The dems are just so much better at gangster politics. They hire people like Marc Elias while Trump had Michael Cohen 😂.
These filings today we’re a joke. Fusion GPS was just offering legal advice! Mooks in particular. He seems to be HFA’s little errand boy. If it ever got to it he’d prob say he ordered the entire russia collusion hoax himself.
I hope Durham can take these people down a notch or two.
I enjoy reading the comments almost as much as I enjoy reading the analysis and reporting by Techno-Fog. Clearly I am in great company. My interest in this, as I’m sure all of yours must be, is truth, transparency, fairness and justice. The road has been so torturous and destinations delayed but I’m beginning to feel confident we are going to finally get there. Thanking Techno-Fog and keep up the good work.
There is also the matter that one week before Durham filed his Motion to Compel in camera inspection of supposedly-privileged documents, the FEC announced its determination that the Hillary campaign and DNC had wrongfully concealed campaign expenditure payments to Perkins Coie by labeling the payments "legal fees." This would bolster the argument that none of this had anything to do with legal advice, as claimed in the April 19th filings by non-parties.
In reaching its determination, the FEC procedure likely included taking depositions and subpoenaing documents. As referenced at the Federal Register website, documents related to the FEC investigation of the Clinton campaign and DNC will be placed on the public record "within 30 days of the date on which notifications are sent to complainant and respondent." That notification was provided on March 29, 2022 --- so documents related to the investigation will be available on the public record before the end of April.
Meanwhile, the Federal Register website also states "The Commission is not placing on the public record certain other materials from its investigative files, such as subpoenaed records, deposition transcripts, and other records produced in discovery ..."
So it would appear that the process involving investigating Hillary's campaign and the DNC likely included taking depositions and issuing subpoenas for documents. It seems likely that Durham has already acquired that information, and it may be responsible for the timing of his Motion to Compel in camera inspection, possibly because testimony or documents received by the FEC of which Durham has become aware conflicted with prior statements about material issues.
At any rate, the finding by the FEC would explain why Durham waited so long to file his Motion to Compel, which is a major gripe by Sussman --- that Durham waited until beyond the discovery process to raise this issue with the court. The availability of FEC records might qualify as newly-discovered evidence.
Given all the motions filed by the parties opposing the SPO it would be of interest if the Judge could determine which ones contained direct lies and if sworn affidavits were perjured in what they asserted.
If a law firm is hired to give legal advice and they do political work does that negate the attorney client privilege.. If so how does a Court or prosecutor untangle which is which? Maybe clients should employ separate Law Firms to engage in legal work and advice and another for political activities. Once a Firm engages in opposite research which could easily cross the line into criminal behavior that should render ANY legal work done subject to criminal subpoena and abrogate lawyer client privilege since these actions are in fact illegal and subject all parties to criminal liability as they are ALL part of a criminal enterprise.
Maybe a RICO prosecution that could end the Law Firm and subject their partners to criminal liability would be enough incentive to keep these political law firms honest or encourage them to avoid that type of "legal" practice. Lawyers as a profession have done more harm to the world of politics and elections than any other profession by a long shot.
The FEC has already found Clinton and the DNC guilty on these charges - lying about hiring Fusion for “legal advice.” It was cadged as a “settlement” but the Commission, despite its Democrat control, stated they were guilty. If this is not illegal, it should be, How can a national candidate for POTUS hire a dirty tricks firm through a crooked law firm, and feed fraudulent disinformation to the FBI and media, and not be charged with a crime? Not just Sussman, ALL OF THEM. What Perkins Coie did in 2020 was even WORSE. The Wisconsin Special Counsel reports are mind-boggling.Filling out and casting fraudulent ballots for advanced dementia patients in nursing homes?? Who are these people???
Our scribe Techno Fog made the Washington Post today. Huzzah!
By Philip Bump: "...Jordan’s tweet was focused on a blog post from the pseudonymous author of the website TechnoFog. TechnoFog, in turn, was writing about a court filing that, they argued, pointed to some artificiality in data involved in the Russia investigation. Similar allegations were made by Fox News and then elevated by Fox’s sister outlet, the New York Post...."
"...All of which brings us to the TechnoFog allegation. That story picked out a paragraph from a document produced last week, in which Durham’s team responded to filing from Sussman’s lawyers. The government intended to prove, the filing read, that the claims Sussman brought to federal agencies about purported Trump-Russia links were understood not to be true by those agencies. What’s more, one agency (presumably the CIA) had determined that data Sussman offered in defense of his claims “was not ‘technically plausible,’ did not ‘withstand technical scrutiny,’ ‘contained gaps,’ ‘conflicted with [itself],’ and was ‘user created and not machine/tool generated’ ” — although Durham’s team had “not reached a definitive conclusion in this regard.” "
The dems are just so much better at gangster politics. They hire people like Marc Elias while Trump had Michael Cohen 😂.
These filings today we’re a joke. Fusion GPS was just offering legal advice! Mooks in particular. He seems to be HFA’s little errand boy. If it ever got to it he’d prob say he ordered the entire russia collusion hoax himself.
I hope Durham can take these people down a notch or two.
"As Durham observed, Fusion GPS wasn’t providing legal advice when it met with Rodney Joffe [...?...] promoted the Alfa Bank allegations."
something seems amiss.
just tryin' to help.
great work as always!!
I enjoy reading the comments almost as much as I enjoy reading the analysis and reporting by Techno-Fog. Clearly I am in great company. My interest in this, as I’m sure all of yours must be, is truth, transparency, fairness and justice. The road has been so torturous and destinations delayed but I’m beginning to feel confident we are going to finally get there. Thanking Techno-Fog and keep up the good work.
There is also the matter that one week before Durham filed his Motion to Compel in camera inspection of supposedly-privileged documents, the FEC announced its determination that the Hillary campaign and DNC had wrongfully concealed campaign expenditure payments to Perkins Coie by labeling the payments "legal fees." This would bolster the argument that none of this had anything to do with legal advice, as claimed in the April 19th filings by non-parties.
In reaching its determination, the FEC procedure likely included taking depositions and subpoenaing documents. As referenced at the Federal Register website, documents related to the FEC investigation of the Clinton campaign and DNC will be placed on the public record "within 30 days of the date on which notifications are sent to complainant and respondent." That notification was provided on March 29, 2022 --- so documents related to the investigation will be available on the public record before the end of April.
Meanwhile, the Federal Register website also states "The Commission is not placing on the public record certain other materials from its investigative files, such as subpoenaed records, deposition transcripts, and other records produced in discovery ..."
So it would appear that the process involving investigating Hillary's campaign and the DNC likely included taking depositions and issuing subpoenas for documents. It seems likely that Durham has already acquired that information, and it may be responsible for the timing of his Motion to Compel in camera inspection, possibly because testimony or documents received by the FEC of which Durham has become aware conflicted with prior statements about material issues.
At any rate, the finding by the FEC would explain why Durham waited so long to file his Motion to Compel, which is a major gripe by Sussman --- that Durham waited until beyond the discovery process to raise this issue with the court. The availability of FEC records might qualify as newly-discovered evidence.
Hey Techno,
Sometimes I feel like you are highlighting things just for me ;)
“Where did his money come from
how much did he really have, and who helped him? "We know what he says," Elias said. "We need you guys to figure out who
he is."”
Personally, I think this topic is best saved for the end of the show.
But I’ll leave a few crumbs: Peale and the Great Seal
Thanks Techno!
Confirms and corroborates the investigative analysis and the prosecution theory laid out in sub stack post
https://jseaman.substack.com/p/durham-investigation-answering-the
Given all the motions filed by the parties opposing the SPO it would be of interest if the Judge could determine which ones contained direct lies and if sworn affidavits were perjured in what they asserted.
If a law firm is hired to give legal advice and they do political work does that negate the attorney client privilege.. If so how does a Court or prosecutor untangle which is which? Maybe clients should employ separate Law Firms to engage in legal work and advice and another for political activities. Once a Firm engages in opposite research which could easily cross the line into criminal behavior that should render ANY legal work done subject to criminal subpoena and abrogate lawyer client privilege since these actions are in fact illegal and subject all parties to criminal liability as they are ALL part of a criminal enterprise.
Maybe a RICO prosecution that could end the Law Firm and subject their partners to criminal liability would be enough incentive to keep these political law firms honest or encourage them to avoid that type of "legal" practice. Lawyers as a profession have done more harm to the world of politics and elections than any other profession by a long shot.
Odds of superseding indictment are pretty high, right? The actions and filings today reminded me of cockroaches
Thanks, I read this on my show giving links.
The FEC has already found Clinton and the DNC guilty on these charges - lying about hiring Fusion for “legal advice.” It was cadged as a “settlement” but the Commission, despite its Democrat control, stated they were guilty. If this is not illegal, it should be, How can a national candidate for POTUS hire a dirty tricks firm through a crooked law firm, and feed fraudulent disinformation to the FBI and media, and not be charged with a crime? Not just Sussman, ALL OF THEM. What Perkins Coie did in 2020 was even WORSE. The Wisconsin Special Counsel reports are mind-boggling.Filling out and casting fraudulent ballots for advanced dementia patients in nursing homes?? Who are these people???
Will Hillary be required to testify with Durham under oath?
Our scribe Techno Fog made the Washington Post today. Huzzah!
By Philip Bump: "...Jordan’s tweet was focused on a blog post from the pseudonymous author of the website TechnoFog. TechnoFog, in turn, was writing about a court filing that, they argued, pointed to some artificiality in data involved in the Russia investigation. Similar allegations were made by Fox News and then elevated by Fox’s sister outlet, the New York Post...."
"...All of which brings us to the TechnoFog allegation. That story picked out a paragraph from a document produced last week, in which Durham’s team responded to filing from Sussman’s lawyers. The government intended to prove, the filing read, that the claims Sussman brought to federal agencies about purported Trump-Russia links were understood not to be true by those agencies. What’s more, one agency (presumably the CIA) had determined that data Sussman offered in defense of his claims “was not ‘technically plausible,’ did not ‘withstand technical scrutiny,’ ‘contained gaps,’ ‘conflicted with [itself],’ and was ‘user created and not machine/tool generated’ ” — although Durham’s team had “not reached a definitive conclusion in this regard.” "
Techno Fog has a website?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2022/04/19/new-gambit-claiming-key-russia-probe-data-was-made-up/
Does this not seem like the longest running investigation in history?
Durham is going to continue to surprise us. He's smarter than we are.
Can't hide behind nonexistent "attorney-client privilege"
Thanks for the update Techno CHEERS!