Nonilex<p>Cohen worked on multiple <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/mafia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mafia</span></a> cases & prosecutions of violent street <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/gangs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gangs</span></a>.</p><p>The 3d individual placed on leave -- a member of the office's <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/civil" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>civil</span></a> division -- posted about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElonMusk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElonMusk</span></a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a> advocate, leader of the Stop the Steal movement & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s nominee for US attorney in Washington, DC.</p><p>A spox for the U.S. Attorney's Office for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SDNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SDNY</span></a> declined to comment.</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/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</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/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
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Nonilex<p>Rachel Maddow is interviewing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/HamptonDellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HamptonDellinger</span></a> on her show tonight. </p><p>For more info:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114112857303923242" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">masto.ai/@Nonilex/114112857303</span><span class="invisible">923242</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Dellinger" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Dellinger</span></a> <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/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/whistleblower" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>whistleblower</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialCounsel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialCounsel</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EdMartin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EdMartin</span></a>’s tweet, posted by the official account for the US Attorney in DC, said:</p><p>“As President Trumps’ (sic) lawyers, we are proud to fight to protect his leadership as our President & we are vigilant in standing against entities like the AP that refuse to put America first.”</p><p>US Attys are NOT the president’s lawyers. They work for the American people & take an oath to the Constitution & to support the laws of the United States.</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</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/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
The Practical Progressive<p><a href="https://www.axios.com/2025/02/16/impeachment-judges-republicans-trump" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">axios.com/2025/02/16/impeachme</span><span class="invisible">nt-judges-republicans-trump</span></a></p><p>It’s been a long time since <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a> has been able to make any claim to being the party of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lawandorder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lawandorder</span></a>. They’ve just been the party of orders, as in follow our orders.</p><p>We need an <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/independentjudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>independentjudiciary</span></a> to provide <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/checksandbalances" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>checksandbalances</span></a> for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> to thrive.</p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NEWS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NEWS</span></a></p><p>In a letter to the inspector general of the Justice Department, Democratic members of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Committee called for an investigation into Attorney General <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a>’s handling of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> case, accusing her of weaponizing the department’s prosecutorial power to advance <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s agenda.</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/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <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/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Current & former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> officials praised those who had already stepped down, saying they sacrificed their livelihoods & dream jobs [& quite likely their physical safety; defying a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> demand pisses ofc his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/sturmabteilung" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sturmabteilung</span></a>] because they were put in an impossible position — told to do something they considered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immoral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immoral</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/illegal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>illegal</span></a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/unethical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unethical</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/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> <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/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Part of the consideration for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> lawyers is whether simply signing the document would mean risking their <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bar</span></a> license, since major ethical objections have already been made to dropping the case.</p><p>But in those private discussions, many of the lawyers believed it would be a worse outcome if all the section’s lawyers were fired or forced to resign over the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> case.</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/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</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/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <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/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Lawyers in the section understand that the outcome is in many ways already determined: Judges have little discretion but to ultimately accept such a motion. Nevertheless, it appears increasingly likely that the trial judge may hold a hearing to question <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> ofcls about the decision. Such a hearing could be difficult & embarrassing for the dept’s new leaders.</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/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</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/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> <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/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Before being summoned for the tense meeting, lawyers in the section debated their bad options, but came to increasingly believe that someone should step forward to save the jobs of the others….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a>, speaking on a video call, demanded that the court motions be signed within an hour… leaving participants with the impression that they might face disciplinary action if no one complied.</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/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</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/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <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/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Under pressure, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> lawyers felt forced to choose between bad options in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> case.</p><p>The acting dpty AG, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a>, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> political appointee, made a demand that many of them viewed as improper: One of them needed to sign the official request to dismiss <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> charges against Adams.</p><p>The lawyers knew that those who had already refused had resigned, & they could also be forced 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/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <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/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/politics/eric-adams-doj-lawyers.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/14/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/eric-adams-doj-lawyers.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Santiago Sainz :verified:<p><a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</span></a>👩⚖️ is crucial for upholding <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a>. The state powers must operate independently and without interference to ensure fair and impartial justice for all. <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/EuropeanValues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanValues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.cloud/tags/JusticeReform" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JusticeReform</span></a></p>
James M Branum יעקב מתתיהו ☮<p><a href="https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-01-14/ty-article-live/.premium/thousands-to-protest-against-netanyahus-far-right-govt-police-boost-forces-in-tel-aviv/00000185-b0b2-d9e3-a18d-fabf4ec80000#300146326" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">haaretz.com/israel-news/2023-0</span><span class="invisible">1-14/ty-article-live/.premium/thousands-to-protest-against-netanyahus-far-right-govt-police-boost-forces-in-tel-aviv/00000185-b0b2-d9e3-a18d-fabf4ec80000#300146326</span></a></p><p><a href="https://social.coop/tags/Haaretz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Haaretz</span></a> is now reporting that 80k are protesting across <a href="https://social.coop/tags/Israel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Israel</span></a> against the right-wing extremist takeover of government and their moves to curtail an <a href="https://social.coop/tags/IndependentJudiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IndependentJudiciary</span></a> and the <a href="https://social.coop/tags/RuleOfLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RuleOfLaw</span></a></p>
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