In the Maxwell decision, the phrase "sensational and impure" is cited to the Second Circuit case U.S. v. Amodeo, decided in 1995 and governing public access issues, including for SDNY.
That case, in turn, cites another case for that language.
That citation goes to the Supreme Court of Rhode Island from 1893, a state court decision outside the Second Circuit's jurisdiction from the turn of the century.
Back then, a reporter wanted divorce records, the judges found, to satisfy mere curiosity. casetext.com/case/request-o…
Somehow in the ensuing century, that fin de siècle Rhode Island case came to inspire a public-access precedent in one of the most influential federal appellate courts in the United States.
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🚨The IC found Russian military fingerprints behind the Burisma narrative:
"In late 2019, GRU cyber actors conducted a phishing campaign against subsidiaries of Burisma holdings, likely in an attempt to gather information related to President Biden's family and Burisma."
The IC found multiple men tied to both Trump allies and Russian intelligence gravitating around Ukraine narratives, including Paul Manafort's associate Konstantin Kilimnik and Rudy Giuliani-tied Andriy Derkach.
These details have been woven into the updated story above.
George Pierre Tanios has been sworn in for his initial appearance. He has been informed of the charges against him.
The government has filed a motion to detain him.
The judge is reciting the charges against him and the maximum penalties connected to each one. (Those charges are detailed in the story at the top of the thread and they are found in the court papers at the bottom of the story.)
I first met @CaseySeiler covering the "Albany on Trial" cases, including that of the governor's former right-hand man Joseph Percoco.
There's a through line between that case and the nursing home and the sexual harassment scandals: how Cuomo tried to handle the investigations.
Before the Percoco case, Cuomo shut down the Moreland Commission, and the Times Union reported how a sexual harassment complaint against Cuomo went to his special counsel.
Casey identifies it as Cuomo's need for control as his "Shakespearean flaw."
Watkins rattles off the civil, criminal and congressional actions and inquiries since the Jan. 6th siege.
He calls for a shifting of the dialogue from a "lynch mob" mentality, a phrase Watkins has repeatedly used to describe the *reaction* to the noose-brandishing pro-Trump mob.
Watkins:
"Jacob Chansley is 33 years old. He does not have a passport. He has zero criminal history."
Save for his military history, Chansley has never been out of the country, he adds.
Weeks ago, I pressed Chansley's lawyer Al Watkins on whether his client would renounce QAnon. He first ducked the question and said his client would deliver a statement.
Chansley never did, and as seems clear here, stands by it.
During the ongoing detention hearing, prosecutors said that authorities found that Oath Keeper Jessica Watkins had bomb-making recipes from the "Anarchist's Cookbook."
Watkins just renounced the Oath Keepers during her detention hearing.
"My fellow Oath Keepers have kind of turned my stomach against it," she said, adding that she will cancel her membership when it is over and disband her militia in Ohio.
Jessica Watkins:
"We're done with that lifestyle... I think I'm going to focus on my business, your honor."
She added that she stands "humbled" and "humiliated."