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fromemptywheel
1 day ago

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly Asks DOJ for Signs of Life - emptywheel

Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly issued a temporary restraining order protecting Dan Richman's data and required DOJ to show active engagement to justify access.
fromemptywheel
5 days ago

Dan Richman Wants His Data Back - emptywheel

There are a number of articles ( Reuters, Politico) describing discussions about reindicting Jim Comey and Letitia James. Neither addresses the issue I lay out here - namely, that the ultimate goal of the Comey prosecution, at least, is to support the Grand Conspiracy in Florida, perhaps by obtaining at least probable cause that Comey lied to cover up the import of (Grand Conspiracy nutballs claim to believe) the "Clinton Plan" CIOL and Comey's decision to release a memo documenting Trump's corruption.
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fromemptywheel
2 weeks ago

Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer Confesses There Is No Indictment - emptywheel

As I have suspected since at least Friday, there is no Jim Comey indictment. That's because, rather than re-presenting the case after the jury no-billed on one count, Lindsey Halligan never re-presented the remaining two counts. In a shocking back and forth, prosecutors said that instead of presenting a new indictment to the grand jury after it declined to approve one of the counts, Halligan simply brought an altered version to the magistrate's courtroom for the grand jury's foreperson to sign.
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fromemptywheel
1 month ago

Tyler Lemons' Vindictive and Selective Bill of Particulars - emptywheel

Tyler Lemons' prosecution brief conflates evidence, omits necessary transcripts, and fails to clearly define what Jim Comey is being prosecuted for.
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fromThe Nation
2 months ago

James Comey's Indictment, While Without Merit, Is Part of Comey's Own Legacy

Jim Comey's DOJ leadership bolstered public trust, but recent politically driven prosecutions threaten the department's nonpartisan integrity and broader institutional trust.
fromemptywheel
3 months ago

CDC Shooting 2.0 - It's Coming from Inside the House - emptywheel

Back in 2004, Dick Cheney and the Bush White House were desperate to get the Department of Justice to sign off on an extension to an NSA warrantless wiretapping program. Complicating matters was the fact that AG Ashcroft was in the ICU at George Washington University Hospital and had designated Deputy AG Jim Comey to be the acting AG while he was incapacitated.
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