Interesting order from judge in Alabama in Justice Dept's controversial criminal case vs Southern Poverty Law Center

SPLC wanted judge to order Justice Dept to correct the record & clean-up Todd Blanche's claim the SPLC doesn't share informant info w/ law enforcement

(MORE) Judge reminds Justice Dept about unique role of prosecutors in the justice system:

"We must rediscover the old values of our profession. The integrity of our justice system depends on it"

"Like any officer of the court, the prosecutors are bound by their statements"

(MORE)

ALERT: 35 Former federal judges file motion in Florida asking court to *re-open* Trump's $10 billion lawsuit vs. his I.R.S.

Filing: "This court was deceived"

"The 'settlement' commandeers the contrived sum of $1.776 billion from the U.S. Treasury"

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… Former federal judges in their filing asking court to re-open Trump's $10 billion lawsuit vs. I.R.S.

They argue Trump and his own I.R.S. and Justice Dept are plotting together

FILING: "The parties to this case are using this lawsuit as the legal justification for these actions. This is not speculation; the parties themselves have proclaimed it"

(MORE)

FLASH: Justice Dept confirms it is establishing $1.776 billion fund "for victims of lawfare and weaponization to be heard and seek redress"

Fund will have five members and "issue formal apologies and monetary relief owed to claimants" Justice Dept defends $1.776 billion fund by saying, "There is legal precedent for such a Fund, most notably the Keepseagle case where the Obama Admin. created a $760 million fund to redress various claims alleging racism against the federal government over a period of decades"

FLASH: Trump seeks to voluntarily dismiss his $10 billion civil suit against his own IRS

No detail in the 3-page filing about the reported $1.776 billion settlement with Jan 6 rioters and convicted fraudsters

Here it is:

storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco… MORE: 93 members of the US House are seeking to make a filing in the Trump $10 billion lawsuit against his I.R.S.

They've hired former Democratic Attorney General of New Jersey Matthew Platkin to represent them

Congress has been BLASTING this Trump lawsuit

ALERT: Group of former Justice Dept employees, w/ Washington Litigation Group, files emergency suit to HALT Trump's re-painting of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool

Suit: "The grey, achromatic basin was not incidental to the design. It was the design"

washingtonlitigationgroup.org/wp-content/upl… LAWSUIT challenging Trump's repainting of Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool blasts Trump's gaudy reimaging:

"The 1999 National Park Service Cultural Landscape Report for the Lincoln Memorial Grounds specifically identifies the dark-tiled basin as a character-defining feature of the historic landscape, noting that 'the dark color of the tile created the illusion of greater depth and a more profound reflection"

"All of this may be standard fare for a social media post. But in a federal court filing, it is neither appropriate nor permitted"

Historic group challenging Trump's Ballroom unleashes fiery court filing

They unequivocally accuse Justice Dept of making false claims

(MORE) Group challenging Trump ballroom:

"Defendants claim that the National Trust was 'shown detailed plans and specifications of this knitted, unified, & cohesive structure by Top Officers and Leaders in both the Military and Secret Service.' This statement is false: The National Trust has never been shown non-public plans"

STAND BY: Court hearing is imminent here in DC, as plaintiffs seek judge's order to block Trump Admin. from seizing, closing and razing the East Potomac public golf course in DC

Plaintiffs: "Trust is no longer an option. As it did with the East Wing, the administration has chosen arbitrariness over abiding by the law" Judge Ana Reyes will oversee this hearing

Plaintiff (DC Preservation League) has filed this 17-page request for court to intervene, arguing Trump Admin intends to "transform East Potomac Park into an unrecognizable venue bearing no resemblance to its historic design and replete with features that will significantly affect the quality of the human environment"

democracyforward.org/wp-content/upl…

ALERT: New House legislation would block Trump Admin from vacating Jan 6 seditious conspiracy cases

Bill would change rules of crim. procedure to “clarify federal judges have the authority to accept or reject the govt’s motion to dismiss ‘in the interests of justice”

(MORE) Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon (D-PA) is the sponsor

Scanlon argues, “Reforming Rule 48a to ensure that federal judges have appropriate oversight over problematic prosecutorial decisions will reinforce an important check and balance to ensure the integrity of our justice system"

(MORE)

FLASH: Kash Patel has filed $250 million defamation lawsuit against the Atlantic

Filed here in DC Here's the 19-page civil complaint from Kash Patel against The Atlantic

Patel claims "Defendants published the Article with actual malice, despite being expressly warned, hours before publication, that the central allegations were categorically false"

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FLASH: Federal judge James Boasberg QUASHED subpoenas from Trump Admin into Fed chair Jerome Powell

Judge: "A mountain of evidence suggests that the Government served these subpoenas on the Board to pressure its Chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning. On the other side of the scale, the Government has produced essentially zero evidence to suspect Chair Powell of a crime" Trump's Truth Social posts appear to have gravely injured his attempt to get a criminal case against Jerome Powell

From judge's opinion to quash subpoena of Powell ===>

ALERT: KASH PATEL FLIGHTS

Sen. Dick Durbin says whistleblower has revealed "in the immediate aftermath of the murder of Charlie Kirk, the FBI’s shooting reconstruction team was asked to fly to Utah to aid the investigation and process the scene. However, the team’s deployment was delayed by at least a day because of a Bureau plane and pilot shortage caused by the Director’s personal flights" Sen. Durbin also says "The Director’s misplaced priorities and poor management of the FBI’s resources—including its aircraft—also harmed the FBI’s ability to respond to the shooting at Brown University on December 13, 2025. Once again, the shooting reconstruction team was set to respond to the scene immediately, but was unable to fly out of Richmond, Virginia, using one of the FBI’s planes."

MASSIVE loss for Trump. Supreme Court strikes down Trump tariffs in major setback for economic agenda

cbsnews.com/news/supreme-c… Rep Brendan Boyle (D-PA): “This ruling is a victory for every American family paying higher prices because of Trump’s tariff taxes. The Supreme Court rejected Trump’s attempt to impose what amounted to a national sales tax on hardworking Americans”

ALERT: Justice Dept failed in attempt to indict six congressional Democrats who drew President Trump's ire last year by taping a video telling members of the military that they must reject "illegal orders," according to three sources familiar

cbsnews.com/news/grand-jur… Enormous loss by Trump Admin

They continue to face rejections from grand juries in America

NOW: Jack Smith testifies publicly in US House Judiciary Committee hearing -- to detail his criminal case against Trump for attempting to overturn the 2020 election

In the front row: Four Jan 6 police responders (Harry Dunn, Aquilino Gonell, Dan Hodges, Michael Fanone) Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) lays down the bottom line of Jack Smith's prior closed-door interview w/ committee

About the Jan 6 attack, Smith said "he caused it... he exploited it.... it was foreseeable to him."

NEW: 80 cosponsors to US House bill seeking impeachment of Kristi Noem

Rep. Robin Kelly (D-IL)
Rep. Angie Craig (D-MN)
Rep. Betty McCollum (D-MN)
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN)
Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL)
Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL)
Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL)
Rep. Y. Clark (D-NY)

(MORE) Rep. Juan Vargas (D-CA)
Rep. Jan Schakowsky (D-IL)
Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-IL)
Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-CA)
Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL)
Rep. Gabe Vasquez (D-NM)
Rep. Nydia Velazquez (D-NY)
Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY)

(MORE)

NEW: Sen. Mark Kelly (D-AZ) has filed a federal civil lawsuit against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth Hegseth recently began a process to demote and cut the retirement pay of Sen. Mark Kelly

Kelly's lawsuit seeks a judicial review of the agency's action

FLASH: Sen Thom Tillis (R-NC) is on Senate floor and he's about to make a motion for "unanimous consent" to expedite the hanging of the January 6th plaque at the Capitol

To honor the police heroes Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-OR) speaks first: "In 2022, we passed a law .. saying we'd hang this plaque"

"I'm here to team up with my colleague from North Carolina to have a strategy to make sure we *do* have this plaque up"

JAN 6 - 5 years later

Some pardoned rioters are retracing their march from the Ellipse to the Capitol

Some victims are part of a 10am hearing organized by House Democrats

And: Anger, toxicity and confrontation continue to define Jan 6. Still. Poltico Playbook on Jan 6 just now:

“Today D.C., and much of America, is deeply divided about what happened.

That lack of consensus represents a triumph, of sorts, for Donald Trump, and stands as testament to his unmatched ability both to reshape political narratives and to carry his supporters to extraordinary positions”

NEW: House Speaker Mike Johnson – after two years of deflecting questions on the matter – is now arguing that the legally-required January 6 plaque must be re-considered

(more) In a statement tonight, a spokesperson for Speaker Johnson says:

"As written, the statute authorizing this plaque is not implementable, and proposed alternatives devised by Democrat House staff, not members, also do not comply with the statute. If Democrats are serious about commemorating the work of USCP officers, they are free to work with the appropriate committees of jurisdiction to develop a framework for proper vetting and consideration, just as the House does for Congressional Gold Medals, commemorative gold coins, and similar ceremonial responsibilities”

ONE YEAR AFTER THE PARDONS:

Growing number of Jan 6 riot defendants are in new legal peril

HERE ARE SOME ====> Zachary Alam faces a hearing this month ahead of sentencing in a breaking-&-entering case in Henrico County, Virginia

Alam was convicted in October

On Jan 6, we was on frontlines outside House Speaker's Lobby and rioters confronted police and evacuating House members

(MORE)

ALERT: House Judiciary Committee releases 250+ page transcript of its interview of Special Counsel Jack Smith

Smith testified: "January 6th was an attack on the structure of our democracy in which over 140 heroic law enforcement officers were assaulted. Over 160 individuals later pled guilty to assaulting police that day. Exploiting that violence, President Trump and his associates tried to call Members of Congress in furtherance of their criminal scheme, urging them to further delay certification of the 2020 election. I did not choose those Members, President Trump did"

(MORE) Special Counsel Jack Smith interview w/ House Judiciary Committee (MORE)

Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH): "You just made some pretty definitive statements about your belief that President Trump was guilty of these charges. Is that correct?"

Jack Smith: "Yes, I believe we had proof beyond a reasonable doubt in both cases"

Jordan: "And doesn't the Justice Manual prohibit prosecutors from asserting that a defendant is guilty of something before a jury makes a determination?"

Smith: "When a case is pending, yes."