JD Vance took time out of Trump’s Crusades against Iran to tamper in Hungary’s election not just because Viktor Orbán is the ideological figurehead of the far right, but because Hungary serves as a key vehicle laundering Russian money to the broader far right.
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How Speaker Mike Johnson Responded to a Potential Invasion of His District
Mike Johnson responded to burgeoning concern that a base in his district, Barksdale Air Force base, was targeted in a sophisticated drone operation by allowing his own office to be invaded and killing hopes of funding Homeland Security.
If Putin Is Running Musk, Trump Should Be Terrified
Elon Musk’s reported ties to Vladimir Putin and other top Russians are more of a concern because of Musk’s willingness to use Xitter to stoke violence and JD Vance’s centrality in Musk’s role on Trump’s campaign.
The Schulte CIPA Transcripts: Locking up Vault 8
Among the most interesting details revealed by the CIPA transcripts from the Josh Schulte case is that — at least in 2022 — the government still considered the tie to the Vault 8 source code theft and release classified information.
Former WikiLeaks Task Force Member Charles McGonigal Didn’t Take Credit for the Josh Schulte Investigation
It makes sense that Charles McGonigal didn’t brag that he oversaw investigations of Oleg Deripaska before he went on to work for Deripaska. But it’s far more curious that McGonigal didn’t mention that he led not one but two WikiLeaks investigations.
“That’s How … You End Up as a Defendant in a Court Room:” Some Days in the Life of a Named-and-Shamed Former GRU Hacker, Ivan Ermakov
By the measure of evidence submitted in the trial of his co-conspirator, alleged John Podesta hacker Ivan Ermakov has been enjoying life in the years after his indictment by Robert Mueller. But the record of those exploits helped to convict his Vladislav Klyushin in a hack-and-trade conspiracy.
The Collective Response to Russia’s Ukraine Invasion
DOJ seems to be rolling out indictments as part of their larger package of responses to Russia’s invasion.
Poor Donald Trump Got Dumped
Donald Trump has been having a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day for the last 6 weeks. The worst was Sunday, when he got dumped by Vladimir Putin.
“These Actions Have Targeted Not Only against Russia, But Also Against the President Elect”
We don’t need to speculate about Russia cultivating Trump’s hostility to the IC, because we’ve got evidence they started doing so weeks before Trump was even inaugurated.
George Papadopoulos Tied the Utility of Russian Dirt to the Campaign’s Plan to Use Dirt to Win
Judicial Watch has liberated the memo passing along the Alexander Downer tip to the FBI. It shows that in context — Papadopoulos tied the possibility that Russia would anonymously release dirt to the campaign’s plan to use dirt on Hillary to win — Papadopoulos’ comments were more incriminating than previously let on.
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