They’ll be able to later say things like “Jack Smith refused to answer my question blah blah blah”
But the limitations are real.
He can’t disclose information from sealed grand jury materials or proceedings.
He can’t disclose information that DOJ restricts prosecutors from discussing.
He can’t disclose information from his Final Report on the classified docs case that’s currently sealed by Judge Cannon—a secrecy that Trump endorses.
In October, Smith stated in a letter to Congress that he wished to speak with them and answer questions IN A PUBLIC HEARING.
He also asked for DOJ to restore his access to the special counsel files, guidance on answering Congress’s questions, guidance, and assurances that he won’t be “punished” for doing so.
🧵Former Special Counsel Jack Smith wants video of his 8-hour deposition released and continues to ask for the opportunity to testify in a public hearing.
This has been Smith's repeated request since October.
The reason it wasn't public is because House Judiciary Committee chair Rep. Jim Jordan declined to make it so.
Though he didn't rule out a future public hearing.
It would be great to get the video of the 8-hour closed-door session released and also have a public hearing.
Both sides will use it for political gain and reinforcement of their preferred narratives, so it will be annoying in that way but could also be useful...
They argue Richman's "is improper multiple times over," and "[his] Rule 41(g) motion is not a valid or meritorious motion for return of property, but instead a transparent effort to suppress evidence in the Comey matter."
"Richman does not genuinely want any property back—after all, the government merely has copies of his data."
🧵Just days after United States v. Comey was dismissed for Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan being unlawfully appointed, Daniel Richman, who is Person 3 from the indictment in the Comey case, filed a civil case against the DOJ.
Richman wants the property seized pursuant to the four Arctic Haze search warrants that were executed on him years ago returned and/or deleted and the government to be restricted from using any of it.
The materials gathered during that investigation became the source of much of the evidence in the now dismissed Comey case, and if prosecutors are going to refile that case, they will need these materials.
🧵 When a group of about 15 Antifa members attacked the Prairieland ICE Detention facility in North Texas on July 4th, vandalizing vehicles and structures and shooting a police officer, they invited a federal response that has now escalated into a landmark case.
*For the first time, Antifa was defined in a court filing.
*For the first time, charges of terrorism were leveled at Antifa members.
The Alliance for Global Justice (AFGJ)
The Tides Center
The Community Justice Exchange (CJE)
The Massachusetts Bail Fund (MBF)
The Minnesota Freedom Fund (MFF)
“race equity” is just racialism dressed up as fairness.