emptywheel

Democrats in Congress have thus far failed to make a stink out of Pam Bondi's ethical conflicts (some of which she tried to hide during confirmation), most notably w/GEO and Qatar. But Luigi Mangione's defense team may force that issue, claiming she had conflict bc of past ties to United Health. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreifuph3mqkhsx7iovqh2vlplwc4hprpe55shuiab4g647b4dek4ire

Links to two stories @josephcox.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy wrote on the new facial recognition tool. www.404media.co/ice-is-using... www.404media.co/how-a-us-cit... ICE Is Using a New Facial Reco...

DOJ's Epstein excuses on Xitter and the responding community notes are turning into Matryoshka dolls. https://oyster.us-east.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atproto.sync.getBlob?did=did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo&cid=bafkreiaaqbcs4u3k5cveayvqqqbmsuxlpsor33tem7ml5muhq2mdrrfgzu

Kristen Welker will be "interviewing" Todd Blanche on MTP tomorrow. Do you think she'll ask why Ghislaine got moved and has a puppy? Will she ask why Blanche ordered the kidnapping of Ras Baraka? Will she ask about Trump's witch hunt against Comey and James?

There’s a 92 Percent Chance Trump Is Making It Up www.theatlantic.com/national-sec... There’s a 92 Percent Chance Tr...

SDFL GJ testimony from one of the victims. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... justice.gov/epstein/files/...

Grand jury testimony from SDFL. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... justice.gov/epstein/files/...

Follow-on doc. www.justice.gov/epstein/file... justice.gov/epstein/files/...

Here's Alex Acosta's interview (no idea if it has been released before). www.justice.gov/epstein/file... justice.gov/epstein/files/...

So last night as I was wondering why Pam Bondi diverted almost 200 National Security attorneys who should be chasing hackers and spies to redact the Epstein files, I remembered that John Eisenberg, who heads it, is the guy who altered the Trump-Zelenskyy transcript.