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centralasiaexpat · July 13, 2020, 9:26pm

I want to know if the book really confirms that he is incontinent, as I have read.

left_in_washington_state · July 13, 2020, 9:28pm

More like the Today Show.

centralasiaexpat · July 13, 2020, 9:30pm

Is that the office whose cavalier approach to masking was featured in a recent article?

rob_beatty_walters · July 13, 2020, 10:14pm

It is hard reading cross examination from inexperienced litigators, ending each leading question with “Correct?” Nadler does this every time. When I defend depositions from new lawyers who do the exact same thing I know I’m in for a long, tedious day. And especially asking questions to adduce testimony that is already in the record… Reminds me of Dogberry in Much Ado About Nothing.

dicktater · July 13, 2020, 10:51pm

I don’t get it. You are saying Castor is a moron?

pshah · July 13, 2020, 10:53pm

Yes I am. Without a doubt. I meant by opening his mouth, he confirmed he’s a moron. Any decent lawyer knows the answer he’s likely going to get before he asks the question.

pshah · July 13, 2020, 10:54pm

House Dems trying to push the subpoena issue.

https://twitter.com/stevenmazie/status/1282863074974879744?s=21

BREAKING: House Democrats ask SCOTUS to accelerate issuance of ruling in the Trump subpoena cases to permit timely re-litigation in the lower courts

dicktater · July 13, 2020, 11:11pm

“The House is planning to quickly revisit its effort to obtain President Donald Trump’s personal financial records, urging the Supreme Court on Monday night to take its final formal steps on the matter so lawmakers can reignite the issue in the lower courts,” Politico reported.

“In a filing late Monday, the House’s top lawyer, Douglas Letter, urged the justices to immediately effectuate their July 9 ruling on the House’s subpoena for Trump’s records. Once the ruling is in force, the House can return to the U.S. District Court judge who initially heard the case and ask for renewed consideration,” Politico explained. “But Supreme Court rulings typically don’t go into force immediately, and Letter noted that the Mazars ruling would normally take effect on Aug. 3 without the intervention of the justices. The lower courts can’t begin to take up the effort until the Supreme Court ruling takes hold, and the House is urging the justices to make that happen as quickly as possible.”

tribalogical · July 13, 2020, 11:11pm

It seemed to me that he answered a ton of questions without actually answering them. I’m also concerned that within a week or two, we might find out that Audrey Strauss has ‘resigned’ and/or been replaced by a different “acting” official.

If that happens, then I think we can safely assume that a full-blown coverup of something is in full swing.

dicktater · July 13, 2020, 11:12pm

Dust off that Impeachment machine and crank it back up. Chump and Barr this time please.

dicktater · July 13, 2020, 11:15pm

I suggest adding a couple of words:
we can safely assume that another gargantuan full-blown coverup of something is in full swing.

tribalogical · July 13, 2020, 11:18pm

Agreed and safely assumed…

emiliano4 · July 13, 2020, 11:26pm

I am not a Lawyer…so I am speculating…but this is tangentially related to the idea of some people being institutionalists

I have seen it with Neal Katyal (sic?), speaking of SCOTUS’s “professionalism”
I have seen it with the formidable RBG, who spoke favorably about Brett Kavanaugh
And we have certainly seen it with Mueller

…Maybe Berman is simply being an institutionalist and careful to hedge on Barr…so far, anyway.

pshah · July 13, 2020, 11:58pm

And…how about we end this crazy day with Bolsonaro bitten by an emu? I hope that poor emu’s okay.

https://twitter.com/domphillips/status/1282859961006141441?s=21

jw1 · July 14, 2020, 12:01am

I can top that!
Houston PD are applauded for their handling of a disarmed knife-wielding suspect-- asking for and receiving citizens’ assistance during the physical portion of restraining said suspect.

pshah · July 14, 2020, 12:05am

That’s a fantastic story, better than mine, but mine has an emu! An Australian bird that somehow got to Brazil.

jw1 · July 14, 2020, 12:16am

Emus (Ema?) have been making a comeback recently!

One-- who made it al the way to Hollywood! ♫♪

rob_beatty_walters · July 14, 2020, 12:42am

He’s slimy, that’s for sure. E.g., trying to get Berman to reveal his communications from counsel. Amateur move with a guy like Berman.

midnight_rambler · July 14, 2020, 1:08am

They’re condensed under “inject disinfectant”, right in the middle.

midnight_rambler · July 14, 2020, 1:11am

Apparently it was actually a rhea (called ema in Portugese), the South American relative of the emu.