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msfiddlestix

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88. DU lawyers?

Thu Feb 3, 2022, 11:48 AM

Feb 2022

I don't even watch tv and I know that it isn't "DU lawyers", but prominent career prosecutors (qualifies as lawyers) in the media have been and continue to state the obvious. Which is not too different than "DU lawyers" ..

"wailin"... really?

Wondering what the rationalization will be for patience when that psychopath is installed in the white house once again.

Oh I know it will be the fault of Wailing DU lawyers.

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Emptywheel: While TV lawyers wailed, DOJ obtained communications from Rudy, Powell, Meadows [View all] Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 OP

DU "lawyers" Pantagruel Feb 2022 #1

You are correct KS Toronado Feb 2022 #15

The Mark Meadows indictment watch is a good example. L. Coyote Feb 2022 #31

but, but, but .. stopdiggin Feb 2022 #70

Won't it be nice to be able to tell us you were right? msfiddlestix Feb 2022 #89

I was going to say.. "TV lawyers Cha Feb 2022 #36

We'll know who's right when the "no bail" arrests start...... jaxexpat Feb 2022 #43

it is not the job of the Justice Dept to win elections stopdiggin Feb 2022 #71

Flawed? Hardly. Practical and realistic? Greatly. jaxexpat Feb 2022 #77

the ills that face our country stopdiggin Feb 2022 #79

America's ills are always and only fixed by..... jaxexpat Feb 2022 #81

DU lawyers? msfiddlestix Feb 2022 #88

Mueller investigation took 2 years dwayneb Feb 2022 #91

Can't wait to see the flow chart for T***p-World perps and Baked Potato Feb 2022 #2

Cable news has been against us since day one. Makes sense the lawyers pwb Feb 2022 #3

Emptywheel also points out that Meadows could be in much deeper shit Ocelot II Feb 2022 #4

Any reason they can't do 'both'.......... MyOwnPeace Feb 2022 #16

The subpoena charge is a misdemeanor. Better to wait and give him both barrels. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #18

"Better to wait and give him both barrels." MyOwnPeace Feb 2022 #21

What you gain by waiting is an airtight case. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #23

Does being charged with a lesser crime FoxNewsSucks Feb 2022 #28

No, but why not wait until you can bust them on all charges? Ocelot II Feb 2022 #32

That's a good point, FoxNewsSucks Feb 2022 #35

Prosecutors typically save up all possible charges Ocelot II Feb 2022 #38

Vs. the judge agreeing with the defense it was just one instance or a minor offense. LiberalFighter Feb 2022 #52

No, but there are issues around discovery and pleas. Case-builders don't want to tip their hands or Bernardo de La Paz Feb 2022 #34

Good question really. I don't get it ... KPN Feb 2022 #24

Prosecuting now slows down the rest of the investigation. LiberalFighter Feb 2022 #39

If our bench is so light that it cannot perform two necessary functions at once........ jaxexpat Feb 2022 #46

It is not about the bench being so light. LiberalFighter Feb 2022 #51

That lil million won't help either malaise Feb 2022 #61

THIS should be pinned to DU's front page Hekate Feb 2022 #5

Building an airtight case takes time Mz Pip Feb 2022 #6

The Jan 6th Committee perhaps, but not the DOJ while Biden is still POTUS. ProudMNDemocrat Feb 2022 #9

Building an airtight case takes witnesses and interviews, who has DOJ interviewed? dem4decades Feb 2022 #11

Why would they tell us? Ocelot II Feb 2022 #19

They wouldn't Mz Pip Feb 2022 #20

Exactly. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #22

All leaks don't come from DOJ, in fact none probably do. Defendants leak, their lawyers leak, court dem4decades Feb 2022 #27

They wouldn't, but those who were being questioned would fight it in court or leak it themselves. dem4decades Feb 2022 #25

Not true of all people who testify ... Trumpdumper Feb 2022 #37

If you had talked to DOJ or testified before a grand jury Ocelot II Feb 2022 #44

That is the foundation for a good theory about why we know so little........ jaxexpat Feb 2022 #48

We didn't even know that Trump's attorneys had met with Fulton DA for over a month afterwards. Nt Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #49

Good point. calimary Feb 2022 #33

Yes, though I retired some time ago. Ocelot II Feb 2022 #55

they can't shut down the DOJ. maxsolomon Feb 2022 #58

K&R PunkinPi Feb 2022 #7

Wonderful breakdown JustAnotherGen Feb 2022 #8

K & R Bookmarking FakeNoose Feb 2022 #10

Preet and Katyal are just "TV" lawyers? dem4decades Feb 2022 #12

She really has it in for Elie Honig! 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2022 #13

Well Elie Honig has made some sloppy statements at the very least Bev54 Feb 2022 #26

I'm not defending him. Just saying she has it in for him - she goes after him on Twitter while 50 Shades Of Blue Feb 2022 #29

Perhaps true, those on CNN seem to be the worst, including Toobin. Bev54 Feb 2022 #30

Emptywheel is not someone I follow ever since fitzmas. She was so wrong! boston bean Feb 2022 #14

Your loss- she reports verifiable information that the MSM ignores. Nt Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #17

Like Fitzmas? Scrivener7 Feb 2022 #54

Strawman, they didn't need all this shit before announcing against Marilyn Mosby ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #40

The person who wrote that seems to miss the real issue... Escurumbele Feb 2022 #41

+1 uponit7771 Feb 2022 #42

Absolutely! BlueJac Feb 2022 #45

That statement refers to Meadows' documents, which he is in the process of recovering Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #50

Its not just Meadows and I don't think anyone is convinced that these people haven't destroyed shit uponit7771 Feb 2022 #56

It's not the DOJ's job to "fully scream to the hilt", it's their job to investigate and prosecute Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #57

This is false on its face, if there's something wrong in America and the DOJ knows about it and the uponit7771 Feb 2022 #59

The DOJ "speaks" through indictments and prosecutions, not political grandstanding. Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #63

DOJ can indict, prosecute and speak out against wrong LOUDLY and OFTEN as they've done in the uponit7771 Feb 2022 #64

Feel free to list past examples where DOJ "screamed to the hilt" during an ongoing investigation. Nt Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #65

Don't know of any where they screamed to the hilt during on going investigations but there are uponit7771 Feb 2022 #66

So, you admit DOJ "screaming to the hilt" on January 6 is inappropriate Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #72

Don't know what you mean by "on Jan 6" but I do agree that the DOJ screaming J6 was wrong ... uponit7771 Feb 2022 #76

I meant screaming regarding the January 6 cases. Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #82

I don't think they should "scream" about cases at all even though they do sometimes. uponit7771 Feb 2022 #84

I love Marcy Wheeler gristy Feb 2022 #47

TFG is the equivalent of a mob boss, only even more dangerous Ocelot II Feb 2022 #53

Great post malaise Feb 2022 #60

facinating about Meadows..... Takket Feb 2022 #62

The hostility of the writer was unnecessary. As citizens, we have ecstatic Feb 2022 #67

If the article is true? It's based on publicly available court records and statements Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #83

Spit balls thrown at "tv lawyers".. EW seems confused/ msfiddlestix Feb 2022 #68

That qualifier is in reference to Meadows' documents, which are in the process of being turned over Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #73

ok. I gotcha. Thanks for clarification.. it seemed contradicting. msfiddlestix Feb 2022 #74

Meadows isn't going to jail.. mountain grammy Feb 2022 #85

If Meadows doesn't go to jail, it will only be because he has flipped and cooperated with DOJ Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #86

Believe me, I'll be more than happy to do that.. mountain grammy Feb 2022 #87

Lol, is Laurence Tribe a 'TV Lawyer'? radius777 Feb 2022 #69

Did you even read the emptywheel article? Fiendish Thingy Feb 2022 #75

Tribe has no idea what's going on in DOJ. Nada. Zero. Trumpdumper Feb 2022 #80

Marcy is terrific, thanks for posting n/t Just_Vote_Dem Feb 2022 #78

The Problem is NOT AG Garland. It is the TV controlled by the 1% sowing discord and confusion Tommymac Feb 2022 #90