We talked about shutdown and the Jim Comey indictment. The post Fridays with Nicole Sandler appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
According to the public record, Jim Comey didn't lie in an exchange with Ted Cruz on September 30, 2020. Ted Cruz did. The post Will Ted Cruz Go to Prison for the Lies He Told as Part of the Jim Comey Indictment? appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
Watching the mainstream press, you'd think it was the first time that an investigation ordered up by Donald Trump resulted in a flimsy false statements charge just before the statute of limitations expired. The post Mainstream Press Confesses They Missed the Other Politicized Prosecutions appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
Trump's ouster of Erik Siebert, who refused to charge Tish James for fraud without evidence she engaged in fraud, will create big headaches for Todd Blanche. The post Trump Can’t Even Weaponize DOJ Competently appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
If you believe it's a crime for a political ally to gin up FBI noise about a foreign hack during an election -- the most that John Durham's purported Clinton Plan substantiates (and he falls far short of substantiating that) -- then you believe Jim Jordan should go to prison.| emptywheel
In the guise of complaining about politicized spies exercising undue due diligence yesterday, Tulsi Gabbard just parroted Russian reports written by Russian spies -- reports that either rely on intercepts of an American citizen or just make shit up -- as if they reflected the American intelligence community's beliefs.| emptywheel
