So Terrence Bradley - Nathan Wade's divorce lawyer - worked hand in hand with Trumpian lawyer Ashleigh Merchant for months to get Fani Willis and Wade. And Merchant conveniently cherry-picked from hundreds of now revealed text messages. Interesting.

ajc.com/politics/this-… Now we know why Bradley didn't want to take the stand. He was secretly working to screw over his former client and law partner, as well as Willis . And both he and Merchant agreed she would keep his name and gossip out of it, but then Merchant subpoenaed him anyway. Unbelievable.

JUST IN: :Jack Smith says again Trump DC trial should not be televised. It is a scathing 4-page filing worth a read. A few nuggets

* 'He desires instead to create a carnival atmosphere from which he hopes to profit by distracting'. * Although the defendant proclaims that his goal is for the American public to watch the proceedings in this case, he has consistently made clear his desire to delay the trial in this case or to ensure that one does not happen at all.'

THREAD: Lisa Mesi is the principal who apparently denied at least 3 Black girls diplomas at their graduation from the Philadelphia High School for Girls. Who does this? (Video of 3 students after the jump) Video 1

THREAD: More Like a Mob Boss than a Former President, right?

Donald Trump criminally indicted twice, subject to other ongoing criminal investigations, & how about the company he keeps

Allen Weisselberg - Felon
Paul Manafort - Felon
Roger Stone - Felon
Michael Flynn - Felon

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George Papadopoulos - Felon
Michael Cohen - Felon
Rick Gates - Felon
Bernie Kerik - Felon
Walt Nauta - Indicted
Mike Lindell - FBI Search
John Eastman - FBI Search, facing disbarment
Rudy Giuliani - FBI Search, facing disbarment

George Santos tells a federal court he'd rather be locked up than release the identities of the suretors of his $500K bond. He says if the identities are revealed 'the suretors are likely to suffer great distress, may lose their jobs, and God forbid, may suffer physical injury.' Here's a link to a 3-page letter from his lawyers. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

1/ BOOM - Former GOP officials file friend of the court brief with the 11th Circuit saying Judge Cannon got it wrong. The TOC reflects the core arguments, including that an ex-President is entitled to no greater protection under the law than any other citizen. 2/ A friend of the court brief is an 'amicus' brief. It's filed by people who are not a party to the case - not the DOJ, not Trump - who believe they have an interest in the court's decision. So they ask a court - here the 11th Circuit - to also consider their legal arguments.

DOJ APPEAL FILED. Beauty opening sentence: "The district court has entered an unprecedented order enjoining the Executive Branch’s use of its own highly classified records in a criminal investigation with direct implications for national security." Another gem: "The court’s order hamstrings that investigation and places the FBI & DOJ under a Damoclean threat of contempt should the court later disagree with how investigators disaggregated their previously integrated criminal-investigative and national-security activities...

1/ Thread: FBI Probable Cause Affidavit. More Revealed. This thread shows information we can see in this filing that is blacked out (or redacted) in the earlier probably cause affidavit filing. Here is a link to the full new, less redacted, affidavit.
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… 2/ Paragraph 3. The second sentence is redacted in the eariler filing. It notes that documents containing 'national defense information' were stored in an 'unauthorized location' and were turned over by Trump in response to a grand jury subpoena.

This. Is. Nuts. On May 6 NARA told Trump they thought docs were at Mar-a-Lago. 3 days later, on May 9, Trump and aides were moving boxes to a private plane going from Mar-a-Lago to Bedminster. @petestrzok connected the dots and @cwebbonline made the video. Here is @petestrzok's tweet.

https://twitter.com/petestrzok/status/1568569527113338882

JUST IN: DOJ's response to Trump's 'Special Master' request. The DOJ fills in a slew of facts conveniently omitted from Trump's misleading request. This should be an eye-opener for the judge. Not good for Trump. Not good at all. Summary of Argument⬇️. Full filing after the jump. Trump's reply is due at 8:00 pm tomorrow. A hearing is scheduled for Thurs, Sept 1 in front of Judge Aileen Cannon. Appointed by Trump in 2020. Federalist Society member since 2005. Practicing law since 2008. What will Cannon do? Full DOJ filing here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

1/ 𝐓𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 - More Trouble for Trump Connected Lawyer. NYT reports that a lawyer for Trump provided the DOJ with a written statement that all docs marked classified were returned. This could have disastrous ramifications for the attorney. What else has happened to lawyers... 2/ ...connected to Trump?
Rudy Giuliani. The FBI raided Rudy over a year ago and seized 18 devices. Rudy's NY bar license is suspended. As for his DC license, a disbarment hearing is scheduled for Oct. He's also been subpoenad in the Fani Willis Georgia criminal investigation.

1/ 'A violinist played for 45 minutes in a Washington DC subway. A handful of people stopped, a couple clapped, and the violinist managed to raise about $30 in tips.
No one knew this, but the violinist was Joshua Bell, one of the best musicians in the world. 2/ In that subway, Joshua played one of the most intricate pieces ever written with a violin worth 3.5 million dollars.
Two days before he played in the subway, Joshua Bell sold out a theater in Boston and the seats averaged about $100.

1/ Thread: How are things with lawyers connected to Trump World?

A new DOJ filing accuses Steve Bannon's lawyer Robert Costello of lying to the J6 Committee. Costello is a long time friend of Rudy Giuliani who he's also represented.

The FBI raided Rudy . . . 2/ over a year ago and seized 18 of electronic devices. Giuliani's bar license is suspended in New York and the DC bar has filed ethics charges against him.

Jeffrey Clark, Trump's coup stooge, was recently outside in his drawers as the authorities raided his home. . .

Jeann Lugo, a white male cop running for Rhode Island Senate as a Republican, hit his black female Democratic opponent Jennifer Rourke in the face twice last night after she spoke at an abortion rally. Lugo is now under investigation and has deleted his Twitter account. A video of the incident is captured here...

https://twitter.com/jenrourke29/status/1540702320907935744

1/ Thread: January 6th - Looking Back. We knew almost all of this way back on January 7th, 2021.
* Photos surfaced of Jacob 'QAnon Shaman' Chansley with Rudy Giuliani in Nov 2020. Behind Rudy in the photo is Bernie Kerik who has been close to Giuliani since about the 1980s. 2/ Kerik was NYPD Commish when Rudy was Mayor of NY & received a Trump pardon in early 2020 for several felonies from years earlier. Kerik was also on a #FightBack Foundation Board soliciting donations to combat the 'radical left' with Lin Wood, yes the 'execute Mike Pence' guy.

Photos from 9/11. We were very close. My roommate took each of these photos. Horrific day beyond words. #NeverForget /1 2/

Folks, Chase likely did not close Mike Flynn's accounts simply b/c they don't like him. There are things called "suspicious activity reports" or "SARS." While I don't know for sure, this very well could have something to do with it. (More after the jump) You can get a general sense of SARS reports here. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspiciou…

Losing. Losing. Losing. Lin Wood smacked down by the 11th Circuit. (1/2) 2/2 - Let's not forget Lin Wood joined forces with Capitol Riot case lawyer John Pierce repping Kyle Rittenhouse. And joining ex-clients, other lawyers, and more Wood has accused Pierce of doing not so good things. . .hillreporter.com/lin-wood-throw…

"You are killing me." Brutal and graphic video of a man being arrested in Auorora Colorado. Gun held to head, pistol whipped, grabbed by the throat, cries for his life. How and why to cops thinks this is acceptable? What's going on? 2/3 Here is the full report of the attack on Kyle Vincent. Officers John Haubert led the attack and is facing three felony charges. Officer Francine Martinez, faces misdemeanor criminal charges for faliling to intervene. Full report.

https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1420398917947215873

1/5 - Lin Wood has beef w/ an ex-Navy Seal. The town where a Wood controlled LLC bought an $8M plantation in 2020 - Yemasee, SC - issued a warrant for the guy's arrest. Wood posted it to his 800K followers, and ran the guy down. Now the warrant is apparently being recalled. Hmm🤔 2/5 - A video which allegedly purports to cover related issues has been posted by @LinSpeaksLies. The Navy Seal is David Hancock, he gets a decent amount of ink in the @williams_paige Rittenhouse piece in the @NewYorker. Here is the video.

1/5 Is Paul Gosar blaming the @FBI for the Capitol attack? Per @alexwoodward, a Gosar fundraising email says "the @FBI might have had a hand in planning and carrying out” the January 6 attack. Gosar also surfaced in recent fundraising by troubled atty John Pierce 2/5 Pierce, who has disparaged, the @FBI, @TheJusticeDept & @StateBarCA, recently suggested that 'WW III' is 'underway.' Pierce has been reported to the California State Bar previously for inflammatory rhetoric.