What was supposed to be a filing arguing against keeping a log of all contacts that Tish James' prosecutors have with journalists turned into a complaint that prosecutors would be asked to keep their communications at all. The post Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer’s Disappearing Agreement to a Litigation Hold appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
The Judge who'll preside over Jim Comey and Tish James' challenges to Lindsey Halligan's appointment, Judge Cameron McGowen Currie, just ordered that the government provide her with all the grand jury materials in those two cases. That could be very damning to Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer. The post “The Indictment Signer:” Lindsey Halligan’s Time in the Grand Jury appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
In a motion asking Judge Jamar Walker to order Lindsey Halligan to stop leaking to the media, Abbe Lowell notes that Judge Walker could hold Halligan in contempt, but Attorney General James is not asking for that. Yet. The post A Tale of Three Footnotes for “Purported Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan” appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
In motions in limine in advance of the Alexander Smirnov trial, Leo Wise and Derek Hines made a superb case they're treating Alexander Smirnov differently than the gun shop owner who doctored the Hunter Biden gun purchase form after the fact.| emptywheel
David Weiss appears to have submitted a photo of a photo of sawdust taken by a Keith Ablow client and claimed it is a photo of "apparent cocaine" taken by Hunter Biden. That's going to make the forensic challenges of prosecuting Hunter Biden using the laptop far more difficult.| emptywheel
