Lev Parnas's change of plea hearing on the Fraud Guarantee scheme has begun.

Asked by the judge whether he intends to plead guilty to conspiracy to commit wire fraud, Parnas replies: "Yes, your honor."
Asked whether he's satisfied with his legal representation, Parnas pays a compliment to his longtime lawyer @josephabondy: "Beyond, your honor."
Judge Oetken says: "There’s no plea agreement of any sort here."

Parnas agrees there is no such agreement.
Developing—

"Lev Parnas Pleads Guilty to Scheme Involving Fraud Guarantee, a Company That Once Paid Rudy Giuliani Half a Million Dollars" lawandcrime.com/high-profile/l… via @lawcrimenews

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Mar 28
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@January6thCmte chair @BennieGThompson releases a report recommending contempt referrals for Peter Navarro and Dan Scavino.

Here, the report notes Navarro went on @AriMelber's show a day after releasing a statement stonewalling the committee.

Doc docs.house.gov/meetings/IJ/IJ… Image
The report also details the "Green Bay Sweep," a plot to overturn Trump's election defeat that Navarro detailed in his book.

The @washingtonpost's video explainer here: Image
"In the days leading up to January 6, 2021, according to evidence obtained by the Select Committee, Mr. Navarro also encouraged Mark Meadows (and possibly others) to call Roger Stone to discuss January 6th." Image
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Mar 14
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An indictment will be UNSEALED against Andrey Muraviev, the Russian tycoon whose money Lev Parnas and his co-defendants were convicted of steering into U.S. elections.

That indictment isn't public yet.

Background:
lawandcrime.com/high-profile/f…
The screenshot is the full document, which can be accessed here. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Prosecutors say that the latest indictment doesn't say anything new against the previously charged defendants, who now stand convicted.

It contains new charges "only as to Muraviev," who prosecutors say has not yet been arrested.
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Mar 8
The Ghislaine Maxwell juror inquiry is scheduled to begin around 10 a.m. Eastern Time.

I'll be covering those proceedings live, @LawCrimeNews.

Catch up with background from late last month: lawandcrime.com/live-trials/gh…
Court is running behind schedule today. Standby.
Maxwell juror Scotty David enters, seated next to his attorney @toddspodek.

"All rise."

Judge Nathan enters.

AUSA Alison Moe for the government.

Bobbi Sternheim for Maxwell.
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Feb 21
Closing arguments will begin shortly in the federal case against Ahmaud Arbery's convicted murderers. Unlike in the state case, prosecutors ask a jury to find that they committed their crimes "because of Arbery's race and color."

ICYMI, opening statements lawandcrime.com/live-trials/li…
The first line by Christopher Perras, from the DOJ Civil Rights Division:

"There's a big difference between being vigilant and being a vigilante."
Perras says Arbery's killers weren't passionate about trespassing: "Travis McMichael even ripped down a 'No Trespassing' sign."

"This wasn't about trespassing. It wasn't about neighborhood crime. It was about race. Racial assumptions. Racial resentment and racial anger."
Read 40 tweets
Feb 17
"Judge Refuses to Quash Subpoenas and Depositions for Donald Trump and His Children: It Would Be a 'Blatant Dereliction of Duty' Not to Investigate"

DEVELOPING story, with the 8-page ruling inside:
lawandcrime.com/high-profile/j… via @lawcrimene
This is an absolutely blistering ruling.

Some highlights once I give the story an update. In the meanwhile, give the order inside the story a read.
Earlier this morning, Trump's lawyers argued that the civil probe was essentially a way to extract information without having to offer immunity that a grand jury would afford in a criminal investigation.

Engoron: "This argument completely misses the mark."
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Feb 17
New York AG @TishJames faces off this morning against Trump's lawyers on a motion to compel the Trump family, in the first hearing since the big Mazars news.

Follow our coverage, @LawCrimeNews.
Kevin Wallace is arguing for @NewYorkStateAG.

Alina Habba and Ronald Fischetti are arguing for Donald Trump.

Hon. Engoran presides.
Alan Futerfas is up for Eric Trump.

He says the motion to compel is "really unprecedented in the research that we could find given the facts of this case," calling it a "case of first impression."

He claims it raises "strong issues" about the attorney general.
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