IMO, the State attorneys are making “good progress” toward prosecution the alleged masterminds, whoever they are. I view some of David Lat’s articles as insincere.
However, he last post dated March 28, and updated thereafter is informative.
David Lat has direct private channel to KM lawyers and asked them in February about the potential of conflict of interests. The answer was “KM's immediate family is paying for her defense by dipping into their savings and retirement accounts”. Is such statement recorded in court? I doubt that. The “KM immediate family statement” is for the MSM and their readers. To the court, they write something to the effect of “it is not the business of the State Attorneys to fish for what they do not know because one cannot formulate about requesting to know what is unknown from the first place!” Mathematically, this makes sense. In fact, it is borderline obstruction. IMO, the judge is aware. If I were the judge, I would feel disparaged by such Aristotle type of logic to hide the truth.
Perhaps, KM lawyers were told “KM's immediate family is paying for her defense by dipping into their savings and retirement accounts” at that time! Who signs on their paychecks and their expenditure coverage billings, anyway? Who hired these lawyers to represent KM? Was it KM herself? I doubt that. Could David Lat ask such questions directly? I assume the checks could come from any other law firm such as Oscar’s firm.
Then, David Lat updated yesterday -- UPDATE (9:07 p.m.): Here is what DeCoste just told me: “We’re not trying to keep [the funding arrangements] confidential. The point of our motion is the government shouldn’t be able to operate based on mere speculation.” –
Boom! No more mention of “rich KM relatives paying them.” The judge is going to say SOON “if it not such a big deal, show it for the sake of justice. In doing so, you display good behavior as a by-product!”