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Today, Truth Social’s accounting firm has just been shut down and fined $14M by the SEC for “massive fraud”; a judge rejects John Eastman’s request to pretty please keep practicing law; George Santos filed his defense briefs for his 23 felony charges a day late; a California man has been charged with threatening to kill Fani Willis; The NYPD says that approximate 29% of arrests at Columbia University are not students; a top RFK Jr campaign operative allegedly choked a woman in NYC proving yet again why women choose the bear; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

April 30, 2020
Dozens of bodies found in U-haul trucks at a Brooklyn funeral home; Trump officials are said to press spies to link COVID and Wuhan labs; job losses deepen during the pandemic topping 30 million; the DoJ releases select FBI notes in the Flynn case; Fauci says we could have a vaccine by January; plus, an interview with former federal prosecutor Barb McQuade.

Exclusive: Trump brushes off opinion polls showing Joe Biden in lead for president | Reuters
https://www.reuters.com/article/idUSKBN22C06S/

Dozens of Bodies Found in U-Haul Trucks Outside Brooklyn Funeral Home – NBC New York
https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/dozens-of-bodies-found-in-u-haul-trucks-outside-brooklyn-funeral-home/2395703/

Trump officials are said to press spies to link virus and Wuhan labs | The Seattle Times
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/trump-officials-are-said-to-press-spies-to-link-virus-and-wuhan-labs/

US weekly jobless claims hit 3.84 million, topping 30 million over the last 6 weeks
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/04/30/us-weekly-jobless-claims.html

Originally Published 4/30/2020
Dozens of bodies found in U-haul trucks at a Brooklyn funeral home; Trump officials are said to press spies to link COVID and Wuhan labs; job losses deepen during the pandemic topping 30 million; the DoJ releases select FBI notes in the Flynn case; Fauci says we could have a vaccine by January; plus, an interview with former federal prosecutor Barb McQuade.

May 3, 2021

In the Hot Notes: the crimes behind the raid of Rudy Giuliani’s home and office come into focus; Gaetz’s wingman Joel Greenberg wrote a confession letter and tried to pay Roger Stone $250K to lobby the former guy for a pardon; as predicted; prosecutors are seeking a higher sentence for Derek Chauvin; the Arizona Secretary of State is sending observers into the Cyber Ninjas audit of Joe Biden’s victory as a judge orders the private firm to publish its methods; an Oregon Republican is criminally charged for letting armed protestors into the State Capitol; plus Dana and AG deliver your Good News.

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Donald Trump has submitted his motion to dismiss the Florida espionage and obstruction charges based on vindictive and selective prosecution. Trump argues (erroneously and weakly) that his conduct was similar to that of Mike Pence and Joe Biden.
Walt Nauta’s grand jury testimony has been released. With a few notable exceptions, it’s mostly the same lies he told the FBI.
Michigan’s Attorney General executed a search warrant to get hundreds of pages of documents from Chesebro’s secret twitter account. We go over how that could affect Jack Smith’s case.
Plus, a listener question and more!

Government’s Response to Defendant Walton Nauta’s Motion To Extend Time
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653/gov.uscourts.flsd.648653.522.0.pdf

Jack Live! A Special Counsel Podcast
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Could the Special Counsel Challenge Judge Cannon’s Jury Instructions Before They’re Delivered? | Lawfare
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/could-the-special-counsel-challenge-judge-cannon-s-jury-instructions-before-they-re-delivered


Brian Greer’s Quick Guide to CIPA
https://www.justsecurity.org/87134/the-quick-guide-to-cipa-classified-information-procedures-act/

The Presidential Records Act
The Presidential Records Act | National Archives
AMICI CURIAE to the District Court of DC
https://democracy21.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Attachment-Brief-of-Amici-Curiae-in-Support-of-Governments-Proposed-Trial-Date.pdf

Good to know
Rule 403b
https://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/fre/rule_403
18 U.S. Code § 1512
https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/1512

Prior Restraint
Prior Restraint | Wex | US Law | LII / Legal Information Institute

Brady Material
Brady Rule | US Law |Cornell Law School | Legal Information Institute
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/brady_rule#:~:text=Brady%20material%2C%20or%20the%20evidence,infer%20against%20the%20defendant's%20guilt

Jenks
Jencks Material | Thomson Reuters Practical Law Glossary
https://content.next.westlaw.com/Glossary/PracticalLaw/I87bcf994d05a11e598dc8b09b4f043e0?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)

Giglio
https://definitions.uslegal.com/g/giglio-information/

Statutes:
18 U.S.C. § 241 | Conspiracy Against Rights
18 U.S.C. § 371 | Conspiracy to Defraud the United States | JM | Department of Justice
18 U.S.C. § 1512 | Tampering With Victims, Witnesses, Or Informants

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May 3, 2021

Today, in the Hot Notes: the crimes behind the raid of Rudy Giuliani’s home and office come into focus; Gaetz’s wingman Joel Greenberg wrote a confession letter and tried to pay Roger Stone $250K to lobby the former guy for a pardon; as predicted; prosecutors are seeking a higher sentence for Derek Chauvin; the Arizona Secretary of State is sending observers into the Cyber Ninjas audit of Joe Biden’s victory as a judge orders the private firm to publish its methods; an Oregon Republican is criminally charged for letting armed protestors into the State Capitol; plus Dana and AG deliver your Good News.