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Nov 20, 2023 • 19 tweets • 4 min read
Trump lawyer John Sauer is arguing against the DC elections case gag order. He's getting knocked around pretty good with his absolutist 1st Amend argument.
Trump's argument is that no one has been threatened because of his words. He conveniently omits to mention that someone has been indicted for threatening to kill Judge Chutkan.
The Durham report is going to give me an aneurysm.
The absolute balls on this guy, prefacing this 316-p conspiracy rant by tut-tutting that the DOJ should never slander unindicted parties. justice.gov/storage/durham…
He goes on to cite former Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein saying "we do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation."
Anyone remember where that quote came from? Let's check out footnote 55, shall we?
May 15, 2023 • 14 tweets • 4 min read
Just cracking open this "unlawful abuses of power, wide-ranging sexual assault and harassment, wage theft, and other misconduct" complaint against Rudy Giuliani from former employee Noelle Dunphy (h/t @frankrunyeon) and OMGOMGOMG iapps.courts.state.ny.us/nyscef/ViewDoc…
Rudy hired Dunphy in secret to hide her employment from his wife's divorce lawyers, agreed to simultaneously represent Dunphy, convinced her to defer her compensation, and was all the time trying to sleep with her. ALLEGEDLY.
I'm on page 2.
Apr 26, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
At the E. Jean Carroll trial this morning, Judge Kaplan is PISSED about Trump's social media posts about the trial.
FTR, I'm not sure that "new source of potential liability" is contempt. This second case for defamation arose out of similar statements Trump made in October — it seems the court is implying that, if Trump keeps commenting, he's going to keep getting sued.
Apr 24, 2023 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
Dominion or Grossberg suit? press.foxnews.com/2023/04/fox-ne…
Producer Abby Grossberg sued Fox for discrimination, and her allegations about working for Carlson's show were appalling.
We already know she had tapes from the time she worked for Bartiromo ...
Apr 13, 2023 • 22 tweets • 8 min read
I just finished reading Trump's insane clown LOLsuit against Michael Cohen and ... honestly I'm gobsmacked.
I read Trump lawsuits for a living. That is my IRL job.
And I just ... WHAT THE EVERLOVING F---??? storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
A real lawyer put his name on it. Not even as local counsel for one of Trump's merry band of nitwit JDs.
"This appeal requires us to consider whether the district court had jurisdiction to block the United States from using lawfully seized records in a criminal investigation. The answer is no."
BOOM. media.ca11.uscourts.gov/opinions/pub/f…
"We are faced with a choice: apply our usual test; drastically expand availability of equitable jurisdiction for every subject of a search warrant; or carve out an unprecedented exception for former presidents. We choose the first option. So the case must be dismissed."
Dec 1, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
Kari Lake's lawyers, including Alan Dershowitz, just got sanctioned for filing a garbage election lawsuit. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Is it good when the judge describes your case as "mere conjectural claims of potential injuries" and says, while that's fine for TV and social media, "Rule 11 requires more?"
It seems kinda bad.
Nov 22, 2022 • 21 tweets • 3 min read
The DOJ's appeal of Judge Aileen Cannon's imposition of a special master in the Mar-a-Lago case is beginning.
Sopan Joshi is up now for the government.
Panel is Judge Pryor and Judges Brasher and Grant, two Trump appointees who ruled in favor of the government in the last round
First question for Joshi is whether there has ever been an exercise of equitable-anomalous jurisdiction when the search was lawful.
There hasn't, and there's been no demonstrated need for the return of the materials.
Nov 22, 2022 • 8 tweets • 3 min read
Trump just asked Judge Cannon to let him see the unredacted affidavit supporting the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.
Look, I know it's about six hours after Eastman deposited this particular offering in the Ninth Circuit's punch bowl, but since none of the usual suspects have pointed out how amazingly batshit it is, I will do the honors. s3.documentcloud.org/documents/2323…
John Eastman, Trump's coup lawyer extraordinaire, has been fighting for months to stop Chapman University from releasing his emails to the J6C.
Why does Chapman have them? Oh, because he used his work email to do his coup-ing.
He's no longer at the school for ... reasons.
Oct 28, 2022 • 4 tweets • 2 min read
John Eastman had 9 days to appeal Judge Carter’s order to disclose emails to the J6C by 2pm/5pm. Last night he asked for a stay pending an as yet unfiled appeal to the 9th Circuit. He just *now* filed a motion to extend the deadline to produce. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Background on this dingbat and his leisurely filings abovethelaw.com/2022/10/john-e…
Oct 21, 2022 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Bannon responds to DOJ recommendation that he get the 6mo max sentence, in part because he showed disdain for the criminal process.
Says he has the utmost respect for the court, but prosecutors and the J6C are assholes.
BREAKING: Judge Cannon just cut the teeth out of special master Judge Dearie's order. Gives Trump every modification he asked for. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
In his objections to Judge Dearie's case management plan, Trump complained of being forced to say if any items on the inventory were planted — forcing him to give up the lie he's been flogging for weeks.
Trump's answer to the government's latest discovery motion in his Mar-a-Lago special master case is a shrieking pile of garbage. Shocker!
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
Are they saying that they made an inadvertent ex parte communication? That they didn't mean to file their objections to the special master plan under seal? Or ... something else?
Sep 22, 2022 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
BREAKING: Judge Dearie files Case Management Plan in his role as special master in Trump warrant case. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…
9/26: Government submits detailed inventory of items seized
9/30: Trump has to put up or shut up on his claims that the government planted something during the raid. Also state if anything taken is missing from the list.
Sep 21, 2022 • 10 tweets • 3 min read
DOJ gets stay in Trump warrant case, won't have to disclose classified docs to special master or Trump's lawyers.
Worth noting that the panel is two Trump appointees (Grant and Brasher), and an Obama appointee (Rosenbaum). They're not all loose Cannons. politico.com/f/?id=00000183…
LOL, the appeals court noticed Judge Cannon's fudge, where she claimed to be granting equitable relief under Rule 41, while Trump said he wasn't filing a Rule 41 motion, but might do so later.
Sep 21, 2022 • 58 tweets • 18 min read
BREAKING: NYAG James sues Trump, Vanky, Deej, Eric, and the Trump Org seeking to get them banned from doing business in the state of New York