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Had missed this: Rizwan Qureshi, who co-led the prosecution of Trump inauguration protesters, conceded that the U.S. Attorney’s Office for DC overreached when charging so many protesters they conceded hadn’t destroyed any property. #J20 washingtonpost.com/local/public-s… Image
Some background on the #J20 trials, an instance of prosecutorial overreach by DOJ that received far less attention than it should have at the time. huffpost.com/entry/protesti…
Here’s what Qureshi said in closing arguments in a trial in which the government conceded they had no evidence that any of the defendants had actually destroyed property huffpost.com/entry/inaugura… Image
Qureshi, a fellow Eagles fan, was responsible for one of the funniest moments of the trial: https://t.co/mk6W0JV1Xl
This was also quite a moment. https://t.co/44opNgjV3P

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Aug 9
NEW: One of the worst Jan. 6 rioters, David Dempsey, hit with 20 years in federal prison by a Reagan-appointed federal judge who has spoken out about the “preposterous” and dangerous rhetoric some Republicans have used in an attempt to “rewrite history" on Jan. 6.
Dempsey appeared to flash an “OK” sign as he was led out of court, several witnesses observed. Other rioters have yelled “Trump won!” as they were led out of court.

More to come:

nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
My report for @MSNBC:
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Jul 31
DOJ inspector general concludes, as folks who were paying attention four plus years ago did contemporaneously, that having Bureau of Prisons guards man civilian protests was a bad idea. Image
"Allowing federal law enforcement to operate with anonymity all but eliminates accountability when force is inevitably used against demonstrators." huffpost.com/entry/william-…
"A senior Justice Department official credited Barr with the idea of bringing in federal prison corrections officers, calling it an example of Barr’s 'outside the box' thinking." huffpost.com/entry/william-…
Read 11 tweets
Jul 25
“If [we] don’t have a charge, we don’t say anything about an investigation; we just don’t do that.”

From the OIG report on Willam Barr and the Trump-appointed U.S. attorney who helped fuel the ex-president's bogus voter fraud narrative back in 2020. Image
He announced his resignation just before the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, which was fueled by Trump's election lies. huffpost.com/entry/david-fr…
"Freed’s unusual conduct came under intense scrutiny from Justice Department veterans who noted it was “wildly improper” for a federal prosecutor to be making public declarations about investigations that could be used as a political cudgel and help undermine confidence in the electoral process." huffpost.com/entry/david-fr…
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Jul 24
DOJ inspector general's report on the Roger Stone sentencing recommendation (remember that?) is now out. It calls former interim U.S. Attorney Timothy Shea's leadership "ineffectual" and DOJ's handling of the Stone sentencing "highly unusual." Bill Barr refused to cooperate.
"we found that Barr had articulated his position about the sentencing recommendation both before and shortly after the first sentencing memorandum was filed, and before the President’s tweets." oig.justice.gov/sites/default/…
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"Barr was in the middle of listening to what others thought about the idea of a second filing when someone mentioned the tweets, and then 'the air almost went out of the room.'" Image
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Jul 18
Jan. 6 defendant Alan Hostetter's motion for release after the Supreme Court's ruling in the Fischer case, denied.
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“These conspiracy theories are no longer fringe." nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
“Once the Ashli Babbitt psy-op falls, this whole thing becomes undone."
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Jul 11
Re: The 6th

"there really is no centralized role in this for Defense or the Federal government components. This sits squarely in MPD's realm. I'm trying to tamp this down with the Deputy like I have the last couple of protests but this one may be different..." Image
From the latest batch of FBI emails on Jan. 6:

"It's her very first day in this position. He didn't tell her what the document was, or who wrote it, unfortunately and then went back to the 7th floor for more meetings..."

vault.fbi.gov/united-states-…
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"This has a huge potential to be a hot mess." Image
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