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Dec 17 • 3 tweets • 1 min read
You know what’s weird about the 1/6-related opinions Chief Judge Howell released today? There were 4 email accounts searched—but the names of only *3* account holders (Klukowski, Clark, Eastman) are revealed. The other one remains redacted. 1/
And the discussion of that fourth “subject account” and emails found therein is also redacted. Smells like cooperation? FIN
p.s. Based on the nature of the opinion — which is to evaluate the seized emails for attorney-client privilege and work-product doctrine — I suspect the person whose name is redacted is, like Klukowski, Clark, and Eastman, a lawyer.

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Dec 17
Last night, I pointed out that a fourth person’s email account was searched, including for emails with Scott Perry. Initially, I thought that person — like Klukowski, Clark, and Eastman — was a lawyer. But I didn’t read closely enough. 1/
Chief Judge Howell makes clear in that June opinion that there were “three attorneys among the Subject Account holders” and then proceeds to analyze whether emails and “related documents” in each account can be handed over to DOJ’s investigative team. 2/ Image
I am still curious why all discussion of the 4th person is redacted. His/her cooperation could be the reason. Another possibility, floated by a DOJ vet, is that he/she isn’t someone who has come up publicly, so the redactions are there to protect the investigation’s integrity. 3/
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Dec 16
Ken Klukowski, an OMB lawyer who joined DOJ in mid-December 2020, has long struck me as a bigger character in the 1/6 story than is publicly known. And developments today suggest that he was indeed more involved in the plot to overturn the election than has been reported. 1/
When Senate Judiciary interviewed former Rich Donoghue in August 2021, they asked if he knew Klukowski, who sent Jeff Clark a draft of the "proof of concept" letter before he sent it to Rosen & Donoghue. 2/
But ultimately, while noting emails suggested Klukowski played a role in that letter, the Committee determined that the extent of his role was "unclear" given the "limited materials" produced by DOJ and witness interviews. 3/
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Dec 15
This morning, I went to a UPS store to return a pair of boots to Amazon. And as I was struggling to figure out the bar code reader on the kiosk, it started. “You aren’t even trying to help me,” she said. “You don’t deserve to work here.” 1/
From what I heard, I understand *why* she was frustrated. She mislabeled a package and wanted to find it before it was sent. She had been told by phone to go back to the UPS store; the guy behind the counter calmly & politely explained he couldn’t track it down. 2/
But then she lost it. She never raised her voice or used foul language; instead, it was a fusillage of entitlement and insults. 3/
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Dec 13
Last Friday, I introduced you to Beau Harrison, a former Trump WH operations aide who still works for the former president. His involvement in shipping records to both Mar-a-Lago and a West Palm storage facility may explain why he had to testify before a grand jury this month. 1/
Tonight, I want you to meet another potential witness in the Mar-a-Lago investigation: Desiree Thompson. Thompson was Trump's director of presidential correspondence; she also served in that role and others during the G.W. Bush administration.

georgewbush-whitehouse.archives.gov/government/say…
And like Beau Harrison, Thompson has continued to work for Trump since he left office. In fact, FEC records show she has been on Save America's payroll since 7/30/21, around the time GSA funding for the outgoing president's transition ended. 3/

fec.gov/data/disbursem…
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Dec 13
Tonight @maddow reported the D.C. Circuit held oral argument on what it means to obstruct an official proceeding under federal law. DOJ is appealing the dismissal of that charge in one case, but it could impact 1/6 cases broadly, including ones that have yet to be charged. /1
Many — me included — have floated the possibility that the statute in question could be charged against Trump and certain of his aides and lawyers. What I forgot, however, is that a CA federal court already held Trump and John Eastman likely violated that statute. 2/
That opinion arose when the 1/6 committee asserted that even if Trump and Eastman had a legitimate attorney-client relationship, any privilege was overcome by the “crime-fraud exception,” which allows discovery of otherwise privileged communications when a lawyer and client … 3/
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Dec 10
Tonight, as you and yours settle in for Netflix & Chill, I want to introduce you to a guy who looks like a Hallmark Xmas movie lead, but is playing a role in a far more interesting drama. Meet William B. (aka Beau) Harrison. 1/
Harrison is a former White House operations aide who, according to emails exchanged with the GSA in 2021, was also scheduled to take a role with former President Trump in Florida. See page 20 here:

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And he is married to another former WH aide, Hayley D'Antuono, who also made the move to Florida. Here's their wedding pic, courtesy of Politico:
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