The Associated Press reports, 2 [GQP] county supervisors officials vote against, then OK hand-count of ballots in vioation of Arizona law: The two Republicans on the Cochise County board of supervisors approved a proposal 2-1 Monday for a hand-count of all ballots in the Nov. 8 election after rejecting a differently worded motion during a … Read more
NBC News reports, Supreme Court rejects Trump’s request in dispute over Mar-a-Lago documents: The Supreme Court handed former President Donald Trump a loss Thursday in his dispute with the Justice Department over documents seized from his Mar-a-Lago residence, rejecting his request that a special master be allowed to review classified papers. The justices denied Trump’s … Read more
Matthew Chapman at Salon reported, Special master rebukes Trump judge that appointed him for order that “made no sense”: When former President Donald Trump went to court against the Justice Department to stall the federal investigation into classified documents at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida, a district judge he appointed, Aileen Cannon, granted Trump everything … Read more
Late breaking news today, CNN reports DOJ can resume criminal probe of classified documents from Mar-a-Lago, appeals court says: A federal appeals court is allowing the Justice Department to continue looking at documents marked as classified that were seized from former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home and resort. Read the Per Curiam opinion of the court. … Read more
Former crackhead (are we certain?) Mike Lindell, the MAGA/QAnon Big Lie election denier and Coup Plotter (after January 6, 2021, he handed notes to Trump which appeared to include a suggestion to invoke the Insurrection Act, and “martial law if necessary”), finally got a visit from the FBI, but only to seize his cell phone. … Read more