Patrick Fitzgerald Rebuts Judy Miller in Statement on Libby Pardon
Update: I’ve got an op-ed in the NYT on the pardon this morning. It starts and ends this way: “There is a cloud over the White House as to what happened. Don’t you think the F.B.I., the grand jury, the...
View ArticleThe Irony of Glenn Greenwald Cuddling Up with Bill Barr, the Grandfather of...
Glenn Greenwald, who has written two books about the abuse of Presidential power, continues to dig in on his factually ignorant claims about the Mueller report. For days, he and the denialists said...
View ArticleAs Democrats Entertain a Ukraine-Only Impeachment, Jack Goldsmith Lays Out...
As June Bug the Terrorist Foster Dog and I drove the last leg of our epic road trip over the last few days, I listened to Jack Goldsmith’s book on his stepfather, Chuckie O’Brien, In Hoffa’s Shadow: A...
View ArticleThe Frothy Right Is Complaining that Amy Berman Jackson Sentenced Roger Stone...
In the aftermath of the news of Roger Stone’s sentence yesterday, some of DOJ’s beat journalists are doing irresponsible pieces giving Bill Barr’s close associates anonymity to lie, with no pushback,...
View ArticleQuestioning Bill Barr’s “No Collusion” Propaganda, Reggie Walton Orders an In...
Before the Trump Administration started really politicizing justice, Reggie Walton had already proven himself willing to stand up to the Executive Branch. During the George W Bush Administration, he...
View ArticleDonald Trump Would Withhold Evidence about Whether Enrique Tarrio Really Did...
One of the most dramatic events of 9/11 came when Dick Cheney authorized the shootdown of United flight 93, and only afterwards contacted President Bush to confirm the order. At some time between 10:10...
View ArticleJohn Durham: Destroying the Purported Victims to Save Them
I’ve covered a great deal of prosecutions involving FISA materials. In just one — that of Reaz Qadir Khan — was the defendant able to use sensitivities around FISA to get a better plea deal (and in...
View ArticleOld Friends: Scooter Libby and CIPA
Judge Christopher Cooper will not have a media call-in line for this afternoon’s hearing in the Michael Sussmann case, so I’ll have to rely on the reporting of others and a delayed review of a...
View ArticleScooter Libby, Whom Trump Pardoned, Serves as Precedent for the CIPA...
If and when former President Trump goes on trial, the Classified Information Procedures Act will govern what information gets submitted at trial and in what form. I wrote about CIPA in conjunction with...
View ArticleTrump’s People: The Prettyman Pardons
As we wait for Trump to be arraigned in Prettyman Courthouse, I thought it worthwhile to list the 16 men who were prosecuted in Prettyman Courthouse that Trump pardoned, and their crimes: Scooter...
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