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Flynn’s lawyer Robert Kelner taking some public swings at FARA enforcement; says he told his clients it’s a “gotcha statute.” insidepoliticallaw.com/2019/03/10/u-s…
Kelner signed a pretty misleading letter when he filed Flynn’s false FARA registration statements for him. efile.fara.gov/docs/6406-Regi…
“This analogy... is it good for your overall ‘gotcha’ argument?” -me, if I was editing this essay
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An observation: As best I can tell, Francesco Cali (call him Frank) never appeared in a story in the New York Times until he was assassinated last night, at which point it was revealed to readers that he is the “reputed” boss of the Gambino mafia family.
This is also true of the Daily Beast, btw, which doesn’t bother with the word “reputed.” I can only find one story it’s run about Cali and it ran the night of his death: thedailybeast.com/gambino-crime-…
What is the source of Frank Cali’s repute to the New York Times as the head of the Gambino family, or The Daily Beast’s certain knowledge of his role? Police officials, apparently, but an affirmative statement like “this was the Gambino boss” is never directly attributed to them.
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southpaw
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If you read the indictment, it’s not immediately obvious why the evidence is so voluminous. Stone said some things to Congress. A few emails and texts purport to show he knew those things aren’t true and bullied other witnesses to keep them from contradicting his lies...
Assume there’s some more evidence not referenced in the indictment around Stone’s intent and the credibility of the witnesses they plan to call to authenticate and add color to the emails and texts... how does it all add up to 9 terabyte?
For a sense of scale, 25 hours of 4K ProRes video weighs in at about 7.75 TB.
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SDNY prosecutors seek emails from lawyer who ran back channel negotiations between Trump and Cohen after FBI raids nytimes.com/2019/03/13/us/…
It’s wild how these lawyers feel free to characterize attorney-client communications with Cohen in NYT interviews. Wild.
Welp, gotta read the whole story.
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DOJ announced it will place a former Mueller prosecutor in charge of #FARA enforcement and shift "from treating FARA as an administrative obligation... to one that is increasingly an enforcement priority.” MY THOUGHTS IN THREAD:
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(11/23/16) Lanny Davis reg'd #FARA for Dmitry Firstash:
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