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An open thread for discussing Super Tuesday results. The post So-So Tuesday Meanderings appeared first on emptywheel .

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/03/06/so-so-tuesday-meanderings/

During John Durham's testimony to Congress, he played dumb about how willingly Trump pursued Russian help. The post John Durham Feigns Totally Dumb about Russian “Collusion” appeared first...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2024/02/06/john-durham-feigns-totally-dumb-about-russian-collusion/

In his June testimony about his report, John Durham admitted that the reason he said Michael Horowitz was wrong to say Crossfire Hurricane was properly predicated was that he thought Horowitz sho...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/11/13/in-his-house-judiciary-committee-testimony-john-durham-confessed-that-michael-horowitz-was-right/

Durham set off in 2019 to chase down the conspiracy theories of people with close ties to Matt Gaetz. And Durham ended it by having Gaetz accuse Durham of the same things of which Durham accused ...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/06/21/in-the-end-the-leopards-who-launched-the-durham-investigation-ate-his-face/

A NYT piece on how the Biden Administration falsely believed Saudi Arabia had made a deal to increase oil production seems to suggest that belief was wishful thinking. But it also seems to requir...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/10/26/the-intelligence-gaps-where-the-saudis-hid-their-october-surprise/

Both Steve Bannon and Trump's own lawyers submitted filings yesterday pretending that Donald Trump was still the President after January 20, 2021. The post In Both Bannon and Stolen Document Ca...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/10/21/in-both-bannon-and-stolen-document-cases-trumps-associates-claim-he-is-still-president/

By demanding a Special Master under ridiculous terms, Trump has guaranteed his legal woes with continue to suck the oxygen out of Republican attempts to win in November. The post DOJ Has at Lea...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/09/10/doj-has-at-least-one-card-left-to-play-congress-instinct-for-self-preservation/

Adam Schiff claimed that it is unprecedented for a congressional committee to be so far ahead of DOJ on an investigation as he imagines the January 6 Committee is with the DOJ investigation into ...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/07/14/how-adam-schiff-proves-that-adam-schiff-is-lying-that-it-is-unprecedented-for-congress-to-be-ahead-of-doj/

The shocking and emotional part of the January 6 Committee hearing on Trump's pressure on states was the stories that targets of Trump's bullying told, including Shaye Moss' description of how Ru...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/06/22/rudy-giuliani-launched-a-lynch-mob-over-a-ginger-mint/

The many investigations into aspects of Trump's coup attempt each focus on parts of a much bigger conspiracy. And until we see all those pieces we won't see how they all work together. But there...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/01/15/january-6-deconfliction-this-is-part-of-a-much-bigger-conspiracy/

Amid all the speeches today as Democrats remembered last January 6th, Adam Schiff had some surprising words for two of his colleagues. The post “I Want to Thank My Two Closeted GOP Colleagues...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2022/01/06/i-want-to-thank-my-two-closeted-gop-colleagues/

In testimony before the January 6 Committee today, Ali Alexander plans to tell a false story about trying to de-escalate the mob that AUSAs prosecuting Owen Shroyer already debunked. The post D...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/12/09/doj-already-debunked-the-lies-ali-alexander-is-about-to-tell-congress/

The parallel investigations by Congress and DOJ provide a way for Joe Biden to waive Executive Privilege without learning details about DOJ's investigation. The post The Executive Privilege Puz...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/12/03/the-executive-privilege-puzzle-the-co-equal-branch-of-government/

Those with a platform would be better off defending the rule of law -- selling independents and moderate Republicans on the import of the January 6 investigation -- than whining that the investig...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/11/28/where-to-look-or-not-for-signs-of-life-in-rule-of-law/

The NYT has a key update on the HPSCI subpoenas, which is that the investigation was targeting a committee staffer, not Adam Schiff. But instead of focusing on that, Don McGahn got the NYT to ins...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/06/13/how-don-mcgahn-distracted-the-nytimes-from-the-hpsci-subpoenas/

None of the Attorneys General denying any knowledge of a subpoena "targeting" Adam Schiff are denying that a subpoena obtained records that happened to be from Adam Schiff. The post “Target:�...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/06/13/target-a-vocabulary-lesson-for-adam-schiff/

According to the Statement of Offense to which James Wolfe — the former Senate Intelligence Committee security official convicted of lying about his contacts with journalists — allocuted, Car...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/06/12/carter-page-believed-james-wolfe-was-ellen-nakashimas-source-on-his-fisa-application-less-than-a-month-after-the-story/

Now that Adam Schiff has learned that "it's just metadata" doesn't rule about abuse of surveillance powers, maybe we can have a broader discussion about how the government uses metadata? The po...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2021/06/12/some-perspective-on-the-politicized-leak-investigation-targeting-adam-schiff/

When you separate the story of Roger Stone's communications with Guccifer 2.0 from the WikiLeaks one, the August 15, 2016 asking how he liked the documents Guccifer 2.0 posted looks totally innoc...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/10/22/rat-fucker-rashomon-guccifer-2-0-the-go-between/

A whistleblower retaliation complaint from DHS intelligence official Brian Murphy crystalizes Trump's policy of racism and Russia. The post Racism and Russia: The Topics Brian Murphy Claims He ...

https://www.emptywheel.net/2020/09/10/racism-and-russia-the-topics-brian-murphy-claims-he-was-ordered-to-lie-about/