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Sep 8

It's hard to know where to start--or end-- in covering the batsh*t meltdown last week by DC Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqui. (I made the full transcript available to my paid subscribers on Substack)

Faruqui was presiding over a hearing in the case of Edward Dana, a career criminal with 9 prior convictions and 23 arrests who was on probation and arrested by DC police for vandalizing property in a drunken rage on August 17.

During his arrest, Dana said he wanted to kill the president (among other crazy statements.) DC US attorney Jeanine Pirro sought to indict Dana on a federal felony of making threats to the president.

But once again--in a rarity now commonplace in DC--a grand jury made up of DC voters (93% for Kamala in 2024) refused to indict him. So prosecutors had to drop the charge.

This enraged Faruqui, who not only misrepresented Dana's case (making him a victim rather than the longtime perp he is) and he berated the prosecutor for about 20 minutes or so.

But Faruqui's tirade had less to do with Dana and more to do with President Trump. Time and again, Faruqui--who was appointed in 2020 but not confirmed by the Senate--blasted the president's policies related to using federal law enforcement agencies and the National Guard in DC and warnings to do the same in other cities to combat crime.

Faruqui:

"How do we reestablish faith in people in DC that they're not going to be wrongly arrested, when the hobby, or whatever, the interest of the moment, if we move to Chicago or whatever city, Baltimore, or whatever next thing it is that catches the administration's interest, what are we, the people left here in Washington, DC, who have actually lived here, had to suffer through whatever is happening, how am I supposed to reestablish confidence in every defense lawyer and defendant that they are being treated fairly and rightly?"

Have to "suffer," the judge says.

As I have noted repeatedly, Faruqui signed hundreds of arrest warrants for J6ers including the unlawful 1512c2 felony. In one case, Faruqui found a woman in criminal contempt after she refused to answer his questions and willingly submit to conditions of release on her nonviolent misdemeanors charges.

He raised no such objections (to my knowledge) about the treatment of J6ers or berated Biden's DOJ for bringing near-daily cases to the DC courthouse.

Faruqui:

"I'm absolutely just beyond words as to what is happening and that we are just acting like this is normal. This is not only abnormal, it is now we are at past the question of constitutional crisis and academic thinking.

This is not hypothetical. What is being done? It is implausible, illegal, immoral for one person in our country to be treated like this, and now we are getting into double digits. What is being done?"

Faruqui misrepresents why these cases are being dismissed--he refuses to aknowledge the partisan bias at work by DC grand juries who are protesting the Trump administration by refusing to bring criminal indictments sought by Trump's DOJ. (I believe there are six such known cases as of now.)

Faruqui: "There seems to be just a complete disregard for the impact this is having on the people who are getting arrested and then released or dismissed. They are our fellow citizens.

This is not how we treat criminals, we don't treat them that way. We certainly do not treat presumed innocent people this way, let alone people who are our fellow Americans."

Keep in mind--Dana has a rap sheet a mile long:

Faruqui: "There seems to be a complete disregard for the traumatic effect that's having not just on the city, its citizens, the court, the AUSAs who are working all night and day to satisfy some sort of, you know, whatever this fantasy is or idea that there's going to be some great showing.

There are consequences. And right now, Mr. Dana is suffering those consequences."

Faruqui lauds the idea of a "deep state" of career prosecutors internally protesting the president's approach and the authority of AG Pam Bondi.

This is truly WILD:

"So if the United States Attorney [Pirro] wants to take this as a new tactic to just arrest people and detain them, she will find the court will hold a line." (Dana was not held by the feds but by local DC police. The prosecutor tried to raise that important fact with Faruqui but he did not care.)

"And I know that the U.S. Attorney's Office is full of U.S. attorneys who are continuing to hold the line and fight to hold the line. And I give great credit to the courage of the AUSAs who stay there, because the court can't do it on its own. We need dedicated -- what other people call the deep state, I would call that principled AUSAs, principled Department of Justice employees, the ones who didn't get fired for no reason apparently. (No reason--another lie.)

The ones who stay there, I am deeply grateful that you had the courage to come here today, stand in front of me and listen to me be appalled by what is happening in your office. That takes true courage."

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Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

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Sep 1

Here are some of the declarations filed by the National Immigration Law Center who is suing the Trump adm to prevent sending back home hundreds of unaccompanied minors here illegally from Guatemala:

A 16 year old who was either pregnant or became pregnant on her trek here:

A 10-year-old here under unknown circumstances.

I want to know who brought her to the US and why.

(And to answer someone's question on 1st post, all were written by Spanish interpreters--as is the case in all of these deportation/removal lawsuits.)

Well this seems sketchy as hell...

Does Judge ✨want to take him in?

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Aug 29

Hearing underway now before Judge Jia Cobb in DC related to Lisa Cook's lawsuit against the president and Fed chief Jerome Powell over her firing as a member of the Federal Reserve Board.

Cook, appointed by Biden in 2022 and confirmed by the Senate with a tie-breaking vote cast by Kamala Harris, is being credibly accused of mortgage fraud related to three separate mortgages (!) she took out in 2021.

She is fighting her firing claiming the loan applications were filed prior to her appointment to the Fed board and that the president didn't follow the law in removing her. She wants Judge Cobb to enter a temp restraining order to keep her on the board.

Cobb starts hearing by asking Cook atty whether they intend to file a motion for a preliminary injunction (usually the next step after request for a temp restraining order). Attorney--I believe Abbe Lowell is speaking but hard to tell--says yes. Cobb says she is prepared to set an "expedited" briefing schedule to determine the merits of the case.

He keeps referring to Cook as "governor" 🙄

DOJ says they don't object to converting TRO motion to motion for prelim injunction.

Here is Cook's proposed TRO order for Judge Cobb to consider:

Cook atty attempting to dismiss allegations of mortgage fraud and those allegations do not represent "cause" needed to justify removal.

Cook atty raises Humphrey's Executor case--one that keep coming up in nearly all the lawsuits against the president related to firings/dismissals--that "cause" needs to be specific.

Judge Cobb asks for citation to back up Cook's claims any malfeasance prior to appointment cannot represent "cause" for firing. Cook atty doesn't have one and doesn't really rule it out but ponders whether the allegations were known at time of confirmation.

Cobb: "Where do I get the authority for that?" She's asking for case law to support his position that past behavior does not represent "cause."

Cook atty doesn't have an answer.

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Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

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Aug 17

So J6 celeb cop Danny Hodges is back doing media hits blasting Trump adm for trying to keep DC safe. Hodges is still a DC police officer but appears to have done little else over a four year period besides do interviews and show up at J6 court proceedings as a witness and “victim.”

Here is how Hodges once again misrepresents his experience on January 6. But he was not a victim…

Here is Hodges body worn camera footage. He and his fellow DC cops arrived around 2pm dressed like storm troopers ready to crack heads. This was about 50 minutes after cops had been attacking Trump supporters outside.

Listen to the reaction…

More from Hodges—whose checkered shirt nice guy soft spoken routine belies the thuggery he demonstrated on Jan 6…

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Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

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Jul 31

Really maddening this has been under wraps

Benardo was Soros Fund Eurasian Regional Director

Clinton and Podesta were interviewed by Durham in 2022. Palmieri and Sullivan were interviewed in 2021.

These statements appear to be false:

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Julie Kelly 🇺🇸

@julie_kelly2

Jul 28

While all eyes focus on Comey/Brennan/Clapper related to new disclosures on Russiagate and potential criminal liability, let's not forget lesser known figures who are just as culpable in the decade-long abuse of power against President Trump.

One individual is Lisa Monaco...

Here is part one of my two part series covering Monaco's dirty fingerprints stretching from Russiagate to Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation.

It is not a coincidence Pres Trump's called out Monaco twice by name last month...

declassified.live/p/is-dr-doom-t…

According to responses to Judicial Watch FOIA on infamous Jan 5, 2017 White House meeting with Obama, Brennan, Comey, Clapper, and Biden--Monaco also attended.

In fact, she kept notes in a notebook from Jan 3 to Jan 20, 2017. Those entries are under seal. Hopefully not for long

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