@Joestradamus91@Shem_Infinite I wonder if Byrne is the "wealthy, connected U.S. person" mentioned in Butina's Statement of Offense.
@Joestradamus91@Shem_Infinite If Byrne is the "wealthy, connected U.S. person" in Butina's Statement of Offense, then Byrne is also "U.S. Person 2" in the FBI affidavit related to her case. Notice that the email sent to both anonymized names is identical. justice.gov/opa/press-rele…
@Joestradamus91@Shem_Infinite Now follow along ... on March 14, 2016, U.S. Person 2 (Byrne?) received an email from Butina saying that a Russian official (Torshin) expressed approval for building some sort of "communication channel".
@Joestradamus91@Shem_Infinite Byrne: "From July of 2015 to March of 2016 as I -- she -- she clearly was swanking around more and more in big shot Republican circles, including -- including people like Don Jr."
Don Jr?
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Allison Sands considered interviewing David Dagon. Ultimately, she never talked to him.
I think one objective of the hoaxsters was to get the FBI to talk to Dagon. We know that media stenographers Matthew Mosk (ABC) and Franklin Foer (Slate) contacted Dagon later that month.
Imagine what stories would have been written if Dagon told Mosk/Foer that the FBI was asking questions about the Alfa Bank allegations. It might have been good that the FBI didn't ask questions.
The judge in the Fort Worth case being litigated by First Liberty (not to be confused with Liberty Counsel) has certified a class action case of all Navy personnel who have requested religious exemptions. courtlistener.com/docket/6082406…
My reading of this order suggests to me that the Navy may not discharge any sailors who have requested religious exemptions. Consistent with last week's SCOTUS stay, the Navy may reassign unvaxxed sailors.
My understanding is that this applies only to the Navy. It does appear to apply to other military branches.
Navy loses another appeal. This time, the Navy asked Judge Merryday in Tampa to lift his injunction preventing the Navy from punishing an unvaxxed sailor. Judge denied the motion this afternoon. courtlistener.com/docket/6065072…
Judge Merryday said that the government "menacingly" announced its intent to appeal to the Eleventh Circuit if the District Court did not grant relief to the military within 48 hours.
Well ... no relief was granted.
Merryday also smacks the government's motion because it "persistently and resolutely cling[s] to the belief" that the military's command discretion "need not yield" to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act despite the orders of several district courts and and a circuit court.
Recall that a Tampa court prevented the Navy from removing a destroyer captain from command. Now the Navy says the destroyer is not deployable because of the captain's vax status.
You gotta love the response by lawyers for the destroyer captain:
"If there is injury to the Navy from shutting down the Commander's ship, it is self-inflicted and intentional."
The Navy has asked the judge to remove the emergency stay and allow the Navy to remove the unvaxxed destroyer captain from command. The Navy asks the judge to make that decision today, but I have to wonder if the timing is too aggressive. courtlistener.com/docket/6065072…
A destroyer captain had his religious exemption appeal denied on Friday. He is set to be removed from command today. Captain seeks to prevent Navy from removing him. Navy claims he waited to last minute for relief
Somethings happening today
UPDATE
U.S. District Judge orders Navy to respond to TRO request by 5:00 p.m. TODAY "[t]o receive consideration before an order resolves the pending motion."