NYAG argues that the course of the investigation shows it wasn’t a “bad faith” effort to lend backdoor support to the parallel criminal probe it is now assisting.
As in other investigations, the organization’s senior principals are being interviewed “towards the end.”
Defending her refrain “no one is above the law” against allegations of bias, NYAG notes that’s not a polemical sentiment.
Justices Kavanaugh and Gorsuch said that in Trump v. Vance, she notes.
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The judges presiding over the Epstein and Maxwell dockets have "inherent authority" to appoint a special master to release the files, and Trump DOJ's actions show why.
As more survivors join the fight for courts to appoint a "special master" overseeing the release of the Epstein files, the courts confront procedural hurdles.
One of the judges asked:
Who has standing for the request?
Do judges have the authority?
The new brief answers:
The Congressmen "do not require standing," the brief says.
Khanna and Massie are *amici* advising the judges of their inherent powers, which Trump's DOJ conceded by shifting blame for delays to the court in this press release dated two days after the deadline.
An emergency hearing is scheduled to begin shortly in @RepJoeNeguse v. ICE, challenging Kristi Noem reinstating a seven-day advanced notice policy for congressional visits to detention centers.
See for the linked article at the top of the thread for the breakdown on the legal issues.
Judge Cobb says that the issue before her today is which funds the government is using on ICE facilities: Section 527 or Trump's mammoth spending bill.
If they're using Section 527 funds, they're in violation of the judge's stay order.
Lawyers for the House Dems say it's clear that they are.
After the government rested, Judge Dugan’s lawyers moved for an acquittal: A key prosecution witness testified that Dugan personally directed her and her client to where federal agents were waiting.