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Jed Shugerman

@jedshug

2 months

@JoshKovensky 3/ This email from Chesboro to Eastman and Epshteyn is crazy:

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Jed Shugerman

@jedshug

4 years

Here's the context everyone is ignoring: The DOJ has had Parnas's phone & all these damning texts for 3 months. But we learn of them only bc a court order allowed Parnas to give them to the House a few days ago. Seems like Barr is covering up these crimes. And he's implicated.

Marshall Cohen

@MarshallCohen

4 years

Here's the context that Collins is ignoring: DOJ seized Parnas' phones and other materials when he was arrested in October, before he got the House subpoena. Parnas only recently got his devices back from the DOJ and secured permission from a judge to give this stuff to Congress.

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Before people get upset about not calling witnesses: I think Democrats understand the chances have increased significantly over the past 24 hours of Trump being criminally prosecuted for Jan. 6 (with witnesses, a real judge, and full legal process). Plus the Georgia call.

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Thread: A president under investigation for impeachment has never appointed a Justice. Not Nixon, not Clinton, not Andrew Johnson. Never. Democrats should make clear that if the GOP destroys this tradition, they will expand the Court to 15 in 2021 without filibuster.

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Why is anyone surprised that Trump approved of concentration camps in China? Just in case you were in a coma in 2018, Trump built concentration camps with child cages on the U.S.-Mexico border.

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Old bad conventional wisdom: Mueller is taking so long because there was no collusion. New conventional wisdom: Mueller is taking so long because everyone was coordinating lies. Future conventional wisdom: Mueller is taking so long because there are SO MANY CRIMES.

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4 years

I just voted in our primary, and I discovered I was officially an “inactive voter” because I “had not completed the census.” I 100% filed my census online last spring. Yet I had to fill out additional paperwork to vote today. This doesn’t make me feel better about November.

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Jed Shugerman

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I’d much rather have a special counsel/independent prosecutor investigating the Jan 6 insurrection than a “bipartisan” commission, which would be partisan, dysfunctional & ineffectual anyway. The Senate GOP blocking a commission makes a stronger case for a special counsel.

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Jed Shugerman

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4 years

I encourage everyone to read Bill Barr’s viciously partisan speech to @FedSoc . Its hackery and intellectual dishonesty is an utter embarrassment to the DOJ, @FedSoc , and to all of us (yes, me, too) who try to be intellectually honest about textualism & original public meaning.

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Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers the 19th Annual Barbara K. Olson Memorial Lecture at the Federalist Society's 2019 National Lawyers Convention

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Jed Shugerman

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3 years

The only reason we are up at 3 AM, instead of Biden winning clearly at 9 PM, is that slaveowners created a ridiculous mechanism to protect slavery in 1787.

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Qatar now says it "unwittingly" bailed out Jared Kushner and his 666 5th Ave. disaster. Excuse me? Many of us have been explaining for a year how Qatar has been bailing out Kushner. The question is why Qatar is admitting it now but spinning desperately... What news is coming? 1/

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@Reuters

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Exclusive: Qatar is attempting to keep tighter control of its investments abroad after finding out it may have unwittingly helped bail out a Manhattan skyscraper owned by the family of Jared Kushner, sources tell @Reuters

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The question is NOT whether Barr could read 300 pages and write a letter in 2 days. For lawyers, historians & many others, that's our regular day job. It's the opposite problem: He easily could have written _more_. Why is his letter so short? Why no Mueller executive summary?

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4 years

Sekulow just made a huge legal and rhetorical error. He went off script on Bolton’s book: “I don’t know what his book is. It’s Inadmissible!” If the book is inadmissible, then lawyers and judges ask for the admissible source... The witness himself. A “Meet the Author” session

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5 years

The reason why it's hard for the public to absorb the Russia conspiracy is that Trump is so obvious, explicit, and flagrant. We are experiencing cognitive dissonance in seeing a president repeatedly and openly conspire. It seems too crazy to be true. But it's true.

southpaw

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I was looking back at Trump’s first press conference in Feb 2017 earlier, thinking about fact checking Giuliani, and I noticed something else. Trump kept putting himself in Putin’s shoes, thinking about how Putin would perceive all the pressure he’s under.

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4 years

@DebraMessing @ArianaGrande ...next? (out-Break Free?) (Ghostin' on social plans?) Just keep breathin'... 6 feet away from me.

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5 years

I'm not a @maggieNYT hater. But the wagon-circling around her today by her colleagues is a sad commentary on journalism. Defensive. Obtuse. Y'all work at the @nytimes . You don't need to be each other's cheerleaders. Just hire an ombudsperson and show you learn from mistakes.

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4 years

@SethCotlar It's nuts that more Americans don't regard the Swastika with the same degree of revulsion that Germans regard the Swastika.

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6 years

Overlooked: Cohen’s admissions implicate Trump Org’s CFO Allen Weisselberg in a felony. Weisselberg is actually a much bigger player in Trump world than Cohen. If Trump was laundering Russian money for decades, Weisselberg participated and knows where the bodies are buried.

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Jed Shugerman

@jedshug

5 years

The Mueller hearing is in jeopardy because House Dems are fighting over getting their precious 5 minutes of airtime. A modest proposal: Give NONE of the House Dem members questioning time. Give all the time to 1 or 2 committee counsel experts. That worked wonders in Watergate.

Manu Raju

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5 years

NEW: Junior lawmakers on House Judiciary could get shut out of Mueller hearing — and they're not happy about it. “I’ll be disappointed,” Dean said. “Absolutely” there are concerns, Lieu said. “It’s definitely a problem,” Bass said. w/⁦ @jeremyherb ⁩

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@KFILE Love this ratio. If Warren did no legal work as a prof, we’d see articles about Warren the ivory tower all-talk, no-work professor. If she always took the labor side, she’d be framed as commie ideologue. Btw, I’ve become a better teacher as I worked as amicus on more cases.

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Jed Shugerman

@jedshug

5 years

“What might have gone wrong with Georgia’s election? Look no further than voting machine #3 . On machine #3 , GOP won every race. On the other 6 machines in that precinct, Dems won every race. The odds: less than 1 in 1 million.” @ajc @staceyabrams @GovKemp

Allegations of missing votes in Georgia turned over to Congress

Mystery of low vote totals in Georgia lieutenant governor's race lands in Congress after state election officials decline to investigate.

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Is it just a coincidence that Trump forced out DNI Dan Coats 5 weeks ago and replaced him with Acting DNI Joseph Maguire, roughly when a whistleblower sent "urgent" information about Trump's "promise" to a foreign leader? I'm constructing a timeline. 1/

Reuters | Breaking International News & Views

Find latest news from every corner of the globe at Reuters.com, your online source for breaking international news coverage.

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@jedshug

5 years

I thought “Never again” meant “Never again to anyone.” Not “We will make damn sure the Holocaust is Never Again relevant to anyone anywhere - despite actual concentration camps in 2019.” I was hoping to never again have to make this point, but here we go again. Thank you @AOC .

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@nypost

5 years

US Holocaust museum denounces AOC's 'concentration camp' remarks

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Whitaker says the only person in the briefings on Special Counsel investigation was: US Atty for Eastern D. of CA Greg Scott, covering Fresno. Guess who Fresno's Congressman is? @DevinNunes . What a coincidence. cc: @emptywheel @AshaRangappa_ @Mimirocah1 @jentaub

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@jedshug

6 years

Seems like a good time for a reminder that no president facing concrete evidence of high crimes and misdemeanors has ever appointed a Supreme Court justice. Ever.

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Trump administration now has three contradictory positions on family separation: 1. It is a good policy that the Bible requires. 2. It is a horrible “law” that is somehow the Democrats’ fault. Don’t ask us why. 3. It’s not our policy at all. All 3 are lies. Evil shameless lies.

Secretary Kirstjen M. Nielsen

@SecNielsen

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We do not have a policy of separating families at the border. Period.

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@jedshug

3 years

I think the House managers have done a great job. The problem is the Senate “judge and jury,” and as we’ve seen, the GOP Senators are only interested in obstruction and partisan spin. Let prosecutors investigate and then - in a real courtroom - get a clean shot at questions.

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4 years

Hi, historian of the Department of Justice here. Just a reminder that the DOJ was founded in 1870 to put professionalism, expertise, and independence above partisanship, patronage, and corruption. Some suggested reading for William Barr:

The Creation of the Department of Justice | Stanford Law Review

www.stanfordlawreview.org

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@jedshug

5 years

“Kushner, 37, and Prince Mohammed, 33, kept chatting… In fact, they said, the two men were on a first-name basis, calling each other Jared and Mohammed in text messages and phone calls.” Aww. Nothing brings people together like bribery, kompromat, and murder.

Karen Attiah

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This is INSANE. --> After Khashoggi's murder, "Mr. Kushner has offered the crown prince advice about how to weather the storm, urging him to resolve his conflicts around the region and avoid further embarrassments."

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3 years

So there was indeed election fraud in Georgia... @LindseyGrahamSC , call your lawyer.

Amy Gardner

@AmyEGardner

3 years

SCOOP: Ga. SoS Raffensperger says Sen. Lindsey Graham pressured him to toss legal ballots.

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5 years

3/ Barr said his letter was to summarize the Mueller report. Mueller surely summarized his own report at the top, and without including privileged material. If the executive summary were not damning, then Barr would have included it. Release the executive summary immediately.

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4 years

I propose a Nixon Rule: Presidents who walk away (resigning for high crimes or losing an election) get to keep their pardons & not face prison. Presidents who rig & delegitimize elections and/or refuse to leave office should face fed & state prosecution for felonies in office.

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7 years

Pence may now be implicated w/ S. Miller in conspiracy/aiding obstruction of justice,18 USC 1512 or misprision of felony @renato_mariotti

Maggie Haberman

@maggieNYT

7 years

Pence was in the Oval for key meetings on May 8 as Trump read his letter draft

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Jed Shugerman

@jedshug

6 years

1. The Trump/Alfa Bank server connection during the campaign wasn't random. 2. Trump and the GOP just appointed Brian Benczkowski, a lawyer who worked for Alfa Bank, to lead the DOJ's criminal division, and he refuses to recuse himself. What the hell is going on here?

Franklin Foer

@FranklinFoer

6 years

Dexter Filkins does a meticulous job revisiting the Trump/Alfa Bank server connection--and lands at about the same conclusion I did a few years back: This wasn't random.

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@jedshug

4 years

Barr is paraphrasing Nazi Hermann Göring in the Nuremberg trials: “The victor will always be the judge, and the vanquished the accused.” Note that the Attorney General and DOJ hold the power to swing a close election and pick the winner.

Brian Tyler Cohen

@briantylercohen

4 years

"When history looks back on this decision, how do you think it will be written?" Barr: "Well, history is written by the winners [smug laughter] so it largely depends on who's writing the history." These people are comic book villains. Cartoonishly evil.

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6 years

@realDonaldTrump “Tariffs are the greatest.” -said by no one ever with a basic understanding of economics.

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5 years

The Mueller Report does show illegal coordination and conspiracy with the Russian govt. The key is the difference between his "beyond a reasonable doubt" burden for indictment vs. a preponderance of the evidence relevant for impeachment. My @nytimes op-ed:

Opinion | The Trump Campaign Conspired With the Russians. Mueller Proved It. (Published 2019)

By the standards of a potential impeachment inquiry, the evidence is clear.

www.nytimes.com

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@jedshug

6 years

1/ The letter from Trump’s lawyers admitted to an impeachable high crime. It is close enough to felony obstruction/witness tampering. If that’s not an impeachable abuse of power (dictate a false statement to a witness and lie about dictating it), what is?

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5 years

Matt Whitaker's appointment as Acting Attorney General is statutorily illegal: Based on both a close textual reading and a purposive reading of the Vacancies Reform Act and the DOJ statute, 28 USC 508.

Whitaker’s Appointment as Acting Attorney General Is Statutorily Illegal

President Trump has designated Matthew Whitaker as acting attorney general to replace Jeff Sessions. Neal Katyal and George Conway and others, citing Justice Clarence Thomas, have argued that the a…

shugerblogcom.wordpress.com

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@jedshug

5 years

I hear a lot of anxiety about how litigation over subpoenas could take years. I always note that the Oval Office Tapes case, U.S. v. Nixon, took 4 months, from trial court to SCOTUS (April-July 1974). Well, here is another good sign:

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@jedshug

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Tonight @maddow offered an important Watergate precedent for Mueller's choice not to indict. Jaworski did the same, because he was delivering damning factual evidence to Congress to let them make their own conclusions. That may be Mueller's intent, but Barr may be thwarting him.

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3 years

I had said earlier and often that Trump would not face prosecution: the speeches themselves were *not* criminal incitement. But now: new questions of contacts before and during the insurrection arose. I think a criminal investigation is now likely, and an indictment is plausible.

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2 months

Nevermind. I'm a naive fool.

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3 months

I've skimmed the DC Circuit opinion rejecting Trump's immunity arguments. Yes, they took their time, but it was worth it. It's a thorough unanimous opinion that covers all the bases, so SCOTUS is more likely to deny cert, and more likely a trial starts.

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@KFILE Here’s a story about @ewarren , an amazing colleague for about 4 years until she went to DC. When I arrived at HLS in 2005, I had no idea how to teach a big 1L class. I didn’t teach or write in her fields, but she immediately invited me to watch her class and go to lunch after. 2/

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@jedshug

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@EricColumbus @LaraLeaTrump Now take into account density. Population density and Lara’s.

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4 years

I just deactivated my @facebook account, which I stopped using, and haven't missed much. But it's telling that Facebook asks for a reason for deactivating, it lists 9 reasons, but doesn't include: "I find Facebook's policies promote disinformation." #DeactivateFacebook

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Jed Shugerman

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I'm interrupting my 2-month Twitter hiatus b/c I've just found a highly relevant speech from the Ratification debates (1788): Against Presidential Immunity & Unitary Executive theory (interpreting the Opinions Clause). Future SCOTUS Justice Iredell, NC Convention, 7/28/1788:

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4/ #ReleaseMuellerReport 's executive summary immediately. There is no good reason not to, unless you're Trump... or Putin... Or covering for them both.

Why Did Barr Share Only Four Incomplete Sentences From the Mueller Report?

Barr does not share any of Mueller’s findings or analysis to explain how he reached his own conclusions.

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Incitement now turns not on his public speeches, but on the likely private communication behind the scenes amounting to conspiracy to incite riot and insurrection. The public speeches and phone calls during riot go to intent: 18 USC §2101

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2/ Let me be clear about this tradition: The Justices had the good sense not to resign under Johnson, Nixon, and Clinton during their scandals. But the tradition is obviously right: No president facing impeachment should be able to shape the Court hearing his own case...

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BRIBERY THREAD: 100% CLEAR. The House alleged felony bribery in Article I. The Trump lawyers are dense and/or in bad faith, so let's do this step by explicit step. Here's the bribery statute 18 USC 201: A. Corrupt B. Demand/Seek C. Anything of value D. For Official Act:

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Jed Shugerman

@jedshug

7 years

I've followed Kris Kobach's career for 20 years. He is seriously dangerous, a xenophobic threat to democracy. His job is voter suppression.

Ari Berman

@AriBerman

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Trump creating voter fraud commission today with Kris Kobach as vice chair. Will lead to massive voter suppression

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Time to formally open a felony obstruction of justice inquiry into @RodRosenstein for his role in firing Comey and then controlling/limiting the investigation into obstruction. Quite convenient & as many of us said for a while, a flagrant conflict.

Rod Rosenstein Should Recuse. He Can Do It Without Jeopardizing the Mueller Investigation.

This is no regular DOJ case. It is an unprecedented situation facing unprecedented political scrutiny and partisan assault.

slate.com

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@jedshug

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I think I caught a major legal error on p. 5 of the OLC memo on #Whitaker . OLC argues that the Vacancies Act applies to DOJ statute 28 USC 508, because the DOJ statute cross-refers to the VRA. That would be difficult b/c Congress passed 28 USC 508 before the VRA. See my thread:

Jed Shugerman

@jedshug

5 years

More reasons why Whitaker appointment as AG is illegal: Vacancies Reform Act arguably does not apply to the AG. Please read this report by the Senate Committee on Govt Affairs on the VRA, linked below. 1/ h/t @JamesDissent Adding to my earlier post:

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4 years

He knows his side lost at Gettysburg, doesn’t he?

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I feel like I've been on presidential emergency alert every day for 2 1/2 years. But thanks for the reminder.

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@KFILE @ewarren 3/ That Contracts class in September was probably the most amazing classroom I have ever witnessed. She knew every one of 80 students by name. She called on at least 30 of them over the next 90 minutes. And 97% of them were prepared. They were engaged, happy, and comfortable...

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“This paper is really two papers. But maybe it should be zero papers.”

The PhD Place

@ThePhDPlace

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What’s the most memorable feedback you’ve received on your work?

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5/ if this Senate trial called witnesses now: 1) It would have been an unprepared circus; 2) that GOP Senators would use to their advantage to muddy up the testimony and taint the testimony in bad faith; 3) and decrease legitimate need for prosecution. Only 1 bite at this apple.

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2/ Walsh's Iran-Contra Report and the Starr Report included a 1-page introduction or executive summary: 1) Written concisely, raising no exec privilege or national security concerns. 2) Presented damning conclusions. My guess is Barr held back the summary because of point #2 .

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The GOP had a giant indoor and outdoor party thinking they had a 5th vote to sabotage health care in America. And now they’re getting sick.

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@KFILE @ewarren 4/ She used no notes. She had the day's material memorized in her head as she walked around the room and asked detailed questions about the cases. She used the whiteboard for visual learners. She was both organized but also spontaneous and energetic - not an easy balance...

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“Qatari firm acquires Rosneft from Russia [Dec ‘16]. Kushner seeks money directly from Qatar. But Qatar does not deliver to Kushner. Kushner creates a crisis vs. Qatar w/ risk of war. Then the Qatar-backed Apollo Group delivers $184 million to Kushner.”

A Series of Revelations About Jared Kushner Have Added Further Credence to a Key Claim in the...

These dealings are also now a key line of inquiry for Mueller’s probe into Russia’s interference in our presidential election.

slate.com

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THREAD: Barr's Conflicts: Outstanding by @CrisLeeMaza on Bill Barr's financial ties to Russia-related entities: 1. Howard Lorber's Vector Group ( @DonaldJTrumpJr allegedly called Lorber about Trump Tower meeting) 2. AlfaBank 3. Ochs-Ziff 4. DeutscheBank.

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I’m enjoying the shift from Doom scrolling to FBI Arrest scrolling.

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If you assume Trump is stewing over the 2016 election (pushing Crowdstrike and Ukraine conspiracy theory) only because of ego and a need to feel he won legitimately... You’re missing the role it plays in pardoning Manafort, keeping him quiet, and serving Putin’s interests.

Jed Shugerman

@jedshug

5 years

1. Smart @MollyMcKew : “By embroiling Ukraine in scandal, Trump is advancing core Kremlin objectives.” 2. But go further: Trump coercing disinformation that Ukraine framed him is an effort to exonerate Russia & make Ukraine an enemy. Hmm, who might’ve wanted Trump to do this?

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Kamala Harris just obliterated Bill Barr. Just watch. My favorite parts: Harris calls Bill Barr "conflicted, biased." Barr invokes Rod. Harris says Rod was a key witness to the obstruction. Barr says he assumes Rod was cleared. Harris: "You don't know??"

WATCH: Sen. Harris, showing off prosecutorial prowess, puts AG Barr on his heels

Sen. Kamala Harris, in a blistering round of questioning during AG Barr's testimony for Senate Judiciary Committee, grills the attorney general on whether he reviewed the Mueller report's underlying...

www.msnbc.com

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I’m sure this has been noted thousands of times, but I still can’t fathom that @DevinNunes was ever chair of something called an intelligence committee.

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Potentially a big deal for suborning perjury/false statement/obstruction: 1. Did Sekulow or Abbe Lowell knowingly add falsehoods to Cohen's statement? 2. Did Trump, Ivanka, Jared or others tell Sekulow and Lowell to add lies? Atty-client privilege does not apply to crimes/frauds.

Shimon Prokupecz

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Michael Cohen has provided the House Intelligence Committee with new documents showing edits to the false written statement he delivered to Congress in 2017 about the Trump Organization's pursuit of the Trump Tower Moscow project. @mkraju

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Our era is a case study of how racism leads to authoritarianism. Racism is the easiest quid pro quo between crook-demagogues and a racist base: The crook offers a racist agenda in return for carte-blanche for any crimes, election rigging & corruption. The deal between devils.

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I'm seeing that Fox News just called Arizona for Biden. Big, if right. Biden now has a clear path to 270 without waiting for Pennsylvania.

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For goodness sake, his Treasury department is trying to lift sanctions for the obvious benefit of Putin, Deripaska, VTB, Rusal, and Putin-enabler Glencore. Yesterday, 43 GOP Senators -just enough - voted yesterday to preserve this corrupt deal. The pay-offs are in broad daylight.

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To anyone gloating about the Conways: Congratulations for having such good fortune that you've never struggled deeply and painfully with parenthood... Or good luck if and when you do. If we want empathy from our leaders, let's try practicing it ourselves.

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If I had tried to vote by mail, I suspect my application or my ballot would have been rejected I have no idea how I or anyone in my position could have fixed this in time. The double-whammy of Trump sabotaging the census and the mail... Disaster. Vote EARLY IN-Person!

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I'll be talking about Pence's new legal troubles on @TheLastWord @Lawrence on MSNBC 10pm. Mueller will be speaking w/him under oath soon.

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7 years

Pence may now be implicated w/ S. Miller in conspiracy/aiding obstruction of justice,18 USC 1512 or misprision of felony @renato_mariotti

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There once was a Justice named Breyer, who thought it too “political” at 83 to retire, He was content To keep writing dissents, Fiddling while America was on fire.

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@KFILE @ewarren 5/ ...and it was both inspiring and terrifying. If this was the expectation, I was screwed. No way I could ever live up to this. But then we had lunch together. She asked me what I thought. I told her, blushingly. She asked, "Do you think I could do that when I was your age?"

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@KFILE @ewarren 8/ I remember that whole lunch 14 years ago, exactly where we sat, and being so appreciative and relieved. I found HLS intimidating myself, and this Contracts Rockstar was making it so much less so. (I'll spare you from a very long thread on teaching. I'll blog it one day).

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4 years

One day we will look back at the Shelby County Era like we talk about the Lochner Era and Dred Scott.

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3 years

Real journalist on TV says matter-of-factly: "The fact that the Trump campaign sent Rudy Giuliani to Pennsylvania indicates that this wasn't a serious legal challenge."

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6/ If I were a state or federal prosecutor in Georgia, I would indict on election fraud based on Jan 3 phone call... AND call witnesses on Trump’s conduct before and during Jan 6 riot as evidence of mens rea/frame of mind (the call was clear enough but needs context).

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Home tonight w/ a sick kiddo. We watched Gandhi. Epilogue quote: "When I despair, I remember all through history the way of truth & love has always won. There've been tyrants & murderers. For a time they can seem invincible, but in the end they always fall. Think of it. Always."

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I was going to try to put together a list of all of the falsehoods, implausible claims, and questionable conduct by Kavanaugh solely as an ADULT. But it’s hard to keep up. And I’m worried the thread would be so long it would break Twitter. Hell with it. Let’s break Twitter. 1/

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@KFILE @ewarren 6/ "Probably not," I said. "Not even close," she said. "I had no clue ("clooooo" in her accent). It takes years to find your own teaching style. But let me tell you why I do what I do." She walked through her Socratic approach, why it matters to call on at least 10 a day...

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5/ Kennedy had a duty not to resign until the Russia investigation had been completed. Maybe there is some unknown illness. We can let history judge Kennedy, his career, and this retirement decision. But it’s not just a retirement that threatens the legitimacy of the Court.

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Whatever you think of Rod Rosenstein’s service - and you’d have plenty of evidence support both a good or a grim view - his resignation letter is a perfect self-parody. Trying to please all sides. Obsequious. Self-deluded, pretentious, and full of ridiculous falsehoods.

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Rod Rosenstein’s resignation letter, effective May 11.

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The way we talk about the Taney Court and Dred Scott and about the Lochner Court as illegitimate ideological hack partisans is how one day we all will talk about Shelby County and the Roberts Court. Hell, let’s start now.

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6/ This Supreme Court will hear cases directly impacting Trump and the Russia investigation: 1. Double jeopardy and dual sovereignty (Trump’s potential abuse of pardons). 2. Subpoena for Trump to be interviewed 3. The constitutionality of Mueller’s office or maybe his removal.

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For 3 years, I'd annoyingly scold folks for saying Trump is the worst president ever, because I said that Fillmore, Pierce, & Buchanan (plus A. Johnson) openly siding w/ white supremacy and causing a civil war is far worse than anything Trump could do. I was wrong.

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@justinamash @DonaldJTrumpJr was really Putin his place by this @justinamash burn. That’s what you get for Russian in with a bad tweet, Jr. Ask your Internet Research Agency for how to respond. Maybe they can hack Amash’s email to help you in his primary.

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John Kelly, Trump, and ICE have adopted the plot of Sophie’s Choice as policy. The most outrageous of all the Trump outrages. What can lawyers do to stop it? Seek injunctions and constitutional torts claims ASAP. Thanks, @chrislhayes for in-depth coverage.

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Update on the plot against Mueller: I can vouch for @jentaub and @NatashaBertrand 's story. On Oct. 22, Jen sent me a screenshot of this email offering to pay her for information (dirt) on Mueller, long before anyone had mentioned "Surefire Intelligence"... (i.e., @JacobAWohl )

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NEW: Another woman, @jentaub , was contacted on October 22 by a man claiming to work for Surefire Intelligence, who offered to pay her to discuss her "past encounters" with Mueller. (She's never met Mueller.) Story has been updated:

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7/ The GOP already played Norm-breaking and tradition-inventing hardball to get Gorsuch. McConnell lied when he made up a “tradition” about no appointments a year before a presidential election. Kennedy, Stevens, Brandeis, Cardozo, and Murphy are five famous examples.

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@KevinMKruse @triciamatthew @VWidgeon @ewarren runs committee meetings with an agenda circulated days in advance, starting precisely on time, with coffee, and finishing one minute early. This is a great thread, but I'm really not kidding. I served on one of her committees:

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@KFILE @ewarren 9/ Then I served on the Admissions Committee, which she chaired. As far as I know, it is very unusual for a top scholar/top teacher to chair an Admissions committee. But it was clear that she was more interested in giving young people opportunities, and making the process fair.

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Some quick Michael Cohen take-aways: 1. The committee repeatedly got Cohen to name Trump Org CFO Allen Weisselberg as a co-conspirator in a long list of crimes: Campaign finance felonies, tax fraud, insurance fraud, more fraud. Big deal: They will subpoena him. /1/

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@KFILE @ewarren 7/ "... and why it matters to call on more people for a brief period. First, it's important to get more voices into the classroom every day. Going by volunteers seems nice, but it's bad for learning. And students actually find rapid pace less intimidating..."

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6/ Here's a screenshot of Ken Starr's 1-page introduction from his report, and it's damning. What are the chances that Mueller did not write his own executive summary designed as an unredacted summary for immediate release and public information?

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8/ This was the Starr Report introduction. Surely Mueller wrote something like this. Barr is deliberately not sharing it, and substituting his own summary of a summary.

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I keep thinking about how Senate Republicans were able to stall, delay, and run out the clock on Clinton 1993-94 and Obama 2009-10… And I can’t believe it’s happening again.

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3/ Clinton’s only 2 appointments were in this first 2 years (RBG and Breyer). His impeachment scandal didn’t emerge until 1997. Stevens was 77, but didn’t retire. There was ample speculation at the time that he held on because of the impeachment scandal. Rightly so.

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Barr, Merrick Garland says hello.

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12/ UPDATE:Mueller’s team tells @nytimes : 1. Barr unfairly represented the report; 2. they wrote summaries for Barr to use! 3. Thus the DOJ excuse here (“the summaries contain privileged material“) is a joke. No way Mueller’s team makes that mistake.

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