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With all the brouhaha over the Trump indictment, I pay attention only to one thing
The actual case. I’ve been listening to today’s events as reported by MSNBC and have heard a lot of pretty intelligent people talking an awful lot — they have to; it’s without question a news event and must be covered … Continue reading
Posted in Crime & Punishment, DOJ, Good Things Happening, Jan 6, Journalism, Judiciary, Politics, The Facts of Life, The filthy rich, Trumpism
Tagged Andrew Weissman, Brandon Van Grack, Das Rheingold, Donald Trump, Florence Supermax Prison, Gotterdammerung, Joyce Vance, MSNBC, Neal Katyal, Rainbow Bridge, Robert Hanssen
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I read the entire indictment. I am floored
More than an easy read, it’s an astounding spy story…even if the spy/mark is so stupid, I can’t even… For a while now, I’ve recognized how dimwitted Trump is. When I read the quotes from taped sessions with him…and here … Continue reading
Posted in DOJ, Government, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged 9:23-cr-80101 AMC, Bedminster, confidential classifications, DOJ, Iran, Ivanka Trump, Jack Smith, Mar-a-Lago, MSNBC, NOFORN, Saudi Arabia, secret classification, top secret classification, Trump Bedminster, Trump indictment, Trump indictment penalty sheet, Trump potential prison sentence, Walt Nauta indictment
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Outtakes and Vagabonds: I was once on a jury for a case that settled
I, too, was disappointed in Dominion’s settlement with Fox, most likely because I had wild expectations that it’d mean the End of Fox. Eventually. But pretty quickly I exited the realm of alternative reality and understood the settlement meant the … Continue reading
Posted in Human rights, Journalism, Judiciary, Law, suits and order, Lawyers, Politics, The Facts of Life, Trumpism
Tagged actual malice, Dominion, Dominion vs Fox, First Amendment, Fox, juries, NYCHA, NYT v Sullivan, power of juries, Smartmatic, voir dire
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