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Sep 12, 2020 • 4 tweets • 3 min read • Read on X
Important story: Since @MichaelRCaputo arrived at HHS, political appointees have leaned on CDC officials to align coronavirus reports and findings with Trump's public message, @ddiamond reports >>>

politico.com/news/2020/09/1…
@MichaelRCaputo @ddiamond "In one clash, an aide to Caputo berated CDC scientists for attempting ...to 'hurt the President' in an Aug. 8 email sent to CDC Director Robert Redfield...'CDC to me appears to be writing hit pieces on the administration,' appointee Paul Alexander wrote"

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@MichaelRCaputo @ddiamond "Caputo also said that HHS was appropriately reviewing the CDC's reports. 'Our intention is to make sure that evidence, science-based data drives policy through this pandemic—not ulterior deep state motives in the bowels of CDC,' he said."
politico.com/news/2020/09/1…
Biden campaign responds to @ddiamond reporting, calling suppression of CDC reports by Trump appointees a “repugnant betrayal.” ImageImage

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Apr 22
There's some wild stuff in this newly unsealed (but heavily redacted) FBI interview from a high-level Trump-world person related to the classified docs investigation.

For example: the witness was afraid to have the interview recorded for fear of reprisal storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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And while the interview is primarily about the docs investigation, this person apparently witnessed Jeff Clark hand Trump the letter about Georgia electors: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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This person has a very low opinion of "person 24," who apparently tried to overplay a relationship with Trump and pushed the post-hoc claims that Trump had "declassified everything." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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Apr 19
JUST IN: The DC Circuit has upheld the conviction of former Ron/Rand Paul aide Jesse BENTON for orchestrating an illegal payment from a Russian national to the Trump campaign and RNC. documentcloud.org/documents/2455…
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Trump had previously pardoned Benton for *other* campaign finance crimes. The story of this particular contribution is really incredible. the Russian, Roman Vasilenko, really wanted to meet Oprah, Stephen Seagal or Jimmy Carter. documentcloud.org/documents/2455…
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Benton concealed Vasilenko's role in paying for tickets to a joint Trump/RNC fundraiser. documentcloud.org/documents/2455…

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Apr 15
NEW: How do you seat a jury capable of judging Donald Trump, one of the most famous and polarizing people alive?

Here’s what the former president’s prosecutors and defense lawyers think they need to ask to root out secret biases among jurors.

politico.com/news/2024/04/1…
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Forget the experts: Prosecutors and Trump defense lawyers have already told us what they think is necessary in four different Trump cases. And the questions they want(ed) to ask range from pointed and political to philosophical and a bit odd.

politico.com/news/2024/04/1…


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At bottom there are five clear categories aimed at delving into jurors’ minds:

-Opinions about Trump, the man and his presidency
-Views about Trump’s criminal cases
-Political views/activity
-News consumption
-Wildcards aimed at unearthing hidden biases

politico.com/news/2024/04/1…
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Apr 12
Some interesting tidbits in Walt Nauta’s May 2022 interview with the FBI. They clearly had some doubts about his veracity and whether he had been coached in his answers.

They repeatedly emphasized that he had apparently misled Trump to meet w the FBI. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

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At one point, the agents appealed to him to make sure he’d be “on the Govrnment’s side with this” because people risk/lose their lives to collect classified intel storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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This is where the FBI agents seem to indicate Nauta’s story doesn’t check out, and it’s where the interview gets a little tenser. Image
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Apr 8
JUST IN: Jack Smith files his opening brief at the Supreme Court re: presidential immunity. The crux: Criminal law includes a million safeguards and due process protections that render Trump's claims about politically motivated prosecutions meritless. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/2…
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👀 Smith argues that even if the Supreme Court sharply narrows the obstruction statute in Fischer, Trump's two obstruction counts are still valid because it would apply to the "creation" of false documents (a.k.a. elector certificates. supremecourt.gov/DocketPDF/23/2…
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NEW: Jack Smith argues that Trump's involvement in the false electors plot will salvage the obstruction charges against him no matter what the Supreme Court does in United States v. Fischer.

w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2024/04/0…
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Apr 5
NEW: The rising tension between Jack Smith’s team and Judge Cannon over her recent series of bizarre decisions — and non-decisions — has overshadowed one of the most important cases in American history.

w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2024/04/0…
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Trump has been eager to exploit the clear frustrations between Cannon and Smith, taking to Truth Social to praise his judicial appointee and accuse Smith of seeking to “play the ref” — which of course Trump was doing with that very comment. politico.com/news/2024/04/0…
Cannon flummoxed Smith with her request for competing jury instructions based on premises they view as totally meritless.

She has yet to set a trial date, a month after a hearing to discuss it.

And she’s allowed a backlog of sealed filings to build up, shrouding the public’s view of the case.

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