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Bev54

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45. Oh there are gaps in the story for sure. One of the most blatant errors was to say

Mon Jun 19, 2023, 07:05 PM

Jun 2023

that subpoenas for the fake electors went out the day of the J6 committee meeting June 21, when in fact those subpoenas were issued on May 25th. The DOJ already had some of the phones of those involved in the fake electors scheme, including Rudy's phone (Sept 2021) and was disseminating it which would suggest they likely got information from it.

The investigation into Sidney Powell was also started in Sept 2021

There is a good article at Empty Wheel, scrutinizing this WaPo article.

https://www.emptywheel.net/2023/06/19/the-wapo-shows-there-should-be-more-scrutiny-of-steve-dantuono/

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Carol Leonnig's WaPo article about DOJ delays in investigating Trump [View all] spooky3 Jun 2023 OP

Thank you! 2naSalit Jun 2023 #1

You're welcome. I think this is an extremely important article. Nt spooky3 Jun 2023 #4

It is... 2naSalit Jun 2023 #10

I agree with this Dave says Jun 2023 #18

So inthewind21 Jun 2023 #21

I don't know. 2naSalit Jun 2023 #35

Really? inthewind21 Jun 2023 #40

You mean like using emptywheel as one's bible? Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #41

curious choice indeed, especially as some of them attack past associations to discredit things they Celerity Jun 2023 #56

I've never found her to be the Yoda some here seem to think she is. Usually Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #57

Hillary moreland01 Jun 2023 #28

My first choice. 2naSalit Jun 2023 #36

Mine too. triron Jun 2023 #51

And no fucking "gaps" in her story. onecaliberal Jun 2023 #2

Oh there are gaps in the story for sure. One of the most blatant errors was to say Bev54 Jun 2023 #45

It's an informative article and a good read. SharonClark Jun 2023 #3

Kick dalton99a Jun 2023 #5

Andrew Weissmann went there; gab13by13 Jun 2023 #6

I think he's right. spooky3 Jun 2023 #8

Why wait 2 years orthoclad Jun 2023 #22

All that is needed is for good men to do nothing. It sounds like we had a lot of good men Autumn Jun 2023 #9

+100 Celerity Jun 2023 #37

As one who said here that Garland's reluctance amounted to incompetence Goodheart Jun 2023 #11

I'm angry too. We might lose it all thanks to feckless white men looking the other way onecaliberal Jun 2023 #14

I doubt it has anything to do whathehell Jun 2023 #20

Me too! I'm fucking FURIOUS. Sky Jewels Jun 2023 #16

Appeasement was the mistake. triron Jun 2023 #52

the entire "not looking partisan" is fucking RIDCULOUS Skittles Jun 2023 #17

I am so disgusted! lucca18 Jun 2023 #24

Right. And yet some people are *still* insisting that we were wrong ecstatic Jun 2023 #19

KnR.. MiHale Jun 2023 #7

K&R 2naSalit Jun 2023 #12

What was President Biden's role? Kid Berwyn Jun 2023 #13

Im positive they never spoke about it. onecaliberal Jun 2023 #15

That's what I believe. Kid Berwyn Jun 2023 #55

He has been adamant that he will not interfere in their work. Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #26

Big diff from previous administration. Kid Berwyn Jun 2023 #58

Nonsense. President Biden made it clear he would NOT interfere with how the DOJ ran or its JohnSJ Jun 2023 #27

It's a question. Kid Berwyn Jun 2023 #59

Thanks for the clarification JohnSJ Jun 2023 #60

Jesus. Just finished reading the whole thing. Thank you for it, spooky3. But good God. Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #23

There is an awful lot on this good man's shoulders. colorado_ufo Jun 2023 #30

I know. The three biggest investigations, while the rest of them are running around Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #34

The pyramid scheme is for drug gangs, not orthoclad Jun 2023 #25

The fact that they think Bubba and his buddies who carpooled to DC together Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #31

Can't let politics look political, eh? orthoclad Jun 2023 #39

He wasn't dragging his feet. TrotskyistTidings Jun 2023 #29

I, for one, am glad he didn't get on the Supreme Court. colorado_ufo Jun 2023 #32

Amy Corona Barrett instead? orthoclad Jun 2023 #38

Good point, but I am wishing that President Obama had made a different choice. colorado_ufo Jun 2023 #42

I think you're correct, and orthoclad Jun 2023 #44

Obama chose Garland because he had moonscape Jun 2023 #48

What a misguided statement. Garland would have been light years better than any trump appointee, JohnSJ Jun 2023 #43

K & R Bookmarked will definitely read this FakeNoose Jun 2023 #33

And now Trump is a candidate instead of a prisoner. dchill Jun 2023 #46

Garland said since this investigation started he would follow the evidence wherever it doc03 Jun 2023 #47

That's damn well what it looks like. triron Jun 2023 #53

What I have learned over the last 7 years or so when it comes to Trump doc03 Jun 2023 #54

+1 uponit7771 Jun 2023 #61

And don't forget the fake electors. They didn't do anything about that either. Scrivener7 Jun 2023 #62

Well the Biden administration now has their scandal. republianmushroom Jun 2023 #49

Justice delayed, is justice denied. Think. Again. Jun 2023 #50