emptywheel
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland.
Legendary potty mouth!
- DOJ doesn't want Marimar Martinez to have the ability to release texts from her shooter Charles Exum, bc it might further "sully" him. I mean, DHS is still calling her a terrorist and he called her a bitch before he shot her. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
- "Demonic," "Godless," "Un-American:" Harmeet Dhillon's Own Misconduct Will Be an Issue in Don Lemon Case emptywheel.net/2026/01/31/d...
- This is genuinely important. The White House seems MOST concerned with suppressing any evidence that Melania fucked Epstein before he passed her to Donald. They could have redacted ALL women as a way to suppress that.
- Yesterday CBS reported that an AUSA quit this week, and much of the MN office was threatening to do so as well. Which sort of explains this.
- Breaking on MS NOW: Career DOJ prosecutors in both Minnesota and Los Angeles refused to be involved in charging Don Lemon and the other journalists who covered the Minneapolis church protests. The prosecutors believe the evidence does not support the charges, per @carolleonnig.bsky.social.
