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Nonilex<p>When there is a vacancy in the position of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a>, the AG is able install someone as an “interim” US attorney for 120 days, but after that, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> says a federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/court" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>court</span></a> decides who next serves as interim.</p><p>Erik Siebert, who was removed for refusing to bring a case against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Comey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comey</span></a> based on the lack of evidence, had already served a 120-day term as an AG appointment. The question is whether the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin had the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authority" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authority</span></a> to make a 2nd interim appointment.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The question of whether the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s appointment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LindseyHalligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindseyHalligan</span></a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> is invalid comes down to the fact that Erik Siebert, whom she replaced, had exceeded his 120 days as acting US attorney. If the court finds her appointment is invalid, then the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Comey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comey</span></a> indictment she obtained could be thrown out.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> told the judge that it expects <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Comey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comey</span></a>’s trial to last two to three days. The defense lawyer, Patrick Fitzgerald, agreed to the government’s assessment but expressed confidence that his client would be able to dismiss the case based on the motions he intended to file alleging the wrongful appointment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LindseyHalligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindseyHalligan</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> hand picked by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to lead the case, &amp; on vindictive prosecution.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> fires top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> prosecutor</p><p>A top national security prosecutor in a key federal office was fired after a pro-Trump writer, WITHOUT EVIDENCE, linked him to internal pushback over the indictment of fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> Dir <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamesComey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesComey</span></a> last week.</p><p>Michael Ben’Ary, a veteran prosecutor who was serving as chief of the national security unit for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a>’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia, was fired on Wednesday…</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a><br><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/doj-fires-top-national-security-prosecutor-comey-indictment-rcna235161" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nbcnews.com/politics/justice-d</span><span class="invisible">epartment/doj-fires-top-national-security-prosecutor-comey-indictment-rcna235161</span></a></p>
Jörg Honegger :swisssocial: 🇺🇦<p>From <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/LizOyer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LizOyer</span></a> @lawyer_oyer@instagram.com</p><p>Two <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/federaljudges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>federaljudges</span></a> have now disqualified Trump’s picks for <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a> jobs (in <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nevada</span></a> and <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a>). Both courts found that Trump’s attempt to do an end-run around <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> confirmation was illegal. If these rulings stick, other unqualified <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/partisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>partisan</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/extremists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>extremists</span></a> appointed by <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> around the country — including the <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/Comey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comey</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/prosecutor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>prosecutor</span></a> — could also lose their posts.</p><p><a href="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DPUPK3zjw88" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">instagram.com/reel/DPUPK3zjw88</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://swiss.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/lawyers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawyers</span></a> <a href="https://swiss.social/tags/politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>politics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…Documents reviewed by NYT show that the July 15 firing of Ms. Beckwith occurred less than 6 hours after she told <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bovino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bovino</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BorderPatrol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BorderPatrol</span></a> chief in charge of the Southern California raids, that a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CourtOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CourtOrder</span></a> prevented him from arresting people without <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProbableCause" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProbableCause</span></a> in a vast expanse that stretches from the Oregon border to Bakersfield. She was removed not only from her post as acting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> in the Eastern District of California, but from the office altogether.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>For 15 years, Michele Beckwith oversaw some of the toughest federal prosecutions in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a>. She went after transnational terrorists, sex traffickers &amp; the Aryan brotherhood.</p><p>She became the acting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> in Sacramento this year when her boss, a Biden appointee, stepped down in January.</p><p>But her career crumbled in July, she said, after she issued a warning to Greg <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Bovino" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bovino</span></a>, the face of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> crackdown.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a></p>
Flipboard News Desk<p>Days after U.S. President Donald Trump demanded the Department of Justice move to prosecute enemies, former FBI Director James Comey has been indicted on counts of making false statements and obstruction of justice. This comes after Trump installed his former defense attorney, Lindsey Halligan, as U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia. Earlier this week, federal prosecutors informed Halligan that they could not establish probably cause to charge Comey. Here's more from <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://flipboard.com/@abc" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>abc</span></a></span>. At the second link, find a story from Mother Jones about Halligan's prosecutorial experience.</p><p><a href="https://flip.it/ctTs-T" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/ctTs-T</span><span class="invisible"></span></a><br><a href="https://flip.it/LRi.yx" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">flip.it/LRi.yx</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/JamesComey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesComey</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DonaldTrump</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/TrumpAdministration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpAdministration</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USLaw</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/LindseyHalligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindseyHalligan</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s handpicked inexperienced <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a>, Lindsey Halligan, in Virginia will seek <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/indictment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>indictment</span></a> of former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> Director <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamesComey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesComey</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-fbi-director-comey-be-indicted-virginia-soon-msnbc-reports-2025-09-24/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/former-fb</span><span class="invisible">i-director-comey-be-indicted-virginia-soon-msnbc-reports-2025-09-24/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s Pressure Campaign Strains <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a></p><p>Current &amp; fmr officials voice concerns over institution’s credibility</p><p>“Lawyers who work in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Virginia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Virginia</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a>] outpost, known for handling high-profile national-security cases, privately expressed uncertainty Monday about their jobs &amp; concern that the office could be forced to rush out an ill-founded case. Some sought advice from former colleagues, &amp; were told to secure <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/insurance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>insurance</span></a> against <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/malpractice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>malpractice</span></a> claims.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a><br><a href="https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps-pressure-campaign-strains-justice-department-614d2151" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">wsj.com/politics/policy/trumps</span><span class="invisible">-pressure-campaign-strains-justice-department-614d2151</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Siebert’s exit deepened troubling questions that have arisen in recent months about the politicization of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s supposedly self-governing satellite offices.</p><p>Beyond their efforts to push out Siebert, whose inquiries into James &amp; Comey effectively fizzled out, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin officials have also ramped up pressure against Kelly O. Hayes, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> in Maryland, according to 3 people familiar with the matter.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> under pressure by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to charge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LetitiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetitiaJames</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamesComey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesComey</span></a> is resigning: AP sources</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-letitia-james-siebert-trump-9ec1a96c05fa77d8acc558bd803622a2?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-19-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/justice-dep</span><span class="invisible">artment-letitia-james-siebert-trump-9ec1a96c05fa77d8acc558bd803622a2?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-09-19-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> said on Friday that he wanted to see the ouster of a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> whose investigations of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYAG</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LetitiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetitiaJames</span></a>, &amp; fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> director <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JamesComey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JamesComey</span></a> have not resulted in charges.</p><p>Trump’s comment came after a high-stakes internal debate raged on Friday over the fate of Erik S. Siebert, the US atty for the Eastern District of Virginia — w/Trump’s own appointees at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> &amp; key Republicans on Capitol Hill arguing to retain the veteran prosecutor.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/politics/erik-siebert-comey-letitia-james.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/09/19/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/erik-siebert-comey-letitia-james.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>In obvious violation of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SeparationOfPowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeparationOfPowers</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> says he “probably” plans to bring a lawsuit related to the practice of “blue slips” by which members of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> are able to reject <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> appointments.</p><p>He also said he planned to sue <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/California" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>California</span></a> over its <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/redistricting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>redistricting</span></a> plans, which is absolutely admitting that what <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> did with their congressional map was wrong, &amp; it was done at his request. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ForMeButNotForThee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForMeButNotForThee</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gerrymandering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gerrymandering</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AbuseOfPower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseOfPower</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Brann said he’s putting his order on hold pending an <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appeal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appeal</span></a>.</p><p>Brann’s decision comes in response to a filing on behalf of two <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> defendants who faced a trial on federal drug-trafficking charges. Their attorney sought to block the charges against his clients, arguing that Habba didn’t have the authority to prosecute the case after her 120-day term as interim US attorney expired in July.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NJ</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Hell yeah</p><p>Judge says <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> lawyer <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AlinaHabba" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AlinaHabba</span></a> has been unlawfully serving as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a></p><p>A judge ruled Thurs that Trump’s former personal atty, Alina Habba, has been unlawfully serving as the the top federal prosecutor in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NJ</span></a>.</p><p>“I conclude that she is not statutorily eligible to perform the functions &amp; duties of the office of the United States Attorney &amp; has therefore unlawfully held the role since July 24, 2025,” US Dist Judge Matthew Brann wrote.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/trump-new-jersey-prosecutor-alina-habba-8197ab12f4423dc85d5f3d7f4b454e3f?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-21-Breaking+News" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/trump-new-j</span><span class="invisible">ersey-prosecutor-alina-habba-8197ab12f4423dc85d5f3d7f4b454e3f?utm_source=onesignal&amp;utm_medium=push&amp;utm_campaign=2025-08-21-Breaking+News</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>That office will continue to pursue charges when someone is accused of using a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shotgun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shotgun</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rifle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rifle</span></a> in a violent <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> or has a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> record that makes it illegal to have a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/firearm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>firearm</span></a>. Local authorities in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Washington" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Washington</span></a> can prosecute people for illegally possessing unregistered rifles &amp; shotguns.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> said in a statement that the change is based on guidance from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> &amp; the Office of Solicitor General &amp; conforms with 2 <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SCOTUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SCOTUS</span></a> decisions on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gun" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gun</span></a> rights.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>And <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> claims his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DC</span></a> takeover is about reducing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a>🤷🏼‍♀️</p><p>Federal prosecutors in the nation’s capital will no longer bring <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>felony</span></a> charges against people for possessing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/rifles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rifles</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/shotguns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shotguns</span></a> in the District of Columbia, acc/to a new policy adopted by the leader of the nation’s largest <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a>’s [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a>] office.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/guns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>guns</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunViolence</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GunControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GunControl</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/jeanine-pirro-rifles-shotguns-trump-6b642047d933171e9af544e096c1ed15" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/jeanine-pir</span><span class="invisible">ro-rifles-shotguns-trump-6b642047d933171e9af544e096c1ed15</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>…The judge in the case, New York Supreme Court Judge David B. Cohen, is likely to issue his ruling on both parties’ motions for summary judgment in the coming months. A trial could begin in early 2026.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FoxNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FoxNews</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StateMedia</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>journalism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FourthEstate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FourthEstate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/dictatorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictatorship</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“I believe that there’s been no showing that Smartmatic engaged in any problems,” <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JeaninePirro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JeaninePirro</span></a> said, acc/to filing, which also cited her as answering “I do” when asked by Smartmatic’s lawyers whether she believed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> was “legitimately elected.” (An email sent to a press account for Pirro’s office seeking comment was not returned)<br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Fox" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fox</span></a> NEVER corrected its coverage of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Smartmatic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Smartmatic</span></a> or acknowledged particular mistakes, Smartmatic noted.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/BigLie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigLie</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a></p>