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NEW: US District Judge T.S. Ellis III, who presided over Paul Manafort's Virginia trial, will *not* face disciplinary action for his treatment of Mueller's office, per a new court order buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
"One might say that the judge may have been injudicious in his tone or choice of words, but one cannot say that his comments were so discourteous, uncivil, or 'bullying' as to 'transcend ... the expected rough-and-tumble of litigation'" buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
The order from 4th Circuit Chief Judge Roger Gregory does not name Ellis, but we confirmed that the ethics complaints were about him from a source familiar with the situation. The order also refers to the "high-profile, politically-charged" trial buzzfeednews.com/article/zoetil…
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The transition continues: Jeannie Rhee and several other special counsel office lawyers filed withdrawal notices today in the following cases: Roger Stone, prosecution of Russians for election interference/DNC hack, Manafort forfeiture, Andrew Miller subpoena fight
The US attorney's office in DC (and, in the DNC hacking case, DOJ national security division) will continue to handle these cases going forward
There were also withdrawal notices this afternoon from Rush Atkinson (Roger Stone and DNC hack cases) and Kyle Freeney (DNC hack case)
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A judge just heard args in BuzzFeed and @JasonLeopold's FOIA request for the Mueller report. Judge denied request for an injunction to have the report produced under FOIA by 4/18 — judge wants to wait and see what gets released by AG Barr on Thursday and go from there
But: The judge indicated he wants to move on the FOIA side of this, which involves litigating redactions, quickly. He said the AG had "created an environment" that caused a sign. part of the American public to question whether there's been full transparency re: the Mueller report
The judge told the government that it should start thinking about how he can assess whether they've properly withheld information under FOIA. This could mean "in camera" inspection by the judge — aka, the judge gets to read what's behind the redaction bars
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Zoe Tillman
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Here's the latest status report (filed Friday) in the Ms. L family separations class action: scribd.com/document/40635… Since the last report in late March, 10 more kids were released from US custody — three were reunited with a parent and seven went to sponsors
Here are the latest stats on the number of separated parents and kids who have been reunified so far, and the number of separated kids released to sponsors
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“Manafort may have gotten off easy with four years, but Ellis threw the book at Jefferson.  In 2009 Ellis sentenced Jefferson to 13 years, the longest sentence of any Congressman to that date.” forbes.com/sites/charlest…
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Why Was Stone Arrested Instead of Being Asked to Surrender? gatestoneinstitute.org/13649/roger-st…
If there was no legitimate reason for the arrest and handcuffing of this presumed innocent defendant, what was the illegitimate reason?
The illegitimate purpose of the arrest was to intimidate the potential witness -- namely Stone -- into not invoking his constitutional right to remain silent, rather than to testify as a government witness.
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Jeff @ themarketswork
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1) The SpyGate Scandal: What We Learned in 2018

2018 proved to be a year of numerous revelations that provided clarity regarding events leading up to—and following—the 2016 presidential election.

Advance Warning - Long Thread

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2) Dec. 1, 2017:

Judge Rudolph Contreras presided over the guilty plea of Gen. Michael Flynn.

Contreras would be forced to recuse himself from the case six days later.

Notably, Contreras is also a FISA judge and is acquainted with former FBI agent Peter Strzok.
3) Dec. 2, 2017:

The news emerged that Strzok and FBI lawyer Lisa Page had been removed from the special counsel investigation by Robert Mueller after Inspector General Michael Horowitz informed Mueller of the existence of incriminating messages between Strzok and Page.
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#Spygate: The True Story of Collusion How the United States of America's most powerful agencies were weaponized Against President @realDonaldTrump during 2016 Election & Today

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1) My latest @EpochTimes Nine Days in May: The Quiet Struggle Between Rosenstein and McCabe

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2) On Dec. 7, 2018, CNN published an article discussing events in the eight days following the May 9, 2017, firing of former FBI Director James Comey by President Donald Trump.

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The actual sequence of events is far more interesting.
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1) My latest @EpochTimes - The Rosenstein Memo
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2) The Aug. 2 Rosenstein Scope Memo was made public as a result of the Manafort trial.

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Up to that point, we knew only of original May '17 appointment document.

Contents of the Rosenstein memo remain classified and most, including members of Congress, don’t know what is within redacted sections.
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