We’re snowed in here in Durham! Join us as we talk about the flurry of sentencing memos in the Trump-Russia investigation, an 8th Circuit decision to incentivize police dishonesty, and a “Good Guy with a Gun” getting shot by police in Alabama and California and Louisiana!
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Show Notes:

* Lots of sentencing memos out this week!

* Michael Cohen @ Russia Investigation (DocumentCloud)
* Michael Cohen @ New York Investigation (DocumentCloud)
* Michael Flynn (DocumentCloud)
* Michael Flynn Supplement (DocumentCloud)
* Paul Manafort (DocumentCloud)

* Russians were in contact with at least 14 Trump campaign operatives (Washington Post)
* James Comey testifies to Congress (Vox)

* Comey Hearing Transcript (House Judiciary)

* Gen. John Kelly, garbage pile in human form, is out as Chief of Staff (NY Times)

* Our episode where I forewarned you Kelly was a scumbag (Fsck #19)
* …and where he lied about a Gold Star widow and a Congresswoman (Fsck #33)
* …and where the Inspector General confirmed Kelly broke the law (Fsck #48)
* …and where Kelly publicly defended domestic abusers (Fsck #51)
* …and where Kelly argued making kids into orphans was cool (Fsck #64)

* Eighth Circuit: Officer lied at trial, but arrest was still legal (8th Circ COA)
* Study: nearly half the country has a family member in jail (Washington Post)

* The full incarceration report (FWD.us)

* Survey: contraband brought into jails vi...