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Greenjeans1's avatar

As a recovering trial lawyer, I find it astonishing that all of the referenced DOJ lawyers have not been referred for circuit and bar discipline.

Heather Bussing's avatar

I read this and thought, wow, all that really happened and it just gets more insane. Thank you for making the record.

LHS's avatar

I think there should be a flood of complaints to the DC bar against Blanche and Dhillon regarding ethical violations surrounding the failure to investigate the killing of Renee Good and all of the shenanigans around that like abuse of prosecutorial powers against her wife and the governor and mayor of Minneapolis. The Bar’s main function is to protect the public. As stated on its website: “The purpose of the disciplinary system is to protect the public, the courts, and the legal profession from attorneys who do not meet their ethical responsibilities. “

They are failing in very articulable ways to meet their responsibilities and the Bar should hear about it.

Sam Ray's avatar

The DOJ became the Department of Injustice on the first day of trump's dictatorship.

ASBermant's avatar

Indeed. It feels like we’re living in the prequel of Orwell’s 1984.

David J. Sharp's avatar

Obviously, loyalty trumps competence in our topsy-turvy new existence .

Joe From the Bronx's avatar

In short: The Justice Department’s injustices will continue — until they are stopped.

Until Trump/Vance is no longer in office.

Anyway, the judge is quite scornful but does not provide disciplinary action. Years of "these people are horrible." And we still get that.

AugieL's avatar

A misnomer? Wasn’t it renamed the Department of War?

J Thomas's avatar

More like the entire administration is the Department of Whores.

Jack Jordan's avatar

It is past time to put an end to Trump's tenure. The People in our Constitution decreed that "[t]he President . . . shall be removed from Office on Impeachment for, and Conviction" any "high Crimes [or high] Misdemeanors." Trump is guilty of "Conspiracy to commit offense or to defraud United States," which Congress (and a previous president) defined in 18 U.S.C. § 371.

As the Preamble emphasizes, "We the People" did "ordain and establish [our] Constitution" for profoundly important purposes, including to "establish Justice" and to "provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves." The People in Article VI established that "the supreme Law of the Land" consists exclusively of our "Constitution" and federal "Laws" that were "made in Pursuance thereof" and "all Treaties."

Trump already abused American military power and put American lives at danger needlessly to bomb Iran and Nigeria, invade Venezuela and summarily kill purported Venezuelans at sea. Now, Trump is abusing our economic and military power to threaten our allies in violation of treaties that are part of the supreme law of the land. Trump shouldn't be given the chance to take us to war (military or economic) against our most important allies--especially when they're already combatting one of our most powerful enemies after it invaded and is destroying another nation.

Too many times and too dangerously, Trump has trampled on our Constitution (especially the First Amendment), federal laws made in pursuance of our Constitution and treaties. It is past time to impeach Trump.

jane's avatar

Thank you. Our former Justice Department is long gone.

Alyce's avatar

Our Justice System isn’t working effectively for the people now. Has it become TOO complicated? Maybe the layers and layers of cases and decisions through the years has diminished the effectiveness.

J Thomas's avatar

The Justice system isn’t working because it has been corrupted and weaponized against good people who stood up to Trump. It has been contaminated by the Federalist Society’s domination of the SCOTUS appointment process.

Jacobs-Meadway Roberta's avatar

The system is not too complicated and there are not too many precedents. The problem here is that there are now too few lawyers left in the DOJ who have respect for the law, the ones with integrity having been pushed out or resigned and there are too many new lawyers there because they are happy to be working on behalf of Trump and his vendettas. What should have happened after 1/6 is more disciplinary proceedings against all the members of the bar who filed false and/or misleading declarations in support of Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of an election he knew he lost.

Victoria Brown's avatar

Thank you Chris.

Looking forward to your

take on SCOTUS/Cook

FED today.

Sam.'s avatar

What is wrong with these people??? Why do they keep refusing to impose penalties for this behavior? Stop *threatening* discipline and actually do your job!

Warren's avatar

Why are not Mr Kegsbreath's official documents headed "The Department of War" not challenged by the recipients of the same? Has it not been stated that only Congress is empowered to change the official name of a cabinet office? Respondents to those documents should simply refuse compliance to their stipulations until the documents are rewritten using the legal title of the office.

Richard Luthmann's avatar

Let’s get something straight: this is not a Trump problem — this is a DOJ sabotage problem. What Judge Novak exposed wasn’t presidential overreach, but a rogue, incompetent bureaucracy still infested with Obama-era holdovers and Beltway lifers who think they outrank the Constitution. Lindsey Halligan wasn’t empowered by Trump’s will — she was undermined by a Justice Department that botched appointments, defied clear judicial guidance, and embarrassed the office. That failure flows downward, not upward. President Trump is trying to restore accountability. DOJ’s resistance, sloppiness, and insubordination are what turned a lawful mission into a procedural mess. Drain the DOJ swamp.

SophieM's avatar

You really should get out of fascist propaganda land before you decide to post, Richard.

Richard Luthmann's avatar

That's deflection, plain and simple. Are you the socialist? Because I'm not.

Cycledoc's avatar

No you are an idiot.

J Thomas's avatar

Let’s get something straight. This is exactly a Trump problem.

Warren's avatar

Delusion runs deep in your psyche, the deepest.

dagglyawl's avatar

The phrase "President Trump is trying do restore accountability" is disqualifying evidence of compromised judgment, beyond a shadow of a doubt.

Sam.'s avatar

Richard, could you name the specific Obama-era holdovers and Beltway lifers at fault here? Additionally, could you point to the specific actions these people took that led to the procedural mess?

Richard Luthmann's avatar

I’ll have something out soon about Jocelyn Ballantine. In the interim, watch this:

https://x.com/i/status/2012249932187771257

Sam.'s avatar

This is just a tweet and a video of someone being paid to read the tweet. Do you have any direct evidence that you think would be convincing to anyone not already convinced?

Richard Luthmann's avatar

You’ll just have to wait for my Jocelyn Ballantine exposé and her subsequent dismissal.

Sam.'s avatar

Well, okay. I hope it contains evidence that would be convincing to someone not already convinced about your claims!

Ray Zielinski's avatar

Trump to the courts, “la loi c’est moi!”

J Thomas's avatar

The justice system of the US has become much like the old justice system of the USSR.