nostr:npub1wjhl070708nnmsm62lws0wh4zahzmuyx7skh6gw5w87mzd7tf2dq8e6adp nostr:npub1grx4wzqldf8clxusxpz78adjcukkqvdkhf8amsdhr6sy3ctuu2fqvsuxfe Weirdly, I'm not finding it boring.
Everything in Trumpworld has a price. If you accept representation from Trump attorneys, be ready to be thrown under the bus. Jack Smith understands this and has been playing a masterful game, breaking worker bees off from the hive. I explain in today’s piece. https://open.substack.com/pub/statuskuo/p/free-lawyers-but-big-strings-attached?utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web
nostr:npub1zfn5nwvcdzgnv5dur7cp4v0m6vpx8we8g7w2wplufctsvt0ymjys7nyxu0 This is the clearest explanation I've seen yet of Woodward's conflicts and Smith's strategery:
"The D.C. grand jury obtained video evidence that contradicted the sworn testimony of De Oliveira and Taveras. So now they had a potential perjury charge hanging over them, as well as possible obstruction charges. The Justice Department sent Taveras a target letter saying he was the subject of a grand jury investigation due to his “false sworn denial” before the grand jury earlier.
"Imagine you are attorney Woodward, and your client Taveras receives such a letter. If you advise Taveras to testify truthfully, that will implicate and possibly condemn your other client, Nauta. But if you advise him not to correct his testimony, you could be condemning him to a perjury charge.
"That’s what a real conflict looks like. You can’t help one of your clients without hurting the other.
"At this point, the government moved for a hearing to resolve the conflict. This is called a “Garcia” hearing after the case United States v. Garcia, which first addressed what should be done in such an untenable situation.
"And wow were there fireworks at that hearing. When the judge made independent counsel (a federal public defender) available to Taveras, and when that lawyer explained the stakes and the risks to him, Taveras promptly fired his Trump lawyer, Woodward. He then retracted his prior testimony and, according to the government, “provided information that implicated Nauta, De Oliveira, and Trump in efforts to delete security camera footage.”
nostr:npub1437d992cqszvsnzpuy7jnec2w90dk4tfj57echyahg6ffu9y9t2s9kranm Tuxie says hello to George and hopes they can be friends.
nostr:npub1vqmh8edfflrlcf4ly39cdeqg7lqg6wrphew6mk52zp23wmyzywsslgccpx I hate all yellow-face emojis, because I can't tell what their mouths are doing. Is that a smile? Frown? Straight line? Wiggly thing? To me, they're all just meaningless yellow dots.
Why are we so conscientious about alt texting our images, while inserting illegible images IN OUR DAMN TEXT ITSELF?
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Yale history professor Timothy Snyder: “That Trump will be tried for his coup attempt is not a violation of his rights. It is a fulfillment of his rights. It is the grace of the American republic. In other systems, when your coup attempt fails, what follows is not a trial.”