Timothy Birdnow

Newly released documents show that Jack Smith was quietly corresponding with two judges intimately involved in Trump cases - Beryl Howell and our old buddy James "Bozo" Boasberg.

I would call that colluding. I would further call that a complete ethics lapse.

Howell spoke gushingly of Smith's lawfare, I might add.

From the Federalist:

According to the briefing document, Smith’s team informed Garland that they had been in touch with Howell and that "She liked our approach of pursuing the executive privilege litigation in an omnibus fashion,” meaning the consolidation of various motions into a single filing rather than handling each separately. The notes record that Howell was aware such a motion was coming "and loves the idea.” A separate entry referenced a forthcoming meeting with Boasberg scheduled for Saturday, March 18, 2023, the day after he became chief judge, taking over from Howell.

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Judges are not allowed to communicate with only one side of a legal matter; they are required by law to at least inform the other party. But this judge was actually giving pointers to the prosecution. To me that is clearly an impeachable offense. In fact it is probably a crime.

But she will never be prosecuted, and she will not be impeached.

We have to find new ways to punish people like this or it will happen again and again.

Posted by: Dana Mathewson at March 28, 2026 09:22 PM (+oLFx)

Posted by: Timothy Birdnow at March 29, 2026 08:59 AM (oflqW)

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