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Nov 3 11 tweets 5 min read
Prosecutors in the criminal case against Fmr FBI Dir James Comey have filed a response to defense's opposition to implementing a filter team.

Prosecutors want that team to review privileged materials seized from Daniel Richman during the Arctic Haze media leak investigation. Image The filing says that Comey has asserted privilege (atty-client) over five text threads of communications between him and Person 3 from the indictment, Daniel Richman, who was counsel to Comey at the time of the communications.

A filter team is the appropriate method of handling this issue.

The remaining evidence HAS ALREADY BEEN FILTERED and was provided by Richman.Image
Nov 2 31 tweets 12 min read
United States v. Comey

Defense files motion seeking disclosure of grand jury transcripts and audio recordings. Image "The record in this case raises a significant risk that irregularities in the grand jury process may have influenced the grand jury to return an indictment...

Those irregularities may create a basis for dismissing the indictment." Image
Nov 2 11 tweets 4 min read
In Washington D.C., “Everyone has interests with the Qataris.” Image "Qatar [has invested] heavily in Western knowledge production and narrative control."

At $6.25bil, Qatar is top five in foreign contributions to academic institutions in the U.S., with sources in Burmuda, Canada, Germany, and Japan filling out the other four.

Think tanks and policymakers have taken in over $9.1mil since 2019.Image
Nov 1 40 tweets 19 min read
United States v. Comey

Motion to Dismiss Based on Fundamental Ambiguity and Literal Truth
🧵 Image "after speaking for more than a minute, Senator Ted Cruz asked Mr. Comey to recall statements he had made three years earlier and to simultaneously address statements that Senator Cruz incorrectly claimed were made by Andrew McCabe, the former Deputy Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). In doing so, Senator Cruz never indicated that he wanted Mr. Comey to address the statements or activities of any person except for Mr. McCabe."Image
Oct 31 6 tweets 3 min read
United States v. Comey

Judge Nachmanoff has issued an order regarding prosecutor's request for the implementation of a filter team protocol to review potentially privileged material that was seized during the Arctic Haze investigation and may be informative to their case against Comey.

He's appointed Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick to preside over all proceedings having to do with the review of the privilege materials.Image In his order, notes that the "briefing on the government’s proposed filter protocol raises several legal questions that must be resolved before any protocol is authorized." Image
Oct 31 6 tweets 2 min read
United States Virgin Islands v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.

Do you recall when, in December of 2022, the U.S. Virgin Islands and victims of Epstein and Maxwell brought a complaint against JPMorgan Chase Bank over the bank's elationship with Epstein? Image The complaint alleged that JP Morgan "knowingly facilitated, sustained, and concealed the human trafficking network operated by Jeffrey Epstein" Image
Oct 28 7 tweets 2 min read
United States v. Comey

New ORDER from Judge Currie, who's handling Defense's Motion to Dismiss the Indictment based on Unlawful Appointment of Halligan.

He instructs the gov't to file, "no later than Monday, November 3, 2025, at 5:00 pm, for in camera review, all documents relating to the [Halligan's] participation in the grand jury proceedings, along with complete grand jury transcripts."Image It's been a busy past 24 hours or so on the Comey docket, as five amici curiae briefs have been filed in support of Comey and his motions to dismiss.
Oct 28 29 tweets 10 min read
United States v. Comey

Defense files in opposition to prosecution's motion for implementation of a filter team. Image A filter team is needed for a set of evidence that was seized per search warrant from one of Comey's attorneys as part of the Arctic Haze investigation.

You may remember we got a bunch of declassified memos on that investigation and ~half dozen others over the summer.
Oct 24 26 tweets 10 min read
In an announcement yesterday, the U.S. "Special Attorney" for NJ referred to an indictment against two individuals for a hack of the U.S. court systems, among other intrusions.

Is this the group responsible for the PACER hack? The indictment and arrests were made alongside partners in U.K. law enforcement.

The individuals are members of the Scattered Spider hacking group.

A DOJ Press Release describes a complaint, filed in NJ, against one of the individuals—Thalha Jubair. Image
Oct 23 22 tweets 9 min read
In November 2023, Binance and its found plead guilty to money laundering, sanctions violations and other offenses.

They agreed to pay $4.3 billion and enter into a monitoring program under DoJ and Treasury. Image
Oct 21 7 tweets 3 min read
"In other words, the indictment presents an inaccurate description of the testimony at the heart of this case."

PERSON 1 = Hillary Clinton
PERSON 3 = Daniel Richman

but

PERSON 3 ought to be Andy McCabe!

From Comey's Motion to Dismiss for Vindictive and Selective Prosecution Image "Mr. Comey expects to move to dismiss Count One based on a defense of literal truth." Image
Oct 20 6 tweets 3 min read
United States v. Comey

Nachmanoff quickly DENIES the prosecutor's motion to expedite a ruling on implementing a filter team protocol.

1) Defendants have yet to respond to the motion
2) Defendants have 14 days to do so as per local rules. Image Nachmanoff also notes that DOJ has had years to address the issue it is now in a rush to resolve; the IG report as well as the Fitzgerald-Comey relationship and memo affair have been public knowledge since 2019; Fitzgerald didn't suddenly become Comey's defense counsel—he's been that since Sept 25Image
Oct 20 5 tweets 2 min read
United States v. Comey

JUST FILED:

Motion to Dismiss for Vindictive and Selective Prosecution.
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Motion to Dismiss based on Unlawful Appointment of Halligan

These were expected and may be highly consequential to the case. Could kill it. Image I predicted the former would be a "hefty" filing thanks to the many words Trump, Kash, and others in the administration have repeatedly uttered against Comey in interviews, rallies, and posted on social media.

It is The filing is 51 pages plus almost 80 pages in exhibits.

Is it "more compelling than most" filings of this type? We'll have to read it to find out.
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Oct 20 18 tweets 6 min read
United States v. Comey

NEW: DOJ urges Judge Nachmanoff to quickly rule on their motion to use a filter team for evidence acquired from a separate investigation.

The evidence comes from an attorney and is potentially privileged...

And could lead to the disqualification of Comey's lead defense counsel, Patrick Fitzgerald.Image The attorney the evidence comes from has informed investigators that Patrick Fitzgerald is among the parties communicated with in the evidence. Image
Oct 17 5 tweets 3 min read
United States v. Comey update

Notable names joining James Comey's team:

-Michael Dreeben
Fmr Deputy Solicitor General, longtime DOJ prosecutor, and member of both the Mueller and Smith Special Counsel teams.

-Elias Kim
Litigator for Dept of Commerce and Solicitor General's Office. Experienced in appellate issues.

-Ephraim McDowell
Another alum of the Solicitor General's Office. Also worked in White House Counsel's Office.

-Rebekah Donaleski
Over a decade of experience as a prosecutor for the SDNY. Led the Public Corruption Unit there. Involved in the prosecutions of Senator Robert Menendez, Ghislaine Maxwell, and Michael Avenatti.Image Kim, McDowell, and Donaleski are all from the Cooley Law Firm.

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cooley.com/people/ephraim…
cooley.com/people/rebekah…
Oct 16 18 tweets 5 min read
While working as NSA, Bolton transmitted diary-like entries to family members that included national defense and classified information.

He did so via commercial message apps and his AOL and Gmail accounts. Image Between Sept 2019 and July 2021, Iran hacked Bolton's personal email account and accessed the classified and national defense information he had put in it.

Bolton alerted the US Gov't to the hack, but did not inform them of the classified and national defense information that was on it.Image
Oct 16 5 tweets 2 min read
NEW Superseding indictment in 2016 Philippine election money laundering case adds voting machine company SMARTMATIC as a defendant.

Venezuelan co-founder and exec of Smartmatic, Roger Alejandro Pinate Martinez, was already a defendant in the case. Other execs and agents are also charged.Image The charges against Smartmatic and other defendants include Conspiracy and Money Laundering Image
Oct 15 5 tweets 2 min read
Did he get busted stealing classified docs containing US Air Force assessments of enemy aircraft...

By print jobs stuck in the queue? Hahahaha! Image Printers track your activity by the, way.

As do all of the cameras, badge terminals, workstations this guy used to access and print the classified material.
Oct 15 8 tweets 3 min read
Oh really?

Hmm.... Image "an investigation seeking to discredit an earlier F.B.I. inquiry into Russia’s attempt to tilt the 2016 election in President Trump’s favor"
🤔 Image
Oct 14 18 tweets 7 min read
United States v. Comey

Discovery has begun to flow as Judge Nachmanoff issued an order setting deadlines and the appointment of a CISO.

Rule 16 material is due to be turned over today. Image The first piece of discovery, a single page, was produced to the defense at the end of last week. Image
Oct 9 4 tweets 2 min read
"President Donald Trump has tapped a career government attorney who worked behind the scenes for years to root out misconduct in federal law enforcement to serve as the Justice Department’s next internal watchdog.

The White House on Friday named Don R. Berthiaume to serve as the department’s acting inspector general, a high-profile position that oversees internal investigations into fraud, waste and abuse in the department and its component agencies, including the FBI and the Bureau of Prisons."Image Berthiaume spent 10yrs at DOJ IG and worked some notable cases. Image
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