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
Above: Attorney General William Barr, flanked by Ed O’Callaghan (left) and Rod Rosenstein (right). | Bill O’Leary/Washington Post via Getty Images. We already knew that William Barr was the most corrupt Attorney General in the history of the US. But his politicization of the Department of Justice to weaponize it into Donald Trump’s personal law firm for … Read more
A “biblical” mumber of 40 subpoenas have been issued by the DOJ to persons around Donald Trump’s Coup Plot – “tell us what you observed and what you heard.” They are not Trump lawyers, so no dilatory tactic of claiming attorney-client privilege (which is eviscerated by the crime-fraud exception in any event), and most were … Read more
A federal grand jury has issued subpoenas seeking information about Save America PAC, which was formed by Donald J. Trump to promote his baseless “Big Lie” about election fraud after election day in 2020. The New York Times reports, Trump’s Post-Election Fund-Raising Comes Under Scrutiny by Justice Dept.: A federal grand jury in Washington is … Read more
Quinta Jurecic, Natalie K. Orpett and Benjamin Wittes write at Lawfare blog, Everything Wrong With Judge Cannon’s Ruling (excerpt): Judge Cannon’s opinion actually defies defense. It is an epic mess, one that manages to do violence to a remarkable number of distinct areas of law in an admirable economy of only 24 pages. The opinion is … Read more