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JUST IN: Federal judge orders that ACLU gets "immediate and unmonitored access" to unnamed American detainee in Iraq. Also, DOD barred from transferring the detainee: documentcloud.org/documents/4336…
Yeah, the next court, with this panel, would be a tough fight:
The government is well aware of this panel, though, btw. (The panel ruled against the administration yesterday in the trans military ban case, and was hearing the undocumented teens’ abortion case.)
Here's the order in ACLU v. Mattis:
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Politico reports that the White House and senior Senate Judiciary Committee Republican aides are preparing for the possibility of a Supreme Court vacancy due to Justice Ginsburg's illness, including putting together a shortlist of possible nominees. politico.com/story/2019/01/…
Of course, you need a vacancy to have a vacancy. And, from all that we know and have been told, Justice Ginsburg's surgery was successful at removing the nodules, there is no other evidence of disease, and she is working from home and is planning to return to work. But ...
... Politico's reporting is not telling us about Ginsburg's status. It's telling us about what the White House and Sen. Graham's committee are already doing should there be a vacancy. And that — and the fact that it's happening — is news.
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In the grand jury subpoena matter, over the past 24 hours, the Post has reported — washingtonpost.com/politics/court… — that the corporation is "a foreign financial institution" and CNN has reported — cnn.com/2019/01/09/pol… — that lawyers from Alston & Bird have been involved in the case.
Here was my report on what has happened in the run-up to those reports: buzzfeednews.com/article/chrisg…
Incidentally, but I thought it should be noted: One of the lawyers named in the CNN report, Brian Boone, once represented AG nominee (and former AG) William Barr on an amicus brief at SCOTUS in a Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act case. americanbar.org/content/dam/ab…
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BREAKING: Supreme Court denies the foreign country-owned company's request to stay a contempt order resulting from its refusal to comply with a grand jury's subpoena. Chief Justice Roberts' "administrative stay" is vacated, so the result is the contempt order is back in effect.
That order of the court follows this request, made Monday but put on the docket today, to file a cert petition in the case under seal. Not clear what will happen with that now, but the contempt order (and associated fines) will now be back in place.
REDACTED DOCUMENT: Here's the redacted motion at SCOTUS, noted previously, of what appears to be the foreign-owned company seeking to file its petition for certiorari in the grand jury dispute under seal. documentcloud.org/documents/5677…
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Some fireworks in court this morning as a judge criticized the lawyer representing Concord Management & Consulting in the special counsel Russian troll farm case for his language and harsh words about Mueller's office in filings — "unprofessional, inappropriate, and ineffective"
The judge told attorney Eric Dubelier that his strategy was "ineffective" and that his approach to filings — including pop culture quotes (see: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/5676…) and accusing Mueller's office basically of lawlessness — was "undermining your credibility in this courthouse"
"Knock it off," Judge Dabney Friedrich told Dubelier. This then led to a heated exchange where Dubelier said he needed to consult his client since the judge had accused of unprofessional conduct, and now there might be bias from the judge. There's no bias, the judge replied.
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US vs Maria Butina - Govt's Opposition to Defendant's Motion for Bond Review, reasons defendant’s motion should be denied
- Defendant Presents a Serious Flight Risk
- Evidence is Powerful
- History & Characteristics of Defendant Support Continued Detention
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4841…
Butina reported about US Person 2 (reportedly George O'Neill Jr) & described establishing an informal communication channel, and that "he is willing to finance these events" and "will sponsor the American part of the enterprise in Washington and New York"
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4841…
Butina communicated via Twitter DM with Russian Official (Alexander Torshin) about his visit to a US gun rights org (NRA) event in May 2016 - a unique opportunity to "help form [Political Candidate 2]’s correct view of Russian-American relations"
assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4841…
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I have this "thing". It really bothers me when the people, who are supposed to be served by their representatives over donor money, have documents withheld for a SCOTUS appointment.

So - stay tuned for a big Kavanaugh document dump.

#OpKavanaugh
1/ Booker - Confidential - Kavanaugh emails on race

documentcloud.org/documents/4834…
2/ Kavanaugh - President Grand Jury Testimony
documentcloud.org/documents/4742…
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Trump: Day 578
-Manafort Found Guilty on 8 Counts
-M Cohen Pleads Guilty to 8 Counts
-Un-indicted Co-Conspirator in Case
-GOP Rep & Wife Indicted on Fraud
-Ties Sec Clearances to Being "Nice"
-EPA Plan Will Prematurely Kill 1,400
-Seeks a Safe Space in West Virginia
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Day 683 since Donald Trump admitted to sexual assault — yet he’s still in the Oval Office
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Day 535 of NO EVIDENCE produced by Trump that his phones were tapped by Obama.

The FISA warrant Trump referenced targeted Carter Page. #TrumpLies
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#ROSNEFT #Trump #Qatar #Glencore #QIA #Putin #SteeleDossier
(Originally written December 16th 2016)
1.#CarterPage & #Trump associates stand to get 11 Billion Dollars or 19,5 % of Stock in #Rosneft, When #Trumps lifts Sanctions on #Russia

#ROSNEFT #Trump #Qatar #Glencore #QIA #Putin #SteeleDossier
2.This is from #SteeleDossier page 30 in which #Sechin offers #Page and #Trump 19,5 % of shares in #Rosneft

#ROSNEFT #Trump #Qatar #Glencore #QIA #Putin #SteeleDossier
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Accessible introductory information (as it sticks closely to the #PrimarySource, the #Senate's #CIA #TortureReport):
bostonglobe.com/news/nation/20…
" Read the Senate’s executive summary of the CIA torture report
The report found that the methods used by the CIA were more brutal than the agency acknowledged either to Bush administration officials or to the public. "
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"the CIA itself determined from its own experience with coercive interrogations,that such techniques'do not produce intelligence,"will probably result in false answers,'& had historically proven to be ineffective…[🤔]#futurepresident #withthestrokeofapen" assets.documentcloud.org/documents/1377…
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