Anna Bower
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At 4pm Magistrate Judge Fitzpatrick will hold a telephonic hearing on whether govt must turn over grand jury minutes to Comey’s team. Tech permitting, I’ll live-blog for @lawfaremedia.org .
For background, see
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For background, see
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Trial Dispatch: The Comey Hearing of Nov. 5, 2025
A judge ordered grand jury minutes turned over to James Comey, as well as information from five-year-old searches of Professor Dan Richman.
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November 10, 2025 at 9:09 PM
As I’ve noted, Trump doesn’t have the power to pardon state crimes.
But we’re awaiting a decision this week from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whether to appoint a new prosecutor to pursue charges related to the Coffee County breach.
But we’re awaiting a decision this week from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whether to appoint a new prosecutor to pursue charges related to the Coffee County breach.
November 10, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Reposted by Anna Bower
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
News coverage of this has focused on the pardon of those involved in the fake electors plot.
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
But the pardon also extends to key figures who participated in the unauthorized breach of voting systems in Coffee County, Georgia
My reporting on the breach: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Though Trump’s pardons can’t extend to state crimes, I think it’s worth pointing out the message being conveyed:
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Trump’s allies are alleged to have stolen data from state voting systems in an effort to help him overturn an election he lost.
Now he’s pardoning them for it.
bsky.app/profile/anna...
Reposted by Anna Bower
As I’ve noted, Trump doesn’t have the power to pardon state crimes.
But we’re awaiting a decision this week from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whether to appoint a new prosecutor to pursue charges related to the Coffee County breach.
But we’re awaiting a decision this week from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whether to appoint a new prosecutor to pursue charges related to the Coffee County breach.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
As I’ve noted, Trump doesn’t have the power to pardon state crimes.
But we’re awaiting a decision this week from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whether to appoint a new prosecutor to pursue charges related to the Coffee County breach.
But we’re awaiting a decision this week from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whether to appoint a new prosecutor to pursue charges related to the Coffee County breach.
As I’ve noted, Trump doesn’t have the power to pardon state crimes.
But we’re awaiting a decision this week from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whether to appoint a new prosecutor to pursue charges related to the Coffee County breach.
But we’re awaiting a decision this week from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whether to appoint a new prosecutor to pursue charges related to the Coffee County breach.
November 10, 2025 at 6:44 PM
As I’ve noted, Trump doesn’t have the power to pardon state crimes.
But we’re awaiting a decision this week from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whether to appoint a new prosecutor to pursue charges related to the Coffee County breach.
But we’re awaiting a decision this week from the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia, which must decide whether to appoint a new prosecutor to pursue charges related to the Coffee County breach.
Reposted by Anna Bower
My reporting later confirmed that Rudy Giuliani met w/ Cathy Latham—a GOP official later indicted in the breach—just one day before he proposed accessing Georgia voting machines during a 2020 White House meeting.
Giuliani & Latham are both on the pardon list
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
Giuliani & Latham are both on the pardon list
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My reporting later confirmed that Rudy Giuliani met w/ Cathy Latham—a GOP official later indicted in the breach—just one day before he proposed accessing Georgia voting machines during a 2020 White House meeting.
Giuliani & Latham are both on the pardon list
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
Giuliani & Latham are both on the pardon list
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
My reporting later confirmed that Rudy Giuliani met w/ Cathy Latham—a GOP official later indicted in the breach—just one day before he proposed accessing Georgia voting machines during a 2020 White House meeting.
Giuliani & Latham are both on the pardon list
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
Giuliani & Latham are both on the pardon list
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
November 10, 2025 at 6:28 PM
My reporting later confirmed that Rudy Giuliani met w/ Cathy Latham—a GOP official later indicted in the breach—just one day before he proposed accessing Georgia voting machines during a 2020 White House meeting.
Giuliani & Latham are both on the pardon list
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
Giuliani & Latham are both on the pardon list
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/what...
Everyone’s like “so what do these pardons DO??” and honestly I’d say it probably has more to do with this than anything substantive, at least for now
It’s a communicative pardon
It’s a communicative pardon
Notably, this pardon comes just days ahead of a Nov. 14 deadline for the Prosecuting Attorneys’ Council of Georgia to appoint a replacement prosecutor for Fani Willis, who was disqualified from pursuing the case.
November 10, 2025 at 5:53 AM
Ed Martin seemed to explicitly link the pardons to his “No MAGA left behind” mantra—tweeting the news in reply to a post that said exactly that.
In addition to his role as pardon attorney, Martin leads the Weaponization Working Group, which probes alleged “politicization” of the Justice Department.
In addition to his role as pardon attorney, Martin leads the Weaponization Working Group, which probes alleged “politicization” of the Justice Department.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Trump doesn’t, however, include himself in the pardon.
The language specifically says that the pardon does not apply to the president.
The language specifically says that the pardon does not apply to the president.
November 10, 2025 at 5:29 AM