The building inspector in Surfside has issued a statement.
“Among other things, our [2018] report detailed significant cracks and breaks in the concrete, which required repairs to ensure the safety of the residents and the public.”
Notice they’ve also hired a crisis PR firm.
The firm’s significant warning about “major structural damage” to the building is raised for the first and only time mid-paragraph on page 7 of its report and—as WSJ notes—another 2018 report rates the present condition of the structure, including existing slabs, all “good.”
The Jon Karl Barr story is important but also a huge missed opportunity. So Barr and his chief of staff want to put some distance between themselves and Sidney Powell and Rudy Giuliani… Why did they open the DOJ’s doors to each of them in unprecedented ways over the previous 2y?
Powell was given white glove service by the attorney general’s office as she sought to tank the prosecution of Mike Flynn after the fact; Barr embraced her scurrilous attacks on his people. And Giuliani was given a US Attorney by Barr to be his conduit for Ukraine misinformation.
Barr shouldn’t have a safe nest at The Atlantic to take potshots at these longtime allies without anyone even bringing up their previous association. He should be asked about it, pressed to explain it, and at the least the context should be shared with the magazine’s readers.
“The Manhattan district attorney’s office has informed Donald J. Trump’s lawyers that it is considering criminal charges against his family business, the Trump Organization, in connection with fringe benefits the company awarded a top executive” nytimes.com/2021/06/25/nyr…
“If the case moves ahead, the district attorney, Cyrus R. Vance Jr., could announce charges against the Trump Organization and its chief financial officer, Allen H. Weisselberg, as soon as next week,” NYT’s sources say.
I obviously have no idea how this particular story was constructed but remember, as you read about this, that leaks of this sort often come from the defense bar. It’s an opportunity for recipients of a target letter to frame the issues and try to persuade prosecutors to balk.
I think this is my favorite part of the discussion so far. Footnote continues in the second screenshot.
Giuliani lied repeatedly for months about the number of ballots Pennsylvania mailed. When challenged before the court, he didn’t defend the claim but blamed an unnamed staff member for feeding him the line. The court found there’s no proof that ever happened.
A class action litigator in California apparently inadvertently left a confession in time entries submitted to the court that his billable hours were inflated by nearly 2x. The judge noticed. scribd.com/document/51284…
via @KinseyAndrew, who has the details of the lawyers’ scramble to clean this up. One excerpt:
via @Ev4nGaines, the court held its show cause hearing for the class action attorneys who cooked their hours today. The judge didn’t hold them in contempt, but sanctioned them—fining each $10,000–and utterly shredded their explanations. occourts.org/tentativerulin…