Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 2:09 pm
by Kendra
I think the grammatical error was mine
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 2:13 pm
by Sam the Centipede
I was still baffled (punctuation or no), so I searched. Omigosh the description at the Brave Books webshite (no, I'm not going to give the blessing of a link):
A fantastical retelling of the terrible true story
Hillary Queenton and her shifty knight had spread lies that King Donald had cheated to become King. They claimed he was working with the Russionians! But how could that be? Join Kash, the Distinguished Discoverer as he uncovers the plot against the King, and who was really behind all the lies.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Sun May 15, 2022 3:27 pm
by raison de arizona
Is that real?
Edit: Forget it, found the site, it’s real. Wonder if he has a contract with FL school districts yet?
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Mon May 16, 2022 12:00 pm
by raison de arizona
I listened to the Fox News coverage of the case against Sussman earlier. They continually referred to it as "the first" case, heavily implying that many more were coming. What I found really of interest though, was how they framed the case. They stated flat out that "the facts" and "the case" were blindingly simple and an open and shut case, and that the only issues were the jury pool, which they claim is "full of extreme left DC residents," and the judge, an "Obama judge." Also, you would have no idea that the case was about lying to the FBI, they've framed it as every tfg wild accusation proven true. The number of people listening to and believing this coverage makes me uneasy.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 1:15 pm
by tek
Just stumbled across our good friend Jonathan Turley flooding the zone with bullshite on Fox...
I only made it halfway thru.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 1:23 pm
by Suranis
You can tell the confidence they have in the case when they were making excuses for the not guilty verdict before the trial even started.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Tue May 17, 2022 7:18 pm
by raison de arizona
Suranis wrote: ↑Tue May 17, 2022 1:23 pm
You can tell the confidence they have in the case when they were making excuses for the not guilty verdict before the trial even started.
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Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 3:13 am
by RTH10260
HILLARY
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 11:51 am
by Kendra
Durham's star cyber agent compared notes with his boss before his first interview.
I understand the FBI frowns on such things.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 12:00 pm
by raison de arizona
FoxNews/Brian Kilmeade gave air to tfg's rantings this morning, then asserted that the jury includes two former staffers for AOC and one for Hillary. Oh, and that the case was "major" and the facts were incontrovertible.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 12:11 pm
by Kendra
Day 2 of the Sussmann trial. DOJ has called Marc Elias, fmr Clinton 2016 campaign lawyer, to the witness stand.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 12:35 pm
by Kendra
emptywheel
@emptywheel
Timeline:
9/20
12:29: Receive the Alfa materials
[hour drive]
18:48: Declare the writers crazy
9/21
12:47: Write "what we think abt DNC report"
12:48: we should plug in thumb drives
12:51: His write-blocker not BU-approved
13:07: W/b won't work for USB
16:46: Analysis done
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
emptywheel
@emptywheel
Timeline:
9/20
12:29: Receive the Alfa materials
[hour drive]
18:48: Declare the writers crazy
9/21
12:47: Write "what we think abt DNC report"
12:48: we should plug in thumb drives
12:51: His write-blocker not BU-approved
13:07: W/b won't work for USB
16:46: Analysis done
What does that mean?
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 12:48 pm
by Kendra
It helps to read the whole thread, from my not-a-lawyer POV, it seems the cross exam is not going well and there's some discrepancies coming out.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
A top Democratic lawyer took the stand in the first trial stemming from John Durham's investigation.
Marc Elias said the Clinton campaign never authorized the FBI meeting at issue in the prosecution.
Elias called Trump a "bully" and criticized the FBI response to Russia's hack of the DNC.
The top lawyer for Hillary Clinton's 2016 campaign labeled Donald Trump a litigious "bully" on Wednesday and recalled feeling "under attack" from Russia's hack of the Democratic National Committee, in trial testimony that reflected on the bitterly contested presidential race.
Marc Elias, a prominent Democratic lawyer and voting rights advocate, took the witness stand in the first trial stemming from Trump-era special counsel John Durham's inquiry into the origins of the Russia investigation. Durham's office called Elias to testify against another lawyer with Democratic ties, Michael Sussmann, who was charged last year with lying to the FBI in connection with a 2016 meeting where he presented internet data purporting to show suspicious contact between servers for the Trump Organization and a Russia-based bank.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 8:01 pm
by Slim Cognito
I'm confused. The prosecution called Elias, who proceeded to attack trump instead of the defendant?
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 8:06 pm
by northland10
Haven't you been paying attention? His Rumpness said it's all rigged so this is expected.
Send Money.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 8:17 pm
by W. Kevin Vicklund
Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 8:01 pm
I'm confused. The prosecution called Elias, who proceeded to attack trump instead of the defendant?
Probably summoned as a hostile witness.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 8:24 pm
by Kendra
Slim Cognito wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 8:01 pm
I'm confused. The prosecution called Elias, who proceeded to attack trump instead of the defendant?
I'm confused too. It is what it is until we get a reporter not employed by Fox to help us.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 9:17 pm
by MN-Skeptic
@emptywheel (https://twitter.com/emptywheel)appears to be the expert on the Durham case. That said, she is so in depth that I have a hard time following her. If that makes sense. She also has articles on her website which may help you understand - https://www.emptywheel.net/.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 9:23 pm
by raison de arizona
I find that emptywheel assumes you already have knowledge and context of what is being discussed. Which can be, well, trying, at times. Always good info though.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Posted: Wed May 18, 2022 9:25 pm
by Kendra
raison de arizona wrote: ↑Wed May 18, 2022 9:23 pm
I find that emptywheel assumes you already have knowledge and context of what is being discussed. Which can be, well, trying, at times. Always good info though.
Same here.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
MY post exults in the fact that Durham "scored a victory" today in that it ordered Fusion to hand over 22 emails to Durham, but then buries in the text that the Judge did so at the request of Clinton's Campaign.
The move came at the request of Clinton’s 2016 campaign, according to the 11-page decision.
Re: John Durham's Investigation & Hannity's Delusional Operation Boomerang
Jonathan Turley flooding the zone with bullshite on Fox... 
