Why not both?

Everything you said is spot on. Thank you for a well-organized, well-thought out post, including cites to statutes.

Second this as a lawyer. My theory is that they used McGahn as a way to check the veracity of other witnesses. For example, once they spoke with McGahn for 5 hours, and realized that he was fully cooperative, they could have asked McGahn to come back periodically to verify the statements of other witnesses. So they…

During the campaign, there was a town hall (I think it was between GOP candidates, as I thought Kasich was there) where Trump talked about liking “the Beatles, the Stones, Elton John . . .”

This comment is biblical. I’m picturing Job sitting on Kanye to show his sorrow. 

I believe the new, preferred corporate term is “prisoners with jobs.”

As long as Cohen remembers who else was in the room when Trump gave the go-ahead to the have the meeting, and when that took place, that’s corroboration - an investigator can go talk to those people, or verify their presence in NY that day (maybe even verify their presence at Trump Tower), check their calendars, etc.

Very helpful, thanks for your input. Hopefully it doesn’t come to it, but if we find ourselves in Canada, I’ll buy you a drink.

I’d be curious what you learned about the move - my wife and I both have advanced degrees and are mid-career. We didn’t evaluate it seriously until recently (I’m not native-born, and this country’s hostility to immigrants is starting to scare me), but we’re going to stick it out and work for the causes we believe in…

One correction - I don’t think it’s accurate to say that there were twelve tapes seized. The twelve tapes in question were ones that Trump’s team dropped their assertion of privilege to, and the Special Master in S.D.N.Y. turned them over to the feds.

“These documents and videos will certainly challenge the prevailing narrative that completely omitted more than 50% of the evidence in this case,” former prosecutor Linda Fairstein told the New York Daily News. “These young men were arrested as a result of a meticulous police investigation, and there’s no doubt that…

Let’s all remember: they are not protesting the anthem. They are protesting police brutality during the anthem, or supporting the rights of other players to protest police brutality during the anthem. There is a difference.

I’m always down for a reminder that Mark Millar’s goal in life seems to be to stiggit to the politically correct, and it’s really, really dumb take that diminishes his other accomplishments.

I guess that’s fair. I’m also a bit biased; growing up, my local KFC had the reputation of serving fried chicken two ways: salmonella and Hepatitis.

You’ve never eaten real fried chicken have you.

“(can anyone without Messi break down the French defense?)“

“I have seen no evidence that his personal beliefs have influenced his professional responsibilities and prefer to give him the benefit of the doubt,”

Why give someone like this the benefit of the doubt? If this individual were a judge, they would face requests for recusal all the time. If this individual were a…

“...that’s part of the social contract”

This is the thing - I agree 100% that what you describe is part of the social contract. And really, messing with people’s food could be criminal depending on the circumstances. The social contract shouldn’t be broken lightly, because it tells everyone that we’re at a breaking…

“Spielberg’s War of the Worlds ends with, like, bacteria saving people.”

Just for the record, asylum doesn’t even require surrendering yourself at a port of entry and claiming asylum. You can enter anywhere, in any manner, legal or illegal, and you can still claim asylum. 8 U.S.C. 1158 is explicit on that.