@20committee People who live in glass houses shouldn't play with matches.
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euclides
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Fearful of our brave new world; Doing my best to learn, and to help educate others. Grateful for the courage of our patriots.
United States Katılım Şubat 2017
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Mr. Bates refers to SDNY's nickname, derived from its history of asserting independent authority to pursue matters within its jurisdiction.
Stephen Bates@batess
Sovereign District of New York
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The judge who seals an indictment may specify conditions under which it may be disclosed
Tim Hogan 浩勤@TimInHonolulu
1. If there are existing sealed Trump related indictments, IMO it would be contempt of court to disclose them in the report to Congress. If I were Barr faced with how to deal with that, I'd want the prosecutors to assist me. So far that's may be what Barr is doing. We'll see.
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@LouiseMensch @RepAdamSchiff Mueller always had a tiny staff, about a third of the Watergate staff, for a more complex investigation. This allowed him to fly somewhat under the radar and protect the investigation by embedding its threads in various DOJ districts.
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The DOJ Office of Legal Counsel has a (now famous) opinion that a sitting President cannot be indicted. It argues that the distraction of an indictment incapacitates the President and violates the Constitution.
A SEALED indictment does not distract. justice.gov/olc/opinion/si…
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@MaddogSpicy Spicy has excellent radar for fine points such as this one.
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The operation to degrade our readiness proceeded as planned. This was a feature, not a bug. h/t @ninaandtito
Julia Davis@JuliaDavisNews
Marine Corps commandant says deploying troops to the border poses ‘unacceptable risk’ to Marine Corps combat readiness and solvency. latimes.com/politics/la-na…
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Former Hedge Fund Manager Vitaly Korchevsky Sentenced to 60 Months' Imprisonment & Ordered to Pay $14.4M in Forfeiture for Role in International Securities Fraud & Computer Hacking Scheme
CONNECTED TO TRUMPRUSSIA & JPMORGAN HACK-I will show how in replies justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/f…
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Buried lede: How did @ProPublica obtain a sealed search warrant? They don't say. Two possibilities: 1). The searchers leaked. (Unlikely). 2). The "searchee" leaked.
Who benefits by alerting co-conspirators?
ProPublica@propublica
The sealed warrant we obtained that the Feds used to raid Trump fundraiser Elliott Broidy’s office cites three potential crimes: • Conspiracy • Money laundering • Violating the law that bans covert lobbying on behalf of foreign officials propublica.org/article/federa…
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The Senate requires voting in person. Senators in legal trouble might still be present on the floor. Under the rules, a Senator is permitted to refuse to vote if she or he believes it would be a conflict of interest. The Senate could change the rules to require such a recusal.
random facts girl 🇺🇸🚜🇺🇦🌻🔪@soychicka
So, if 80 senators are present? It will only take 54 senators to remove him from office.
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It's a 2/3 threshhold for impeachment among those present, not of all elected senators, but only a quorum of 51 senators is required.
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@WizardEightThem Graham is playing the front man here, but if he were to leave office, someone else would step forward to block that vote. The enemy controls more than just one chess piece on this board.
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@WizardEightThem One Senator can't block a vote. It often appears that way, but this is a sort of procedural optical illusion. Behind it is the implicit willingness of the Majority to vote as a bloc to support the one Senator. To save time, both sides often decline to force a roll call vote.
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McConnell is a natural target for criticism, but the rest of the GOP Conference is hiding behind him. Focus on the other GOP Senators, what they are willing to say on the record. That's where we get a little bit of visibility into the real battles behind the scenes. /7x
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Interesting thoughts from T. But I think we tend to place too much emphasis on McConnell. He rules at the mercy of the GOP Senate Conference. A Senate Majority Leader who loses support of the Conference (or Caucus, as the Dems call their group,) will be gone quickly. /1
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