Bill Barr came out swinging against Donald Trump & House GOP for tanking FISA in a phone interview with CNN:

“I think it’s a travesty and reckless”

On Trump urging GOP to vote against FISA: “I think that he’s a flawed leader and this shows one of the reasons he is flawed”

For those keeping track at home. Recent Speakers and The Lost Rule Votes:

Gingrich: 6 votes in 4 years
Hastert: 2 votes in 8 years
Pelosi: ZERO
Boehner: ZERO
Ryan: ZERO
Pelosi, redux: ZERO
McCarthy: 3 votes in 8 months
Johnson: 4 votes in 6 months

A senior RFK Jr. campaign official told a private meeting of New York Republicans that her 'number one priority' was to 'get rid of Biden' (h/t Aaron Pellish Eva McKend) cnn.com/2024/04/08/pol…

It was so nice to welcome Marshall Cohen to the CNN Newsroom. He’s a very solid CNN reporter.

NEWS: Hunter Biden to face trial in JUNE for alleged tax crimes, after a judge ruled today AGAINST all of his motions to toss the case. Notably, the judge REJECTED Hunter's theory that the felony indictment was only filed because DOJ caved to GOP pressure cnn.com/2024/04/01/pol…

RFK Jr. saying wild things about voting in Erin Burnett interview. Said 2000 and 2004 elections were “stolen” from Dems — and elections are still dubious because they lack “paper ballots.” (Guess he doesn’t know 2020 had more votes cast with a paper trail than ever before, > 90%)

Friday’s front page.

Hunter Biden's lawyers will be in an LA courtroom later today, arguing that his 9-count tax indictment should be thrown out. Here's why they think the case is defective, and how the charges overlap with the Joe Biden impeachment inquiry. full story --> cnn.com/2024/03/27/pol…

NEW: The Law360 Trump Digital Docket

There is no digital case file for Trump's hush money case – or any official index of filings for NY criminal cases. So, we created one.

This service is free to all and will be updated📄💻🛜
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JUST IN: Pro-Trump lawyer Stefanie Lambert surrendered this morning to Michigan authorities in connection with her 2020 election tampering indictment, after a wild week where she was labeled a fugitive and spent a night in jail after being arrested in DC.

After a wild 24 hours — including a testy hearing where she suggested Serbian spies rigged the 2020 election, followed by a night in DC jail — pro-Trump attorney Stefanie Lambert has been released. (photo by Holmes outside DC court) story: cnn.com/2024/03/19/pol…

NEW: A DC judge released pro-Trump 'Kraken' lawyer Stefanie Lambert after she pledged to immediately return to Michigan and surrender, pursuant to a warrant in her election tampering indictment. She spent 1 night in jail, and was in handcuffs and ankle restraints in court today.

US Marshals Service confirms, yes, Lambert was arrested at the conclusion of the hearing. Truly bizarre series of events in the DC federal courthouse today.

We reviewed a transcript of Biden’s interview w/ special counsel Robert Hur.

Investigators seemed to struggle to keep control during the 5 hour allotted interview time, as Biden’s gave winding and often off-topic soliloquies.

W/Evan Pérez

cnn.com/2024/03/12/pol…

Hear for yourself the contradictions between what 'fake electors' plotter Kenneth Chesebro told Michigan prosecutors VERSUS what he posted on his secret Twitter after the 2020 election. full story with Andy Kaczynski em steck Alli Gordon here --> cnn.com/2024/02/26/pol…

Exclusive: Kenneth Chesebro, who helped devise the Trump campaign’s fake electors plot, concealed a secret Twitter account from Michigan prosecutors, hiding dozens of posts that undercut his statements to investigators about his role in the scheme.
cnn.com/2024/02/26/pol…