One of Harmeet Dhillon's prosecutors decided to make stupid, false claims about where the media campaign regarding the Cities Church case came from. That should shift the focus to the egregious things Harmeet said while prosecutors reporting to her were presenting this case to the grand jury. The post Ned Hedley Invites a Discussion about Harmeet Dhillon’s Egregious Misconduct appeared first on emptywheel.

At least 7 people have accused Elon Musk -- the African immigrant who donated a quarter of a billion dollars to keep Republicans in power -- of letting Grok disseminate child sexual abuse material of them. The post GOP Accepts $296M Bribe to Protect African Immigrant CSAM Purveyor appeared first on emptywheel.

There are at least 36 affidavits signed by HSI Agents -- like the goons who just searched Ilhan Omar's house -- who have made false claims to frame Democrats or other Trump opponents. The post HSI Agents Ricky Patel, Ryan Ribner, Richard Berger, and Timothy Gerber All Made False Claims to Frame Democrats appeared first on emptywheel.

It appears that Stephen Miller was pushing a smear attack on James Talarico before an unlawful phone call happened. The post The James Talarico HIPAA Crime and Stephen Miller’s Apparent Advance Knowledge appeared first on emptywheel.

Kash Patel has spent almost a decade using Russian disinformation to try to frame Trump's adversaries -- first Hillary Clinton, then Jim Comey. That means, when Kash goes to Russia this week, they will have enormous leverage over the FBI Director. Because they know his secret. The post Kash Patel Colluded with Russian Spies to Frame Jim Comey, and He Probably Will Again appeared first on emptywheel.

The far right is very frothy because, rather than answering questions about how to help struggling Americans, Scott Bessent instead trolled Elizabeth Warren. The post Evidence Is Evidence: The Questions Scott Bessent Couldn’t Answer appeared first on emptywheel.

If you read Putin's statement about the capitulation he wrangled from Trump yesterday, rather than Trump, it becomes clear that Putin has finally finished fully recruiting Donald Trump. The post Agent of a Foreign Power appeared first on emptywheel.

Sarah Rogers is a terrible troll. The post Fridays with Nicole Sandler appeared first on emptywheel.

Why does Todd Blanche want a job that requires him to destroy his reputation to cater to Trump's whims? The post Why Does Todd Blanche Want the Job? appeared first on emptywheel.

By getting emails about the Broadview 6 case in native format, including the October 9 transcript sent to Andrew Boutros on October 14, Judge April Perry will have a way to test Boutros' claim that he never read it. The post Native Format: A Way to Test Andrew Boutros’ Claim He Never Read the October 9 Transcript in Real Time appeared first on emptywheel.

After Judge April Perry reminded DOJ they need to invoke privilege when they first withhold something under a privilege claim, the Chicago US Attorney's Office and someone whose identity has been hidden asked for a mulligan to re-release grand jury transcripts to her. The post Broader View 6: DOJ Is Taking a Second Mulligan on Grand Jury Transcripts appeared first on emptywheel.

Got a story you want to share? We’d all love to hear it. The post The Stories We Tell appeared first on emptywheel.

By bullying the EU to withdraw funding from the Disinfo2026 conference, Sarah Rogers engaged in the kind of retaliation DOJ had assured Judge Boasberg they would not do. The post Sarah Rogers Is the Foreign Censorship Threat She Warned Against appeared first on emptywheel.

The Undersecretary of State for Public Diplomacy Sarah Rogers pressured the EU, Lithuania, and Canada into pulling support for a disinformation conference that already had pulled its punches when discussing US disinformation. The post Sarah Rogers Censors Conference on Disinformation appeared first on emptywheel.

Good judging\ is doing your best for the good of the nation. That's not the Roberts Majority's goal. The post The Roberts Majority Are Bad Judges appeared first on emptywheel.

The latest John Solomon attempt to deceive his rubes, a bunch of pen register reports targeting Susie Wiles, reveal a great deal of corruption. The corruption is all that of Trump and his aides. The post John Solomon Confirms Todd Blanche is FAR More Abusive Than Jack Smith appeared first on emptywheel.

It's not enough for Trump to start paying for his propaganda ads himself. He needs to pay restitution to the taxpayers he robbed to run the ads in the first place. The post Make. Him. Cut. A. Check. appeared first on emptywheel.

By trying to moot the Broadview 6 exonerees request for discovery by dismissing their case, Andrew Boutros may have effectively given April Perry a cooperating witness, Sheri Mecklenburg. The post Judge Perry May Have Flipped a Witness appeared first on emptywheel.

The lawsuit by Renee Good's family likens the mask Jonathan Ross wore the day he killed Renee Good to hooded Klan terrorism prohibited by the Klan Act. The post Christopher Rufo Whines about Being Named as the Propagandist Who Rationalized Alleged Klan Act Violence appeared first on emptywheel.

Russia's interference in the 2016 election is not the past. On the contrary, the latest news shows how much Russian has simply relentlessly pursued the very same plan it put in place starting a decade ago. The post Russia Russia Russia Never Stopped Russia Russia Russiaing appeared first on emptywheel.

Democrats are strongly favored to win the midterms, but we need to use Trump's loser stench to ward off any funny business. The post Fridays with Nicole Sandler appeared first on emptywheel.

One of the best Ball of Threads we have done explains how the Steele dossier drove polarization in the US. The post Trump Is Still Relying on Dossier-Driven Polarization to Hide Russian Shenanigans appeared first on emptywheel.

Last year, when Andrew Boutros was dropping shitty ICE cases left and right, he made the decision to keep trying until he charged Kat Abughazaleh with a felony. The post The Broadview 6 Were Selectively Prosecuted appeared first on emptywheel.

Now that protestors Benny Johnson slandered a year are suing, maybe we'll learn exactly who funds Benny and how much. The post The Protestors Benny Defamed Finally Come After Him appeared first on emptywheel.

Of the 20 Masters of the Universe at Trump's AI summit the other day, 11 are immigrants. The post Stephen Miller Is Destroying the Great America Trump Is Trying to Make appeared first on emptywheel.

When announcing the arrest of a guy who sent Katie Miller 40 mean messages, Todd Blanche claimed he would give everyone such protection. But a Klan Act lawsuit filed by Renee Good's family proves that's a lie. The post Todd Blanche Stole the Justice Due Becca Good and Gave It to Katie Miller appeared first on emptywheel.

In dismissing the case against Davey Hearn with prejudice, Judge Todd Edelman pointed to the risk posed by Donald Trump's ongoing threats as the harm that requires dismissal with prejudice. The post In Ending Case against Davey Hearn, Judge Declares: No Crime Was Committed appeared first on emptywheel.

Among the many wildly unethical things Trent McCotter and Stan Woodward do to frame Judge Patrick Schiltz with a misconduct complaint is quote something he said in a document filed in court as if it necessarily came from a NYT interview. The post In Claiming Misconduct, Trent McCotter and Stan Woodward Fabricated Key Claims appeared first on emptywheel.

I made a mistake in this post, in which I described how DOJ breached its own privilege when it chose to respond to Sheri Mecklenburg pawning the decision to charge the Broadview 6 with a felony conspiracy charge off on US Attorney Boutros. I assumed that Chicago’s US Attorney’s office responded by debunking Mecklenburg — […] The post Main DOJ’s Bigfooting in Broadview 6 appeared first on emptywheel.

Far right propagandists and Chuck Grassley are outraged that journalists' communications -- communications that showed Trump defrauding MAGAt voters -- were among the things Jack Smith obtained from the criminals he was investigating. The post Chuck Grassley and Far Right Propagandists Covering Up How Trump Defrauded MAGAts appeared first on emptywheel.

Once you realize Trump's morally binding AI code doesn't even spell "United States" properly, the whole sham looks even more ominous. The post In the “Unites States” of “Super Intelligence,” “Issues Are Remediated” appeared first on emptywheel.

This has been a terrible, horrible, no-good, very-bad month for current and former Missouri Attorneys General. Today was Eric Schmitt's turn. The post The Nation Learned What Missouri Has Known for Years about Eric Schmitt appeared first on emptywheel.

HSI Agent Ryan Ribner has been lying again. The post After Assaulting David Huerta and Then Lying about It, Ryan Ribner Lied So He Could Spy on SEIU appeared first on emptywheel.

When Andrew Boutros vouched for the good faith of his prosecutors back in May, he claimed he had spoken extensively with them. But, according to Sheri Mecklenburg's resignation letter, those discussions did not include her. The post Sheri Mecklenburg Debunks Andrew Boutros’ Claim to have “Spoken Extensively to the Prosecutors” appeared first on emptywheel.

In this dummies version of my post explaining what some lawyers for FBI personnel tried to do in Trump's stolen documents docket, I explain why Aileen Cannon has too many hats. The post Cannonball: Aileen Cannon Wears Two Hats! appeared first on emptywheel.

DOJ is now colluding with Elon Musk in fraud, all to export far right extremism into the EU. The post DOJ Intervenes in EU to Help Elon Musk Defraud Users appeared first on emptywheel.

Listen in for detailed descriptions of the filing in Aileen Cannon's docket and the Broadview 6 case. The post Fridays with Nicole Sandler appeared first on emptywheel.

In a bid to debunk Sheri Mecklenburg's claims about charging deliberations in the Broadview 6 case, the Chicago US Attorney's Office just waived the privilege that was a core part of their defense. The post Andrew Boutros’ Hot-and-Cold Privilege Claims appeared first on emptywheel.

The performatively Antifa guy who serves as the narrative hook for the Minnesota-15 case is appealing his pretrial detention to SCOTUS. The post Antifa Goes to SCOTUS appeared first on emptywheel.

In a filing trying to get Aileen Cannon to write down what her new Cannonball rules are, attorneys for FBI agents involved in the stolen document case point out that Cannon is presiding over an investigation she (and the Elevnth Circuit) already ruled should not exist. The post Be Careful of What You Wish For, Stolen Documents Conspiracy Edition appeared first on emptywheel.

When Sheri Mecklenburg told Andrew Boutros she wanted to intervene in the Broadview 6 proceedings, which will make it far harder for him to scapegoat her, he threatened to fire her. So she quit. And raised a bunch more questions about what happened. The post Sheri Mecklenburg’s Mic Drop appeared first on emptywheel.

Trump's consideration of a diesel ban is not about solving the problems the Iran War has caused. It's an attempt to sustain the con until December. The post “December problems:” The Iran War Is a Reality that Exists Outside Trump’s Attempt to Con the Election appeared first on emptywheel.

John Curtis, the junior Senator from Utah, sent a letter to Chuck Grassley yesterday asking him to hold a hearing on familial influence peddling. I therefore respectfully request that the Senate Judiciary Committee launch an investigation into the use of presidential family relationships for private financial benefit, preferential treatment, or access by domestic and foreign […] The post What the Senate Might Look Like appeared first on emptywheel.

The MO gerrymandering fight goes on and the GOP sounds a lot like Vizzini in their argument with the MO Supremes, so it's back to SCOTUS . . . The post Missouri GOP Channels their Inner Vizzini in Last Ditch Gerrymandering Scam appeared first on emptywheel.

It turns out Maggie Haberman is not the only storyteller who tells Trump what he wants to hear; so does Gary Player's caddy! The post A Player To Be Named Later appeared first on emptywheel.

Prime Minister of Canada Mark Carney is Nervous. He was angry-nervous when he addressed Davos at the beginning of this year. He was polite-and-firm nervous when he was telling the idiot hegemon of America that he couldn’t, and would never, own Canada. He brought a different nervous to his address to the European Parliament last […] The post Carney’s Stuck in the Middle with EU appeared first on emptywheel.

This is an open thread. If you've voted, do share. If you're helping others, let us know how. The post Open Thread: Do You Remember? appeared first on emptywheel.

In honor of Don Jr's new Russian benefactor, LOLGOP and I are re-releasing our Ball of Threads series. The post “If It’s What You Say I Love It,” Especially If You Bring Ball of Thread Back appeared first on emptywheel.

Think of the mechanics of the media ban: Several news outlets were, truthfully, making the case that Trump is a loser. Unusually, Natalie Harp showed Trump that proof he's a loser. And as a result the press will be partly blinded during a potentially momentous week. The post In Advance of a Key Foreign Policy Week, Natalie Harp Blinds the Press appeared first on emptywheel.

The Broadview 6 exonerees provided more details about the grand jury proceedings for October 16, 2025, when Sheri Mecklenburg threw out grand jurors who would not indict. But that description only raised more questions. The post Confirmed: Broadview 6 Transcript Does Not Match the Recording appeared first on emptywheel.