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Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… One of the harder things to wrap one’s head around in all this drama is figuring how a tight cast of characters all relate to each other and to their attorneys who may or may not be acting as […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: Self-Dealing in Ukraine: The Core of the Impeachment Inquiry] This is a smart, careful assessment by Philip Zelikow of the Ukraine situation, looking past the political circus aspects of the impeachment question but and into the known facts, what those […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: Giuliani Associates Parnas And Fruman Plead Not Guilty, Raise Executive Privilege Concerns] Recently indicted Parnas and Fruman are threatening to invoke privilege because they were (a) working for Giuliani on behalf of the president; and (b) had retained Giuliani as […] 
[Bill Taylor] Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… As expected, ambassador Bill Taylor’s testimony today was bad for the White House and Trump. It was expected because, if you recall, Taylor was the one who texted Gordon Sondland that he felt it was “crazy to withhold security assistance for […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this Hollywood Reporter story: HBO Taking Michael Jackson ‘Leaving Neverland’ Dispute to Appeals Court] This is pretty interesting. Michael Jackson’s estate wasn’t happy with HBO’s “Finding Neverland” documentary, so it looked to the boilerplate non-disparagement and arbitration clauses in a wholly unrelated […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… Trump: “You people with this phony Emoluments Clause” If it feels like “Emoluments Clause” is a phony thing cooked up to box Trump’s presidency in, know a few things […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: Mick Mulvaney Has Conservatives Asking: WTF Are You Doing?] Yesterday I surmised that Mick Mulvaney was intentionally advancing the impeachment narrative to its inevitable destination: “Yeah, we crimed, we crimed a lot even, but what’s it to […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… After Mick Mulvaney’s press conference today, the White House’s official explanations for why Ukraine’s foreign aid was held back have fully gone full circle […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: Ex-Aide Saw Gordon Sondland as a Potential National Security Risk] There’s a pervasive sense among the super-wealthy that they are also super-competent by virtue of their wealth, no matter the the manner in which that wealth came to […] 
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [In regards to this story: Never-Before-Seen Trump Tax Documents Show Major Inconsistencies] This seems big-ish. ProPublica evidently obtained either the tax returns or tax summaries for Trump’s NY businesses over the past 8 or so years and you probably won’t be surprised to […] |
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