Rob Liguori
@robxlii.bsky.social
Where the ordure hits the spinny metal thing. Research editor at the NYT (i.e., a fact checker). Former criminal defense attorney. Lover of facts, sailor of oceans, player of instruments. In a long-term relationship with the truth. Rhode Islander for life.
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Rob Liguori
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· Jun 1
Ok, here we go, Rob’s FAQ-THIS (frequently asked questions that he invents spontaneously)*
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Regarding the corrupted indictment of Comey. I agree.
/6 Also, it is the obligation of every lawyer who takes their oath and the Constitution seriously to shun from legal society every single AUSA and DoJ lawyer participating in this. Strike their names from every book and tablet, every pylon and obelisk, every monument of the rule of law.
November 19, 2025 at 11:55 PM
Regarding the corrupted indictment of Comey. I agree.
More Todd Snider, singing his tribute to John Prine. I’m still processing things over here. youtu.be/HoGAoJ3qIZk?...
Todd Snider-Handsome John-Race Street Live Holyoke MA 20220416
YouTube video by nnmvt videos
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November 19, 2025 at 9:22 PM
More Todd Snider, singing his tribute to John Prine. I’m still processing things over here. youtu.be/HoGAoJ3qIZk?...
Reposted by Rob Liguori
So here’s what apparently happened: they tried to indict Comey on the last day of the statute with a three-count indictment. The grand jury rejected one. Rather than cross it out or indicate on the indictment that only two of the three counts were voted upon, Halligan creates…/1
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:11 PM
So here’s what apparently happened: they tried to indict Comey on the last day of the statute with a three-count indictment. The grand jury rejected one. Rather than cross it out or indicate on the indictment that only two of the three counts were voted upon, Halligan creates…/1
This is malpractice or malfeasance to an extent that could result in someone being disbarred. The grand jury never saw the final indictment? I've never even heard of such a thing. It strains the imagination.
NEWS: During a hearing in federal court in VA, prosecutors confirmed that the operative indictment in the case against James Comey was never shown to or voted on by the entire grand jury before it was presented in open court.
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
Defense counsel argued that’s a complete bar to further prosecution
November 19, 2025 at 5:08 PM
This is malpractice or malfeasance to an extent that could result in someone being disbarred. The grand jury never saw the final indictment? I've never even heard of such a thing. It strains the imagination.
In our recent story on the crisis at DOJ, a prosecutor in the D.C. metro area confirmed that colleagues recommended against indicting Comey. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
November 19, 2025 at 4:55 PM
In our recent story on the crisis at DOJ, a prosecutor in the D.C. metro area confirmed that colleagues recommended against indicting Comey. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Just want to lay down this marker, as someone who knows a free press is essential to the American experiment:
This is an abhorrent remark by the president, worthy of the strongest condemnation. It is a perverse thing for any patriot to say, let alone the ostensible leader of the free world.
This is an abhorrent remark by the president, worthy of the strongest condemnation. It is a perverse thing for any patriot to say, let alone the ostensible leader of the free world.
Trump suggests Khashoggi had it coming: "You're mentioning someone that was extremely controversial. A lot of people didn't like that gentleman that you're talking about. Whether you like him or didn't like him, things happen. But he knew nothing about it. You don't have to embarrass our guest."
November 19, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Just want to lay down this marker, as someone who knows a free press is essential to the American experiment:
This is an abhorrent remark by the president, worthy of the strongest condemnation. It is a perverse thing for any patriot to say, let alone the ostensible leader of the free world.
This is an abhorrent remark by the president, worthy of the strongest condemnation. It is a perverse thing for any patriot to say, let alone the ostensible leader of the free world.
Been working on this one for a couple weeks. The DOJ has been radically remade in just ten months. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Been working on this one for a couple weeks. The DOJ has been radically remade in just ten months. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
When there is nothing left, there will still be songs like this. Thank god for that, and thank god for Jerry Jeff Walker and Todd Snider. youtu.be/5QdWpab_kFg?...
Todd Snider w/ Jerry Jeff Walker, Jason Isbell, Amanda Shires - "Mr. Bojangles"
YouTube video by schoenular
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November 17, 2025 at 12:18 AM
When there is nothing left, there will still be songs like this. Thank god for that, and thank god for Jerry Jeff Walker and Todd Snider. youtu.be/5QdWpab_kFg?...
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🏈 TB 32 - 44 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
November 16, 2025 at 9:20 PM
🏈 TB 32 - 44 BUF
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
FINAL
✅ That's Scorigami!! It's the 1095th unique final score in NFL history.
I’m real bummed about Todd Snider. We lost an original American voice and there ain’t enough of those in the first place.
Please listen to “Statistician’s Blues,” for me and for Todd. youtu.be/HPlD5saPoM4?...
Please listen to “Statistician’s Blues,” for me and for Todd. youtu.be/HPlD5saPoM4?...
Statistician's Blues (Live)
YouTube video by Todd Snider - Topic
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November 16, 2025 at 1:47 AM
I’m real bummed about Todd Snider. We lost an original American voice and there ain’t enough of those in the first place.
Please listen to “Statistician’s Blues,” for me and for Todd. youtu.be/HPlD5saPoM4?...
Please listen to “Statistician’s Blues,” for me and for Todd. youtu.be/HPlD5saPoM4?...
BREAKING NEWS: The NBA has asked multiple teams, including the Los Angeles Lakers, to hand over documents and other property as part of its investigation into illegal sports gambling, six league sources told The Athletic.
November 15, 2025 at 11:26 PM
This story, once merely bizarre, has now become tragic. Hail and farewell, Todd Snider. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
Todd Snider, Rambling Troubadour Who Helped Shape Alt-Country and Americana, Dead at 59
Todd Snider, the rambling troubadour who helped shape the Americana music movement, has died at 59.
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November 15, 2025 at 3:46 PM
This story, once merely bizarre, has now become tragic. Hail and farewell, Todd Snider. www.rollingstone.com/music/music-...
I’ve seen gibbons use rocks more effectively. And they know not to choke up.
True comedy is watching Dave Portnay trying to use a hammer
November 14, 2025 at 5:59 PM
I’ve seen gibbons use rocks more effectively. And they know not to choke up.
I’ve read a lot of his emails. My impression is that he’s cultivating an air of being so terribly busy and important that he can’t be arsed to pay attention to proper English.
Something that’s so striking in these emails is how…unimpressive Epstein is. He comes off as a pompous, sub-literate lech. Yes everyone is so mortifyingly solicitous of him! All fawning and flattery! Why?????
November 13, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I’ve read a lot of his emails. My impression is that he’s cultivating an air of being so terribly busy and important that he can’t be arsed to pay attention to proper English.
Epstein was involved in a bid to take over Pan Am, and Edward Nixon was an advisor to this deal. It failed because terrorists blew up Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
President Nixon never met, spoke with, or did business with Jeffrey Epstein in any way. His brother Edward Nixon was briefly involved in a business venture with Mr. Epstein in the 1980s. When it failed they never spoke again.
November 12, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Epstein was involved in a bid to take over Pan Am, and Edward Nixon was an advisor to this deal. It failed because terrorists blew up Pan Am 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland in 1988.
🎶RETURN OF THE SAX🎶
(I would gladly play these wedding gigs. Big money, very little prep needed.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
(I would gladly play these wedding gigs. Big money, very little prep needed.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
Saxophones Are Taking Over Weddings (and Dividing Guests)
www.nytimes.com
November 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
🎶RETURN OF THE SAX🎶
(I would gladly play these wedding gigs. Big money, very little prep needed.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
(I would gladly play these wedding gigs. Big money, very little prep needed.)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/04/s...
This must be stopped or pro sports are in trouble.
No more player betting, under penalty of a lifetime ban. No sportsbook sponsors of teams or players. Tightly restricted advertising.
Regulate it like any other vice - booze, cigarettes, weed, etc.
No more player betting, under penalty of a lifetime ban. No sportsbook sponsors of teams or players. Tightly restricted advertising.
Regulate it like any other vice - booze, cigarettes, weed, etc.
Breaking news per Jeff Passan: “Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz have been indicted by prosecutors in Brooklyn on a host of charges related to a scheme to rig bets on pitches thrown in MLB games. Ortiz was arrested in Boston earlier today. Clase is not currently in custody”
November 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
This must be stopped or pro sports are in trouble.
No more player betting, under penalty of a lifetime ban. No sportsbook sponsors of teams or players. Tightly restricted advertising.
Regulate it like any other vice - booze, cigarettes, weed, etc.
No more player betting, under penalty of a lifetime ban. No sportsbook sponsors of teams or players. Tightly restricted advertising.
Regulate it like any other vice - booze, cigarettes, weed, etc.
Current status: at a family wedding where we just got our dinners. At 11 pm.
The filet tasted…grey? Please send help, a braciole, anything.
The filet tasted…grey? Please send help, a braciole, anything.
November 8, 2025 at 4:26 AM
Current status: at a family wedding where we just got our dinners. At 11 pm.
The filet tasted…grey? Please send help, a braciole, anything.
The filet tasted…grey? Please send help, a braciole, anything.
Tax dollars at work, etc.
This is featured on the official White House website.
November 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Tax dollars at work, etc.
Spent the past few weeks talking with Ukrainian soldiers for this nerve-wracking story about drone warfare, by my esteemed colleague C.J. Chivers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/m...
A Harrowing Escape From the Drone-Infested Hellscape of Ukraine’s Front Lines
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Spent the past few weeks talking with Ukrainian soldiers for this nerve-wracking story about drone warfare, by my esteemed colleague C.J. Chivers. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/m...
Voting: the original formula for Democracy™ and still undefeated.
November 5, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Voting: the original formula for Democracy™ and still undefeated.
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Going to be in London in a few weeks and I’ve realized I haven’t been there since 1997 and have no idea where to stay or what to see in two-and-a-half days. Send your recommendations! 🏴
November 4, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Going to be in London in a few weeks and I’ve realized I haven’t been there since 1997 and have no idea where to stay or what to see in two-and-a-half days. Send your recommendations! 🏴
Kinda wish the sub-throwing trial was in RI so we could confuse the rest of the country into thinking the defendant chucked a (meat) grinder at that cop. #thatsanawfulawfuljoke
November 4, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Kinda wish the sub-throwing trial was in RI so we could confuse the rest of the country into thinking the defendant chucked a (meat) grinder at that cop. #thatsanawfulawfuljoke