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Sep 19, 2020 4 tweets 2 min read Read on X
Collins and Murkowski are on record saying they wouldn't support a nominee this close to the election

Barring a reversal, one more defection would force at least a tiebreak >>>
Per the Congressional Research Service:

"On average, for Supreme Court nominees who have received hearings from 1975 to the present, the nominee’s first hearing occurred 40 days after his or her nomination was formally submitted to the Senate."

fas.org/sgp/crs/misc/R…
MCCONNELL: "President Trump’s nominee will receive a vote on the floor of the United States Senate."
Something I learned tonight: Mike Pence cast the first-ever tiebreaking vote on a judicial nominee back in 2018. Had never happened before that.

vice.com/en_us/article/…

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Apr 25
NEW: Takeaways from today’s SCOTUS argument:

1) Donald Trump could win by losing because in this case losing his most extreme argument means further delay of trial — and for Trump, delay is almost as good as an outright win

w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2024/04/2…
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2) The conservatives on the court contorted themselves to avoid discussing the specific case in front of them — Donald Trump’s attempt to subvert the 2020 election. They talked about FDR, Nixon and future presidents. But they rarely engaged w the present.

politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

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3) Alito and Sotomayor, the court’s two ideological poles, engaged in a clarifying colloquy. politico.com/news/2024/04/2…

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Apr 24
BREAKING: Arizona prosecutors have charged 11 fake electors for their roles in efforts to subvert the 2020 election. mcusercontent.com/cc1fad182b6d6f…
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There are *seven* additional people charged in this indictment who have not yet been served. So their names remain redacted. mcusercontent.com/cc1fad182b6d6f…
MORE: Trump is an *unindicted coconspirator* in this indictment. mcusercontent.com/cc1fad182b6d6f…
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Read 12 tweets
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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Read 11 tweets
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…
Read 7 tweets
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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