It seems as if nothing materialized from the FBI's seizure of Republican Scott Perry's phone. Nor did any indictments emerge after the seizure of John Eastman & Mike Lindell's phone. Same goes for Rudy Giuliani & Sidney Powell. What does this mean for the fate of Donald Trump? /1

Either John Roberts is in the majority on the MS abortion case and passed over Clarence Thomas to assign the opinion to Alito, or Thomas is the senior Justice in the majority and chose not to assign the opinion to himself.

Either way, there’s a story here media must investigate.

My two preliminary thoughts:

(1) Thomas understands there’s heat on him and his wife over January 6, and moreover is in a position to know if that heat is *justified*. That in this context he passed up the chance to write the most important opinion of his life is *very* telling.

(2) There’s reasoned speculation from a Yale prof who was a former SCOTUS clerk—see link in my feed—that this opinion was leaked by a conservative clerk (with Thomas’s clerks the top suspects) to strongarm either Kavanaugh or Gorsuch into joining an opinion they were wavering on.

Remember that “Thomas Clerk World”—the private listserv for Thomas clerks past and present *and* insurrectionist Ginni Thomas—has been under scrutiny over January 6. These are the most radical clerks in America. *If* there was a far-right leak, they would be the leading suspects.

In fact, John Roberts’ investigation might well think to *start* with “Thomas Clerk World,” as it’s the one known digital venue for the sharing of information where Supreme Court clerks interact with insurrectionists who we *know* do not believe in rule of law: like Ginni Thomas.

@Rschooley Oh the

Kari Lake supporter Ethan Schmidt is facing up to 6 months in jail for returning to harass a store that requires masks because they sell wigs to cancer patients. At the time, Ethan was declaring he “loves harassing cancer patients.”

Ethan: “Martin Luther King, Jr is on my side.”

Ethan, who appears to have shaved his mustache for his hearing, is pushing for a trial. Ethan believes he, and the “America First” Republican candidates, are trying to “keep Arizona great.”

Ethan was recently banned from Target stores after threatening to “hunt LGBT supporters.

The wig shop got a court order banning Ethan from returning to the store. Ethan went back in violation of that order. That is what led to Ethan’s arrest.

Ethan has made videos with Republicans Kari Lake, Paul Gosar, and Wendy Rogers.