***** Official Trump 47 Admin Court Battles *****

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Ag with kids
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In reply to SgtStiglitz • 7:22a, 5/5/25
SgtStiglitz said:
A week ago today, FBI agents arrested Judge Hannah Dugan on courthouse grounds on outrageous charges. Immediately, Trump officials like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi began to celebrate. But this is not going well for them, and it's going to age like milk on a Miami sidewalk.
The arrest of Judge Dugan stemmed from a Keystone Kops type episode that took place a week earlier, when immigration enforcement attempted to arrest an individual in Dugan's courtroom.
Judge Dugan sent the enforcers out, telling them to talk to the chief judge. Then she sent the individual out via the "jury door." The FBI now wants to prosecute her for supposedly obstructing a U.S. agency and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest. But there's a problem.
The government's case hinges (among other problems) on the idea that the choice of the jury door showed an attempt to evade authorities. But as the FBI complaint details (as @AnnJacobsMKE points out), the door led to *where the agents were waiting.*

No obstruction of justice here by an "activist judge". Just more TRUMPed charges trying to undermine the judicial branch of government.
The bolded is not true.

The agents were in a public hallway. The judge took the illegal alien to a NON public area.

If she took him to where the agents were, why did they have to chase him when he left the building?

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In reply to SgtStiglitz • 7:34a, 5/5/25
SgtStiglitz said:
A week ago today, FBI agents arrested Judge Hannah Dugan on courthouse grounds on outrageous charges. Immediately, Trump officials like Kash Patel and Pam Bondi began to celebrate. But this is not going well for them, and it's going to age like milk on a Miami sidewalk.
The arrest of Judge Dugan stemmed from a Keystone Kops type episode that took place a week earlier, when immigration enforcement attempted to arrest an individual in Dugan's courtroom.
Judge Dugan sent the enforcers out, telling them to talk to the chief judge. Then she sent the individual out via the "jury door." The FBI now wants to prosecute her for supposedly obstructing a U.S. agency and concealing an individual to prevent an arrest. But there's a problem.
The government's case hinges (among other problems) on the idea that the choice of the jury door showed an attempt to evade authorities. But as the FBI complaint details (as @AnnJacobsMKE points out), the door led to *where the agents were waiting.*

No obstruction of justice here by an "activist judge". Just more TRUMPed charges trying to undermine the judicial branch of government.
BTW, at least cite your sources when you plagiarize...

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Trump's arrest of Judge Dugan, one week later, isn't aging well


Here's the ACTUAL COMPLAINT that was filed...

Might try reading the actual information instead of someone who lies to you...

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D. Judge DUGAN escorts Flores-Ruiz through a "jury door" to avoid his arrest.
29. Multiple witnesses have described their observations after Judge DUGAN returned
to her courtroom after directing members of the arrest team to the Chief Judge's office. For
example, the courtroom deputy recalled that upon the courtroom deputy's return to the courtroom,
defense counsel for Flores-Ruiz was talking to the clerk, and Flores-Ruiz was seated in the jury
box, rather than in the gallery. The courtroom deputy believed that counsel and the clerk were
having an off-the-record conversation to pick the next court date. Defense counsel and Flores-Ruiz
then walked toward each other and toward the public courtroom exit. The courtroom deputy then
saw Judge DUGAN get up and heard Judge DUGAN say something like "Wait, come with me."


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Despite having been advised of the administrative warrant for the arrest of Flores-Ruiz, Judge
DUGAN then escorted Flores-Ruiz and his counsel out of the courtroom through the "jury door,"
which leads to a nonpublic area of the courthouse. These events were also unusual for two reasons.
First, the courtroom deputy had previously heard Judge DUGAN direct people not to sit in the jury
box because it was exclusively for the jury's use. Second, according to the courtroom deputy, only
deputies, juries, court staff, and in-custody defendants being escorted by deputies used the back
jury door. Defense attorneys and defendants who were not in custody never used the jury door.
30. Attorney B similarly explained that after returning to the courtroom, Judge
DUGAN forcefully motioned for Flores-Ruiz's attorney and a male she did not know (Attorney B
had never met Flores-Ruiz) to approach. Flores-Ruiz's attorney appeared to be confused by the
judge's gesture but complied with her directive. Judge DUGAN commanded Flores-Ruiz's
attorney and the male to leave through a backdoor of the courtroom. Attorney B then saw Judge
DUGAN escort Flores-Ruiz's attorney and the male through a non-public door near the
courtroom's jury box. Shortly thereafter, Judge DUGAN came back to the courtroom and
conducted hearings on that morning's docket. Later that morning, Attorney B realized that Flores-
Ruiz's case had never been called and asked the court about it. Attorney B learned that Flores-
Ruiz's case had been adjourned. This happened without Attorney B's knowledge or participation,
even though Attorney B was present in court to handle Flores-Ruiz's case on behalf of the state,
and even though victims were present in the courtroom
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Ag87H2O
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In reply to nortex97 • 7:52a, 5/5/25
My contempt for Cornyn cannot be overstated. I'm praying these are the last sad betrayals if a dying RINO.
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8:19a, 5/5/25
I'm hoping that we can primary Cornyn, unless his Republican challenger is from Beto or the minister of culture.
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In reply to Deerdude • 8:20a, 5/5/25
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I'm hoping that we can primary Cornyn, unless his Republican challenger is from Beto or the minister of culture.
Cornyn's challenger is Paxton.

I'm Gipper
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In reply to Im Gipper • 8:26a, 5/5/25
Im Gipper said:
Deerdude said:
I'm hoping that we can primary Cornyn, unless his Republican challenger is from Beto or the minister of culture.
Cornyn's challenger is Paxton.


Yea I know. I like him
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In reply to Ag with kids • 8:27a, 5/5/25
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BTW, at least cite your sources when you plagiarize...

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Trump's arrest of Judge Dugan, one week later, isn't aging well


Here's the ACTUAL COMPLAINT that was filed...

Might try reading the actual information instead of someone who lies to you...
The poster is intentionally spreading misinformation. He is not concerned with the truth.
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In reply to Im Gipper • 11:02a, 5/5/25
Im Gipper said:
Deerdude said:
I'm hoping that we can primary Cornyn, unless his Republican challenger is from Beto or the minister of culture.
Cornyn's challenger is Paxton.
The ONE Republican who could **** the election up...
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In reply to Ag with kids • 11:09a, 5/5/25
Ag with kids said:
Im Gipper said:
Deerdude said:
I'm hoping that we can primary Cornyn, unless his Republican challenger is from Beto or the minister of culture.
Cornyn's challenger is Paxton.
The ONE Republican who could **** the election up...
Can we get those two in a room for a debate and arrange for a meteor strike?
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3:54p, 5/5/25
"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."

- Abraham Lincoln
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In reply to will25u • 4:03p, 5/5/25
will25u said:
Boasberg has become the Arnold Horshack of the DC district courts.



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In reply to nortex97 • 4:20p, 5/5/25
nortex97 said:
Is everyone ready for Boasberg to pick the DC USA? Maybe Norm Eisen?

Thx a lot Cornyn. You're doing a great job for us.

More on the DC circuit opinion:
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The battle over Executive Branch powers will continue, but these limitations on hastily-granted restraining orders issued by Democratic Party judges will strengthen the administration's hand. Many of DOGE's savings relate to grants that were improvidently made by the Biden administration. The mere fact that those grantees will have to pursue claims for breach of contract under the Tucker Act, which will take years, as opposed to relying on ex parte orders by Democratic Party judges, is huge.

These cases were heard by D.C. Circuit Court Judges Gregory Katsas, a Trump appointee, Neomi Rao, also a Trump appointee, and Cornelia Pillard, an Obama appointee. Pillard wrote a long dissent from the majority opinion, setting forth the Democratic Party's position.

All three of these judges are pretty distinguished. When Neomi Rao was nominated to the D.C. Circuit in 2019, she was controversial in some quarters of the conservative movement. We defended her nomination here and elsewhere.

The D.C. Circuit has never been considered a bastion of conservatism, but in the current battles over the Democrats' effort to use partisan judicial tyranny to slow down the Trump administration, it has done well.

As I noted here, the D.C. Circuit held in March that the President's Article II powers entitle him to fire members of the Executive Branch, and any statute to the contrary is unconstitutional. This means, I think, that the Civil Service Act is unconstitutional. But that is a topic for another day.

Meanwhile, given this second solid ruling from the D.C. Circuit, the Democrats may have to start bringing their lawsuits somewhere else.
It probably will not matter, but I did call Cornyn's local office and leave a message saying he should get behind Trump's nominee for the D.C. U.S. Attorney. All they need is three of them to get on board.
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5:35p, 5/5/25
"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."

- Abraham Lincoln
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5:36p, 5/5/25
"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."

- Abraham Lincoln
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5:47p, 5/5/25
You see, it is "temporary". But you aren't allowed to discontinue it because orange man bad.
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8:00p, 5/5/25
Doesn't seem like that is a winning argument. They seem to think that a security clearance can never be revoked.

"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."

- Abraham Lincoln
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In reply to will25u • 8:10p, 5/5/25
Elections have consequences. Cry harder, lib (not you the attorney - in case that wasn't clear)
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8:13p, 5/5/25
Zaid, like Elias, is a really bad dude. He's affiliated with Eric Ciamarella. Fully integrated with the swamp.

These are the people pollos hermanos is defending.
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8:38p, 5/5/25
Looks the long knives are out in the intelligence agencies...

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Spy Agencies Do Not Think Venezuela Directs Gang, Declassified Memo Shows

The release of the memo further undercuts the Trump administration's rationale for using the Alien Enemies Act to deport scores of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador.
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The memo's release further undercuts the Trump administration's rationale for using the Alien Enemies Act and calls into question its forceful criticism of the ensuing coverage. After The Times published its article, the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation and portrayed the reporting as misleading and harmful. The administration doubled down a month later after similar coverage in The Washington Post, citing the disclosures in both articles as a reason to relax limits on leak investigations.
As is usual, the circular reporting is used as proof.
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The document, known as a "sense of the community" memo, was released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Freedom of the Press Foundation. The foundation provided a copy to The Times.
Lauren Harper, the Daniel Ellsberg chair on government secrecy for the foundation, said the memo was at odds with the administration's portrayal of its contents as a dire threat to public safety.
The government "almost immediately declassified the same information in response to a FOIA request," she said.
Yeah...She's not biased. Daniel Ellsberg...completely not biased against Republicans...

It's amazing how these "concerned organizations" ONLY are concerned about REPUBLICAN actions...

BTW, who declassified it? There has to be a classification trail.

Somehow, I don't think any of their superior officers did...
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In reply to will25u • 8:42p, 5/5/25
will25u said:
Doesn't seem like that is a winning argument. They seem to think that a security clearance can never be revoked.

What a ****ing whiny ***** lawsuit.

The government can take your clearance away because you have green eyes. It's not YOUR clearance. It's the GOVERNMENT'S.
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In reply to Ag with kids • 8:53p, 5/5/25
Ag with kids said:
Looks the long knives are out in the intelligence agencies...

Quote:
Spy Agencies Do Not Think Venezuela Directs Gang, Declassified Memo Shows

The release of the memo further undercuts the Trump administration's rationale for using the Alien Enemies Act to deport scores of Venezuelans to a prison in El Salvador.
Quote:
The memo's release further undercuts the Trump administration's rationale for using the Alien Enemies Act and calls into question its forceful criticism of the ensuing coverage. After The Times published its article, the Justice Department opened a criminal investigation and portrayed the reporting as misleading and harmful. The administration doubled down a month later after similar coverage in The Washington Post, citing the disclosures in both articles as a reason to relax limits on leak investigations.
As is usual, the circular reporting is used as proof.
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The document, known as a "sense of the community" memo, was released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in response to a Freedom of Information Act request by the Freedom of the Press Foundation. The foundation provided a copy to The Times.
Lauren Harper, the Daniel Ellsberg chair on government secrecy for the foundation, said the memo was at odds with the administration's portrayal of its contents as a dire threat to public safety.
The government "almost immediately declassified the same information in response to a FOIA request," she said.
Yeah...She's not biased. Daniel Ellsberg...completely not biased against Republicans...

It's amazing how these "concerned organizations" ONLY are concerned about REPUBLICAN actions...

BTW, who declassified it? There has to be a classification trail.

Somehow, I don't think any of their superior officers did...
the 'intel' folks that think covid came from a bat...

maybe they need to talk to Chile:

https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/chile-meets-icc-officials-over-tren-de-aragua-linked-murder-venezuelan-dissident-2025-03-28/

"Chilean officials met with International Criminal Court representatives on Friday to provide information about the murder of a Venezuelan dissident they claim is relevant to an ongoing ICC investigation into alleged human rights abuses by Venezuelan government officials.

Chile's attorney general and minister of foreign affairs say the murder of Ronald Ojeda, a former Venezuelan lieutenant who was kidnapped from his apartment in Santiago by men posing as police and later murdered, was carried out by the Tren de Aragua gang and is linked to the Venezuelan government."

Or to the to human rights foundation: https://hrf.org/latest/venezuelas-maduro-continues-to-use-tren-de-aragua-for-transnational-repression-kidnapping-assassination/

"The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) condemns Venezuelan dictator Nicols Maduro for using the Tren de Aragua criminal network to target and eliminate dissidents beyond Venezuela's borders."

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In reply to Ag with kids • 9:32p, 5/5/25
Just another fabrication by the anti-American goons who launder information through their propaganda wing.
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In reply to Ellis Wyatt • 9:53p, 5/5/25
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Just another fabrication by the anti-American goons who launder information through their propaganda wing.
How long until the letter signed by 51 "intelligence employees" comes out condemning Trump?
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In reply to Ag with kids • 9:59p, 5/5/25
Ag with kids said:
Ellis Wyatt said:
Just another fabrication by the anti-American goons who launder information through their propaganda wing.
How long until the letter signed by 51 "intelligence employees" comes out condemning Trump?
As soon as they get their security clearances back.
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12:09a, 5/6/25
Interesting. But won't get anywhere methinks.

"We the people are the rightful masters of both Congress and the courts, not to overthrow the Constitution but to overthrow the men who pervert the Constitution."

- Abraham Lincoln
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12:14a, 5/6/25
Think about what dire straits we're in that someone has to sure the Chief Justice to try to force him to do his job.
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In reply to Ag with kids • 12:20a, 5/6/25
Ag with kids said:
will25u said:
Doesn't seem like that is a winning argument. They seem to think that a security clearance can never be revoked.

What a ****ing whiny ***** lawsuit.

The government can take your clearance away because you have green eyes. It's not YOUR clearance. It's the GOVERNMENT'S.
Yup. Some guy the libs really liked summed it up as "Elections have consequences"
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5:12a, 5/6/25

Biggest embarrassment since Dred Scott.

Please call Thune/Cassidy/Cornyn. I could see Boasberg appointing Jack Smith as USA for DC.


Infuriating is an understatement.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 5:32a, 5/6/25
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As soon as they get their security clearances back.

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In reply to Ellis Wyatt • 11:28a, 5/6/25
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Think about what dire straits we're in that someone has to sure the Chief Justice to try to force him to do his job.
Do you think he got Money for Nothing?
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1:29p, 5/6/25

I'm Gipper
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1:32p, 5/6/25
no more dudes wearing dresses in the US military

and our taxpayer dollars going to pay for their trans surgeries!
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In reply to LMCane • 1:40p, 5/6/25
Heck, I'm just surprised KBJ didn't insist on an appendix to the denial, of around a hundred pages of drivel.
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In reply to nortex97 • 1:52p, 5/6/25
nortex97 said:
Heck, I'm just surprised KBJ didn't insist on an appendix to the denial, of around a hundred pages of drivel.
We all know that, given the chance, Boasberg would appoint a radical leftist to the position who would fight against the DOJ and become a hero (and ultimately political martyr) for the leftist #RESISTANCE cause.

Call your congressmen. Call your senators.
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In reply to Ellis Wyatt • 1:54p, 5/6/25
Ellis Wyatt said:
nortex97 said:
Heck, I'm just surprised KBJ didn't insist on an appendix to the denial, of around a hundred pages of drivel.
We all know that, given the chance, Boasberg would appoint a radical leftist to the position who would fight against the DOJ and become a hero (and ultimately political martyr) for the leftist #RESISTANCE cause.

Call your congressmen. Call your senators.
That list of uniparty Republican senators holding out would see that as a feature, not a bug.
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