washingtonpost.com: Leaks Probe Is Gathering Momentum. The good news is that the professional prosecutors are getting heavily involved in the Plame Affair. The bad news is that Ashcroft isn't recusing himself. It sounds as if there is enough momentum here that if the professionals decided to prosecute there's no way Ashcroft could stop them. Worst case, he warns folks in the admnistration about what's coming down, most likely allowing damage control operations. (Very worst case, he sabotages the prosecutors by spilling beans, but I think that Justice has done all the obstruction it can get away with already, by giving the administration 24 hours to shred stuff before moving in to seal records.)
Recent Bluessky Posts- Israel may notch some tactical successes with its aggressive policies against West Bank settlers, Gaza, Southern Lebanon, and of course maybe maybe Iran, but I foresee a major strategic defeat in the expansion & entrenchment of international pariah status plus loss of support (and $) from the US. March 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- So I know the USAO say that the error was not due to “lack of diligence and care” by the signing attorneys. If they’re underbussing the ICE attorneys I fully expect them to waive privilege between ICE counsel and the USAO on this, and for ICE counsel to testify about whether this was intentional. March 25, 2026 Will Li
- All talk. Great talk, but that's not enough for this moment. March 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
- Jotwell Crim: Ji Seon Song, The Ideology of Community Supervision, JOTWELL (March 26, 2026) (reviewing Renagh O’Leary, Supervising Sentencing, 57 U.C. Davis L. Rev. 1931 (2024); Renagh O’Leary, Ideological Testing, 103 N.C. L. Rev. 909 (2025)), crim.jotwell.com/the-ideology.... March 25, 2026 Jotwell
- Ex-congressman David Rivera trial (illegal lobbying, not election fraud as usual) tidbit: Defendants "referred to Mr. Rubio as “el cubanito,” or the little Cuban, ...; Mr. Maduro was “el guagüero,” or the bus driver, and Mr. Trump was “el loco,” or the crazy one." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/24/u... March 25, 2026 Michael Froomkin
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I agree. I wrote almost three months ago that the career prosecutors at DoJ were really our best hope for justice on this.
After all, remember who would appoint a special prosecutor, if there was to be one. In fact, as I implied in the post linked above, if the career prosecutors look to have the goods on someone like Rove, I wouldn’t be surprised to see Ashcroft use the naming of a “loyal” special prosecutor to take the investigation out of their hands.
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