Where the Trump Investigations Stand: Stolen Documents
As noted in this post, I started to write short summaries of where the three main investigations into Trump stand, but they turned into posts. So I’m posting them serially. In my post on the Georgia...
View ArticleThe Potential International Grift Hiding behind the Stolen Documents...
Back in November, Devlin Barrett (along with WaPo’s Trump-whisperer, Josh Dawsey) published a column claiming investigators had found nothing to suggest that Trump was trying to monetize the documents...
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ABC Reports that Sources Familiar Say 2 + 2 = 5
In a piece describing that Jack Smith has substantially completed his investigation into stolen documents, WSJ reported Trump’s associates believed that the former President would be indicted and were...
View ArticleTim Parlatore Quit After Trump Lawyers Couldn’t Find the Iran Document
Tim Parlatore’s decision to quit the Trump team — and the reports on the infighting on Trump’s legal team that followed shortly thereafter — sure look a lot different in light of CNN’s report, from a...
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Down a Mouse Hole with Bill Clinton’s Cat, Socks
When I first read this WaPo article yesterday, I was struck by two things: first, the revelation that when Judicial Watch’s Tom Fitton appeared before a Jack Smith grand jury early this year, he was...
View ArticleThe Three Reported Charges against Trump: 371, 1512, and (maybe) 242
I want to caution about the reports on the charges named in Trump’s target letter. Even after Jim Trusty got the summons for Trump’s Espionage Act indictment, reporting based on his representation of...
View ArticleTrump’s Means of Bullying and His Co-Conspirator Volunteer Lawyers
There were three developments in the dispute over the protective order in Trump’s January 6 indictment yesterday. Trump’s team filed their response to Judge Tanya Chutkan’s order and the government’s...
View Article“Like fatter Tony Soprano” Attending the Arraignment and “Effect[ing]” Liz...
Two amusing phrases from yesterday’s news provide a wonderful opportunity to talk about how Trump will continue to manipulate his prosecution. First, Peter Navarro continues to seek ways to stall his...
View ArticleTrump’s Federated Conspiracies and Racketeering: How Georgia and the Federal...
The Georgia indictment and Trump’s federal indictment tell the same story. But those stories have some key differences, that will create an interesting prisoner’s dilemma for those involved. The...
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Boris Epshteyn’s Absence and Presence in Trump’s Alleged Crime Spree
ABC had a story yesterday revealing details about Trump attorney Jennifer Little’s role in the former president’s stolen document case. Most commentators are focused on the warning that Little...
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Merrick Garland Hasn’t Done the Specific Thing You Want because DOJ Has Been...
The passage of the election has set off the Merrick Garland whingers again, people who like displaying their ignorance by claiming there has been no sign of progress on the investigations into Trump...
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Devlin Barrett’s “People Familiar with the Matter”
As Devlin Barrett’s sources would have it, a man whose business ties to the Saudis include a $2 billion investment in his son-in-law, a golf partnership of undisclosed value, and a new hotel...
View ArticleHow the January 6 Committee Investigation Maps onto DOJ’s Known Investigation
I’m going to attempt to do a live post mapping what we’re learning from the January 6 Committee investigation onto what we know about the multi-prong DOJ investigations. Before I do so, however, I want...
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Some People Have Sex Toys; Trump [Claims He] Has Empty Classified Evening...
I’d like to situate the details about an empty folder marked, “Classified Evening Briefing,” from this Guardian story into what we know about the searches of Mar-a-Lago. It describes that the folder...
View ArticlePence’s Previously Redacted Documents and The Corcoran Scapegoating
Time for another update on the various investigations into stolen and mishandled documents. Start with Mike Pence, who thus far, the press has assumed, is the safest among the three men being...
View ArticleMaggie Haberman’s Foray into Campaign Finance Journalism
I started unpacking this Maggie Haberman story yesterday morning. It was an unusual story. Love or hate Maggie, she’s a really hard working journalist. But her forté is working phones, not documents....
View ArticleRemember: DOJ May Still Suspect Trump Is Hoarding Classified Documents
When I wrote up initial reports of Christina Bobb’s first interview with investigators in the stolen documents case, I noted, Bobb’s testimony will clarify for DOJ, I guess, about how broadly they need...
View ArticleHappy Crime-Fraud Exception Day, for Those Who Celebrate
Today marks the calendar start of celebration season for Mr. EW and I; all our big dates are squished into a short period that, this year, might well culminate in the first of several indictments for...
View ArticleChristina Bobb’s Rent-an-Attorney-Client Cut-Out Computer
Back in March, ABC reported that Fani Willis wanted to interview Christina Bobb in the probe of Trump’s attempt to overturn Georgia election results. Smart commentators on that investigation, like...
View Article“Lock Him Up!” Trump Calls on Congress to Halt the Criminal Investigation...
Yesterday, four Trump lawyers sent House Intelligence Chair Mike Turner a really risky letter. CNN first reported on the letter. Boris Epshteyn, who had allegedly been leading Trump’s defense in that...
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