Isn’t everyone? A Russian agent, that is. Sometimes it seems that way. But that didn’t stand in the way of the FBI resting much of its investigation of the Trump administration on the reported word (secondhand) of someone suspected of … Continue reading →
It’s not pretty. But for the most part it’s been extraordinarily effective at covering up the worst scandal in American history, so that a great many people have no idea what happened or why it matters: A New York Times … Continue reading →
Today’s announcement that ex-FBI lawyer Kevin Clinesmith will be pleading guilty to falsifying a document in the Russiagate probe should come as no surprise to anyone following the case: Clinesmith is accused of altering an email that said Trump campaign … Continue reading →
Terrible news – the Flynn/Sullivan case will now be heard by the full D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals en banc: The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the prior order of a panel directing Judge Emmet Sullivan to dismiss … Continue reading →
See this. Most of the readers here already know the gist of the Russiagate/Spygate story, and have long been outraged at what happened. But to everyone else I would love to say, Yoo hoo, does anybody care about the long-running … Continue reading →
…and although I believe that is partly (or mostly) by design, what happened in connection with Russiagate/Spygate is nevertheless extremely dangerous and unconscionable, and should raise alarms with every American. I know, I know; fat chance. But here’s more on … Continue reading →
It is no surprise that Judge Sullivan filed for a full en banc hearing by the DC Circuit Court on the Flynn case rather than comply with the order of the three-judge panel to get off Flynn’s back. No, no … Continue reading →
[Hat tip: commenter “Kate.”] As I wrote yesterday, the Flynn framing was their “insurance policy.”
Continue reading →No surprise at all. What is at least somewhat surprising is that a terse note actually has surfaced from our good friend Peter Strzok describing the event, which apparently occurred (also not a surprise) a couple of weeks before Trump’s … Continue reading →
The release of the Flynn/Kislyak transcripts has infuriated me even more than I thought it would. After all, I already know the outlines and many of the details of the attempt to prevent and then overturn the 2016 election of … Continue reading →
I haven’t had time to read the transcript, and I’m about to go out for a while. But I wanted to post a link to a post about it and to the transcript itself, which is published there (the print … Continue reading →
[NOTE: Trying to write about the Flynn case and Judge Sullivan is like swallowing an elephant whole and trying to digest it. Maybe several elephants. And I need to do it prior to June 1, when Sullivan (and/or his lawyer?) … Continue reading →