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Dem Congressman Who Shared “Elon Musk Dick Pic” Hits Back at Trump DOJ

Rep Robert Garcia slammed the department’s dangerous encroachment on #FreedomOfSpeech.
newrepublic.com/post/191813/ro

"Rep #RobertGarcia hit back at threats from the #DOJ and criticized the agency for trying to “silence” lawmakers speaking out about #ElonMusk.

Earlier... Garcia received a letter from the DOJ regarding comments he’d made... opposing Musk’s takeover of the federal #government"

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As the title of Michael Wolff’s new book puts it, last Nov’s election was All or Nothing. Defeat meant ruin, disgrace & prison. Victory meant what #Trump’s cheerleaders like to call the greatest comeback in political history. It also meant #vengeance against his perceived tormentors in the #DOJ, #Democratic party & #media. As the martyr of Mar-a-Lago put it at #CPAC two years ago: “I am your retribution.”

The #ProudBoys have launched a memecoin called "Proud Coin". The members who were imprisoned after January 6th are going to use the money raised to sue the American Dept. of Justice for wrongful imprisonment.

oh, and #EnriqueTarrio got arrested at the presser he called to promote it.

bbc.com/news/articles/c5y93jgd

Headshot of Enrique Tarrio wearing sunglasses and a cap
www.bbc.comEx-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested outside US CapitolEnrique Tarrio arrested after holding news conference near site of 6 January 2021 riot in Washington.
#Trump#MAGA#uspol

Hey #DoJ if I exclaim here that Apartheid Clyde/Space Karen/Ketamine Ken "is a dick!" will I receive an admonitory, threatening letter from the US Attorney for the Eastern District of #California? Suitable for framing, i hope. To hang next to the kind letter I received over a decade ago from then-Senator Dianne Feinstein.

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The order does not block the #DOJ & certain agency heads from drawing up lists of companies & universities to investigate, but blocks such #enforcement pursuant to the order.
#Trump issued 2 EOs meant to eviscerate #DEI in the federal govt & neutralize it in the private sector & higher #education. The orders have already led to widespread purges of federal workers, while #corporations & universities grapple w/how to interpret the orders that target “equity-related” govt contracts & “illegal DEI”

Trump govt fires ATF general counsel Pamela Hicks in broader effort to purge all Biden-era appointments

livemint.com/news/us-news/dona

Attorney General Pam Bondi has dismissed Pamela Hicks from her role as Chief Counsel of ATF, following President Trump's order to remove Biden-era US Attorneys. Hicks announced her departure on LinkedIn, reflecting on her nearly three decades of service in federal civil service

#TRUMP#DOJ#BIDEN
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After one month in office, #EdMartin appears to be following through, taking actions that have alarmed lawyers inside & outside his office who say he’s leveraging the power of the #DOJ against political opponents & intimidating career prosecutors seen as insufficiently #loyal to #Trump. He fired prosecutors who investigated Trump as a part of special counsel #JackSmith’s team & who worked on #Jan6, 2021, Capitol #insurrection cases.

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In scores of his personal podcasts from Aug 2023 to this Jan, #EdMartin amplified #Trump’s claims, not supported by available evidence, that charges against him were made to damage him politically, & that prosecutors may have violated federal criminal conspiracy laws, #DOJ policies or legal #ethics rules. The conversations on Martin’s Pro-America Report podcast & related radio show often revolved around Trump’s desire for “#retribution” against current or fmr dept prosecutors.

On podcasts, DC US attorney discussed investigating #Trump foes

*#Conservative* legal activist #EdMartin had conversations last year about potential targets for prosecution. Now he & #DOJ have power to bring cases.

In the 2 yrs before he became DC's top federal prosecutor, US Attorney Ed Martin publicly discussed investigating high-profile #Justice Dept officials who played a role in bringing charges against Trump & his allies.

#law #revenge
washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/20

The Washington Post · In podcasts, D.C. U.S. attorney discussed investigating Trump foesBy Spencer S. Hsu
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In response, #DOJ lawyers representing the #Trump admin argued on Thurs that migrants could request to speak to lawyers by phone, that it violated the operational authority of #DHS Secy #KristiNoem to be required to give notice & that the admin could hold immigrants in #Guantánamo Bay longer than 6 months. Previous court orders have stated that migrants cannot be held in #ICE detention longer than 6 months & that detention standards should not be punitive.

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“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 #DOJ & the mayor both want the charges dropped, “there has been no adversarial testing of the government’s position.”

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The judge, Dale E. Ho of Federal District Court in Manhattan, also called for additional briefs from the parties & said he would hold an oral argument on March 14 if he felt it necessary.

Judge Ho’s decision, explained in a 5-pg ruling, will prolong a tumultuous episode that has led to political & legal upheavals, with federal prosecutors in NY & Washington resigning & several of #EricAdams’s campaign opponents calling for him to step down.

#law#DOJ#corruption