@ollicow.bsky.social
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The fact that Bessent had a good reputation on Wall Street prior to joining the Trump Administration tells you everything you need to know about Wall Street.
October 26, 2025 at 2:58 PM
The fact that Bessent had a good reputation on Wall Street prior to joining the Trump Administration tells you everything you need to know about Wall Street.
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Back when we had a Justice Dept. with integrity, most senior attorneys who I dealt with took a conservative, institutionalist approach when dealing with judges, even crazy ones. It's not surprising that Solicitor General Prelogar took that position here.
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x.com/secretsandla...
Secrets and Laws on X: "@lee_kovarsky My thinking is mostly influenced by dealing with DOJ over the years & seeing them take a "don't rock the boat" approach many times (even when not justified). They really worry about pissing off other judges, esp. the courts of appeals. ? is whether Smith's team feels this way." / X
@lee_kovarsky My thinking is mostly influenced by dealing with DOJ over the years & seeing them take a "don't rock the boat" approach many times (even when not justified). They really worry about pissing off other judges, esp. the courts of appeals. ? is whether Smith's team feels this way.
x.com
October 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Back when we had a Justice Dept. with integrity, most senior attorneys who I dealt with took a conservative, institutionalist approach when dealing with judges, even crazy ones. It's not surprising that Solicitor General Prelogar took that position here.
x.com/secretsandla...
x.com/secretsandla...
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Excellent reporting here from @carolleonnig.bsky.social about Jack Smith's fateful decision to bring the classified documents case in S.D. Fla. rather than DC, as well as the deliberations over seeking Cannon's removal. PTSD warning.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
How Jack Smith’s strongest case against Donald Trump collapsed
Seeking to get the classified documents case to a jury before the 2024 election, the special counsel made a fateful decision that some in his office saw as a misstep.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 27, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Excellent reporting here from @carolleonnig.bsky.social about Jack Smith's fateful decision to bring the classified documents case in S.D. Fla. rather than DC, as well as the deliberations over seeking Cannon's removal. PTSD warning.
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...
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(This is because when he moved the boxes with classified documents out of DC, he was still President and therefore that act was lawful at the time. If instead he flew out of DC at 1:00 p.m. on January 20, moving the boxes could have been illegal and provided venue in DC).
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
(This is because when he moved the boxes with classified documents out of DC, he was still President and therefore that act was lawful at the time. If instead he flew out of DC at 1:00 p.m. on January 20, moving the boxes could have been illegal and provided venue in DC).
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Don't think I'll ever get over the fact that Trump's decision to skip Biden's inauguration like a petulant child tanked Smith's prosecution (forcing the case to S.D. Fla.) -- thereby helping him get reelected and changing the course of world history.
Sigh.
Sigh.
October 27, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Don't think I'll ever get over the fact that Trump's decision to skip Biden's inauguration like a petulant child tanked Smith's prosecution (forcing the case to S.D. Fla.) -- thereby helping him get reelected and changing the course of world history.
Sigh.
Sigh.
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If you're not allowed to donate to a political campaign anonymously, why should you be allowed to donate to the federal government anonymously?
October 28, 2025 at 1:48 PM
If you're not allowed to donate to a political campaign anonymously, why should you be allowed to donate to the federal government anonymously?
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Stop calling them "anonymous" donations (for the ballroom and military pay). The donors are fully known to the government. The Trump Administration is just letting the donors hide their identity from the American people.
I can't think of any non-corrupt reasons to allow this.
I can't think of any non-corrupt reasons to allow this.
October 28, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Stop calling them "anonymous" donations (for the ballroom and military pay). The donors are fully known to the government. The Trump Administration is just letting the donors hide their identity from the American people.
I can't think of any non-corrupt reasons to allow this.
I can't think of any non-corrupt reasons to allow this.
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If you work for the Trump/Bondi Justice Department and tell the truth, you will be fired.
Federal judges should take note.
Federal judges should take note.
October 29, 2025 at 1:54 PM
If you work for the Trump/Bondi Justice Department and tell the truth, you will be fired.
Federal judges should take note.
Federal judges should take note.
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NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
November 18, 2025 at 11:41 AM
NEW: The White House intervened in a DHS investigation.
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
The target? Sex offender Andrew Tate.
The WH person? Paul “Nazi Streak” Ingrassia.
Who was previously also Tate’s lawyer.
A banger from @robert-faturechi.bsky.social & Avi Asher-Shapiro
www.propublica.org/article/andr...
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Remember, the FBI reportedly created a spreadsheet of the all the references to Trump in the Epstein files. It's imperative for Democrats to demand that the Trump List be released along with the files. Otherwise you can rest assured that they will redact every reference to him.
November 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Remember, the FBI reportedly created a spreadsheet of the all the references to Trump in the Epstein files. It's imperative for Democrats to demand that the Trump List be released along with the files. Otherwise you can rest assured that they will redact every reference to him.
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This is likely unlawful command influence
November 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
This is likely unlawful command influence
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EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
Witkoff Advised Russia on How to Pitch Ukraine Plan to Trump
US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff, fresh from the triumph of the Gaza peace deal, held a phone call last month with a senior Kremlin official to suggest they work together on a similar plan for Ukraine — and that Vladimir Putin should raise it with Donald Trump.
bloom.bg
November 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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On the left: Hegseth's message.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
March 26, 2025 at 1:19 PM
On the left: Hegseth's message.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
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We've known Hegseth shared classified information over Signal, likely at the SECRET level, from the very beginning. See below for a refresher. But it'll be nice to see the DOD IG report confirm that.
On the left: Hegseth's message.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
On the right: the applicable CENTCOM classification guide provisions.
This is all very plainly classified at the SECRET level.
They all lied. They should all lose their jobs.
December 3, 2025 at 6:44 PM
We've known Hegseth shared classified information over Signal, likely at the SECRET level, from the very beginning. See below for a refresher. But it'll be nice to see the DOD IG report confirm that.
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Seems like a good time for a reminder that Ratcliffe likely committed perjury when he testified he that he did not reveal classified information in the Signal chat. Perhaps someone should issue a criminal referral on that?
While less sensitive than the Hegseth and Walz messages, I'd note that the CIA would normally consider this statement from DCIA Ratcliffe to be classified. It reveals:
1. CIA support to a military operation.
2. Gaps in CIA coverage on the Houthi leadership.
Ratcliffe's testimony is not credible.
1. CIA support to a military operation.
2. Gaps in CIA coverage on the Houthi leadership.
Ratcliffe's testimony is not credible.
July 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Seems like a good time for a reminder that Ratcliffe likely committed perjury when he testified he that he did not reveal classified information in the Signal chat. Perhaps someone should issue a criminal referral on that?
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Any federal employee who did this would be fired.
MORE Breaking on MS NOW: Pete Hegseth refused an interview request for the Pentagon Inspector General's investigation into Signalgate, according to two sources who read and were briefed on report.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Hegseth would not turn over his phone, a source who read the report told MS NOW.
Breaking on MS NOW: The Signalgate report contradicts Pete Hegseth's claims he did nothing wrong. It shows he "violated policy by using a non-approved device," a source who read the report says.
Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
Hegseth failed to preserve records. The report says he put the operations and service people at risk.
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Any federal employee who did this would be fired.
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Employees do have 5th Amendment rights, but there are processes in place for addressing that, explained here. Will be interesting to see if the IG pursued anything like that (which would start by seeking a declination from DOJ).
Even then, he couldn't refuse to turn over his phone under the 5th.
Even then, he couldn't refuse to turn over his phone under the 5th.
December 3, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Employees do have 5th Amendment rights, but there are processes in place for addressing that, explained here. Will be interesting to see if the IG pursued anything like that (which would start by seeking a declination from DOJ).
Even then, he couldn't refuse to turn over his phone under the 5th.
Even then, he couldn't refuse to turn over his phone under the 5th.
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He’s using DJT’s defense: I thought it should be declassified, hence it was.
DJT’s gotta like that.
Helps with the pardon.
DJT’s gotta like that.
Helps with the pardon.
December 3, 2025 at 10:42 PM
He’s using DJT’s defense: I thought it should be declassified, hence it was.
DJT’s gotta like that.
Helps with the pardon.
DJT’s gotta like that.
Helps with the pardon.
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It’s just going to get worserly
December 3, 2025 at 10:13 PM
It’s just going to get worserly
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Most federal crimes (other than murder) have a limit of 5 years, but this would fall under an exception for the Espionage Act. Apparently that statute of limitations is 10 years.
www.justice.gov/archives/jm/...
www.justice.gov/archives/jm/...
December 4, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Most federal crimes (other than murder) have a limit of 5 years, but this would fall under an exception for the Espionage Act. Apparently that statute of limitations is 10 years.
www.justice.gov/archives/jm/...
www.justice.gov/archives/jm/...
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Could the next DOJ? When does the statute of limitations run?
December 3, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Could the next DOJ? When does the statute of limitations run?
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At most, the fact that he had declassification authority would complicate a potential Espionage Act prosecution, but I sorta doubt Trump's Eastern District of Virginia was interested in pursuing that anyway.
December 3, 2025 at 10:04 PM
At most, the fact that he had declassification authority would complicate a potential Espionage Act prosecution, but I sorta doubt Trump's Eastern District of Virginia was interested in pursuing that anyway.