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Sep 15, 2023 4 tweets 3 min read Read on X
JUST IN: DOJ sharply rejects Trump's call for Tany Chutkan to recuse from his Washington D.C. criminal case.

They say he's misrepresenting her "factual" and "appropriate" responses to Jan. 6 defendants.

Details TK

documentcloud.org/documents/2397…
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Two examples that Smith's team offers in which judges made comments that did not require recusal?

The Watergate-era trial of H.R. Haldeman and the more recent plea deal of Trump's former NSA Mike Flynn documentcloud.org/documents/2397…

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MORE: Proescutors note that Chutkan has handled dozens of Jan. 6 defendants, many of whom have sought to pin their conduct on Trump. Chutkan's comments about Trump came as she rejected those arguments, they noted, and were rooted in her numerous J6 cases.
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NEW: Prosecutors say there are no legitimate grounds for Judge Chutkan to recuse from Trump's Washington, D.C. criminal case, despite Trump's "cherry-picked" claims.

w/ @joshgerstein

politico.com/news/2023/09/1…

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More from @kyledcheney

Feb 21
BREAKING: USCP is arresting Enrique Tarrio for swiping his hand at a counterprotester who got in his face. Image
Tarrio had just left a press conference at the Capitol with dozens of pardoned Jan. 6 defendants announcing plans to sue DOJ. He was exchanging info with a photographer when the incident occurred. Image
Here’s the group just before the press conference, which drew a small number of (loud) counterprotesters Image
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Feb 18
JUST IN: Another medical horror story in a court affidavit from a USAID employee stationed overseas. Says his pregnant wife was not medevac-ed for emergency health care because of directives from Washington. Took intervention of a U.S. senator to reverse — but was too late. Image
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The employee, identified only as Terry Doe, says he’s been in touch with 25 other pregnant foreign service officers who are fearful their care will be cut off if the agency closes down completely on March 8. Image
Full affidavit from "Terry Doe" here: s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2553…
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Feb 14
WOW: Judge Reyes just absolutely tore into the lawyers for the fired IGs, saying they waited 21 days to file suit and then demanded emergency same-day relief.

She forced them to withdraw their TRO motion and threatened them with sanctions.
Reyes was livid that the lawyers for the IGs compared their case to the recently decided case of fired ethics watchdog Hampton Dellinger. She pointed out why those cases are nothing alike and wondered why the IGs would even try to compare them.
MORE: When Reyes asked DOJ if they wanted to weigh in the attorney, having just watched the obliteration of his adversary, meekly replied, "Um, ah, nothing from the government." Smart move.
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Feb 14
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Chutkan is holding a hearing on state AGs' effort to stop Elon Musk and DOGE's entire government operation.

Lawyer for NM says Musk is a "literal wrecking ball"

Chutkan is skeptical of urgency of an immediate restraining order.
Chutkan is not buying the demand for extraordinary emergency relief. The states might have a case, she says, but not necessarily for an immediate restraiing order.

The states say Musk likes to work the weekend so he might cause harm this weeknd. Chutkan says that's not enough.
Chutkan's main issue is the breadth of what states are asking for. She says she understands states concerns given the "unpredctability" and pace of DOGE's actions. But a TRO against Musk and everything he does seems too broad, she says.
Read 4 tweets
Feb 10
WHILE YOU WERE SLEEPING (again): The Justice Department asked a court to urgently “dissolve” or “modify/clarify” the sweeping order that blocks Musk allies — and political leadership in Treasury from accessing the government’s massive payment system. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… x.com/kyledcheney/st…
The order describes Judge Engelmayer’s original block as an “impermissible” incursion on the Executive Branch and an “anti-constitutional” move that damages Treasury leadership’s ability to do its job. Image
NOTABLE: The Trump admin is already negotiating with the states who filed the lawsuit to narrow the order. And the judge currently presiding over the case has ordered this to move lightning fast. Image
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Feb 8
BREAKING: Judge Nichols has issued his written order formalizing his decision to block the Trump administration from putting 2,200 USAID workers on leave tonight.

He also orders the reinstatement of 500 workers previously put on leave. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2551…
Nichols also has blocked the expedited "repatriation" of 1,400 foreign service officers ordered as part of the dismantling of USAID. politico.com/news/2025/02/0…Image
NICHOLS: "Administrative leave in Syria is not the same as administrative leave in Bethesda."

politico.com/news/2025/02/0…Image
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