Saturday • April 27 • 2024
Vol.XVI • No.XVII
Manchester, N.H.
Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner: Durham convinces judge to review concealed documents in Clinton privilege battle
Judge Christopher Cooper said Wednesday he would grant the government’s motion, arguing he did not believe it was breaking attorney-client privilege for him to review the records in dispute in an “in camera” setting, away from the public and the press.
British ex-spy Christopher Steele created a dossier on then-candidate Donald Trump after being hired by the opposition research firm Fusion GPS, which was itself hired by the Perkins Coie law firm and Marc Elias, the general counsel for Clinton’s campaign.
The judge repeatedly pointed to the difference between hiring a firm to do “fact-checking” versus hiring it to do “opposition research.”
Hillary for America, the DNC, and Perkins argue claims of attorney-client privilege should keep the records concealed and claim Fusion simply provided them legal services.
Durham is insisting those groups played a coordinated role in pushing false collusion claims.
The judge said he didn't doubt Elias’s claims about Fusion being hired to provide legal advice but said that didn’t mean everything Fusion did in 2016 is covered by privilege. The judge said he would review the Joffe records too.
It remains to be seen how the judge will rule on the privilege claims after taking a look at the Alfa Bank-related documents. Thirty are internal Fusion emails, and eight relate to Joffe and Fusion.
Clinton’s 2016 campaign and Fusion united in court on Wednesday.
Fusion’s lawyer said the firm asserted privilege over 1,500 documents, adding it also “produced hundreds of documents.” Fusion said the Clinton campaign, DNC, and Perkins had made “judgment calls” on what was privileged.
The judge asked Durham prosecutor Jonathan Algor whether Durham would come back for the other 1,500 documents if the judge ended up agreeing with the prosecution about these 38 records. Algor said “not for this trial” but left the door open for the future, saying that “Your Honor’s decision is important” for the investigation.
Algor told the judge the Clinton campaign and Fusion wrongly "advanced a very broad and novel theory” of attorney-client privilege that “opposition research” is “somehow protected.” He pointed to Fusion emails that have been released and said “nothing shows” any of that related to “legal advice.”
Algor stressed the opposition research was pushed to the FBI, Congress, and the media.
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Dear Rest Of America: Why Censorship Further Divides America, and How Young People Are Protecting the First Amendment
The framework of America and its ideals, given to us by the Founding Fathers, continues to stand against every un-Constitutional blow because there are still enough people in America who are willing to live by those ideals—even if they’re not fully aware of it.
Originally from New Zealand, millennial Hamish McKenzie co-founded Substack in 2017. The online newsletter platform is pretty hands-off around content moderation. Consequently, the site has hosted writers such as retired tech entrepreneur Steve Kirsch, who has shared and discussed a wealth of statistical and medical data relating to the efficacy and safety of the post-lockdown injections while banned elsewhere on the Internet.
Another millennial, Andrew Torba, is an entrepreneur in northeastern Pennsylvania. As a conservative and Christian, he launched the social media website Gab.com in 2016 after leaving Silicon Valley. Torba and his team have worked to keep Gab online despite being de-platformed from payment processors and mobile app stores in response to the company’s firm stance on free speech. Consequently, the likes of Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, who was banned on Twitter earlier this year, can use Gab to share her message with potentially millions of users.
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Miranda Devine, New York Post: Repairman who revealed Hunter Biden laptop sues Schiff, CNN, Politico and The Daily Beast
The Delaware computer repairman who blew the whistle on Hunter Biden’s laptop — filed a multi-million-dollar defamation suit Tuesday against Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff, CNN, The Daily Beast and Politico, saying they falsely accused him of peddling Russian disinformation.
The former shop owner, John Paul Mac Isaac, decided to fight back after losing his business and being harassed for 18 months by Big Tech, the media and Delaware locals in President Biden’s home state.
“After fighting to reveal the truth, all I want now is for the rest of the country to know that there was a collective and orchestrated effort by social and mainstream media to block a real story with real consequences for the nation,” the 45-year-old Mac Isaac told The Post.
“This was collusion led by 51 former pillars in the intelligence community and backed by words and actions of a politically motivated DOJ and FBI,” he continued. “I want this lawsuit to reveal that collusion and more importantly, who gave the marching orders.”
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Statistics show that the 330 million residents of the united states disagree on nearly every major issue. From 2016 to 2022, over 230,000 respondents to the question ‘Do you think abortion should legal or illegal?’ resulted in the following:
The post Abortion Case Leak: SCOTUS Judge Endorses Secession? appeared first on The Liberty Block.
It’s impossible to overstate the earthquake this will cause inside the Court, in terms of the destruction of trust among the Justices and staff. This leak is the gravest, most unforgivable sin.
— SCOTUSblog (@SCOTUSblog) May 3, 2022
Just the News: Supreme Court abortion leak latest in series of institutional betrayals
On Monday, Politico published a purported draft of the majority opinion from the Supreme Court that suggests the court voted to overturn the landmark abortion precedent Roe v. Wade. This would be the first-ever major leak from the Supreme Court.
Harvard Law professor emeritus Alan Dershowitz told Hannity on Monday night that he thinks that the opinion was leaked by someone seeking to change the case's outcome.
"I strongly oppose overruling Roe vs. Wade after 50 years, but I think it will be overruled," he said, adding that he was "less skeptical" of the opinion than host Sean Hannity.
"I have a theory, and it's only a theory," said Dershowitz. "I think this was leaked by a liberal law clerk who was trying to change the outcome of the case, either by putting pressure on some of the justices to change their mind, or by getting Congress to pack the court even before June, which is very unlikely, or to get Congress to pass a national right-to-abortion law, which would apply to all the states, and that would have to come to the Supreme Court to see whether that could be upheld under the Commerce Clause.
"But I think this is real, and ... my theory is that it was leaked by somebody who wants to change the outcome," the liberal attorney said. "Look, I've been watching Supreme Court for 55 years. And this has all the hallmarks of reality and it does not have the hallmark of a decision that's likely to be changed. Maybe Chief Justice Roberts will go with the minority, but I think they seem to have five votes at this point to overrule Roe vs. Wade."
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Leak is going to back fire. It will strenghten originalists' resolve & another summer of riots is going to turn off moderates who might have been outraged when opinion dropped w/o months of protests. By time opinion drops, Americans will realize what Roe reversal really means.
— Margot Cleveland (@ProfMJCleveland) May 3, 2022
Spin, Strangeness, and Charm: Breaking: leaked draft SCOTUS opinion overturning Roe vs. Wade
ADDENDUM: FB friend “Martian” argues that the leak is an attempt to sway Roberts, to ensure it’s a 5-4 and not a 6-3 ruling. Yeah, that holds water, I think.
ADDENDUM 2: the usual suspects (even Anna Ahronheim of the JPost) are bleating about how “men should not tell women what to do with their bodies”. You’d think the ruling would prohibit abortion while it does nothing of the sort: it merely says it is a matter of the states, not the federal government.
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When protesters descend on the SCOTUS building, will they get the same treatment as J6 protesters? If there is violence, will they be charged with "corruptly obstructing an official proceeding" or "by force prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States?"
— Dr. Shipwreckedcrew.substack.com (@shipwreckedcrew) May 3, 2022
Voting Democrats out of office this November is the only option if you wish to preserve constitutionally protected freedoms.
— Matthew Kolken (@mkolken) May 2, 2022
This is 100% exactly what I expected the head of the Ministry of Truth to look like. pic.twitter.com/Vo9ICqBmKj
— Alana Mastrangelo (@ARmastrangelo) May 1, 2022
Some naive people believe that Congress (the legislative branch) is the one with the power to pass new laws (legislation). But legislators are not the chief lawmakers in the Authoritarian State of America anymore; regulatory agency bureaucrats make nearly all new laws.
The post FDA: Blacks Are Stupid, Prohibition Must Be Used To Help Them appeared first on The Liberty Block.
So had a slightly-religious / spiritual 24 hr break from this platform (thanks @15poundstogo for the inspiration.. gonna become a weekly thing 🙏) but let’s talk about the geo-fencing, tagging @donwill94062871, @SpicyNoodles2,@BS2KZ, @TrustIsEarnd
— (((Zhuang Zhou Exempt From Your Confuscious Pots)) (@politicalwilli) May 1, 2022
“The Wire” and The Greeks pic.twitter.com/t63EVK1Rbc
Power Line: THE WEEK IN PICTURES: KLEPTOCRACY EDITION
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Until broadcast media catches up, if you are feeling lost trying to follow Russiagate, go back and read the last several weeks of articles from:@ProfMJCleveland @Techno_Fog @JerryDunleavy @themarketswork @HansMahncke
— UndeadFOIA (@UndeadFoia) April 30, 2022
Paul Sperry
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