DOJ is appealing a judge's order that required it to release a memo that appears to shed light on Bill Barr's handling of the release of the Mueller Report. You may recall he was not exactly candid.
This is only a notice of appeal, not a brief that conveys DOJ's reasoning. The appeal may be limited to certain redactions in the memo that DOJ believes are legitimately privileged or it could be something else. We won't know the basis for the appeal until briefs are filed.
1/ We have a broody hen named Pepper (that means she wants to sit on eggs & hatch them, even if they aren’t her own) so I ordered her some fertile eggs since we don’t have a rooster & I feel bad taking eggs from her every day.
2/ This is what she did with the first egg I put in with her
3/ So I put all of the eggs in the nesting box with her
In opening, prosecutors say that when an EMT who was a bystander approached to try & check George Floyd’s pulse & render aid, Chauvin refused her & pointed his mace at her.
Prosecution: “Chauvin does not let up & he does not get up.” Watching 9:29 of excruciating video, Chauvin keeps grinding his knee on George Floyd’s neck, ignoring all efforts to get him to care for Floyd & ultimately even an EMT bystander demanding he check for a pulse.
Defense starts by defining reasonable doubt. Their whole strategy is to convince at least one juror there is reasonable doubt about guilt. It takes a unanimous jury to convict.
If you’re eligible to vote it should be easy to vote. As GOP-led state legislatures consider pass bills to restrict your rights, @amyklobuchar takes up the For the People Act in a Senate hearing today. Listen in & tell your Senators to vote yes. rules.senate.gov/hearings/s1-th…
* consider & pass, but you knew that 😎
Senator Blount decries the FTP Act as a federal takeover of our elections & says we shouldn’t meddle with a system that has worked so well.
Merrick Garland: Willing to step away from lifetime appointment as a federal judge because of the importance of DOJ and the rule of law.
Garland calls family separation policy "shameful" & commits to cooperating with Congressional oversight hearings on this issue as well as annual oversight hearings. "Of course" he says, "I will cooperate" after Durbin notes there was no such participation over the last 3 years.
Judge Garland says he spoke with judiciary ethics advisors ahead of hearing and that while Canon 3 bars comment on any pending cases, he is free to talk about policy.
Mike Lee is claiming some of the evidence presented is not supported by the record and should be stricken, referencing in particular, the call to Alabama's freshman Senator Tuberville to ask him to delay confirmation of Biden's win.
Lee clarifies that statements about him are not true, says he is the only witness, and vehemently demands that they be stricken.
Lee withdraws his objection, subject to being raised again. [Lee is one of the Republicans who voted to end impeachment because Trump has already left office. In the 1st impeachment, he voted to acquit Trump, saying he wasn't guilty]