On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com spoke to @qjurecic.bsky.social and @annabower.bsky.social about the life and times of the Justice Department’s current head of the civil rights division, Harmeet Dhillon and the hallmarks of her tenure at the Justice Department thus far. youtu.be/wWGp8yRpyV0
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Tucker Carlson: I’ll be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. We’re implicated in this. I misled people.
Sigh. Where else did he publish this?
That sound you hear in the background is Robert Jackson rolling in his grave
Ironically, that clip begins with DiGenova’s wife and law partner Victoria Toensig attacking Peter Strzok for investigating Trump despite his “vile animus” toward the man.
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Jamie Raskin has filed briefs supporting his motions for the court to appoint an amici to contest vacating the convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Here's the Proud Boys version ...
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Somewhere out there, in a law firm office far, far away, an associate on the defense team for John Brennan just started updating the exhibit list for his draft selective or vindictive prosecution motion
My "No, the FBI did not have to send a SWAT team because I was passed-out drunk behind a locked door" shirt is raising questions...
Disappointingly, the actual malice section of Patel’s complaint does not contain a subhead entitled “Actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up”
Here’s a list of the allegations that Patel claims are false and defamatory:
Here’s FBI Director Kash Patel’s complaint against the Atlantic regarding the magazine’s reporting about his drinking habits: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
A beagle with floppy ears looks up at the camera with big brown eyes, begging for a treat
Happy Monday from Lucy the beagle
She’s wishing you a week full of treats
SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for.
Details here:
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Ok, I couldn’t decide so I went with a third option: Belle Burden’s “Strangers”
My three-word review: Men are unbelievable!
I agree! Everybody see Nirvanna The Band Etc!
Pat Dennis @patdennis see him tonight at the Rivoli X.com JIMMY @yakubbsmonster. 8h Guy parachuting into Virginia Tech Spring game is stuck on the scoreboard after rough collision.
This is an extremely funny tweet if you’ve seen “Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie”
Which reminds me that I’ve been meaning to tell everyone to go watch “Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie”
It’s so funny and genuinely delightful
NEW: We obtained the government’s settlement agreement with Michael Flynn.
As previously reported, DOJ agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle Flynn’s claims that he was wrongfully prosecuted.
But docs suggest a separate settlement could be in the works: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/u.s....
WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com
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ACTUAL MALICE STANDARD IS NOW WHAT SOME WOULD CALL A LEGAL LAYUP
WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF LEGAL LAYUPS
I’m sorry guys I just can’t get this out of my head
What an earworm from the FBI director
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ACTUAL MALICE STANDARD IS NOW WHAT SOME WOULD CALL A LEGAL LAYUP
FBI Director Kash Patel V @FBIDi...•29s X see you and your entire entourage of false reporting in court... But do keep at it with the fake news, actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up. BW Benjamin Williamson To Sarah Fitzpatrick and You 2:16 PM Sarah, Top to bottom, this is one of the most absurd things I've ever read. Completely false at a nearly 100% clip. And with a two hour deadline. Copying my colleague Erica. We'll get you some more thorough responses. Get Outlook for iOS Ben Williamson Assistant Director FBI Office of Public Affairs Acyn @@Acyn. 1h Psaki: Patel's advisor said a The brieling wen Psa lawsuit is being filed. 2:06 -NET ABSENCES CAUSE ALEM Fitzpatrick: I stand by every... 3 176 20 ıhl 2 1
“actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up.”
“actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up.”
“actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up.”
“actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up.”
The Atlantic POLITICS The FBI Director Is MIA
Rapper M.I.A.
Wow I had no idea
Lena Dunham’s fame sick and Patrick Radden keefe’s London falling
extremely millennial dilemma: do i read the new lena dunham first or the new patrick radden keefe first?
Kash Patel advisor Erica Knight says a “lawsuit is being filed” over The Atlantic’s article alleging that the FBI director’s drinking has been “a recurring source of concern across the government.”
Patel retweeted the post.
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Gift article: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...