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NonilexFollowing the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> attack, there was a wave of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#civil</a> cases & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> prosecutions that splintered the [domestic terrorist] orgs & sent many members to prison before sweeping <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/clemency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#clemency</a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>. Among them were group leaders named alongside >30 others in the city’s suit, including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProudBoys" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ProudBoys</a> leader Henry “Enrique” Tarrio & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OathKeepers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#OathKeepers</a> founder Stewart Rhodes, both of whom juries <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/convicted" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#convicted</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeditiousConspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SeditiousConspiracy</a> for their part in trying to block the peaceful transition of power.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>

NonilexAs he assailed the investigations into him, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> also heaped praise on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AileenCannon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AileenCannon</a>, the federal judge he appointed in Florida who dismissed the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> charges against him for mishandling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassifiedDocuments</a>, calling her “the absolute model of what a judge should be.” [not that the 11th circuit repeatedly had to correct her judgments or anything 🙄]“The case against me was bullshit,” Trump said keeping it classy, standing in the building where the charges were approved.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a>

Ham on WryFor decades, New Yorkers knew that Trump and the Trump family f..ked everybody over, stiffing everyone they dealt with from contractors to lawyers.So why would anybody think he’s unwilling to continue doing the same with American businesses and allies?<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/economy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#economy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trump</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ElbowsUp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElbowsUp</a>

Downshift 🍁Rodrigo <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Duterte" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Duterte</a>, the former Philippine president, was arrested on Tuesday in Manila and was to be flown to The <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Hague" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hague</a> to face International <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminal</a> Court charges of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crimes</a> against <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/humanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#humanity</a>. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/world/asia/icc-philippines-rodrigo-duterte.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/world/asia/icc-philippines-rodrigo-duterte.html</a>

JiKoFormer PH president Duterte arrested for crimes against humanity.What many Filipinos are feeling right now...<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philippines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminal</a>

JiKoFAFOThe Philippines gets its own "fuck-around-and-find-out" moment.Former PH president Rodrigo Duterte gets arrested for crimes against humanity. Thousands were killed (many innocent and without due process) during the drug war 2016-2022.<a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Philippines" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Philippines</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FAFO</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Asian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asian</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/ICC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ICC</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Crime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Murder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Murder</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Criminal</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Davao" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Davao</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Manila" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Manila</a> <a href="https://fedigroups.social/@pinoy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@pinoy</a>

NonilexUnder <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a>? Sure.A lawyer who was asked to offer *independent* arguments on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Justice</a> Dept’s motion to dismiss <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> charges against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYC</a> Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EricAdams</a> of told a judge on Friday that he should end the prosecution.But the lawyer, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulClement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PaulClement</a>, said the judge should not allow the Trump admin to use the threat of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> charges to compel Adams’ political support.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QuidProQuo</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#immigration</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DanielleSassoon</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregion/paul-clement-adams-case-dismissal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AD05C050-FABC-4A0E-B8CF-E411402E6B46" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/nyregion/paul-clement-adams-case-dismissal.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=AD05C050-FABC-4A0E-B8CF-E411402E6B46</a>

NonilexUS <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Senate</a> confirms ex-Trump defense lawyer as Deputy Attorney GeneralThe <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Republican</a>-controlled U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>'s former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> defense attorney <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ToddBlanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ToddBlanche</a> to serve as Deputy Attorney General, the No. 2 role at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Justice</a> Department.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicIntegrity</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-confirms-ex-trump-defense-lawyer-deputy-attorney-general-2025-03-05/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-confirms-ex-trump-defense-lawyer-deputy-attorney-general-2025-03-05/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is praising a bill that Sen John Thune, the majority leader, has pushed to criminalize online “<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePorn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePorn</a>.” Then he says that he could make use of such a bill himself, because no one is treated worse online that he is.He has no idea what he’s talking about.If anything, Trump would be the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> offender in this scenario, not the freaking victim. Jackass.Note <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> all applauded this bill.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mexico" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mexico</a>’s president offered a warning last month in response to news that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> planned to designate drug cartels as terrorist groups.“If they declare these <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> groups as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/terrorists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#terrorists</a>, then we’ll have to expand our US lawsuit,” Mexico’s President <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClaudiaSheinbaum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClaudiaSheinbaum</a> said.She was referring to a lawsuit that will be heard by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SCOTUS</a> on Tues in which Mexico argues <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunManufacturers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GunManufacturers</a> have aided in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/trafficking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trafficking</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/weapons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#weapons</a> used by the cartels.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GunControl</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/supreme-court-mexico-gunmakers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B6D0F03A-DFB2-4616-A6E4-ED8129A0D25F" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/03/us/politics/supreme-court-mexico-gunmakers.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare&sgrp=p&pvid=B6D0F03A-DFB2-4616-A6E4-ED8129A0D25F</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> published hacked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democratic</a> emails at a time when they were maximally useful to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s campaign, & made another hacking attempt after he asked it on television to find missing emails from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HillaryClinton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HillaryClinton</a>. The pattern of cooperation between Trump & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a> may not have been provably <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a>, but it was extraordinarily damning.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> have invested even more heavily in denying any basis for the Trump-Russia scandal.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Ukraine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ukraine</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Europe</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#US</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/allies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#allies</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> was not explaining why a deal w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> would advance <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#America</a>’s interests, or why honoring it would advance Russia’s. He was defending Russia’s integrity by vouching for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Putin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Putin</a>’s character.In recent yrs, the kinship between Trump & Putin has become somewhat unfashionable to point out. After <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mueller" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mueller</a> disappointed liberals by failing to prove a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a> btwn the Trump campaign & Russia, conventional wisdom on much of the center & left…came to treat the scandal as overblown.

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FBI</a> investigating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> claims of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EPA</a> *fraud* in $20B <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Biden</a> grant fund  While career prosecutors in 2 US Atty offices & a US judge balked at a court-ordered freeze, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Citibank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Citibank</a> has locked down billions without explanationFBI agents this week questioned EPA employees regarding a Biden admin grant program for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CleanEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CleanEnergy</a> projects, escalating a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> probe that already caused one veteran prosecutor to resign [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DeniseCheung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DeniseCheung</a>]….<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ethics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/partisanship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#partisanship</a> <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/27/trump-fbi-epa-grant-investigation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/02/27/trump-fbi-epa-grant-investigation/</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Romania" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Romania</a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FarRight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FarRight</a> candidate, championed by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JDVance</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ElonMusk</a>, detained by policeRomanian prosecutors have opened a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> investigation into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/C%C4%83linGeorgescu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CălinGeorgescu</a>, the far-right, Pro-<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Russia</a> populist who surged from almost nowhere to win the first round of the country’s cancelled presidential election last year.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/geopolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#geopolitics</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/romanian-prosecutors-launch-investigation-into-far-right-politician-calin-georgescu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/feb/26/romanian-prosecutors-launch-investigation-into-far-right-politician-calin-georgescu</a>

NonilexRosa Brooks, a law professor at Georgetown, succinctly summed up <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>’s goal in a comment she posted on X. Citing the firing on Feb 21 of top lawyers for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Army" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Army</a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Navy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Navy</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AirForce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AirForce</a>, Brooks wrote, “It’s what you do when you’re planning to break the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a>: you get rid of any lawyers who might try to slow you down.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#felon47</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JAG</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accountability</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GiftArticle</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> is sowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chaos</a> at a blistering pace.- Thomas B. EdsallHe “is dismantling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#watchdog</a> offices & other parts of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicIntegrity</a> apparatus for 2 reasons, one backward-looking & one forward-looking,” Richard Primus, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> prof at the University of Michigan, wrote by email:<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#felon47</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JAG</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accountability</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MafiaState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kleptocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#USpol</a> <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion/trump-agenda-firings-chaos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.UfIN.jWziIQ-9S4EQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion/trump-agenda-firings-chaos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.UfIN.jWziIQ-9S4EQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> on Tues signed a memo suspending <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#security</a> clearances for employees at a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> firm who assisted w/fmr special counsel <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JackSmith" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JackSmith</a>’s investigation into the now-president.WH staff secy Will Scharf said…that the memo targeted Washington, DC based law firm Covington & Burling, which provided pro bono <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legal</a> services to Smith in his probes of Trump that resulted in 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> indictments.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/petty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#petty</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RevengePolitics</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#retribution</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ClassifiedDocuments" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClassifiedDocuments</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Jan6</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurrection" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#insurrection</a> <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5163942-trump-jack-smith-security-clearance/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5163942-trump-jack-smith-security-clearance/</a>

Nonilex“Normally, courts are aided in their decision-making through our system of adversarial testing," Judge Ho wrote, “which can be particularly helpful in cases presenting unusual fact patterns or in case of great public importance.”He said that because the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> & the mayor both want the charges dropped, “there has been no adversarial testing of the government’s position.”<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EricAdams</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QuidProQuo</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmilBove</a>

NonilexRead Judge Ho’s Order in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EricAdams</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> Case:<a href="https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/a6299cfc2221a707/48b99d06-full.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/a6299cfc2221a707/48b99d06-full.pdf</a><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QuidProQuo</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmilBove</a>

NonilexA federal judge on Friday deferred ruling on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DOJ</a>’s request to drop the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#corruption</a> case against Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EricAdams</a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NYC</a>, & appointed an outside lawyer to present <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/independent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#independent</a> arguments on the motion, which was otherwise unopposed.The lawyer the judge appointed, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PaulClement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PaulClement</a>, is a political <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservative</a> who was the US solicitor general during President George W. Bush’s admin.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#criminal</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#QuidProQuo</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EmilBove</a>

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