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Jim Comey Prepares to Prevail at SCOTUS
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/17/jim-comey-prepares-to-prevail-at-scotus/
Published: October 17, 2025 21:57
Jim Comey has added the kind of lawyers to his defense team that signals he expects to have to break new appellate ground on politicized prosecutions. The post Jim Comey Prepares to Prevail at SCOTUS appeared first on emptywheel.
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/17/fridays-with-nicole-sandler-74/
Published: October 17, 2025 19:46
There were a bunch of newsworthy detentions this week -- and not all that news was bad! The post Fridays with Nicole Sandler appeared first on emptywheel.
The Bolton Indictment
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/16/the-bolton-indictment/
Published: October 16, 2025 21:22
The indictment against John Bolton charges him with sending, and then retaining, eight documents containing classified information. The post The Bolton Indictment appeared first on emptywheel.
Revenge of the “Lib Tard:” Jeanine Pirro Wins First Humiliating Acquittal
Published: October 16, 2025 20:01
After fuck-up after fuck-up, Jeanine Pirro's prosecutors got an embarrassing acquittal in their effort to jail Sydney Reid for filming an ICE arrest. The post Revenge of the “Lib Tard:” Jeanine Pirro Wins First Humiliating Acquittal appeared first on…
Tick Tock, Tick Tock: Lindsey Halligan’s Filter Follies
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/16/tick-tock-tick-tock-lindsey-halligans-filter-follies/
Published: October 16, 2025 14:54
Lindsey Halligan's loaner prosecutors decided they'd ask for a filter protocol to access already seized material the day after Judge Nachmanoff ordered they provide all discovery to Jim Comey that same day. That may work out poorly for them. The post Tick…
How City of Chicago Beat Back Stephen Miller’s Shoddy Propaganda … So Far
Published: October 16, 2025 12:23
How the efforts of everyday Chicagoans managed to defeat Stephen Miller's propaganda ... so far. The post How City of Chicago Beat Back Stephen Miller’s Shoddy Propaganda … So Far appeared first on emptywheel.
France’s Political Crisis: Sebastian Lecornu Goes All In
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/15/frances-political-crisis-sebastian-lecornu-goes-all-in/
Published: October 15, 2025 19:46
Yesterday, French Prime Minister Sebastian Lecornu gave the speech of his life. Tomorrow, he’ll find out if it worked. Update: It worked. Sebastian Lecornu survived the No Confidence vote. Next come the hard part: governing France. Something shifted in…
The Fascist Dragnet To Avenge Charlie Kirk’s Honor
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/15/the-fascist-dragnet-to-avenge-charlie-kirks-honor/
Published: October 15, 2025 13:10
It's bad enough that the State Department using free speech about Charlie Kirk to exclude purported visa holders. It's still worse that two of six claimed accounts don't do what State accuses. But the dragnet they must have used to get this far is pure…
Mayor Ras Baraka Reaffirms Malicious Prosecution Claim
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/14/mayor-ras-baraka-doubles-down-on-malicious-prosecution-claim/
Published: October 14, 2025 15:47
Newark Mayor Ras Baraka is not backing down from his claim he was falsely arrested by Ricky Patel. The post Mayor Ras Baraka Reaffirms Malicious Prosecution Claim appeared first on emptywheel.
“Sensitivities and Exposure:” Six Stupid Things about Lindsey Halligan’s First Filing
Published: October 12, 2025 13:06
Lindsey the Insurance lawyer and her two loaner AUSAs didn't do so well on their first filing. The post “Sensitivities and Exposure:” Six Stupid Things about Lindsey Halligan’s First Filing appeared first on emptywheel.
We’re in La Plus Stupide Ligne de Temps
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/11/were-in-la-plus-stupide-ligne-de-temps/
Published: October 11, 2025 21:38
Every Manny for Himself (Apologies for the delay, Macron ran out my work day, went into my Saturday, but damn it, this is still France) After a mean girl spat, in which the leader of the ever-more-trending-hard-right Le Republicans, Retailleau, said he…
Prosecutors Sucking Lemons in Their Vindictive Prosecution of Jim Comey
Published: October 11, 2025 10:16
Unless prosecutors find a way to make the Jim Comey prosecution go away, in nine days, we'll get details (in the Vindictive and Selective Prosecution motion) of the efforts Trump has already made to prosecute Jim Comey, and how those efforts failed until…
More Responses to Existentialist Ambiguity
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/10/more-responses-to-existentialist-ambiguity/
Published: October 10, 2025 22:00
Even if there is no external meaning to the universe, we still have to go to work tomorrow. The post More Responses to Existentialist Ambiguity appeared first on emptywheel.
Fridays with Nicole Sandler
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/10/fridays-with-nicole-sandler-73/
Published: October 10, 2025 21:05
Trump's authoritarianism is drowning out coverage of the shutdown. The post Fridays with Nicole Sandler appeared first on emptywheel.
The Nativists Are Getting Restless: How the Rhythm of the Comey Prosecution May Backfire
Published: October 10, 2025 15:53
The two prosecutors DOJ found to prosecute the case against Jim Comey have no understanding of the case, much less the wider ethically fraught context. At least on Wednesday, that made it easier for Pat Fitzgerald to appears as the one prosecuting a case. …
Next Up, Tish James
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/09/next-up-tish-james/
Published: October 9, 2025 22:17
Tish James was indicted on two counts by Trump's personal lawyer. The post Next Up, Tish James appeared first on emptywheel.
More Madness of Macron: An Endless Crisis
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/09/more-madness-of-macron-an-endless-crisis/
Published: October 9, 2025 21:27
Another Season, Another French Prime Minister Blowing in the Wind. Back when we last visited the Dysfunctional 5th Republic of France, The young and fairly talented Gabriel Attal was the Prime Minister of the country as it went into Macron’s disastrous…
Greg Bovino’s September 27 “Shitshow:” Batting 18%
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/greg-bovinos-january-27-shitshow-batting-18/
Published: October 8, 2025 20:17
Of the eleven people the government charged in conjunction with a "shitshow" Chief Custom and Border Patrol Greg Bovino staged at Chicago's ICE facility on September 27, the publicly filed charges against just two defendants have survived. The post Greg…
How Kash Patel and Pam Bondi became Slaves to Stephen Miller
https://www.emptywheel.net/2025/10/08/how-kash-patel-and-pam-bondi-became-slaves-to-stephen-miller/
Published: October 8, 2025 11:50
By indicting the first of Trump's FBI Directors and preparing to frame the second, Kash Patel may have signed his own arrest warrant. The post How Kash Patel and Pam Bondi became Slaves to Stephen Miller appeared first on emptywheel.