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@kyledcheney
May 21, 2024 • 8 tweets • 4 min read • Read on X
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JUST IN: Unsealed filing in Trump Florida case says there were two rounds of classified documents discovered at Mar-a-Lago *after* the FBI search. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

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Judge HOWELL also found last year that prosecutors provided sufficient evidence that Trump sought to hide classified documents from prosceutors. It was part of her ruling granting crime-fraud exception to attorney-client privilege. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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This entire opinion from Judge Howell assessing the evidence prosecutors presented on Trump's "willful retention" of classified docs and efforts to obstruct the probe is extraordinary.

She described Nauta as "dissembling" in his FBI interview as well.

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
For example, Howell can't fathom how Trump missed the four classified docs in his own bedroom that his lawyer found in December 2022. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
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NEW: Attorney found four classified documents in Trump’s Mar-a-Lago bedroom in December 2022 — four months after the FBI search, newly unsealed court documents shows.

politico.com/news/2024/05/2…
MORE: A witness connected to Trump’s Save America PAC scanned and stored documents from the box containing those materials on a laptop provided by the PAC, per Howell’s opinion. politico.com/news/2024/05/2…
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NOTABLE: Howell’s opinion was actually unsealed because Trump’s lawyers appended it to their claim of prosecutorial misconduct — citing this footnote in which Howell quotes a procedural text. politico.com/news/2024/05/2…
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JUST IN: Chief Judge Boasberg has *denied* Walt Nauta’s request to transfer some grand jury materials from DC to Florida, says Nauta failed to make specific case.

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May 30
NEW: The Trump administration has conceded that it improperly deported another Salvadoran man in violation of a court order — blaming a "confluence of administrative errors."

The man's lawyer plans to demand his return.

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Jordin Melgar-Salmeron had a criminal record — he pleaded guilty in 2021 to possessing an unregistered gun — but his deportation had been on hold since 2024 amid broader Biden-era litigation.

The Trump admin sought to speed his removal last month. politico.com/news/2025/05/3…
DOJ had assured a federal appeals court court that Melgar-Salmeron wouldn't be deported before May 8-9. But after the court issued a May 7 order blocking his deportation, ICE put him on a plane just minutes later and told the court he was gone.
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May 28
BREAKING: Federal court says Trump exceeded his authority to impose tariffs under IEEPA. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…Image
NEW: Trump's latest legal rejection comes from the U.S. Court of International Trade, which ruled his tariffs in response to "national emergencies" were illegal. politico.com/news/2025/05/2…Image
The three-judge panel that ruled against Trump? Appointees of:

-Obama
-Reagan
-Trump

politico.com/news/2025/05/2…
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May 16
HERE WE GO: Latest hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia's case is underway with Judge Xinis on the bench.
XINIS says she intends to do as much of this in open court as possible, despite discussion of privileged materials. they can use the husher/phones if they need to reference confidential info, she notes.
XINIS signals frustration with the Justice Department for not making available officials with firsthand knowledge of Abrego Garcia's status and efforts to facilitate his return, despite her order. She notes the depositions were crammed with "I don't knows" from the witnesses.
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May 10
NEW: Federal judges across the country are increasingly warning of a due process crisis caused by President Donald Trump’s deportation blitz.

Their message: If we eliminate due process for the ‘least’ of us, Americans could be next.

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The judges’ message has sharpened amid Trump’s increasingly aggressive effort to short-circuit due process for those he deems. And it’s coming from judges appointed by presidents of both parties — including Trump himself.

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Trump has questioned whether he owes a constitutional right of due process to those he deems gang members or terrorists. His aides say they’re following the constitution and that Trump’s electoral mandate to carry out mass deportation should win the day. politico.com/news/2025/05/1…Image
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May 7
HAPPENING NOW: Judge Boasberg is pressing DOJ about Trump's comment that he could pick up the phone and have El Salvador send back Abrego Garcia. Doesn't that mean U.S. effectively has custody over deported migrants, he's asking?

DOJ LAWYER ABISHEK KAMBLI:
“That goes toward the president’s belief about the influence that he has.”

"Influence does not equate to constructive custody."
JEB: “Is the United States paying El Salvador to house these migrants?”

KAMBLI: “There is no agreement or arrangement whereby the United States maintains any agency or control over these prisoners.”

JEB: But there’s a formal notice of a $4.76 million grant to El Salvador dated March 22

KAMBLI: There were grants that were made to El Salvador for law enforcement and anti-crime purposes that can be used.
MORE: Boasberg pins down DOJ lawyer on whether the Supreme Court upheld Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act (it didn't) as Trump and his aides falsely claimed.

JEB: "The Supreme Court did not decide one way or the other about the validity," he notes.

KAMBLI, reluctantly agreeing, says "It did have that line that ... they did not analyze that precise issue."
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May 2
In late night filing, Trump administration advances new legal arguments re: Alien Enemies Act.

1) U.S. has no “enforceable” agreement with El Salvador to retain custody over deported migrants. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…Image
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2) “Vague” statements by U.S. officials about paying El Salvador for detention of deportees are not enough. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…Image
3) 24 hours is more than adequate notice to satisfy due process requirements for AEA deportations

4) Trump’s public statements shouldn’t be treated as official justifications for the administration’s AEA policies.
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