Jacob Shamsian
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One of Elon Musk's lawyers in his clash-of-the-titans lawsuit against Sam Altman is also literally a clown.
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Meet the Elon Musk lawyer who's also literally a clown
Jaymie Parkkinen is a high-powered intellectual property lawyer facing off against Sam Altman by day — and a clown by night.
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January 1, 2026 at 2:08 PM
One of Elon Musk's lawyers in his clash-of-the-titans lawsuit against Sam Altman is also literally a clown.
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If I was Tom Goldstein I would have simply quit playing poker while I was on top
December 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
If I was Tom Goldstein I would have simply quit playing poker while I was on top
NEW: As Steve Bannon filmed 15 hours of interviews with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the two texted about using an obscure legal maneuver.
The maneuver could explain why the footage hasn't seen the light of day.
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The maneuver could explain why the footage hasn't seen the light of day.
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Steve Bannon discussed using an obscure legal tactic to join Jeffrey Epstein's legal team
The arrangement could explain why Steve Bannon's 15 hours of Jeffrey Epstein footage haven't seen the light of day.
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December 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
NEW: As Steve Bannon filmed 15 hours of interviews with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the two texted about using an obscure legal maneuver.
The maneuver could explain why the footage hasn't seen the light of day.
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The maneuver could explain why the footage hasn't seen the light of day.
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Oh man, sucks for this guy that he's only a former Honduras Congressman and not a former Honduras President
December 5, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Oh man, sucks for this guy that he's only a former Honduras Congressman and not a former Honduras President
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate says over 250 emails between top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler and the now-dead pedophile are protected by attorney-client privilege
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December 3, 2025 at 11:46 PM
NEW: Jeffrey Epstein’s estate says over 250 emails between top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathryn Ruemmler and the now-dead pedophile are protected by attorney-client privilege
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NEW: Harry Beller isn't one of the boldfaced names who can be found all over Jeffrey Epstein's social calendar and emails.
But for years, the obscure accountant was entrusted with some of the most delicate parts of Epstein's financial life.
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But for years, the obscure accountant was entrusted with some of the most delicate parts of Epstein's financial life.
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Jeffrey Epstein's accountant of 22 years raised alarm bells at JPMorgan. Now Congress wants answers.
JPMorgan flagged Harry Beller's cash withdrawals on behalf of Epstein four times, documents show. Now Congress wants to know what he knows.
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November 20, 2025 at 2:25 PM
NEW: Harry Beller isn't one of the boldfaced names who can be found all over Jeffrey Epstein's social calendar and emails.
But for years, the obscure accountant was entrusted with some of the most delicate parts of Epstein's financial life.
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But for years, the obscure accountant was entrusted with some of the most delicate parts of Epstein's financial life.
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NEW: Mark Epstein says that the "Bubba" he joked about with his brother Jeffrey Epstein "is not, in any way, a reference to former President
Bill Clinton."
Bill Clinton."
November 16, 2025 at 1:44 AM
NEW: Mark Epstein says that the "Bubba" he joked about with his brother Jeffrey Epstein "is not, in any way, a reference to former President
Bill Clinton."
Bill Clinton."
Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with Kathryn Ruemmler — the former top Obama White House lawyer and onetime Attorney General candidate and potential SCOTUS nominee, now the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs — was far deeper than previously known, emails show. 🧵
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Top Goldman Sachs lawyer asked Jeffrey Epstein for career advice, bashed Trump, private emails show
Newly released emails show Kathryn Ruemmler, now Goldman's top lawyer and a former Obama official, maintained ties with Jeffrey Epstein for years.
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November 14, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Jeffrey Epstein's relationship with Kathryn Ruemmler — the former top Obama White House lawyer and onetime Attorney General candidate and potential SCOTUS nominee, now the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs — was far deeper than previously known, emails show. 🧵
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NEW: Kathryn Ruemmler, the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs, maintained a closer relationship with Jeffrey Epstein than previously known, emails show.
Ruemmler asked Epstein for career advice when she was tapped to be US Attorney General in Obama admin.
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Ruemmler asked Epstein for career advice when she was tapped to be US Attorney General in Obama admin.
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November 14, 2025 at 1:07 AM
NEW: Kathryn Ruemmler, the top lawyer at Goldman Sachs, maintained a closer relationship with Jeffrey Epstein than previously known, emails show.
Ruemmler asked Epstein for career advice when she was tapped to be US Attorney General in Obama admin.
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Ruemmler asked Epstein for career advice when she was tapped to be US Attorney General in Obama admin.
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There are a ton of emails from Jeffrey Epstein's private jet pilot telling him that Donald Trump is screwing up his travel plans because Air Force One is flying out of Palm Beach and no other planes can get in the air
November 13, 2025 at 5:34 AM
There are a ton of emails from Jeffrey Epstein's private jet pilot telling him that Donald Trump is screwing up his travel plans because Air Force One is flying out of Palm Beach and no other planes can get in the air
Here's a meme Jeffrey Epstein's brother emailed to him
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 AM
Here's a meme Jeffrey Epstein's brother emailed to him
NEW: Trump's SullCrom lawyers scored a win at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
They ordered a district court judge to reconsider whether appeals of Trump's criminal conviction should play out in federal — not state — courts.
They ordered a district court judge to reconsider whether appeals of Trump's criminal conviction should play out in federal — not state — courts.
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
NEW: Trump's SullCrom lawyers scored a win at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
They ordered a district court judge to reconsider whether appeals of Trump's criminal conviction should play out in federal — not state — courts.
They ordered a district court judge to reconsider whether appeals of Trump's criminal conviction should play out in federal — not state — courts.
NEW: John Mulaney attended today's SCOTUS argument while developing a TV show with Neal Katyal, who argued Trump's tariffs are illegal.
Mulaney is a huge Constitutional law nerd, their mutual friend Akhil Reed Amar told me:
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Mulaney is a huge Constitutional law nerd, their mutual friend Akhil Reed Amar told me:
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November 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
NEW: John Mulaney attended today's SCOTUS argument while developing a TV show with Neal Katyal, who argued Trump's tariffs are illegal.
Mulaney is a huge Constitutional law nerd, their mutual friend Akhil Reed Amar told me:
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Mulaney is a huge Constitutional law nerd, their mutual friend Akhil Reed Amar told me:
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@jayshams.bsky.social is one of the best legal writers in the biz. Lately, he's focused on the intersection of law and business, here walking up to this week's Scotus hearing on Trump's tariffs.
The Supreme Court could strike down Trump's tariffs — or expand his power instead
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's tariffs under the IEEPA were legal, a ruling that could expand or limit presidential trade authority.
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November 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
@jayshams.bsky.social is one of the best legal writers in the biz. Lately, he's focused on the intersection of law and business, here walking up to this week's Scotus hearing on Trump's tariffs.
Devastating. That well-dressed guy photographed after the Louvre heist may not be a French detective after all.
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October 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Devastating. That well-dressed guy photographed after the Louvre heist may not be a French detective after all.
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Via @jayshams.bsky.social, Michael Wolff is suing Melania for SLAPP and demanding subpoenas, including of Trump.
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October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Via @jayshams.bsky.social, Michael Wolff is suing Melania for SLAPP and demanding subpoenas, including of Trump.
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The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
I accidentally got my toddler into Edward Gorey books and now his favorite animals are things like the Ampoo and the Ombledroom
October 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I accidentally got my toddler into Edward Gorey books and now his favorite animals are things like the Ampoo and the Ombledroom
If you ever feel like you've accomplished a lot in your life, just remember that a teenage girl invented France
October 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you ever feel like you've accomplished a lot in your life, just remember that a teenage girl invented France
Robert Jackson — the former Supreme Court justice, Solicitor General, and Nazi war crimes prosecutor — gave a speech in 1940 titled "The Federal Prosecutor" that is considered a must-read for people who join the DOJ.
This passage has been circulating a lot lately:
This passage has been circulating a lot lately:
October 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Robert Jackson — the former Supreme Court justice, Solicitor General, and Nazi war crimes prosecutor — gave a speech in 1940 titled "The Federal Prosecutor" that is considered a must-read for people who join the DOJ.
This passage has been circulating a lot lately:
This passage has been circulating a lot lately:
The new Dan Brown book has a brief cameo from @NormEisen, the attorney and former US Ambassador to the Czech Republic.
October 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The new Dan Brown book has a brief cameo from @NormEisen, the attorney and former US Ambassador to the Czech Republic.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
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Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
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October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
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In legal arguments, Lisa Cook's lawyers have leaned on the 9-0 Supreme Court decision called Humphrey's Executor to argue for Fed independence.
But while it technically remains the law of the land, the Supreme Court has signaled it'll soon be dead.
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But while it technically remains the law of the land, the Supreme Court has signaled it'll soon be dead.
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A 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent protecting Fed independence is on its deathbed
A Supreme Court case called "Humphrey's Executor" has shielded independent agency leaders from political influence. In the Trump era, that's changing.
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September 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In legal arguments, Lisa Cook's lawyers have leaned on the 9-0 Supreme Court decision called Humphrey's Executor to argue for Fed independence.
But while it technically remains the law of the land, the Supreme Court has signaled it'll soon be dead.
www.businessinsider.com/supreme-cour...
But while it technically remains the law of the land, the Supreme Court has signaled it'll soon be dead.
www.businessinsider.com/supreme-cour...
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I don’t litigate so I don’t know whether this is the case, but I would think that if you did this in discovery you would have a very rough time with the judge
The House Oversight made each individual page its own TIF file, making it extremely hard to search through.
Look at this. It's a page of Todd Blanche's interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, already released last month.
Each page counts as one file. That's how they got to 33,295.
Look at this. It's a page of Todd Blanche's interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, already released last month.
Each page counts as one file. That's how they got to 33,295.
September 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I don’t litigate so I don’t know whether this is the case, but I would think that if you did this in discovery you would have a very rough time with the judge