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SDNY Calls DOJ's Definition of the Espionage Act an "Academic Interest"

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emptywheel
SDNY says that it's merely academic to a journalist whether the government might prosecute her under the Espionage Act for sharing already published information.
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Shrug: Beau Harrison's Renewed Memory about Trump's Lunge

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emptywheel
When the January 6 Committee asked Tony Ornato whether he had spoken to his officemate, Beau Harrison, about Cassidy Hutchinson's testimony, he said they talked about real estate. That's not how Harrison explained it.

On Speakers

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bmaz
Actual functioning speakers are discussed herein, no insurrectionists' approbation necessary
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How the January 6 Committee Investigation Maps onto DOJ's Known Investigation

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emptywheel
DOJ will be able to use the evolving claims that key witnesses made to the January 6 Committee to free up testimony in the various investigations Jack Smith is overseeing.
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Proving Trump's Corrupt Purpose: The Forgotten Unpermitted March

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emptywheel
Last year, Judge Amit Mehta suggested that Trump's call for his supporters to make an unpermitted march contributed to proof of his corrupt purpose.
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Ali Alexander Asked for 5-Minute Updates on Trump's Actions on January 6

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emptywheel
As Alex Jones and Ali Alexander led a mob from Trump's speech to the Capitol on January 6, Alexander was getting real time updates on whether Trump would follow.

Techniques Of Power

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Ed Walker
Power relations lie in the ability of one person to affect the actions of others.
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Supporting Those Who Make Good Trouble

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Peterr
There are lots of folks who work to fight injustice, making the kind of "Good Trouble" that John Lewis embraced, who need our support. Here are a few, and you can add your own in the comments.
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Judge Jesse Furman Gives DOJ 3 Pages to Reply to emptywheel's Bid to Liberate Sealed Transcripts on the Espionage Act

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emptywheel
Judge Jesse Furman must have found something novel or interesting in my National Security Counselors-supported intervention to liberate CIPA transcripts in the Josh Schulte case, because he just gave the government three pages to reply.
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Greg Abbott, King Herod, and December 28th

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Peterr
With Greg Abbott's latest bus caravan for asylum seekers, you have to wonder if Abbott knows about a certain refugee family in the Bible.
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The Money Trail Stuck in an Appendix of the January 6 Report

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emptywheel
The financial trail behind January 6 seems like an easier way to document that Trump's campaign knew he was lying about voter fraud.
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"Dumb & silent we may be led, like sheep, to the Slaughter:” Elvis Chan, Hacks, the Klan, and the Twitter Files

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emptywheel
After complaining that Twitter declined to be part of a revenge porn attack targeting Hunter Biden, Matt Taibbi is now complaining that DOJ enforced a law protecting the right to vote.
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Michigan's Fake Electors' Transcripts Limn Black Holes into January 6

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Rayne
In which we take another look at Michigan's fake electors who signed a false certification of election claiming Trump won in November 2020.
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December 27: The January 6 Committee's Blind Spots

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emptywheel
The January 6 Committee Report is out. As many people have pointed out, the report focuses on Donald Trump, telling the story about how he riled up a mob with The Big Lie and then did nothing as they launched a terrorist attack on the Capitol…
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Where Is The J6 Committee Beef?

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bmaz
Where are all the transcripts the J6 Committee should have sent to DOJ long ago, and be released to the public now?
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Zelenskyy wasn't the First Ukrainian President to Address a Joint Meeting of Congress

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Peterr
President Zelenskyy wasn't the first Ukrainian president to address a joint meeting of Congress, but he sounded a lot like President Yushchenko did in 2005. Slava Ukraini, indeed.
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The J6C Transcripts: Patrick Byrne's Conduit, Garrett Ziegler

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emptywheel
The things that Peter Navarro aide Garrett Ziegler would not testify about to the January 6 Committee map out many of the most important events.
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