I still contend that this is the greatest DOJ redaction of all time.

Huh, what happened?

This is stunning. Blanche is claiming, with a straight face, that the only federal prison where a convicted sex offender can adequately be protected from other inmates just so happens to be a minimum security prison that gives her puppy playdates. Truly preposterous.

This is stunning. Blanche is claiming, with a straight face, that the only federal prison where a convicted sex offender can adequately be protected from other inmates just so happens to be a minimum security prison that gives her puppy playdates. Truly preposterous.

I'm starting to wonder if Trump's campaign promise to release the Epstein files was not made in good faith. It's not like they've had 11 months to prepare or anything.

Release the Trump List.

No war for oil.

So the DOD IG concluded that Hegseth: ✅ endangered our service members; ✅ knowingly shared info that had been classified on Signal; ✅ obstructed the investigation; ✅ violated multiple DOD regulations; and ✅ basically did what Hillary did but A LOT worse. Total exoneration!

Before applauding the DOD IG too much, it's fairly absurd that he did not: (a) launch a broader investigation into Hegseth's use of Signal - what else did he compromise?; (b) take him to task for his non-cooperation; & (c) try to get the full Signal chats from other agency IGs.

That Hegseth had declassification authority is largely irrelevant in Signalgate for two reasons: First, it doesn't change the fact that he put US service members in danger. Second, he never claimed that he exercised that authority, nor followed any processes for doing so.

We’ve had corrupt presidents before (for example: the Nixon-ITT scandal, Clinton’s pardon of Marc Rich, etc.), but Trump is our first affirmatively pro-corruption, pro-bribery president. Promoting corruption is Trump’s central policy achievement.

Any federal employee who did this would be fired.

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?

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.

Awkward…

This is likely unlawful command influence

I'm shocked -- shocked -- to learn that the guy in charge of the Ukraine peace plan debacle was also in charge of COVID testing and PPE early in the pandemic.

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.

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.

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...

Defense wins championships, even in baseball.

If you work for the Trump/Bondi Justice Department and tell the truth, you will be fired. Federal judges should take note.

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.

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.

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...

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.

Imagine the insane shit that this guy has in his text messages.

@annabower.bsky.social, did you happen to ask her any questions about insurance law???

Imagine the insane shit that this guy has in his text messages.

🤷🏼

The Unemployment Fraud part of George Santos' guilty plea--in which he victimized NY State's DOL--was committed in 2020 to 2021, meaning there may be another year to charge him there. There's more that might be chargeable. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Apparently at FIU, “economic freedom” means wrecking your nation’s economy, getting a $40 billion bail-out from a fellow-authoritarian, and never having to say you’re sorry.

Papal infallibility takes another blow.

Who's gonna be the first person to present a fake Nobel Prize to Trump in the Oval Office? The competition is going to be intense!

We’ve called so many things “tipping points” that the public can’t tell when one really tips. Antarctic sea ice may have just crossed a threshold for real. The crisis is clearer than the language. apple.news/A5tAA09s3SQm...

Halligan and the two new AUSAs probably don't even know what CIPA is. This should be fun.

Are we sure Lindsey Halligan was even competent as an insurance lawyer? News stories seem to assume she was, but count me as skeptical.

Fun Fact: I once worked on a high profile prosecution in EDVA with Pat Fitzgerald and his team of AUSAs, all of whom were from outside the district. Let's just say that these Virginia judges do not take kindly to outside agitators, even those from the Department of Justice.

Checks out

This is *exactly* right. The purpose of the shadow docket would be basically the opposite of this—e.g. to step in if a circuit court were going to allow summary deportations that placed individuals in danger. The conservative justices’ actions here are perverse.

Maturity is recognizing that your favorite artist's new album might not be that good, and being totally fine with that. Sincerely, A Pearl Jam fan

The coal industry has been shrinking for a reason: Coal is no longer cost-competitive. There are more students enrolled at say Penn State than there are workers left in the coal industry (about 40k).

Let’s spell this out. Trump fired a qualified U.S. attorney who refused to do his bidding and installed his own personal lawyer to punish a perceived opponent. Justice needs to follow the law, not politics. This is an attack on the rule of law. Full stop.

There are two women sitting in front of me on my flight, and one of them decided to pull up her birthing video on her laptop, where the videographer recorded every detail you could imagine. Every detail. Why are we doing this on airplanes?

A US-funded nutrition program was helping to keep this woman’s baby alive. Days after the program was cut, he died. https://cnn.it/4ndDYbl

After Trump’s FCC chair, demanded ABC take action against against Kimmel for his comments on Kirk, Nexstar, the largest operator of ABC affiliates announced it would pull Kimmel from its stations Then ABC said it was taking Kimmel off the air Nexstar is seeking FCC approval for a $6.2B merger

Trump's deportations divert FBI agents off child predator cases @kendilanian-nbc.bsky.social: www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

People like to give Obama and Holder the credit/blame for the rise in leak prosecutions, but the truth is that it's because a bunch of current and former government officials like Bolton became really stupid in their US of email, & also forgot about digital forensics

Reading the tea leaves in this heavily redacted affidavit, it looks like: (a) Bolton likely retained some classified docs (likely notes) from his tenure as APNSA & (b) a foreign country hacked his email account & that revealed that he retained and/or was sharing classified info.