DC Madam lawyer says if he does nothing for 72 hours

[malaise]

if he dies, disappears, whatever, there's a dead man switch and the location of his PDF list of 800+ clients will be made available - Bwaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah Go Rachel.

Oh the case is now on SCOTUS' docket. The records are crucial to the 2016 Presidential ELECTION.

If the Supremes say no - he will release them.

[onecaliberal]

1. I've read other places it's Cruz who is on the list. n/t

[malaise]

2. Looks the part

Please please please please

[onecaliberal]

3. Agree.

He's the smarmiest looking sleaze, second only to the orange one.

[tomm2thumbs]

23. gonna be interesting *clip*

[malaise]

36. Thanks for adding this

It's great

[CTyankee]

53. One look at Cruz and you can see why he has to pay to play...otherwise, no deal...

[giftedgirl77]

28. Solely based on what an asshole he his I sincerely hope

it's him. I can't imagine how papi Cruz might react. 😂😂😂

[Bjornsdotter]

6. I really, really hate to admit it

....but it would be a real schadenfreude moment for me.

[MrMickeysMom]

47. Oh.... Goes without saying!

[nadine_mn]

32. Wouldn't whoever is on the list have been in Washington in 2006-07

Isn't that when the records are from? They aren't recent are they?

If that is true, then Cruz was still in Texas... I wish it was him though.

[onecaliberal]

35. Supposedly there calls are from Texas. I want to say 2006

[waddirum]

57. He was Texas' Solicitor General

who would have to be in DC frequently to argue cases to the Supreme Court.

[CoffeeCat]

4. Does anyone really believe that

the DC Madam committed suicide???

Seems highly unlikely.

[malaise]

5. Never believed it

That's why he's so cautious

[Ilsa]

13. Nope. And that suicide ruling was a gross injustice. nt

[rjsquirrel]

52. Her family didn't think so

That tells me the Internet conspiracy theories are likely wrong.

[LiberalArkie]

56. I would think that a witness protection program run by the U.S. Marshall's Office

would be the one place I would not want to be.

[billhicks76]

22. She Said On National Radio She Never Would

And that journalist/biographer who claims she was depressed and said she would do it has no witnesses. He is a known CIA asset and media implant that has stuck his nose in the JFK assassination and other controversial subjects. The DC Madem threatened to out Cheney days before her death by the way. Too bad our so-called liberal media is too cowardly to bring this up. Too bad DNC/Clintonian types scream tin-foil hat, reality based community every time a possible conspiracy is mentioned. Do these Coincidence Theorists not know there have been 500,000 people in prison on conspiracy charges alone for other crimes? Apparently, a crime cannot be committed if its too big because it stretches their puny minds to a point where they have to contest their entire belief systems and why do that if you're too lazy and comfortable where you are at. It's really quite pathetic and I feel sorry for their kids if they have any.

[octoberlib]

7. I have a feeling that there are more than a few

well known politicians on this list. American as well as foreign.

[malaise]

10. Oh yes

Can't wait

[Turborama]

16. If Cameron and Osborne are on it, I'm buying everyone a drink!

[malaise]

39. Hahahhaha

Can't wait

[babylonsister]

8. I've been watching this and

laughing. Rachel seems to believe he's got something delicious, so I'm all in!

[malaise]

9. Delicious is the word and I'm all in with yah

[Press Virginia]

11. why is he going to SCOTUS

If he's already decided he'll defy their ruling?

Just do it

[-none]

12. Certain legalities.

He can say he tried.

[Press Virginia]

14. Legalities? He's already decided to defy them

he'll face the same penalties today as he will if he defies them down the road

[-none]

18. I should have clarified.

It will look better. Make it look as he tried everything.

[SunSeeker]

15. Cruz must be shitting bricks.

[dflprincess]

17. If there's really 800 names on the list I doubt that Cruz is the only one.

This could be fun but I just can't get my hopes up that we'll get to see the list.

[houston16revival]

19. I doubt he'll release them

But he sure has invited hackers to do what he won't

[elleng]

20. Sounds like a supreme b.s'er to me.

Consider his 'name,' Montgomery Blair Sibley, 3 'common' DC area place names, trying hard to sound important.

[madinmaryland]

24. Wow!! Paul "Lyin" Ryan is on the list!! Un-Fucking-Believable!!

[Still In Wisconsin]

27. Really? Alter boy Ryan?

That would be hilarious.

[catnhatnh]

25. How about the NON-elephant in the room...

Say a democratic candidate's spouse with multiple kinky details???

[madinmaryland]

29. Jim Webb's wife? I guess if you want to play that game...

just sayin!

[Chakab]

26. This is just a bunch of smoke until actual records are released. Frankly, I'm surprsised that

it's being given this much coverage.

[Biaviians]

30. Anyone know the link to help pay for his legal fees?

[felix_numinous]

31. How much to get your name removed from the list?

There's always a little black book that comes out every election season, just when things start heating up. Then they disappear back into the woodwork...I think they do this to get some of that election cash, what with money flying around left and right.

But then again this could be different.

[malaise]

34. Good point

[leftyladyfrommo]

33. Maybe it's Trump.

He seems more the type to go for high priced entertainment.

[joeybee12]

38. Unfortunately, I doubt it will hurt Trump

But it would hurt Cruz

[leftyladyfrommo]

40. Cruz'S creep factor is already pretty high

and yet people still seem to like him. I don't understand that.

How can people support these awful men?

[joeybee12]

41. Yeah, I can't even look at Cruz

He oozes creep

[leftyladyfrommo]

42. He does, doesn't he.

But I think Trump is just as bad.

[joeybee12]

43. I actually think Cruz is worse

He's a fanatic who believes in his divine right to rule...he's mentally unstable.

[joeybee12]

37. I really hope he has something, but when I read up about him...

He sounds like a nutjob. We'll see.

[Jim Lane]

44. I agree - nutjob.

According to this article:

Sibley sued former Chief Judge Richard Roberts of D.C.'s U.S. District Court and clerk of the court Angela Caesar for $1 million each. He says in the suit that his First and Fifth Amendment rights were violated because he has not been permitted to argue that Palfrey's records should be released. His case hasn't been heard yet.

Suing the judge and other court personnel is one of the classic marks of a nutjob. It's usually seen coming from a layperson who has no understanding of the legal system. For a lawyer to do it... just incredible.

[Vinca]

45. It's a win-win if there's something on the list.

If he's a nut, Roberts will probably turn it down and the list will be released immediately. If it's not released he was bluffing for whatever reason. I'm wondering who else might be on the list other than whichever presidential candidate is named. There was a clip on the tube of an interview with the DC Madam and she said if you point to all the government buildings in DC, she had clients in all of them.

[NobodyHere]

46. Put up or shut up I say.

I'm not sure I could trust the claims a birther.

[Land of Enchantment]

48. This is making my skin crawl...nt

[B Calm]

49. Did he lose his lawyer license?

[NobodyHere]

50. He is disbarred

[rjsquirrel]

51. Yeah right

and Fitzmas is right around the corner.

If we have learned anything it is that a tease that seems too good to be true means we are being played by the media. I was really appalled with Maddow for devoting so much of her show (with her usual over dramatic and stunningly redundant presentation style of late -- my wife and I literally shout "we get it already!" when we watch her show, which we do less often now that she seems desperate to communicate with the poorly educated).

This is a trash story. If Cruz has dirt it will come out. This is just a dumb fake however.

nuke stupidity from orbit!

[Jarqui]

54. He is a nutjob. He has a big legal problem with doing this

such that he cannot be likely to succeed.

He was removed as the DC Madam's attorney shortly after she died by her mother, the executor of her daughter's estate. The judge dealing with the case at the time approved the lawyer change.

Sibley should have tuned over all the evidence to the replacing lawyer.

On this fairly basic ruling, he's going to lose his appeal.

Whether the replacing lawyer, who is still practicing, does anything (or can do anything - depending in a timely way on whether Sibley turned over the documents as evidence), remains to be seen.

[spanone]

55. K&R...