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"All this bulls--- about how the president is going to stay in office and seize power? I’ve never heard of any of that crap. I mean, I’m the attorney general. I would think I would have heard about it." -Bill Barr to the Chicago Tribune chicagotribune.com/columns/john-k…
Counterpoint, via @MarshallCohen's survey of ~20 former lawmakers, political strategists, legal scholars and historians cnn.com/2020/07/20/pol…

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Dec 11, 2022
We wanted a better understanding of what the special counsel's investigation around Jan 6 + the Mar-a-Lago documents looked like. Here's what we found...

New deep dive, w reporting from @PaulaReidCNN @KristenhCNN @jeremyherb @ZcohenCNN @evanperez and me: cnn.com/2022/12/11/pol…
@PaulaReidCNN @KristenhCNN @jeremyherb @ZcohenCNN @evanperez >>Prosecutors are asking about Trump's intent

Specifically asking witnesses whether there was a plan to steal the election and for Trump not to concede, and what Trump knew and believed heading into the Jan 6 riot
>>There's a long-running Jan 6 financial investigation that's largely flown under the radar

Former DC fraud/public corruption head JP Cooney is leading it. Now looking at possible misuse of political contributions, but this part of probe has checked out a lot of financial issues
Read 7 tweets
Dec 9, 2022
Happening now: Jay Bratt +DOJ prosecutors in a sealed hearing w Trump lawyers before Chief Judge Howell in DC. It’s about holding Donald Trump in contempt re: classified docs subpoena.

12+ reporters, our lawyer @CTobinJD waiting outside the courtroom, asking for public access
And the back story on this proceeding is here: cnn.com/2022/12/08/pol…
Read 4 tweets
Oct 25, 2022
NEW from @SaraMurray @evanperez and me:

-Late last week, DOJ moved to compel more grand jury testimony from Pat Cipollone, Patrick Philbin in Jan 6 probe
-That comes after BOTH Greg Jacob, Marc Short from VP office were compelled after court fight

More:
cnn.com/2022/10/25/pol…
Stepping back--The DOJ is getting A LOT done in under-seal proceedings right now in court related to Jan 6.

Pushing for more testimony by going to a judge for a court order, securing it--at least twice now.

We'll see how the Cipollone/Philbin dispute works out. That'll be huge
The reason the Cipollone/Philbin dispute is so important is that it could determine whether DOJ gets Jan 6 testimony from many others close to Trump

Such as: Mark Meadows, Dan Scavino, Eric Herschmann, Boris Ephsteyn, according to our sources
Read 5 tweets
Sep 29, 2022
Donald Trump is riding out Hurricane Ian at Mar-a-Lago.

Why? Because he had a lawsuit deposition scheduled for Friday (and didn’t move it somewhere more agreeable for opposing counsel)

This story broke open w a bunch of court filings tonight: cnn.com/2022/09/28/pol…
These letters have top tier lawyer sniping

Plaintiff counsel: “I expressed some surprise—I believe I used the word ‘walloped’” that Trump team headed to FL

Trump attys: “are currently sitting in the middle of a hurricane while Plaintiffs’ counsel enjoys the comforts of home”
Not to mention plaintiffs counsel John Quinn adding Hurricane Ian radar to his docketed correspondence to Judge Cave
Read 4 tweets
Jan 25, 2022
John Eastman is in court right now trying to challenge a House Jan 6 subpoena for ~19,000 of his emails, including ones related to Trump

So far:
-Chapman U, his employer, says he worked for Trump w/o permission
-His lawyer says he was working for Trump at MANY relevant moments
Judge David Carter nails down if he was doing work on behalf of client, when Eastman:
-briefed hundreds of state leg
-was at the Willard
-met w Trump & Pence Jan 3

Yes. The client was Trump, Eastman's lawyer answered.
Hearing isn't over. This is a hot one.
Read 4 tweets
Dec 22, 2021
Eight people have gone to court so far to try to block the House Select Committee's pursuit of information.
The latest: Michael Flynn

I dove into his complaint tonight, and how it fits among the other lawsuits/House subpoenas. cnn.com/2021/12/21/pol…
Flynn's lawsuit arrives 1 day after he was scheduled to testify to the House--and appears to be trying to hold off the consequence of his failure to appear

Flynn says he's challenging a subpoena to Verizon (that he assumes exists), and trying to assert his 5th
Amendment rights
One thing about all this talk of the Fifth Amendment in response to the House: You're only able to employ it during testimony or some sort of communicated response.
You can't plead the 5th to block the House getting info from, say, Verizon (as some of the these lawsuits try)
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