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May 16 • 5 tweets • 1 min read • Read on X
In a scathing 4-page court filing overnight, a group of FBI employees who investigated the Jan. 6 attack have asked a judge to order the Justice Department to destroy its controversial list of 5,000+ FBI employees who were part of the US Capitol Insurrection investigation (more)
The filing notes this week’s public statements by Ed Martin, the newly-named member of Justice Dept’s “weaponization” group. The group of FBI workers is worried about the list being publicized or leaked by Justice Dept, subjecting the agents to retaliation & violence (more)
The FBI employees argue that Martin publicly pledged Tuesday to “name and shame” employees inside the department.

(more)
Agents argue, “This is particularly relevant where Mr. Martin is widely known to believe, and has publicly stated, the Jan 6th insurrection was a ‘fraud’ and a ‘hoax’ orchestrated by the FBI. Third, it indicates that DOJ leadership is in regular contact with Jan 6th defendants who are imploring them to release information" (more)
Agents argue the court must order the list of employees destroyed and prohibit any release of names to ensure “the safety” of FBI employees

Some Trump supporters chastise Atty General Pam Bondi & FBI Director Kash Patel for not “making arrests” of FBI employees

Filing: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

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May 17
In a flurry of legal filings this afternoon, the Washington, D.C.-based Heritage Foundation conservative action group is asking a federal judge for a hearing TODAY or TONIGHT on the matter of the leaked audio of President Biden’s interview by then-Special Counsel Robert Hur
Heritage is asking a DC federal judge "for a temporary restraining order directing defendant to produce all recordings of former President Joseph R. Biden’s Interview with Special Counsel Robert K. Hur.. within 4 hours of this Court’s order"
Heritage and media outlets had filed Freedom of Information Act requests for the audio last year

Heritage argues the release of snippets of the audio by the Axios news service adds urgency to their request

Court filing: "How did a record subject to a claim of Executive Privilege and possibly classified make it into the hands of Axios? Add to that how did that record end up being spliced without notion? The Court must require an immediate answer to that question. This situation is untenable. Full disclosure is necessary now"
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May 15
Stand by:

Inside federal court in Milwaukee, awaiting 10am arraignment of Judge Hannah Dugan, whose arrest was announced by FBI Director Kash Patel last month. She’s accused of obstruction and re-routing an undocumented immigrant in her court away from agents
Judge Dugan is asking that her case be dismissed. She’s laced her argument with reference to Supreme Court’s 2024 “immunity” ruling which benefited Trump. She’s arguing her actions in her court were “official” acts
Judge Dugan’s defense argued in a filing yesterday:

“The problems with this prosecution are legion, but most immediately, the government cannot prosecute Judge Dugan because she is entitled to judicial immunity for her official acts. Immunity is not a defense to the prosecution to be determined later by a jury or court; it is an absolute bar to the prosecution at the outset”
Read 8 tweets
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Apr 22
NEW: In a blistering new order, federal judge Paula Xinis of Maryland says the Trump Administration is making "a willful and bad faith refusal to comply with discovery obligations" in the court case of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Judge Paula Xinis also finds the Trump Admin has "sought refuge behind vague and unsubstantiated assertions of privilege, using them as a shield to obstruct discovery and evade compliance with this court's orders" in Kilmar Abrego Garcia case
The judge's order also throws shade on the Trump Admin's claim Abrego Garcia is out of their control ... in Salvadoran custody

Judge: "Indeed, custody can be joint, and custodial status may be controlled by the Defendants acting in concert with El Salvador"
Read 5 tweets
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Apr 16
ALERT: Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) is addressing reporters now from El Salvador....

About the imprisonment of Kilmar Abrego Garcia
Sen Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) says Pres. Trump, Attorney General Pam Bondi and Vice President JD Vance "are lying" about the case of Abrego Garcia:

"This is a lie to cover up what they did"
Sen. Van Hollen (D-MD) says Trump Admin. "illegally abducted" Abrego Garcia from Maryland
Read 12 tweets
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Apr 16
FLASH: Judge James Boasberg issues opinion on March 15 deportations

"The government’s actions on that day demonstrate a willful disregard for its Order, sufficient for the court to conclude that probable cause exists to find the Government in criminal contempt"
The opinion from chief DC federal judge James Boasberg over the defiance of his order to "turn the planes around" for further review on March 15

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Judge James Boasberg (more): "The Constitution does not tolerate willful disobedience of judicial orders — especially by officials of a coordinate branch who have sworn an oath to uphold it. To permit such officials to freely 'annul the judgments of the courts of the United States' would not just 'destroy the rights acquired under those judgments'.. it would make 'a solemn mockery' of the constitution itself"
Read 7 tweets
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Apr 11
Judge isn't budging

Justice Dept asked Maryland judge to delay today's 1pm hearing in the case of mistaken deportee Kilmar Abrego Garcia

Judge Paula Xinis says "no". Parties must show at 1pm
Justice Dept submits court filing, arguing it can't meet judge's deadline for update on Kilmar Abrego Garcia by the judge's morning deadline

Filing: "Foreign affairs cannot operate on judicial timelines, in part because it involves sensitive country-specific considerations wholly inappropriate for judicial review"
Justice Dept (more) to judge:

"In light of the insufficient amount of time afforded to review the Supreme Court’s order following the dissolution of the adm. stay in this case, Defendants are not in a position where they 'can' share any information requested by the Court"
Read 9 tweets

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