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Trump's attorney John Lauro: If prosecutors are allowed to file a brief this month, it would put damaging details into the "public record at this very sensitive time in our nation’s history ... that they're able to basically load up on what they think this case is about." (via Kyle Cheney)

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Rwhyaduck.bsky.social

Yeah. That’d be like James Comey deciding to reopen the Clinton email investigation 11 days before the 2016 election.

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MHhotairmat.bsky.social

I rarely file before the deadline because procrastination is a good friend. But I've never interpreted a deadline as not *allowing* someone to file early, lol.

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Trump's attorney John Lauro insists that Trump's conversations with Mike Pence can't come into the case under the new SCOTUS immunity decision—and that Judge Chutkan should rule on this early as "gateway issue." (via Roger Parloff)

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Rrealityred.bsky.social

Thank you for this.

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Kkimoco.bsky.social

Then their cult leader should not have broken the law if he wanted to run again.

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Aren’t these details already in the public record from the first time around? And the SCOTUS decision just means that everyone has to pretend it’s not relevant…

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Nnabbp.bsky.social

So… they acknowledge there will be damaging details.

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SLsecretlentil.bsky.social

Sounds great, let's do it!

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AEancientevil.bsky.social

womp womp to their concern about "sensitive issues" that are true.

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Llovesdaryl.bsky.social

*stares in emails*

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Beetlejosh Beetlejosh
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Freelance writer and editor. Formerly of The Atlantic, Boston Review. Copy chief at Columbia Magazine.
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