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Rep. Adam Smith: "This country has not agreed to have the death penalty for drug smuggling. If we want to have that policy conversation, we can have that policy conversation, but the president has unilaterally decided that lethal force is going to be applied. It's an enormous expansion of power."
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"I have never seen a set of pretrial motions quite like this one in its power and breadth and its attempt comprehensively to dismember the legitimacy of, process behind, and substance of an indictment."

@BenjaminWittes.lawfaremedia.org summarizes Comey's recent motions to dismiss the indictment.
The Situation: James Comey Is Just Asking Questions
So many motions; so many options for dismissal.
www.lawfaremedia.org
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James Comey files a new motion to dismiss his case: Ted Cruz's questions here are "fundamentally ambiguous," and Comey's answers are "literally true."

Cruz's "imprecise compound questions" focus on Andy McCabe, whom this case isn't about.

Full brief storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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FWIW, I see this order as a very encouraging sign for those who are hoping #SCOTUS *denies* the Trump administration’s application.

There would be no need to issue it if the administration had five votes on the other two issues; and this is perhaps the strongest argument against it on the third.
#BREAKING: In the Illinois National Guard case, #SCOTUS is asking for additional briefing on one of the key substantive questions (and one flagged by my Georgetown colleague @martylederman.bsky.social in an amicus brief):

Among other things, this means no ruling until *at least* the week of 11/17.
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In USA v Abrego Garcia, govt signals that if Judge Crenshaw does not quash subpoenas for Dep AG Todd Blanche & two top deputies, whom Abrego wants to examine at next week's hearing on vindictive prosecution, govt may seek immediate appeal or mandamus.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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Cleared by three grand juries. Acquitted by a trial jury.

In an exclusive interview, Sidney Reid tells me she taped an agent telling her "if I just minded my business, I'd be at home right now."

ICYMI www.allrisenews.com/p/exclusive-...
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All Rise with Adam Klasfeld - EXCLUSIVE: She Beat Jeanine Pirro in Court Four Times—Now She’s Breaking Her Silence

Sidney Reid speaks out for the first time since three grand juries and a trial jury cleared her of allegations that she assaulted law enforcement.
EXCLUSIVE: She Beat Jeanine Pirro in Court Four Times—Now She’s Breaking Her Silence
Sidney Reid speaks out for the first time since three grand juries and a trial jury cleared her of allegations that she assaulted law enforcement.
www.allrisenews.com
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ISRAEL: Hundreds of thousands of ultra-Orthodox Haredi Israelis protest IDF draft in Jerusalem 🇮🇱
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“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”
DOJ submits new, air-brushed sentencing memo for Taylor Taranto, scrubbing references to his role in Jan. 6 Capitol Siege and Trump's social media post that led him to go to Obama's neighborhood with weapons. Here's the first scrubbing
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DHS says our new piece is "dishonest, slanted, and fundamentally inaccurate" but won't say why. Here's the story where we show with evidence that DHS spliced together clips spanning years and multiple locations to create its own reality. Gift link wapo.st/4nuDGwf
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BREAKING: Six people, including congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh, have been indicted on charges of "Assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees" and "Conspiracy to impede or injure officer," in connection w ICE protests at the Broadview ICE facility outside Chicago.
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Donald Trump Jr. in 2021: “Those Hunter no-show no-experience board seats didn’t come without an expected return!”

Donald Trump Jr. in 2024: Gets $2.8M in stock for joining an advisory board that didn't exist until he joined it.

New: me, for @forbes.com

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After Unusual Machines Names Donald Trump Jr. To New Advisory Board, Defense Contracts Follow
Donald Trump Jr. once mocked Hunter Biden's "no-show no-experience board seats." Now he's on his second newly activated advisory board—and that company just announced $15 million in contracts.
www.forbes.com
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Public exchanges of insults and accusations have intensified divisions within Donald Trump's orbit, exposing deep rifts between extremist activists and conservative media figures who once shared similar goals.
Nick Fuentes, Laura Loomer and Tucker Carlson: Inside the MAGA Feud Splitting the Right
Nick Fuentes, Laura Loomer and Tucker Carlson's explosive MAGA feud reveals growing fractures inside America's conservative movement.
www.ibtimes.co.uk