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Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: This Impeachment Won’t Be a Legal or Political Battle. It Will Be an Information War] Everything Dahlia Lithwick writes here is spot-on, but I’m reminded of the words of many coaches I’ve had through life, and that’s to clear your head about what you think and fear the other team is doing and play your game. If you let your opponent take residency in your brain you’re halfway to defeat. Continue reading The impeachment will be imperiled if Dems actually pay attention to GOP clowning Advertisement
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… Giuliani’s statement here… Continue reading Rudy’s latest spin on his Ukraine adventure doesn’t wash
[Gordon Sondland]Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this NY Times article: Sondland Updates Impeachment Testimony, Describing Ukraine Quid Pro Quo] Even before EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland testified I pointed out that he appeared to be positioning himself to Have It Both Ways, a strategy that is almost always doomed, in all areas of life, but especially so when you’re as far out of your league as Gordon Sondland is. Continue reading Gordon Sondland ‘updates’ his testimony to confirm a quid pro quo
This time of year, campers, we spend considerable time on our excursions outside our underground hidey hole in long walks in the woods looking for fungus. Continue reading Puff piece: Check out this noggin-sized alien life form
Ex-JW activist Lloyd Evans debunks another Jehovah’s Witnesses pamphlet in only seven minutes in an entertaining new video. Continue reading Lloyd Evans: The sick price Jehovah’s Witnesses want paid for paradise on earth
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: Trump Can’t Invoke “Presidential Immunity” To Block A Grand Jury Subpoena For His Tax Returns, A Court Ruled] In short, the President’s claims of “presidential immunity” to a criminal investigation doesn’t extend to documents held by third parties over which the president has no credible claim of privilege. Continue reading Another court rules Trump’s tax returns have no ‘immunity’ and should be turned over
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this story: ‘Get the emails’: Revealed memos suggest Mueller probe failed America. Can Congress fix it?] Over the weekend a slew of documents were made public as a result of a FOIA request by BuzzFeed and CNN to obtain unpublished Mueller investigation materials. It’s a grab bag of pretty revealing stuff, but there were two standout takeaways. The first (discussed deeper in story above) is that Trump instructed his campaign staff to “get the emails,” referring of course to the Russian-hacked emails belonging to the DNC. Continue reading ‘Get the emails’: The stunning revelations about Trump in new Mueller probe materials Advertisement
[Mark Zaid, attorney for the whistleblower]Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… Remember when the chief complaint about the Ukraine call whistleblower was that his letter contained hearsay? Since then a steady stream of direct, firsthand witnesses have made their way to Capitol Hill, many in defiance of a White House directive not to testify. Those witnesses have confirmed every corner of the whistleblower complaint. Continue reading Ukraine call: The rank dishonesty of calling for the whistleblower’s identity
Lloyd Evans wraps up his three-part series about what’s in ‘elder manuals’ put out by the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization that are not for the rank and file to see. Continue reading The real workings of the Jehovah’s Witnesses organization that is kept from members
Attorney Scott Pilutik wrestles with the news of the day, from a lawyerly perspective… [Regarding this CNN story: ‘I’m the best-paid interpreter in the world’: Indicted Giuliani associate Lev Parnas touted windfall from Ukrainian oligarch] When the House eventually drafts the articles of impeachment, those articles will likely be tailored to a narrow set of issues: Trump’s attempted extortion of Ukraine’s President Zelensky, the subsequent attempted cover-up, and the obstruction relating to the resulting investigation. Continue reading Trump, Rudy, and the Russian oligarch: The intertwined branches of a poisoned tree Advertisement
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