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The EDVA Holdout Juror Has (Thus Far) Saved Paul Manafort $16 Million

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emptywheel
The holdout juror in the Paul Manafort case that thus far saved the defendant $16 million.
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Paul Manafort Is One of 37 People in an Omertà with the President

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emptywheel
Apparently there are 37 people in Trump's Joint Defense Agreement, including Paul Manafort.
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The $30 Million Leverage Mueller Has to Force Paul Manafort's Cooperation

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emptywheel
Little discussed in reporting on Manafort's efforts to negotiate a plea deal with Meuller is that he's already subject to a $16 million seizure and stands to lose $30 million more
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Richard Burr Pretends He Has a Basis to Claim SSCI Has [Searched for and] Not Found Any Evidence of "Collusion"

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emptywheel
Richard Burr went on TV and claimed his committee has looked for, but not found, any evidence that Trump conspired with Russia.
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The Other Thing Kavanaugh and Trump Share: Hidden Money Stories

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emptywheel
Along with the expected questions about law and GOP rat-fuckery, Sheldon Whitehouse asked Brett Kavanaugh some questions about his finances that may come back to haunt him.
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The Frothy Right Is Furious that Peter Strzok Pursued the Guy Leaking about Carter Page

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emptywheel
Mark Meadows has gotten the entire frothy right -- from Sara Carter to Donald Trump -- outraged because Peter Strzok and after him the FBI aggressively pursued the guy leaking about Carter Page.
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Is a Tie with Vladimir Putin What Makes Mariia Butina More of a Spy than Paul Manafort?

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emptywheel
Given my continued obsession with the border between the spying charge (18 USC 951) with which Mariia Butina got charged and the FARA charge (22 USC 611 et seq.) with which Paul Manafort got charged, I find this footnote from the government's…
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Brett Kavanaugh Thinks Using Stolen Emails Is Acceptable Behavior

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emptywheel
Whether or not you think Brett Kavanaugh lied about whether he knew, when asked in the past, that he was using stolen emails, it's clear that he doesn't think it was wrong to do so.
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Trash Talk Returns From The Dead

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bmaz
Hi there Wheelheads! Trash Talk has been on hiatus since April, nearly five months, and that was kind of a one off NFL Draft discussion. But real football is back, fall is...almost...in the air (hey, it's going to be 107º here today).
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Just before Mike Flynn Was Interviewed by the FBI, Putin Increased His Participation in the National Prayer Breakfast

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emptywheel
Over the weekend of January 20-21, 2017, Vladimir Putin increased his participation in the February 2, 2017 National Prayer Breakfast.
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The Government and Manafort Continue to Argue about the Agency of Being an Agent

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emptywheel
Mueller and Manafort continue to argue over whether sleazy influence peddling is like spying or just a minor paperwork matter.
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Brett Kavanaugh Called John Yoo His "Magic Bullet"

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emptywheel
Brett Kavanaugh found John Yoo's withdrawal from 9th Circuit consideration a 60 question mark emergency.
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Open Thread: Take the Ride

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Rayne
Because we really need to lance this wound, here's an open thread.
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Roger Stone's Excuse for His "Podesta Time in a Barrel" Comment Is Even Stupider Given the Paul Manafort Prosecution

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emptywheel
Given that we now know how desperately Paul Manafort was trying to cover up his ties to Ukraine in August 2016, a Jerome Corsi report that Stone claims was written in response to Manafort's plight cannot be about (as Stone has claimed under oath) John Podesta.
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Brett Kavanaugh Was In the Loop on (Broader) Precursor to John Yoo's Stellar Wind Memos

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emptywheel
Patrick Leahy just suggested he has proof that Brett Kavanaugh was involved in a September 17, 2001 memo that authorized surveillance broader than Stellar Wind.
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Bill Clinton Did Not Win an Election By Getting a Blowjob: The Danger of Lindsey Graham's Willful Ignorance about Russian Interference

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emptywheel
In his statement in Brett Kavanaugh's confirmation hearing yesterday, Lindsey Graham embodied the problem with Republicans' deliberate ignorance about Russian interference in the 2016 election. As part of his statement, he raised the…
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Mueller Ready to Get Trump on the Record on His Involvement in the Russian Conspiracy

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emptywheel
While the NYT has been reporting incessantly about an obstruction case against Trump, Mueller has been acquiring all the evidence he needs to know whether Trump's written answers denying involvement in a conspiracy are true or not.
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Would Rod Rosenstein Object to a Mueller Action before Brett Kavanaugh Is Confirmed?

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emptywheel
We've talked a lot about whether the upcoming mid-term elections would limit Robert Mueller's actions in the next 65 days. But would Rod Rosenstein prohibit Mueller from taking major actions before Kavanaugh gets confirmed?
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Spy versus Spy: The Two Alleged Agents of Foreign Powers Sitting in the Alexandria Jail, Part Two (Mariia)

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emptywheel
Why was Mariia Butina charged under 18 USC 951 but Paul Manafort charged under FARA?
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