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I for one appreciate the tweets being posted all in one place.

I use Twitter for my frivolous interests (Harry Styles, soccer, Alabama football, Big Brother, British Royals, fashion) - it’s my safe place when real world shit gets too overwhelming and I just want to read about and look at pretty things and people. I don’t follow a single political or current events account.

So I’m happy to have them here to keep informed if I need them.

Keep on Hugoing Hugo.

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Rudy shows every sign he's acting as an unregistered foreign agent.  Some say there are laws against this.

 

WaPo Bezos Times: Giuliani works for foreign clients while serving as Trump’s attorney

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What a deceptive lying asshole Rudy is.  All told, don't bet on him walking away unscathed.

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He has never registered with the Justice Department on behalf of his overseas clients, asserting it is not necessary because he does not directly lobby the U.S. government and is not charging Trump for his services.

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As if Rudy isn't getting "paid" for his services.

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  On 7/10/2018 at 2:58 AM, triplehorn said:

Here's a tweet:  new filing in US v Manafort 

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One take I saw: out of total desperation and being the only play left, Manafort's team will attempt something so vile that it will result in a mistrial.  Hence the attempt by team Mueller to request the above limits.

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Meh.  Strikes me as a fairly standard motion in limine, particularly in these circumstances.  I suppose that it is conceivable that Manafort tries to provoke a mistrial through his counsel's conduct, but it's rather rare that that occurs.

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  On 7/10/2018 at 3:31 PM, SizzleChest said:

So, two weeks before the midterms, huh?

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Edit - Nevermind...you were talking about the potential sentencing date, not the update.

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Good.  Let's get it on. Criminal enforcement against Cambridge Analytica.  I'll be interested to see what kind of exposure happens with folks like Flynn and Bannon who were a part of the Cambridge Analytica/Russian psy-ops effort to game populist right wing policy and election results in Europe.  

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Our resident lizard person Ted Cruz was heavily into CA as well. Could explain why he's been figuratively tounge punching Trump's fart box ever since he lost the nomination

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Take a look at the FEC.gov website and filter for "recipients" of campaign spending by election cycle using Cambridge Analytica.  Zero entries in '11-'12, then a burst of GOP affiliated expenditures starting '13-'14 (the same time Russia and Trump started scheming for a WH run) followed by a comparative explosion in '15-'16. 

Fast forward to '17-'18 and there is only a single entry to Cambridge Analytica:

 

Republican BOB HUFF FOR CONGRESS / CAMBRIDGE ANALYTICA / NY / voided: to be refunded / disbursement date 3/9/18  / $10, 027.00 

 

Going back to '13-'14, North Carolina GOP and Thom Tillis gave hundreds of thousands to Cambridge Analytica specifically for "Micro-Targeting".  That is an election Tillis barely won.  And no one else seems to list Micro-Targeting re funds spent on CA, which is odd.

I'm not having any luck finding Dem candidates who paid CA.  Trump and Cruz gave a boatload.

FEC / Cambridge Analytica disbursements

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  On 7/11/2018 at 7:48 PM, triplehorn said:

 

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Not exactly fool proof process there, officer.  Minimum security true to its name.

 

Next footnote:  "Also, Manafort is not allowed small arms, but has developed a workaround.  He called up his Russian buddy and they shipped a truckload of AKs, Uzis and 100,000 rounds in a bag labeled 'THESE ARE DEFINITELY GUNS.'  We told him not to, but what can you do."

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Per Natasha B. 

House Democrats are calling on GOP to release the transcript of Peter Strzok’s testimony. They revealed some of the Republicans’ questions to Strzok as part of their statement >>

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Manafort asked the judge to be moved closer to his lawyers.

The Judge said they’d move him to Alexandria Detention Center, a much tougher facility.

Manafort’s lawyers tried to retract the request citing “safety.”

Judge’s response:

"The professionals at the Alexandria Detention Center are very familiar with housing high-profile defendants including foreign and domestic terrorists, spies, and traitors."

Judge ordering Manafort moved after he attempted to retract his request upon learning where he would be.

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  On 7/11/2018 at 9:38 PM, Chad Fuck said:

Be careful what you wish for? 

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Manafort’s team was actually trying to get the trial delayed. The excuse was his current facility was 100 miles from his lawyers and he couldn’t adequately prepare with all the new Rick Gates information dumped on them.

Judge was like, “Well, we will move you closer to your representation. Trial starts in two weeks. GFY.”

 

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  On 7/11/2018 at 9:52 PM, Hugo Stiglitz said:

Manafort’s team was actually trying to get the trial delayed. The excuse was his current facility was 100 miles from his lawyers and he couldn’t adequately prepare with all the new Rick Gates information dumped on them.

Judge was like, “Well, we will move you closer to your representation. Trial starts in two weeks. GFY.”

 

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I'm well aware of the attempt.  I'm also aware this judge is not having anyone's bullshit, and that entertains me.

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  On 7/11/2018 at 9:24 PM, Hugo Stiglitz said:

So 

Manafort asked the judge to be moved closer to his lawyers.

The Judge said they’d move him to Alexandria Detention Center, a much tougher facility.

Manafort’s lawyers tried to retract the request citing “safety.”

Judge’s response:

"The professionals at the Alexandria Detention Center are very familiar with housing high-profile defendants including foreign and domestic terrorists, spies, and traitors."

Judge ordering Manafort moved after he attempted to retract his request upon learning where he would be.

 

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Some real dumbass shit from his lawyers.  Or some major crawfishing by Paulie Nonuts.

 

I was reminded elsewhere that "white collar" criminal lawyers like those representing Manafort rarely deal with clients in pretrial detention and therefore don't think of things like moving from one shitty jail to a shittier jail, which is still rather idiotic, but a reminder that these lawyers and defendants are only really dealing with a facsimile of the criminal justice system that affects most of America.  It's an accurate facsimile in a lot of respects, but lacks a lot of the nitty gritty.

 

Also, the writ of habeas corpus (Doc 118) and the list of documents (117-1) don't match.  Any idea what Doc 117 is?  Might be an exhibit list of some form or other, maybe a Brady production.

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A note on the Benczkowski confirmation today - I wasn't happy about it because I do not trust Trump to not meddle any way he can.  Benczkowski was on the Trump transition team and represented Russian Alfa Bank right up through his initial nomination.  

I also had the same mistrust when Chris Wray was nominated by Trump to replace Comey after Trump fired him over the stain of the ongoing Russia investigation.  Prior to his nomination, Wray was at King & Spalding law firm who happen to represent Rosneft and Gazprom, two of Russia’s largest state-controlled oil companies with Rosneft prominently appearing in the Steele dossier.  It's the kind of stuff that can drive you mad under these circumstances.  However now it appears Dir FBI Wray is absolutely upholding his job, is defending the FBI, and doing the important work they do without taint.

Re Benczkowski, it turns out DAG Rod Rosenstein supported his nomination in his remarks to the New York City Bar White Collar Crime Institute
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"The President nominated a highly qualified lawyer named Brian Benczkowski to serve in that position almost one year ago. But Brian is still awaiting a confirmation vote, as are Jeffrey Clark, our nominee for the Environmental Division; Eric Dreiband for the Civil Rights Division; and Jody Hunt for the Civil Division.

Each nominee meets or exceeds the qualifications normally required for those important jobs. President Trump deserves great credit for nominating champions of the rule of law to serve in the Department of Justice.
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Perhaps it's important to sometimes remember that lawyers represent clients.  Even if Benczkowski fears are unwarranted, putting those fears out there and making a stink about it serves a useful purpose in making it clear that targeted scrutiny will follow his work.  He does his job competently and with integrity,  it will be fine.

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So perhaps I’m mistaken as today was a blur, but did I see that Trump somehow just got an Alfa Bank lawyer appointed to DOJ?

 

If so, that’s a clear shot over the bow for Rosenstein/Mueller...

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  On 7/13/2018 at 3:50 AM, Party_Taco said:

So perhaps I’m mistaken as today was a blur, but did I see that Trump somehow just got an Alfa Bank lawyer appointed to DOJ?

 

If so, that’s a clear shot over the bow for Rosenstein/Mueller...

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Brian Benckowski to head the Criminal Affairs Division. He was also on the Trump transition team. He makes up for all of that with his amazing experience though. He's never prosecuted a case before, so he'll be learning on the job. 



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