas to 6 top Trump advisers, including pair involved in Willard hotel ‘command center’

The Hill does have it as their headline story

Here are the six latest Trump allies to be subpoenaed by Jan. 6 panel

11/08/21 06:44 PM EST-with 3 reporters on it, that's atypical for them

(site says there's 12,700+ comments, but I should admit I doubt the accuracy of their counter sometimes)

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/09/2021 - 3:16am

Riots break out in more than a dozen major cities...

This is the grisly climax of a report published in mid-October 2020 by the Claremont Institute and Texas Public Policy Foundation’s (TPPF) called “79 Days to Inauguration,” prepared by “Constitutional scholars, along with experts in election law, foreign affairs, law enforcement, and media . . . coordinated by a retired military officer experienced in running hundreds of wargames.”

The GOP scripted a cosplay insurrection that largely anticipated and justified their over-the-top reaction on Jan 6 and in various state capitols - gets very Dawn of the Dead-ish in their fevered imaginations - sadly and shockingly not completely imagination.

https://www.thebulwark.com/notes-on-an-authoritarian-conspiracy-inside-t...

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 11/09/2021 - 6:11am

Trump's Hitler Youth

"One of Trump’s most high-profile Cabinet secretaries described [McEntee] to me as 'a fucking idiot.' But in 2020, his power was undeniable... As another senior official told me, 'He became the deputy president.'" https://t.co/XmH2hhTNmP
— Robert Maguire (@RobertMaguire_) November 9, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 11/09/2021 - 10:12am

Judge Rejects Trump’s Bid to Keep Papers Secret in Jan. 6 Inquiry

But a Trump lawyer has signaled an intent to appeal the ruling, which raises novel issues about an ex-president’s executive privilege powers.

By Charlie Savage @ NYTimes.com, Nov. 9, 2021 Updated 10:21 p.m. ET

WASHINGTON — A federal judge on Tuesday night rejected a bid by former President Donald J. Trump to keep secret papers about his actions and conversations leading up to and during the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol by his supporters.

In a 39-page ruling, Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia held that Congress’s constitutional oversight powers to obtain the information prevailed over Mr. Trump’s residual secrecy powers — especially because the incumbent, President Biden, agreed that lawmakers investigating the Jan. 6 riot should see the files.

Mr. Trump “does not acknowledge the deference owed to the incumbent president’s judgment. His position that he may override the express will of the executive branch appears to be premised on the notion that his executive power ‘exists in perpetuity,’” Judge Chutkan wrote. “But presidents are not kings, and plaintiff is not president.”

[Read the document Judge’s ruling]

Mr. Trump retained the right to assert that his records were privileged, she added, but Mr. Biden was not obliged to honor that assertion. The incumbent president, she said, is better situated to protect executive branch interests, and Mr. Trump “no longer remains subject to political checks against potential abuse of that power.” [....]

by artappraiser on Tue, 11/09/2021 - 11:10pm

Prosecutors Ask Judge to Sentence Jacob Chansley to More Than 4 Years in Prison for Crime ‘Against This Country and Democracy’https://t.co/28YzRHntIR
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) November 11, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 11/10/2021 - 8:29pm

Ex-MMA Fighter Who Punched a Cop at Capitol Gets More Than 3 Years in Prison, in Debut Sentence for Jan. 6-Related Assault Casehttps://t.co/Ts0df4KctQ
— Law & Crime (@lawcrimenews) November 10, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 11/10/2021 - 8:46pm

Durham Indictment is DoJ Embarrassment re Danchenko tuot;

I’ve decided to remove the paywall on this. America must know that the lies being told about the Danchenko indictment are an attack on America. https://t.co/u0AbR6dWsw
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) November 10, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 11/11/2021 - 3:56pm

BREAKING: A federal appeals court has temporarily blocked the release of White House records sought by a U.S. House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection while it considers an appeal from former President Trump. https://t.co/OyFHK2v3mE
— The Associated Press (@AP) November 11, 2021

Appeals court temporarily bars release of Donald Trump's White House records to the House insurrection-inquiry committee.
*Hearing set for Nov. 30.
https://t.co/bOfU7cQXob pic.twitter.com/BKb5hRnbZj
— Jim Roberts (@nycjim) November 11, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 11/13/2021 - 6:16pm

Steele & Ohr/FBI - perspective, dammit! Tip of iceberg.
So much more than these headlines misleadingly suggest.

There are 3 things that need to be understood in tandem:
1) Oleg Deripaska was exploiting Paul Manafort's vulnerability
2) Deripaska was PAYING STEELE to make Manafort more vulnerable
3) Steele also happened to be doing a dossier that got riddled with disinformation
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) November 16, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 11/16/2021 - 3:16am

One to watch. https://t.co/RtDz8NESNW
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) November 14, 2021

New London man faces charges in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Jeremy K. Baouche had secret clearance at Electric Boat. https://t.co/iB3dr9epqj
— JJ MacNab (@jjmacnab) November 14, 2021

also

As of tonight, there are at least 657 federal defendants in the US Capitol attack

So far....... pic.twitter.com/6dvhVskZKs
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) November 16, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 11/17/2021 - 2:02am

Rupert Murdoch took a dig at Trump, telling investors at News Corp’s stockholders meeting that conservatives can't move forward while Trump stays focused on the past.https://t.co/xOjUfKB8X7 via @axios
— Dr. Joseph Frusci (@JFrusci) November 18, 2021

by artappraiser on Wed, 11/17/2021 - 11:01pm

I thought the definition of "Conservative" was "staying in the past", at least by how they've branded themselves the last 20-30 years. But i wish Murdoch all the best, obviously - he has nothing to do with this feral regressive mindset, I'm sure.

by PeraclesPlease on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 2:26am

Now Jamie Diamond has cut off Don Jr.'s hopes and dreams:

JP Morgan Chase has canceled its agreement with the Defense of Liberty PAC forcing the canceling of a Donald Trump Jr event citing their policy of not funding orgs that promote, encourage, or facilitate "hate, violence, racial intolerance, or terrorism"https://t.co/KTweYkcb3C
— Malcontent News (@MalcontentmentT) November 18, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 11/18/2021 - 2:28pm

Don't be evil - sure Jan

Some of the YouTube videos specifically invoked or promoted QAnon influencer Michael Brian Protzman, who is known online as “Negative48” & is one of the main figures behind the gathering in Dallas. There were even hashtag pages on YouTube for him. pic.twitter.com/wZf9ke836q
— Alex Kaplan (@AlKapDC) November 19, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 11/19/2021 - 5:04pm

BREAKING: The FBI is conducting an expansive criminal espionage and Foreign Agent probe into a Russian diaspora group whose leaders promoted Trump's campaigns and events. The Russians have fled and the Russian Embassy is upset at the DOJ: https://t.co/0mgmdX1OKB
— Scott Stedman (@ScottMStedman) November 19, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 11/19/2021 - 8:33pm

Flynn paid former FBI agent Brian McCauley $28,000 and two weeks later McCauley lied about Hillary’s emails which was used to reopen the case against her — arguably costing her the election.

Hello? Is this thing on? pic.twitter.com/u6bWNGBIP5
— Jim Stewartson, Antifascist, #RIPQ (@jimstewartson) November 20, 2021

Look at Michael Flynn's statement about the invasion of Crimea. He says, Putin "will not allow the Russian federation to fritter away while he's in charge"... and he makes a weird joke about Georgia. pic.twitter.com/mJJzGMz9dJ
— Karen Piper (@PiperK) November 14, 2021

So, Putin gets Crimea, Flynn gets a paycheck from Putin and then heads home from Moscow to work for Trump. Or as Clapper said, "He would latch on to any Republican candidate, and then met Trump."

Now I really want to know who is funding the election audits. Foreign donations?
— Karen Piper (@PiperK) November 14, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 11/20/2021 - 5:14pm

Flynn's crooked pardon & Trump's obstruction of justice (trip down memory lane):
https://www.lawfareblog.com/why-flynn-pardon-matters
But Flynn keeps opening himself up for new unpardoned charges - will it happen?

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 11/21/2021 - 4:16am

Jared's $100m Covid bro scam
https://www.salon.com/2021/11/18/gave-100m-for-response-to-agency-run-by...
Just give money to friends, it'll work out. Don't need to actually produce anything.
and then there's Trump's kneecapping any pandemic response, resulting in obviously unnecessary deaths.
https://www.salon.com/2021/11/18/and-his-regime-committed--or-at-least-c...

by PeraclesPlease on Sun, 11/21/2021 - 4:26am

Michael Cohen, released from house arrest, says on teevee that Eric, Don Jr., Ivanka will probably be prosecuted:

@MichaelCohen212 https://t.co/JNl0YkQznm
— MeidasTouch.com (@MeidasTouch) November 23, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 11/22/2021 - 10:36pm

Internecine warfare on the right?

(Long curious thread)

If you're unsure who Conan Hayes is, here's an article on his shenanigans.

1AP's Robert Patrick Lewis is friends w/ Conan Hayes.

If you can't read the tea leaves, Wood seems to be implying the Flynns spied on Wood via Schroder's phone.@jimstewartson https://t.co/1sF02vN3qK
— Devin Nunes' Mom's Son Devin (@visionsurreal) November 25, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 11/27/2021 - 8:39pm

cross-link Why the Discredited Dossier Does Not Undercut the Russia Investigation @ NYTimes.com, Dec. 1

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/02/2021 - 2:42am

Federal Detroit Judge makes a stand against his courts being used for nonsense political ops:

Sidney Powell and a group of other pro-Trump attorneys have been ordered to pay $175,000 for suing public officials in an effort to overturn Michigan's election results.https://t.co/TRiO3jSYws via @axios
— Dr. Joseph Frusci (@JFrusci) December 2, 2021

The fine is too low for my taste, though; I'm sure that all-in-all, handling this suit cost taxpayers much more than that.

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/02/2021 - 6:55pm

Still waiting for an apology from Mark Meadows, Mike Pence, Keith Kellogg & other fmr colleagues from the Trump White House who called me a liar/disgruntled employee for telling Americans the truth about Trump’s recklessness on Covid when it mattered & not saving it for a book.
— Olivia of Troye (@OliviaTroye) December 2, 2021

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/02/2021 - 8:06pm

Pence on Christian Broadcasting Network:

EXCLUSIVE: @Mike_Pence on Jan 6th decision to certify election: “I don't know if President Trump and I will ever see eye to eye on that day or that many of our most ardent supporters will agree with my decision that day. But I know I did the right thing.” https://t.co/gPxP73kle7 pic.twitter.com/wUMPmeeovM
— David Brody (@DBrodyReports) December 2, 2021

Headline is 'I Believe There Were Irregularities' in the 2020 Election: What Pence Says to Angry MAGA Fans About What He Did on Jan. 6

but I notice that the url also promotes that he says he played a key role in Trump's pro-life picks for the Supreme Court

by artappraiser on Thu, 12/02/2021 - 8:13pm

Alt Mueller report in January

Did you see this today. Not sure if anything will actually come from it. https://t.co/qYnc5lt7Mn
— The Seniors Garden (@GardenSeniors) December 3, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Fri, 12/03/2021 - 12:46pm

What kind of editor was Mr. Mueller is the question?

by artappraiser on Fri, 12/03/2021 - 8:08pm

1) he seemed more self-estrained, even w/o Barr's machinations

2) i get the idea Weismann's team was out to document everything, prosecutable or not (especially if shut down?) which would be very good. We'll see. Final release more likely in Feb/March.

by PeraclesPlease on Sat, 12/04/2021 - 5:10am

BREAKING: January 6th Committee finds White House metadata on Jeffrey Clark letter pushing Georgia to overturn Trump's election loss. pic.twitter.com/134Cg9NYZW
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 4, 2021

People taking the Fifth, all of a sudden. Potential crimes committed in trying to overturn the election. And now, suddenly, the question of whether those potential crimes involve not just White House advisers, but people inside the Trump White House itself -who left fingerprints. pic.twitter.com/k5lZNjNfMc
— Maddow Blog (@MaddowBlog) December 4, 2021

Metadata: digital fingerprints showing who worked on what document when. All of the edits and rewrites...and editors!

Very Big News!
— Father Guido (@guido_father) December 4, 2021

by artappraiser on Sat, 12/04/2021 - 12:58am

Mike Flynn's brother's problem

The Jan 6 that never was

'Absolute liars': Ex-D.C. Guard official says generals lied to Congress about Jan. 6 https://t.co/Fenr7DLdJS
— POLITICO Pro (@POLITICOPro) December 6, 2021

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 12/06/2021 - 1:59pm

Which conflicts with this. pic.twitter.com/g04V0OLu0f
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 6, 2021

Longer thread

by PeraclesPlease on Mon, 12/06/2021 - 2:37pm

https://t.co/o1YrKD551S pic.twitter.com/mgcvg97ROS
— Radical Centrist, wrathful tantric deity (@RadCentrism) December 6, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/06/2021 - 5:54pm

laughing gif above goes with this one too:

Rep. Devin Nunes to leave Congress to become Trump media company CEO https://t.co/QBzI4jU3KG via @postpolitics
— Dr. Joseph Frusci (@JFrusci) December 6, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/06/2021 - 5:58pm

but this one not a laughing matter:

CNN Exclusive: Top Pence aide cooperating with January 6 committeehttps://t.co/VF25cCF7QN
— ToshaBNCTarheel (@broadwatertmb) December 6, 2021

by artappraiser on Mon, 12/06/2021 - 6:08pm

Meadows guilty as fuck punts

https://www.politico.com/news/2021/12/07/mark-meadows-capitol-riot-inves...

by PeraclesPlease on Tue, 12/07/2021 - 1:07pm

[Trump Scandals & Russian Interference] party like it's 2016

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