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BREAKING: A California Man Charged In Connection With Mueller's Russian Troll Farm Case Was Sentenced To Six Months In Prison buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Richard Pinedo was charged with selling bank account #s that allegedly helped Russians engaged in election interference evade PayPal security measures (no allegation Pinedo knew that). He'll serve six months in prison, followed by six months home detention buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Govt did not formally ask for a lower sentence b/c the limits of Mueller's authority meant they didn't act on certain info Pinedo provided (wouldn't say if they'd referred it to a US atty's office). Judge questioned if Pinedo was prejudiced because of that buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Pinedo will be allowed to voluntarily surrender. He didn't speak to reporters outside court (you can see him in the video behind his lawyer), his lawyer Jeremy Lessem said the sentence was "not the outcome that we were hoping for" buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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NEW: The federal judiciary now expects to have enough money from other sources to keep the courts largely business-as-usual during the shutdown through Jan. 18 (previously it was Jan. 11) — this is the latest from the Administrative Office of the US Courts (HT @hsu_spencer)
In order to make the funds that the judiciary does have (absent a congressional appropriation) last as long as possible, "courts have been asked to delay or defer non-mission critical expenses, such as new hires, non-case related travel, and certain contracts"
DOJ, of course, is already affected by the shutdown, so most judges have been approving requests or issuing blanket orders to delay civil litigation involving the federal govt during the shutodwn (criminal cases still have to proceed as usual)
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Some fireworks in court this morning as a judge criticized the lawyer representing Concord Management & Consulting in the special counsel Russian troll farm case for his language and harsh words about Mueller's office in filings — "unprofessional, inappropriate, and ineffective"
The judge told attorney Eric Dubelier that his strategy was "ineffective" and that his approach to filings — including pop culture quotes (see: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5676…) and accusing Mueller's office basically of lawlessness — was "undermining your credibility in this courthouse"
"Knock it off," Judge Dabney Friedrich told Dubelier. This then led to a heated exchange where Dubelier said he needed to consult his client since the judge had accused of unprofessional conduct, and now there might be bias from the judge. There's no bias, the judge replied.
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Remember how prosecutors accused Paul Manafort of breaching his plea deal? His lawyers are due to file a response today about that — recall that at a Dec. 11 hearing, Manafort's lawyers said they needed more time to decide if they agreed or not with the govt's claims re: lying
There's no time deadline on this filing due today from Manafort's lawyer, so it could come at any time before midnight, which is always fun
For a refresher on what prosecutors accused Manafort of lying about after he signed his plea deal and was supposed to be cooperating with the government (including allegations that he lied about contacts with Trump admin officials): buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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Michael Cohen's sentencing hearing has begun. Adam @eorden and @jriley8832 are good tweeters from the courtroom to follow —>
Recall that federal prosecutors are asking for a "substantial" prison sentence of about three-and-a-half years. Cohen asked for time served. buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…
Remember that this is Cohen's lawyer saying this, part of an effort to claim the importance and bravery of his client's cooperation, in an attempt to get a lower sentence and without needing to provide any evidence.
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Flynn files his sentencing memo, asking for probation and not jail time: documentcloud.org/documents/5526… / Last week, Mueller already said that his office was OK with no jail time: buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
This is the sentence Flynn hired @robkelner to be able to write:
Here’s @ZoeTillman, on tonight’s Flynn filing —> Michael Flynn Argues He's Different From The Other Mueller Defendants Who Lied And Went To Prison buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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BREAKING: Michael Flynn had 19 interviews with the special counsel's office, per the office, which says criminal investigation is ongoing in heavily redacted filing.
Correction: 19 interviews with the special counsel's office or other DOJ offices.
Here's our @BuzzFeedNews report, from @ZoeTillman —> buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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Breaking —
McConnell just sent out a request for unanimous consent on *fifteen* Trump judicial nominees. Onus now on Dems to accept & head home for the rest of the month.
— per reporter pool on The Hill.
By discrediting @SenFeinstein, Republicans move to confirm Trump judges with speed, stacking the courts. buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
Just Confirmed—
9th Circuit nominee Ryan Nelson —51-44
2nd Circuit nominee Richard Sullivan —79-16.
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#FunWithFISA🤗

If you are NOT an asset of a hostile foreign gov’t working to subvert the best interests of our nation you have no worries, but if you are an asset of a hostile foreign nation.

#FISAProtectsOurNation from assets/agents of hostile foreign nations.
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📌Yanjun Xu, a Chinese Intel official was extradited to the US to face charges economic espionage vs US & attempting to steal corporate trade secrets from US aviation companies.

📌This was the first time that a Chinese intel official was extradited to the US.
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📌📌📌Even more than Russia, China “represents the most complicated, most long-term counterintelligence threat we face,” the F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray,

Trump talked with Jeff Sessions’s own chief of staff about replacing him as attorney general

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Breaking: The Department of Justice announces in a court filing this morning that it will be filing a "Statement of Interest" — similar to an amicus brief — in the pending Harvard affirmative action case. John Gore is the top signatory, so, here we go.
Here's the motion filed this morning, which asks to seal part of what it will be submitting due to an ongoing dispute over whether materials in the case should stay sealed: documentcloud.org/documents/4801…
In plain English: The lawsuit alleges that Harvard is discriminating against Asian-American applicants, and the US will be taking a position in that case today. We don't yet know what it is because they have not yet filed, BUT ...
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