“Mr Riggleman said he and his team have obtained proof…that the people involved, including ex-Trump adviser Steve Bannon, ex-New York City mayor Rudy Giuliani, and others, were “manipulating the data”.
You don’t say.
It was an op. Data was copied from other computers in different locations and put together on a computer Later claimed to be his laptop. Data manipulated several times, new files added over various dates while at repair shop. And then Rudy Giuliani took possession of the laptop.
"The ex-Republican representative said the content being published in right-wing media “has no relation to any forensic copy attached to a Hunter Biden laptop” &“looks ... to us” as if “most of the data is curated” in a way that is “almost like a mixtape of multiple data sources"
We’ve just learned that Republicans have been using a Chinese Spy who lied to federal agents and trafficked arms as a “whistleblower” against Hunter Biden.
A Chinese spy. That was their source. The Republicans are a total joke.
More deliciousness in the Comer/My informant is a Chinese spy scandal: Comer says his "informant" was indicted because of whistleblowing to republican Congress. Um..look at the date on the sealed indictment: It was filed in 2022, before there WAS a republican Congress.
▪️Were comer and his committee members and/or staffers in contact with accused fugitive spy Gal Luft? #DoJ must investigate!
▪️There's a possibility their communications have been subject to Title I FISA intercepts.
Aretha Franklin's sons are facing each other in court over the Queen of Soul's estate. It was originally believed that she had left no will, but nine months after her death in August 2018, three handwritten documents were found at her home, and in April 2023, reports surfaced of a fourth will. Here's more on the complicated, protracted battle.
NOW: #Federal judge in #Louisiana has denied #DoJ's request to pause his injunction barring a wide swath of the Biden admin from contacting social media companies while the government appeals. DoJ expected to seek #emergency action in the #5th Circuit
11:47am CT: Louisiana federal judge denies DoJ request to pause injunction barring many federal agencies and officials from communicating with social media companies
1:49pm CT: DoJ files emergency stay motion in the 5th Circuit
DoJ says that if the 5th Circuit also refuses to put Judge Doughty's injunction (barring many fed agencies from communicating w/ social media companies re: content) on hold while they pursue the appeal, the govt will consider emergency action at #SCOTUS
Kelly Dahl in yesterday's NY Times as she resigns from the Supreme Court Bar:
"I am embarrassed to be associated with this court in any way. I have worked too hard and long to be sullied by an association with such disregard for the law and ethics. I am resigning."
Where #ClarenceThomas Entered an Elite Circle & Opened a Door to the Court
The exclusive #HoratioAlgerAssociation brought the justice access to wealthy members & unreported V.I.P. treatment. He, in turn, offered another kind of #access.
Discrimination against Muslims permitted through law in India, says Aakar Patel
India has developed a nationalism that is fierce, but essentially inward-focused, and of late there is discrimination against Muslims that is permitted through law, Aakar Patel, Chair of the Board of Amnesty International in India, has said.
Stories like this remind us why being mindful of protecting one's privacy online is important and that "private" messages in the majority of places aren't private at all without end-to-end encryption.
Be mindful of what sensitive data you're relinquishing to companies.
@StillIRise1963 I am reading Julie Suk's After Misogyny: How the Law Fails Women and What to Do about It. It provides a helpful frame about why we are still struggling in the US.
"The laws of misogyny underestimate or belittle women’s contributions, while allowing men and society to benefit from and depend upon women’s sacrifices. The misogynist is more parasite then predator."
“Other countries have social safety nets, the US has women.”
Republican lobbyist Chris Dorworth’s “attempt to sue the young woman at the center of the Matt Gaetz underage sex trafficking scandal has backfired … , with the woman filing a response that repeatedly accuses the lobbyist of raping her.” 7/8/23
Roger Stone joins Trump on his private plane to Las Vegas” - 7/7/23 (As I keep warning, Roger Stone is Trump’s closest longtime advisor.)
In 2019, Stone was convicted in federal court for obstructing a congressional investigation into Trump's 2016 campaign. Trump later commuted his sentence and then pardoned him.
FLASH: #OathKeepers Founder Stewart Rhodes has been transferred to the Cumberland federal correctional facility in Maryland.
He's set to serve 18 years in Jan 6 seditious conspiracy case.
maga criminal in prison, convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy here working with Trump advisor Mike #Flynn (Flynn convicted of lying to the FBI about contacts with Russians) and Patrick Byrne (his GF is a convicted Russian spy).
3/ Investigators have former #DoD official’s testimony that Mike #Flynn told him “something’s about to happen” and that DoD needed “to have the military take over the election and redo the election.”
Flynn repeatedly took the #5th, refusing to answer questions about it because his answers would incriminate him in his crimes
▪️From 2 sources, familiar with the #special#counsel#grand#jury on #J6 that Trump's consideration of using purported fed. authority to seize voting machines is under scrutiny. SC probing whether there was criminal intent to build a premise for delay/block in certification.
▪️Why this matter... investigators are interested in whether Trump was CHOOSING, verbally and in documented exchanges, to buy into Powell/Flynn suggestion that, by claiming voting machines were problematic, the election had to be sent back to the states.
▪️See p. 194 of Peril. Look at what Trump says to the group in the room, per our reporting: "I care about getting these machines... I want to get these machines & I have a right to do so... "
▪️One element of this is that Giuliani despised Sidney Powell & crew and thought they were encroaching on his turf. So the SC, is looking at how Rudy was working states for Trump, all while Powell/Flynn were working machine angle. Related but diff't schemes ...
▪️So while "use Pence" scheme is certainly also key part of probe, SC team clearly asking questions about WHAT ELSE was considered, how, and WHEN did Trump mention it and why, and how did he respond to attys? Alt. electors, seizing voting machines, pressuring state officials, etc.
▪️Recall, many people in that 12-18-20 Oval mtg. are cooperating w/ SC on J6 probe and repeatedly told Trump that what Powell was suggesting was not true or legal. Trump's response to guidance from attys is part of understanding his motivations and conduct
▪️Sources directly familiar with witnesses and questions asked tell me it’s clear Special Counsel is now "tightening" the Jan. 6 probe around Trump and his inner circle, with focus on infamous 12-18-20 Oval mtg. and efforts to push nat-sec, DOJ officials…
7/ ▪️“JAN 6TH IS GONNA BE CRAZY. … LOL”: DHS OFFICIALS EXPECTED VIOLENCE AT THE CAPITOL, KEPT IT TO THEMSELVES
A new report from the DHS Office of Inspector General documents intelligence officials joking about Democrats being hanged.
Producer Garth Drabinsky Appeals Antitrust Lawsuit Against Actors' Equity Association (www.broadwayworld.com)
Producer Garth Drabinsky has appealed the dismissal of his antitrust lawsuit against Actors' Equity Association....
A judge has ordered Kansas to stop changing trans people's sex listing on their driver's licenses (apnews.com)
A state-court judge has ordered Kansas to stop allowing transgender people to change the listing for sex on their driver’s licenses.
Concerns raised over Ring's relationship with law enforcement and potential for racial profiling (www.wired.com)
They’re affordable and ubiquitous, but homeowners shouldn’t be able to act as vigilantes.