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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3h

Lindsey Halligan entered this as “AUSA” — presumably because no Assistant US Attorney will go along with this.

The form is unsigned and undated.

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Jose Pagliery @josepagliery.bsky.social · 3h

Oh come on. On an official document?

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 5h

Lindsey Halligan at Comey's arraignment:

"The only two words that she spoke today were her name — and she got that wrong."

@lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com , with a sharper eye on court transcripts than anyone in the business. Worth revisiting with today's news. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJMz...

Lawrence: The only humiliation in court during Comey’s arraignment was on the Trump side

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how during James Comey’s arraignment, the judge knew he was “watching a legal Trump clown show” while the “humiliated inexperienced lawyer” Lindsey Halligan sat by…

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 6h

No Assistant US Attorney on the docket, yet, either.

In Comey’s case, Halligan couldn’t find a single prosecutor to sign on from the office in which Trump installed her.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 6h

As with Comey, the charges against Letitia James have no signature other than Trump’s handpicked personal attorney Lindsey Halligan.

No line prosecutor signed this document.

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Radley Balko @radleybalko.bsky.social · 16h

It's a disgrace. The Post's Opinion section has now been fully Orbanized.

Philip Bump @pbump.com · 1d

I spent more than a decade at The Post. It was good to me and I was proud to work there. I’ve largely refrained from being critical since I left. But this framing of the special counsel probe is embarrassing and flatly wrong. Stunning, but not. www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...

Opinion | Jack Smith’s lawfare and James Comey’s arraignment on pathetically weak charges

Good people will be deterred from public service if they see a meaningful risk of winding up in jail afterward.

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Legal AF @legalafmtn.bsky.social · 1d

On the eve of Comey’s arraignment, Senate GOP revisits stale Jan. 6 claims. An FBI doc shows a grand jury okayed phone data collection on 8 GOP senators, but Smith’s report and public records explain why. @klasfeldreports.com of All Rise News breaks it down.

GOP Scheme BACKFIRES as SENATORS Get EXPOSED

YouTube video by Legal AF

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Asha Rangappa @asharangappa.bsky.social · 1d

One of the (many) legal gaps that needs to be filled after this nightmare is over is to prohibit federal law enforcement agencies from using federal funds to create propaganda videos with anyone in custody. This is all about spectacle and content creation, remove the incentive and the means

Tina Smith @smith.senate.gov · 1d

Weird how that didn’t make the cut.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 2d

Two lawyers just entered an appearance for the government in James Comey's case.

There's no evidence on the Pacer that either one prosecuted a case before in the Eastern District of Virginia.

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 2d

Just as a reminder, Bondi’s origin story in Trump world is that she said she was going to investigate Trump University, Trump sent her a $25K check and the investigation disappeared. She later became Trump’s personal defense lawyer. So yeah, don’t challenge her integrity.

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 2d

Bondi to Blumenthal: "You lied. How dare you? I'm a career prosecutor. Don't you ever challenge my integrity. Do not question my ability to be fair and impartial."

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The Daily Beans Podcast @dailybeanspod.com · 3d

Early and ad-free for patrons.
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Proudboys With Badges (feat. Adam Klasfeld; Anna Bower) | The Daily Beans & Mueller, She Wrote

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Chicago Sun-Times @chicago.suntimes.com · 3d

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government’s claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed.
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Attorney for woman shot by Border Patrol claims officer said 'Do something b-----' before shooting

Body-camera video appears to contradict the government's claim that Marimar Martinez, 30, drove toward officers before one of them opened fire at her late Saturday morning in Brighton Park, her attorney claimed. A judge ordered Martinez and a co-defendant released pending trial.

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Mueller, She Wrote @muellershewrote.com · 3d

BREAKING: ABC confirms that person 3 in the Comey indictment is not Andy McCabe: it's Daniel Richman - as Andy and I posited over a week ago on the Unjustified podcast. abcnews.go.com/US/special-c...

Ex-special counsel John Durham undercut case against James Comey in interview with prosecutors: Sources

John Durham, who investigated the Russia probe, told prosecutors probing James Comey that had been unable to uncover evidence supporting charges against him, sources say.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3d

The Supreme Court spiked two petitions of great interest to Donald Trump today. Ghislaine Maxwell's case was only one of them.

In his first term, Trump tried to bury a massive money laundering case that implicated Erdogan. SCOTUS declined to kill it for him. www.allrisenews.com/p/ghislaine-...

Tonight in Your Rights: "Petition DENIED"

The Supreme Court rejected two petitions of great interest to Donald Trump today. Ghislaine Maxwell's case was only one of them.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 3d

Things that it is permissible to deadname:

- The Department of Defense
- Twitter

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3d

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3d

No self-respecting reporter or news organization should misinform the public by referring to government agencies and officials by their pretend names and titles to humor, placate or curry favor with those in power.

Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3d

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3d

This footnote to Illinois and Chicago's lawsuit against Trump is an important reminder:

* There is no Department of War or Secretary of War, which are make-believe names for the actual agencies created by Congress.

Doc storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · 3d

Virginia Giuffre's family reacts to SCOTUS denying Ghislaine Maxwell's petition:

"We are committed to ensuring that convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell serves out the entirety of her 20-year sentence in prison, where she belongs."

Full statement below

We, the family of Virginia Roberts Giuffre, are grateful to the Supreme Court for denying Ghislaine Maxwell’s appeal to invalidate her conviction.

We are committed to ensuring that convicted child sex trafficker Maxwell serves out the entirety of her 20-year sentence in prison, where she belongs. We remain hopeful that the DOJ will realize that she belongs in a maximum security prison, not the country club one she is currently in, the first human trafficker ever to have been afforded that privilege.

Sky and Amanda Roberts

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