"These leaks make it far more likely that Lindsey the Insurance Lawyer will get no-billed (meaning they'[d] vote against indicting Comey). And that may be the point. Indeed, her law license may be among a handful that get saved in the process. Consider how this would look to Todd Blanche. Blanche may not have noticed that DC added Ken Chesebro yesterday to the growing list of former Trump lawyers who've lost their license to practice law."
"Blanche's personal exposure in the LaMonica McIver case goes far deeper. He is at once: The official who ordered DHS personnel to arrest Ras Baraka even after he had left Delaney Hall property, creating the physical confrontation in which McIver was charged, and as such, part of the law enforcement team and implicated in a potentially unlawful arrest The person whose office conducted the prosecutorial review previously done by career prosecutors in Public Integrity Division after that got shut down"
Leaked information has increased the chances that Lindsey will be no-billed, which could result in preserving her law license and others'. The scenario could be intentional to protect certain lawyers. Todd Blanche faces heightened scrutiny because of connections to several developments, including the addition of Ken Chesebro to the list of disbarred former Trump lawyers. Judge Margaret Garnett warned DOJ about inappropriate public comments and directed Blanche to address them. Blanche's involvement in the LaMonica McIver case includes ordering an arrest that led to a confrontation and overseeing a prosecutorial review after the Public Integrity Division was shut down.
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