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Grasswire2's Journaloutstanding cartoon re: Trump's attack "Enemy Of The People"
Great for sharing to get this message out on social media.
[link:https://twitter.com/WestWingReport/status/1097257972332457984|
Who is on Bill Maher tonight? I hope it's goooood. nt
so the control on the bathroom wall heater is apparently stripped...
....it just goes round and round and nothing happens.. It has been difficult for a while getting it to turn the heater off, and this is likely the culmination of that problem.
What would I have to do to replace that knob and have the heater working again? What if I take it off and it is not the knob stripped, but the metal part worn down that extends into the knob when it's in place?
The knob is plastic, by the way.
Any ideas appreciated! I currently have the breaker switch off.
From Neal Katyal, who wrote the rules for Special Counsel office
[link:https://twitter.com/neal_katyal/status/1083203987468357635|
First 15 points:
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
1.The special counsel rules, which I drafted at DOJ 20 years ago, contemplate 2 kinds of reports. One is a report from Mueller to the AG, at the close of his investigation: a confidential report explaining the prosecution or declination decisions reached by the Special Counsel.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
2. That document is to be confidential. But there is a second, separate reporting requirement, which forces the AG to notify Congress with an explanation for each action upon conclusion of the Special Counsels investigation, including
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
3. ... a description and explanation of instances (if any) in which the AG concluded that a proposed action by a Special Counsel was so inappropriate or unwarranted under established Departmental practices that it should not be pursued.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
4.That report must explain why the investigation has concluded, and any instance in which the AG overruled the Special Counsel. The provision was designed to ensure Congressional and public confidence in the integrity of the process.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
5.Notably, we wrote the circumstances for an AG to overrule a Special Counsel very tightlyit has to violate established Departmental practices.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
6. So, to take one hypothetical example, generic DOJ opinions about whether a sitting President could be indicted do not create an established Departmental practice about whether an individual could be indicted for successfully cheating in a Presidential election.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
7.There is no DOJ established practice that says if a Presidential candidate cheats enough and wins the Presidency, that he gets a get-out-of-jail-free card.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
8.There is one other important aspect to the regulations. If a Special Counsel is worried that the AG may cover something up, the regs give him an important weapon.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
9.Because they require a mandatory report to Congress about any instance of the AG overruling a Special Counsel, they put the thumb on the scale of a Special Counsel telling the AG he will take a sensitive act and waiting for AG to say no. That triggers the reporting requirement.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
10. It is a safeguard to prevent a cover-up, it creates a mandatory report to a separate and coequal branch of govt. So that is why I believe Mueller has a move left to play if Whitaker or Barr (if confirmed) try to stymie him and his full report.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
11. Now the President can try to claim executive privilege. Nixon tried that, it didnt turn out so well. He got crushed in the Supreme Court. Trumps claim appears even weakermuch wont even concern presidential deliberations&the part that might (Comey) has been waived by Trump.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
12.And here, there is another problem: Trumps legal team has been saying they dont think a sitting President can be indicted.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
13. Leaving aside the point above in (6) and (7), the only way that claim makes any sense is if the President must be impeached first. Every real scholar who says a sitting President cant be indicted couples that with a view that impeachment is the remedy.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
14. So if the President asserts the view he cant be indicted, he has to allow the turnover of all investigative material to Congress. Otherwise he would be no different than King George III, literally above the law.
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Neal Katyal
Verified account @neal_katyal
Jan 9
15.This point is fleshed out in my NYT op-ed below. The key point is that even if you think Trump won't be indicted, his legal claims about his immunity from indictment set up&invite the launch of impeachment investigation+eviscerate his exec priv claims.
What do you think of this web site publication? It's new to me. Just Security. (National security)
McConnell pushing rules change to speed up nominees
[link:https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/429818-gop-advances-rules-change-to-speed-up-confirmation-of-trump-nominees?fbclid=IwAR1UkCCIHDPJfpVckBJltSpmc9QVEzP_Ynx9EJGzbQ5QDlCSY1pmhJs_tXM|
Day of reckoning coming soon for him.
How is it that de-vegetation can begin along the Rio Grande without environmental studies?
To whom does this segment of land belong?
Under what authority is it being cleared of habitat?
El Paso FD says 6500 attendance at Trump event.
He's claiming tens of thousands outside, ten thousand inside.
[link:https://twitter.com/zahiratorres/status/1095151914365407232|
[link:https://twitter.com/jameshohmann/status/1095148754225807360|
Empty Wheel: Manafort Sold Out Donald Trump & His Anonymous Leakers Are Lying About It
non-twitter link here: [link:https://www.emptywheel.net/2019/02/09/paul-manafort-sold-out-donald-trump-and-his-anonymous-leakers-are-lying-about-it-publicly/|
[link:https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1094317516376150017|
Interesting Twitter thread on Don Jr, blocked call, Lorber, DJT, Russian media coverage.
[link:https://twitter.com/ScottMStedman/status/1094851425069260801|
Scott Stedman
@ScottMStedman
Scott Stedman Retweeted J
Very interesting point here. Trump brags that the Trump Jr blocked phone call around the time of the 2016 Trump Tower meeting wasnt with him, but was with Howard Lorber instead.
Hours later, Russia releases old video of Trump with Lorber in Moscow.
Scott Stedman added (video here)
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VERY INTERESTING thread follows
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