The Hall of Fire

And going some 1,600 miles south-by-southwest from Michigan: " Arizona grand jury has indicted Trump allies for 2020 election interference " ( Politico ). Donald Trump is "Unindicted Co-Conspirator 1." (Ken Chesebro is "Unindicted Co-Conspirator 4.") Only some of the e...

I'm sure there are reasons, but it seems wrong to me (and I would guess to you as well) that Trump is an uninvited co-conspirator in both states. He is the head of the snake.

I don't think Howard or the rest of the staff gets them anything they can't get from Pecker.

That's disappointing but we are still a long ways away.

He's not going to prison in this case. A prison sentence for a first time offender on these charges would be contrary to usual practice.

Thanks for highlighting this (I'm impressed that you pulled up that exchange that I had with nerdanel back in 2015). I don't believe that I have ever seen the words "Brief for Respondent in Support of Petitioner" before. I will be very interested to see what happens, and particularly how v...

Eeeep!

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I'm not seeing the word "conspiracy" in either of those documents. And yet, the very first statement in the prosecutor Matthew Colangelo's opening statement was ""This case is about a criminal conspiracy and a cover up." This issue came up again today. The defense objected ...

Sarah Cooper!

I doubt the new rule with survive legal challenges, sadly. Not with the Roberts court.

Exactly.

Personally I would prefer not to have that kind of reporting here.

This pretty much sums up the gag order hearing so far.

There is a huge trowel of information that has been revealed now that Trump's motion to compel discovery and the hundreds of pages of exhibits have been docketed in a heavily redacted form. That motion was filed on January 16 and the opposition was filed on February 2, and Cannon still has not ruled.

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No. Cohen doesn't just get to decide what he can and cannot say, that is up the judge and Trump's violation of the gag order would more likely be relevant to impeaching Trump's own testimony (if he did testify) rather than justifying Cohen's name-calling. Anyway, saying "I'm sleazeball because ...

I meant to mention Trump's potential further violation of the gag order earlier, but didn't. I'm sure that the prosecutors will mention that at the hearing tomorrow, but I doubt that the judge will specifically address it (though maybe I am wrong).

A reminder that the "star witness" is almost as awful as the defendant.



Two peas in a pod.

This Lawfare dispatch is worth watching, if only for Ben Wittes description of David Pecker, and his laugh.