Currie denied the defendants’ request to bar the Justice Department from seeking to indict them again under a lawfully appointed prosecutor. In Comey’s case, however, she suggested their time to do so hasrun out.
It’s my understanding that re-indicting Comey isn’t absolutely impossible, even though the statute of limitations has expired recently, but that it’s unlikely.
Also, over the past several hours there have been reports that the infamous DOGE has been dissolved. But there’s also a report that it is still going, sorta kinda. According to The Guardian, office of personnel management (OPM) director, Scott Kupor told Reuters that DOGE no longer exists. But now The Hill is reporting that Kupor misspoke.
“Good editing by @reuters – spliced my full comments across paragraphs 2/3 to create a grabbing headline,” Kupor said in a statement Sunday.
“The truth is: DOGE may not have centralized leadership under @USDS [U.S. DOGE Service]. But, the principles of DOGE remain alive and well: de-regulation; eliminating fraud, waste and abuse; re-shaping the federal workforce; making efficiency a first-class citizen; etc.,” he continued.
Translation: Trump yelled at me about the Reuters report, so I’m fudging.” What’s happened to the Lost Boys, I cannot say.
The latest from Ukraine: As Ukraine Sets ‘Red Lines,’ a U.S. Peace Plan Is Slimmed Down. Talks will continue.
Related: Frank Bruni, The Outrageous False Equivalences That Prop Up President Trump
In other news, Pentagon Pete is threatening to recall Senator Mark Kelly to active duty so he can face court-martial proceedings for the “illegal order” video. If I were Senator Kelly I’d say, “bring it on.”
At The Atlantic, see George Packer, An Anatomy of the MAGA Mind. This isn’t about MAGA as much as it is about the American Right over the past few decades and how it has gotten coarser and dumber
