tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post5212823205597841953..comments2023-10-19T21:48:56.560-05:00Comments on meaning in history: UPDATED: Durham At Full Throttlemark wauckhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-3955255027674672962020-05-11T21:38:48.265-05:002020-05-11T21:38:48.265-05:00FLASH TRAFFIC:
>> https://www.dailywire.com...<b>FLASH TRAFFIC:</b><br /><br />>> https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-u-s-officials-have-declassified-list-of-obama-officials-who-were-involved-in-unmasking-general-flynn <<EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-82732187345030337822020-05-11T20:20:22.812-05:002020-05-11T20:20:22.812-05:00Two key questions I've yet to see answered:
1...Two key questions I've yet to see answered:<br /><br />1) Who tasked Halper to get Flynn and Lokhova in the same room for the optics.<br /><br />2) Who set up the phony Trump Tower meeting to get Trump Jr. in the same room with Russians — again, solely for the optics.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-62938972702939055872020-05-11T13:40:05.866-05:002020-05-11T13:40:05.866-05:00The best answer, as usual, is "that depends.&...The best answer, as usual, is "that depends." <br /><br />Venue in a criminal trial is controlled by Rule 18 of the Fed. Rules of Crim. Procedure<br /><br />https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcrmp/rule_18<br /><br />The general rule is:<br /><br /><b>"the government must prosecute an offense in a district where the offense was committed.</b> The court must set the place of trial mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-10035466929605119432020-05-11T13:19:43.905-05:002020-05-11T13:19:43.905-05:00Thanks, Mark. Now I have another "I'm no...Thanks, Mark. Now I have another "I'm not a lawyer" question: If any of this goes to trial is D.C. the only venue possible?ThomasGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-30442122219443819042020-05-11T12:07:40.697-05:002020-05-11T12:07:40.697-05:00One thing that seems to have been overlooked in th...One thing that seems to have been overlooked in the revelations of the Obama WH's direct involvement in the Flynn case: apparently, the admonition against WH "interference" with the FBI's "independence" clearly didn't apply when Obama was president, and nobody wants to notice that it was unilaterally applied to Trump.EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-24187921356663997192020-05-11T11:58:41.251-05:002020-05-11T11:58:41.251-05:00The fact that Shea and Jensen are still actively i...The fact that Shea and Jensen are still actively involved would seem to suggest there are potential criminal charges to be brought against the prosecutors running the Mueller prosecutions out of the USA of DC's office. The logic is they are already up to speed on the cases, and it's quicker for them to move forward preparing to prosecute the former prosecutors than farming out to a EZnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-56537407095422786822020-05-11T11:28:27.601-05:002020-05-11T11:28:27.601-05:00This also highlights the key--and very despicable-...This also highlights the key--and very despicable--role Rosenstein played.mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-87099245530336638442020-05-11T11:27:10.689-05:002020-05-11T11:27:10.689-05:00Almost certainly not--unless there's something...Almost certainly not--unless there's something I've missed. You can read up on RICO at Wiki, paying close attention to the "predicate offenses":<br /><br />https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racketeer_Influenced_and_Corrupt_Organizations_Act<br /><br />Everyone close to the investigation, including Barr, has consistently described it in the terms I have: as a conspiracy to violate mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-74533936167919044692020-05-11T11:23:48.107-05:002020-05-11T11:23:48.107-05:00The criminality that occurred under the Obama Admi...The criminality that occurred under the Obama Administration was almost unimaginably vast and serious, and involved hundreds of participants directly engaged in felony criminal conduct. That is no trivial thing.<br /><br />And most of these people (particularly at DOJ/FBI) are very bright and understand the consequences if this whole thing blows wide open. This is why they have fought Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04621133960646283334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-44327100377516917092020-05-11T11:07:25.229-05:002020-05-11T11:07:25.229-05:00Mark, I'm not a lawyer, but does the last para...Mark, I'm not a lawyer, but does the last paragraph in red sort of describe a RICO investigation?ThomasGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-18605195338010932522020-05-11T10:58:31.070-05:002020-05-11T10:58:31.070-05:00If Obama appears worried then others, that were mo...If Obama appears worried then others, that were more confident earlier, might begin to have second thoughts about who will be selected to "take one for the team".<br />One aspect I have been concerned about for a while is how deep the DoJ bench of people Barr/Durham feel they can trust is, given the ever expanding investigation. Maybe they thought the time had come to resolve the FlynnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-78318440161230094672020-05-11T10:54:18.233-05:002020-05-11T10:54:18.233-05:00Perhaps this is obvious, but I have never shied aw...Perhaps this is obvious, but I have never shied away from stating the obvious.<br /><br />It is increasingly certain that by no later than January 5 Barack Obama was aware of the totality of the Russia Hoax. By his position and his presence at the meeting on January 5 in the Oval Office he explicitly or implicitly authorized the next steps: frame Flynn, go to Trump Tower and blackmail Trump, Cassanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11255275730299959627noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-40155085566829261652020-05-11T10:30:36.122-05:002020-05-11T10:30:36.122-05:00Obviously we can only speculate at this point. Rem...Obviously we can only speculate at this point. Remember that Durham and Barr have undoubtedly been keeping a close eye on the Flynn case all along. So, another possibility, a fairly strong one, is that as the Flynn case was coming to a head--driven by Powell's lawyering--other aspects of Durham's investigation were also coming to somewhat of a head. Thus Durham and Barr may have felt the mark wauckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08247066866195200890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1608697421187043479.post-85832559224142825982020-05-11T09:20:06.330-05:002020-05-11T09:20:06.330-05:00so, regarding Flynn, it sounds like they could hav...so, regarding Flynn, it sounds like they could have said more in the motion to dismiss, but elected to make a minimal argument because the other elements of the case are too entangled with the larger issues of the 'sprawling' conspiracy<br /><br />I almost wish they had soldiered on with the prosecution and allowed Sullivan to make the dismissal determination. That would have been better mistcrnoreply@blogger.com