#Trump has his posse again. Today it’s more #Republican elected officials. Today, Trump will be joined by the #House speaker, #MikeJohnson, as well as #NorthDakota’s governor, #DougBurgum, a contender to be Trump's running mate. Also present will be Representatives #ByronDonalds & #CoryMills of Florida, & #VivekRamaswamy, who was one of Trump's primary rivals this year. Both Donalds & Ramaswamy are longshot hopefuls to be Trump's running mate.
#MichaelCohen describes the #FBI’s raid on his Park Ave hotel room in April 2018. He says federal agents took his cell phones — including the one w/the recording on it that jurors already heard — & many of his documents. He says he was frightened, despondent & angry.
This was a major news event at the time, & now Cohen can reflect on his feelings about it in front of a courtroom full of reporters. He says he received a call from #Trump after the raid.
#MichaelCohen is testifying again after the court took a short break. “Distraught, nervous, concerned” are the emotions he describes having felt as he met at the Loews Regency on Park Ave w/a new lawyer, Robert Costello, a #criminal defense lawyer who Cohen had been told was very close w/ #RudyGiuliani. This was immediately after the #FBI raided his hotel room there, & so Cohen’s emotions were in tumult.
Costello has said that Cohen appeared suicidal at this meeting.
Just submitted a #FOIA to the #FBI to try and see if they did have any investigation into potential retaliation for the sentencing of the "Atlanta 3" hackers who were linked to Legion of Doom. #hacking#hackers#history
Anyone else getting flurries of #FBI#FOIA response emails with broken links or files that you’ve previously been sent with new file names? I’ve gotten 18 emails in the last 24 hours, they’re still coming in. Something is broken.
"Two far right nut jobs news websites – Human Events and #ThePostMillennial where #AndyNgo is a senior editor were hacked on Thursday and replaced with a page leaking private information
"What’s more curious is why 19 #FBI agents are subscribed"
charges are falsifying business records to hide #HushMoney payments in lead up to 2016 election to #influence electorate
just one Trump supporter at the courthouse draped in a Trump flag.
#StormyDaniels's lawyer, #KeithDavidson, to return to stand. He negotiated the hush-money payment at the center of the case, & is expected to lay out details of the deal.
Gawker was sued out of existence by Hogan, in a lawsuit financed by the billionaire #PeterThiel.
#Bove insinuated that an article #NationalEnquirer editor #DylanHoward co-wrote about the Hulk Hogan sex tapes in 2015 was a product of Davidson’s providing that info.
Davidson denied that he gave Howard the tapes.
Bove then revealed that the #FBI had set up a sting related to Davidson’s discussion w/Hogan’s reps.
#Trump routinely has enemies killed, enabled by the #FBI. #Boeing unexisted a whistleblower. Deans of journalism at universities who decry attrocities are silenced.
This is what living in a #mafia state feels like. #Russia had it worse in the '90s than we'll have it, but it's the same gameplan: mob corruption, dismantle everything, sell it for parts.
There's no escaping a lot of suffering now. We've been abdicating democracy to unworthy champions. Time to buckle up and do the work ourselves.
I made a series of #FOIA requests to the #FBI for records relating to @2600, each request looking at a specific year. After some confusion the following page was released to me that wasn't from any of the years I had requested. Shall we take a look at it? https://archive.org/details/2600-1991-fbi-foia