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BREAKING The final three defendants in the Whitmer kidnapping case have all just been acquitted on all counts in Antrim County court in Michigan. Eric Molitor, Bill Null and Michael Null were found not guilty by the jury after a 2 week trial.

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Tears in the courtroom and the Judge reminds everyone that "there will be no outbursts."

That means a total of five defendants were acquitted by juries in the case against five convictions. Four others pleaded guilty.
Gotta wonder what’s going through the heads right now of Shawn Fix and Brian Higgins, the two defendants in the Antrim case who voluntarily pleaded guilty. Neither testified in this trial.

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Social medial platform Gab is seeking to raise $5M in an SEC regulated crowdfunding effort.

Per the offering, the site, known for its far right users, has 5.94m registered users - well more than double those on Truth Social. Image
Some interesting stuff in prospectus:

- estimates the global social media market worth $193B and will grow to $940B by 2026 (>4x growth)
- Gab says it's not just social media but seeks "to build a parallel internet and a parallel economy"
-that includes: social network, video hosting, payment processing, video conferencing & ad tech
-GabPay, for example, has a fee of 1.9% + $0.15 per transaction. Built b/c Gab got kicked off Paypal and Stripe
-GabPro is a subscription program costing $15/month or $500 lifetime
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Mar 3
Smack in the middle of the 2nd FIFA trial - w/two ex-Fox officials as defendants - Mexican broadcaster Televisa has agreed to pay $95 million to settle a shareholder lawsuit accusing it of using bribes to win rights to the 2018-2030 World Cups.

reuters.com/article/televi…
The settlement is particularly relevant because prosecutors allege Fox won rights to the 2018-26 World Cups thanks to relationships cultivated through bribery. Televisa, Fox and Globo were all accused of corruption by cooperator Alejandro Burzaco, who has twice testified
Fox is not on trial and Televisa has denied wrongdoing. But the arrival of the settlement, which is not in evidence in the criminal case, is certainly interesting timing.
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Feb 22
A bill was just introduced in FL that would massively overhaul libel laws in the state & potentially the country. It comes 2 weeks after Gov. DeSantis spoke out on defamation

Among other things, the bill, HB991, would gut the "actual malice" provision under NYT v Sullivan. Image
I wrote about DeSantis' targeting of Sullivan last week, and how a growing number of Republicans are joining in efforts to roll back or overturn the landmark precedent. But this bill goes far beyond just that.

nytimes.com/2023/02/10/us/…
HB 991 goes after the reporter shield law and creates the presumption that statements from anonymous sources are false; it gives plaintiffs expanded leeway on venue, limits who is a "public figure" for libel purposes, and increases money damages. Image
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Dec 15, 2022
The company that licensed Trump's image and likeness for the $99 NFT trading cards appears to be one founded in 2021 by former Trump advisor Nick Luna and current Trump lawyer John Marion.

Its mailing address is the same as the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
Little is known about CIC, but a little digging shows that a manila folder seized from Mar-a-Lago by the FBI in August was marked "Serio Contract" and contained a contract with CIC Ventures and Gold Ventures, per a federal court filing.
Here's today's story on the Trump NFTs, by @MichaelCBender & @maggieNYT & @AlexandraBerzon

nytimes.com/2022/12/15/us/…
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So the questions are:

- who/what is NFT INT LLC?
- who/what is CIC Digital LLC?
- how can they make all these promises about access to Trump if this company or companies "is not owned, managed or controlled by Donald J. Trump" ? ImageImage
Quick skim of public records show an NFT International LLC registered in Wyoming in March 2021 and an NFT INT LLC registered in Delaware in in Feb 2022. Both using 3rd party firms to obscure ownership. ImageImage
There is a CIC Digital LLC registered in Delaware too; opened in March 2022. Again, no transparency on ownership. Image
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🎶 Tim and Ye and Milo and Nick 🎶
Great origin story:

So Ye was talking to Trump and then Alex reached out to Ye and said he should get to know Milo. And then Milo said, hey you should get to know Nick!
And on the way to dinner with Trump, Kanye was "impressed with Nick" and asked him if he wanted to go to the dinner. Karen Giorno, the Newsmax reporter, picked them up from the airport. And Jamar Montgomery (SP?) who is apparently an @Boeing engineer
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