MEDIA HITS
RAWSTORY: TRUMP’S LAWYERS WILL TRY AND CUT A DEAL WITH THE DOJ TO AVOID 2024 CHAOS: FORMER DEPUTY AG
AUGUST 5, 2022
HARRY APPEARS ON AYMAN MSNBC TO DISCUSS DHS INSPECTOR GENERAL’S HANDLING OF THE INVESTIGATION INTO ERASED TEXTS RELATED TO THE JAN 6TH INSURRECTION
AUGUST 6, 2022
"Biden should fire him tomorrow," @harrylitman tells @samstein in discussing DHS Inspector General Joseph Cuffari's handling of the investigation into erased text messages related to the January 6th Capitol Insurrection. pic.twitter.com/I1C7naNNaT
— AYMAN (@AymanMSNBC) August 7, 2022
HARRY JOINS MICHAEL COHEN ON THE MEA CULPA PODCAST
AUGUST 5, 2022
The @MeaCulpaPodcast welcomes back our good friend @harrylitman, former US Attorney and Deputy Assistant Attorney General, legal affairs columnist for the Los Angeles Times Opinion Page and professor of Constitutional Law at UCLA and UCSD. https://t.co/nImdnUBIyP
— Michael Cohen (@MichaelCohen212) August 5, 2022
TOP TWEETS THIS WEEK
It seems unlikely that official after official at separate federal agencies just decided independently to erase text message in violation of federal law. IF J6C doesn't get to bottom of the possible coordination, DOJ has to.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 2, 2022
Cipollone has a very serious decision to make, for the country and his own future. He was able to give J6C half measures knowing they couldn’t really push for more. That won’t fly with the DOJ. If he chooses to try to hide behind executive priv, it marks him as an obstructionist
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 3, 2022
It may not feel like it, but the subpoenas for Cipollone and Philbin pose no separation of powers issue or big constitutional showdown. It's the exec branch looking for info about poss crimes by executive branch personnel. In that setting, law is clear that they must give it up.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 4, 2022
$44 million punitive damages for Jones -- nearly the limit of what's permitted by Texas law. Basically the jury hated him and they clobbered him.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 5, 2022
I think the jury stumbled onto the perfect maximum amount of punitive damages. Much more than the $45M and the trial court likely would reduce it. But this is w/in the legal range and given the testimony about his net worth, won't be easy for the court to reduce.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 5, 2022
per @marceelias HUGE POINTt:the records provision they're investigating carries the penalty that someone convicted "shall forfeit his office and be disqualified from holding any office under the United States." So this could be the whole enchilada in terms of DOJ resolution.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 9, 2022
Cipollone subpoena is the best and the obvious next move for DOJ, and again shows it seriousness. No one but possibly Meadows knows more about Trump’s criminal conduct, and he held back way more w/ J6C than his role as WHC required and law/facts permitted.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 3, 2022
An important side benefit of Cipollones testimony if he gives it: he can absolutely bury Meadows. And that in turn would further serve the goal of a prosecution of Trump
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 3, 2022
Alex Jones is in deep deep doo-doo, and it couldn't happen to a nicer guy. He's looking at 3 sledgehammer blows in quick succession: 1) a gargantuan verdict against him for defaming the Sandy Hill plaintiffs;2) the immediate delivery of his texts to J6C; &3) a perjury prosecution
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 4, 2022
Jones told jury that an award $2 million would destroy him financially. But plaintiffs put on an economist who estimated his net worth at b/t $135M-$270M.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 5, 2022
Next stop: J6C, which will get the texts and may have a field day. And then likely perjury indictment. He might be toast
Alex Jones now saying the trial was rigged. So much for his contrition about lying about the shooting.
— Harry Litman (@harrylitman) August 6, 2022
