Top #Trump housing official, #BillPulte, issues new #criminal referral for New York AG #LetitiaJames after several previous attempts failed
According to a person familiar with the matter, Pulte, the director of the #FHFA, issued 2 referrals to the #DOJ, one to the #USAttorney for Northern […]
The hearing did not go as prosecutors had planned. Judge Quraishi grew frustrated with the office’s head of appeals, Mark Coyne, who had not formally disclosed that he would appear, & fiercely interrogated a more junior prosecutor about whether the former interim #USattorney, #AlinaHabba, still […]
The #judiciary has had it with #Trump’s clowns
Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court & Orders Bosses to Testify
Judge Zahid Quraishi ordered a hearing on who had the authority to lead New Jersey’s top federal law enforcement office.
A federal judge threw a top prosecutor from the NJ […]
In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s […]
#DOJ officials & #USAttorney Jason Reding Quiñones made a push in January to bring a case against him, according to two people briefed on the matter, but some career prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida resisted the pressure.
Those career prosecutors are facing a new wave of pressure […]
Prosecutors in the Miami #USattorney’s office have been leading the #JohnBrennan probe, which relates to testimony the ex-intelligence chief gave to #Congress in 2023 & the #Russia investigation years earlier, issuing 2 rounds of subpoenas to several witnesses.
Yet the push for charges has run […]
US District Judge Matthew Brann said that a trio of #DOJ lawyers who have been leading the office since late last year had been unlawfully serving in their positions. AG #PamBondi appointed them after Brann disqualified #AlinaHabba, #Trump’s previous choice for #USattorney in NJ, in August amid […]
Trio named to replace #AlinaHabba as #USattorney is also serving illegally, judge says
A federal judge upended the leadership of New Jersey’s US attorney’s office again Monday, ruling for the second time in less than a year that the #Trump admin had illegally sought to bypass #Congress & […]
…The #USAttorney’s Office in the Southern District of #Florida — which includes Miami, the center of the Cuban exile community — will be overseeing the prosecution group, according to the official….
The #Cuba prosecution effort could follow parts of the model the #Trump admin used to remove […]
#LindseyHalligan faces investigation by #Florida #Bar
The #DOJ has proposed new “regulations” that would allow it to intervene in state bar disciplinary actions, which it claims have become “weaponized.”
Halligan, the former interim #USattorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, is facing an […]
The proposal would give the #USattorney general the right to review misconduct allegations against current or former #DOJ #attorneys & request that disciplinary authorities at the state level suspend their inves...
#democracy #usa #gop #fascists #fascism
👉 Vote 'em Out!
Partisan hack attorney confused over undesirability of partisan hacks: "I don’t know where the source of all this vitriol is. I've always had a pleasant working relationship with her over many years," Schimel told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. #TammyBaldwin #BradSchimel #USAttorney
The proposal would give the #USattorney general the right to review misconduct allegations against current or former #DOJ #attorneys & request that disciplinary authorities at the state level suspend their investigations.
That would mean that the #US AG, by dragging out such a review, could […]
Did Federal Prosecutors Block New Mexico’s Epstein Investigation at Zorro Ranch?
#Epstein #ZorroRanch #NewMexico #FederalInvestigation #SexTrafficking #Justice #Accountability #EpsteinCase #RaulTorrez #HectorBalderas #USAttorney #FBI #Transparency #HumanTrafficking #News
Did Federal Prosecutors Block New Mexico’s Epstein Investigation at Zorro Ranch?
#Epstein #ZorroRanch #NewMexico #FederalInvestigation #SexTrafficking #Justice #Accountability #EpsteinCase #RaulTorrez #HectorBalderas #USAttorney #FBI #Transparency #HumanTrafficking #News
Did Federal Prosecutors Block New Mexico’s Epstein Investigation at Zorro Ranch?
#Epstein #ZorroRanch #NewMexico #FederalInvestigation #SexTrafficking #Justice #Accountability #EpsteinCase #RaulTorrez #HectorBalderas #USAttorney #FBI #Transparency #HumanTrafficking #News
“Accordingly, #dismissal with #prejudice will serve the interests of #justice,” wrote Rosen, who was nominated by #Trump to be #USattorney in #Minnesota.
Lyons said the agents could face termination & criminal prosecution [I won’t hold my breath].
The Jan 14 #shooting of Julio C. Sosa-Celis by […]
Rosen wrote that “*newly* discovered #evidence in this matter is materially inconsistent with the allegations” that #federal officials made in a charging #document & in courtroom #testimony.
“Accordingly, #dismissal with #prejudice will serve the interests of #justice,” wrote Rosen, who was […]
Federal #judges have found a number of US attorneys whose appointments were the result of unusual legal maneuvers by the #Trump admin to be serving unlawfully.
Along with Sarcone, they include #AlinaHabba, who was the acting #USattorney in NJ, & #LindseyHalligan, formerly the acting US attorney […]
Kinsella has >50 yrs of experience as a criminal & civil litigator. He is a fmr criminal chief of the US attorney’s office for the Northern District, which prosecutes crime in a broad swath of #NY….
He was set to replace John A. Sarcone III, who a judge found last month was serving in the […]
“Judges don’t pick U.S. Attorneys, POTUS does,” said DAG #ToddBlanche in a social media post Wednesday. “See Article II of our Constitution. You are fired, Donald Kinsella.”
↑This is not accurate. There are circumstances in which judges choose, like for instance when an illegal appointment has […]
Federal #judges in upstate #NewYork appointed a new #USattorney Wednesday only to see him abruptly fired by the White House, in the latest clash between the #Trump admin & the #judiciary.
Donald T. Kinsella, 79, was appointed as US attorney in the Northern District of New York in a private […]
#USAttorney Chosen to Replace #Trump Pick Is Quickly Fired by White House
Federal #judges had appointed Donald Kinsella, a veteran litigator, as top prosecutor in the Northern District of New York after the Trump administration’s nominee was found to be serving unlawfully.
#law #Constitution […]
A #USAttorney —even one appointed by judges—can be fired by #Trump anytime, even by email. The loop begins when he picks someone the Senate hasn't confirmed. Judges fill the vacancy, he fires their pick, and the cycle becomes structural #ExecutiveOverreach
#NewYork
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Julie Le, atty with #DHS, had been detailed to the #USAttorney’s Office for the District of #Minnesota as hundreds of lawsuits flooded the court there from people challenging their detention during the #Trump admin's #immigration enforcement surge.
Judge Jerry Blackwell had ordered her & another […]
"WASHINGTON (AP) — A new wave of departures is rippling through the U.S. Attorney’s office in Minnesota, where additional federal prosecutors are leaving at a time of mounting frustration with the Trump administration’s stepped-up immigration enforcement...
#USAttorney #Prosecutors #Minnesota #ICE
Rosen, a commercial litigator, has kept a relatively low profile since he became the #USattorney in #Minnesota last Oct.
In an interview that month with an online news outlet, #Jewish Insider, Rosen said that one of his “primary motivations” for seeking his current role was the power it gave […]
Anyone surprised?
#Bovino Is Said to Have Mocked Prosecutor’s #Jewish #Faith on Call With Lawyers
Gregory Bovino, the #BorderPatrol field leader, made disparaging remarks in reference to the #USattorney in #Minnesota, an Orthodox Jew, people with knowledge of the phone call said.
#law #Trump […]
Liam & his dad were taken across the country to the South Texas Family Residential Center in Dilley, Texas — an #ICE #detention facility [#ConcentrationCamp] for families.
The father has filed a lawsuit against #DHS Secretary #KristiNoem, #USAttorney General #PamBondi & other #federal officials […]
