
Trump's Pecker Got Him in Legal Trouble Before Conspiring with Russia Did
Trump was named in a guilty plea for his hush payments to former sex partners before he was named in the Russian conspiracy. That will change, however.

It Is False to Claim There Was No Follow-Up to the June 9 Meeting
Rudy Giuliani insists there was no follow-up on the June 9 meeting. That's not true. At a minimum, there were two weeks of attempts to set up a follow-up meeting, before Aras Agalarov realized he needed to set up a new channel of communication with Trump. And the same day Agalarov concluded that, Jared attempted to set up a new channel of communication from inside Don Jr's office.

Roger Stone Threatens to Sue emptywheel!
Roger Stone claims he's willing to undergo a deposition to prove that his rat-fucking isn't dodgy.

Democracy Against Capitalism: Notes on Class
Are three classes enough? Can workers reject domination by the rich?

Should Trump Run: Don McGahn Has Been Covering for Roger Stone's Pro-Trump Rat-Fucking for Seven Years
In 2012, Don McGahn protected one of Roger Stone's pro-Trump rat-fuckeries, Should Trump Run. He probably never stopped protecting Stone's rat-fucking.

Why Would Don McGahn (and His Lawyer) Cooperate in a Piece Claiming He Cooperated with Mueller (on Obstruction)?
Don McGahn and his lawyer might want you to believe they fucked up the White House counseling of their job if in fact McGahn fucked up the campaign finance side, which would more immediately lead to a conspiracy indictment.

The NYT's Latest McGahnObstructAPalooza: Sometimes "Cooperation" Is Just Cover Your Ass
Maggie and Mike write a long piece spinning what appears to be Don McGahn's CYA as "cooperation," all the while ignoring the conspiracy investigation, yet again.

Sometimes a Plea Is Just a Plea: The Ongoing Criminal Exposure of Mueller's "Cooperating" Witnesses
The sentencing memorandum in George Papadopoulos' case demonstrates that the plea deals for everyone but Rick Gates aren't as generous as often made out.

Government Claims George Papadopoulos Helped Joseph Mifsud Get Away
The government is letting Papadopoulos off easy, with a call for some prison sentence and for him to lose the money he got from a suspected Israeli spy.

The Epistemology of Security Clearance Dick-Waving
Richard Burr suggests only he and Mueller have access to the knowledge to decide whether Trump conspired with Russians to get elected. In doing so, he discredits the one congressional investigation that has thus far avoided partisan dysfunction.

Andrew Miller's Five Month Stall Leads to a Six Month Investigation of Roger Stone
By the time the DC Circuit hears his challenge to a subpoena to give testimony to Robert Mueller's grand jury, Roger Stone aide Andrew Miller will have been stalling for five months.

If You Have Rick Gates (and Omarosa) You Don't Need George Papadopoulos
Chuck Ross and Victoria Toensing are about to lead the Papadopouloses to contemplate something insanely stupid.

Democracy Against Capitalism: Class
Class: the dirty secret of capitalism.

There Are Still Mueller Prosecutors Whose Work We've Barely Seen
A census of what Mueller's prosecutors have been up to.

What Roger Stone's Latest Lies Tell Us about Mueller's Investigation into Him
Roger Stone may be a liar. But his piece on the investigation into him is more informative than the week-end's NYT puff piece.

The Dossier as Disinformation: Why It Would Matter
When I suggest the Steele dossier may include a significant amount of disinformation, people not only don't believe that's possible, but claim there would be no point. Here's what the point would be.

Mirror Mikey on the Wall
Wherein Mike Schmidt demonstrates his own lack of self-awareness in a tweet about Trump's lack of self-awareness.

Like a Rat-Fucking Stone: Russians and Roger Reading from the Same Voter Suppression Script
The Roger Stone SuperPACs that Mueller is investigated engaged in voter suppression that closely paralleled Russian voter suppression efforts in 2016.

The Sealed Sidebar: Kevin Downing's Attempt to Share Information on the Case in Chief Fails
On Tuesday, Manafort lawyer Kevin Downing tried to use the cross-examination of Rick Gates to release information about Meuller's case in chief.

Oleg Deripaska Probably Fed Both Parties Dirt in 2016 Election
Some communications records shared with Congress and leaked to right wing scribes add to the evidence that Oleg Deripaska was squarely in the middle of dealing disinformation in the Steele dossier.
