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Jul 24 5 tweets 2 min read Read on X
This is gonna be a long thread abt the IG Report on the Roger Stone sentencing, which shows that in extraordinary but not illegal move, Barr's DOJ intervened to override the sentencing recommendations from the prosecutors.

oig.justice.gov/sites/default/…
DOJ IG only got jurisdiction bc Aaron Zelinsky alleged political pressure in Congressional testimony, and others accused him of lying about that. Image
A bunch of people refused to cooperate with this investigation:

Bill Barr
Jeffrey Rosen
[probably] Kerri Kupec
Barr's incoming CoS
One of the AUSAs Image
Based on that available testimony, it's not that Barr was following Stone's sentencing. It's that Tim Shea reached out to Seth DuCharme and asked for a "steer." Image
The witness tampering sentencing had to rely on what got introduced at trial, which includes Stone's threat against Credico's dog Bianca and Stone's use of a crosshairs graphic targeting ABJ.

It did not include the FBI warning abt Stone's militia. Image

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Jul 24
Chris Wray tells Matt Gaetz that he's seen no sign of Biden decline.

Republicans are sad.
Gaetz' staffer is behind him, thinking Gaetz getting corrected is funny. Image
More. Image
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Jul 15
Also, she claims there has been little judicial scrutiny of this, ignoring the 4 precedents and Hunter Biden's similar challenge rejected by 2 Trump appointees.
Oh also: If she's right, statutes of limitation on Trump's alleged crimes go until 2027.

Hunter Biden's started expiring last year.
The hubris of someone with the confidence that these services rendered will be rewarded with a gratuity in a year's time. Image
Read 7 tweets
Jul 7
Some amusing bits about the media frenzy.

1) We've talked about little but Biden's age since January. Yet certain hacks with a gripe claim they were the only one telling that secret that led all the news.
2) CREDIBLE stories -- that is, the ones that quote people on the record and/or very specifically described people anon, rather than just inventing a conspiracy retroactively based on feels -- all describe a decline since January, and more in recent months.
3) MANY of the people posing as journalists appear not to understand there are two questions: Does he drop from the race, does he drop from the presidency.

Given that the more detailed reports are about STAMINA and speaking (not dementia), those are different things.
Read 7 tweets
Jun 25
Journalists (who should be smarter than right wing propagandists) all seem to be missing something about the MAL filing.

This blue leatherbound box is where these classified files were taken from -- the source of the famous pic released last August.

If you don't understand that, you understand almost nothing abt the filing.Image
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How do we know the blue leatherbound box = the classified docs in the August box?

Warrant returns are your friend!!

So are item numbers, in which this box is IDed as item 2 and its contents 2A. Image
Why does it matter that that blue leatherbound box = the August picture = Item 2?

Because that's one of the central things they're fighting over, and certain right wing propagandists are lying about.

Q pertains to treatment of cover sheets.
Read 6 tweets
Jun 25
DOJ releases new pictures of Trump's stolen document boxes getting dumped.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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Aileen Cannon is doing her best to prevent a trial before the election, but by all means make sure we get more pictures like this one (my annotations). This box had the most sensitive docs found.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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DOJ reiterates their assertion that the cover sheets in the famous photo, AND close to 50 empty cover folders, were in the blue leatherbound box when they found it.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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Read 4 tweets
Jun 24
Let's correct the false claims here.
1) Egypt National Bank convinced Beryl Howell they complied with this subpoena -- it's unclear how the Chinese records resolved.
2) Mueller didn't tank this investigation. After a long subpoena fight, he handed it over to DCUSAO.
3) That's precisely the same thing he did with Roger Stone investigation: After year-long subpoena delay, he handed over still ongoing investigation into whether Stone conspired w/RU on CFAA.
4) We know what happened to Stone investigation: Barr killed it, Trump killed it more.
5) We don't know, for sure, what happened to suspected Egyptian funding (via way of China??) investigation; it was killed in same weeks when Barr was killing most of the rest of Mueller. It's possible that refusal to subpoena Trump Org killed it.
Read 6 tweets

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