Emi And The Desert Crow

Jack Smith subpoenaed for deposition with House Judiciary Committee Subpoena includes sweeping demand for all documents and communications from Smith's time as special counsel

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(Behind closed doors obviously, because Jim Jordan is too scared to allow Jack Smith to testify publicly like he requested).

Trump pardons Texas Democrat Henry Cuellar Cuellar and his wife were charged in 2024 with accepting $600,000 in bribes from foreign entities.

Imagine working for years to build a case, only to discover that the defendant quickly learned that all they need to do to secure a reprieve is to say “weaponized”, “lawfare”, and “Biden” in the correct order.

They’re asking whether the subpoenas “served a dual purpose”: both investigating election subversion and “keeping tabs on the oversight probes.”

Just main character syndrome all the way down.

Also, I see “obtained by lawful subpoena” is now “seized” to make it sound terrifying and dramatic.

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Jordan, other lawmakers were probing DoJ conduct when J6 prosecutors seized their phone records

New MAGA conspiracy theory just dropped!

Trumpist site Just The News — a favorite dumping ground for Trump-aligned leakers — is now trying to link Jack Smith’s subpoenas for toll records to Jim Jordan’s supposed “investigation” of DOJ.

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Yep! They get training and there’s a legal advisor on hand.

Trump DOJ Trying to Get New Grand Jury to Indict Comey Again Despite Statute of Limitations Already Expiring The Department of Justice is trying to bring a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey after the previous attempt was dismissed, according to a report by MS NOW.

I guess Bondi’s vow of an “immediate” appeal actually meant “wait a week and then desperately seek a new indictment”.

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Institute also seeks an order from the Court directing the clerk to publicly file a copy of Volume Il on the public docket. ECF No. 721. The remaining parties to the litigation, the United States, Nauta and De Oliveira, filed Joint Status Reports with the Court on March 14, 2025, and December 1, 2025, indicating their positions with respect to the release of Volume II, ECF Nos. 738 and 753, and filed their respective briefs in opposition to the pending motions on March 24, 2025, and March 14, 2024. ECF Nos. 739 and 740. 5. President Trump hereby moves for leave to participate in the proceedings as amicus curiae for the limited purpose of reaffirming and incorporating by reference his prior legal arguments to the Court, as well as those made by co-defendants Nauta and De Oliveira, that Volume Il of Jack Smith's Final Report should not be made public. President Trump's limited participation in the proceedings will not cause delay or prejudice any party, and this request is consistent with the Court's prior decision to grant President Trump amicus status as to the January 21, 2025 Order. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Court should permit President Trump to participate as amicus curiae for the limited purpose of reaffirming the legal arguments presented in his prior briefing and oral argument, as well as those of Nauta and De Oliveira, and should deny the motions of American Oversight and the Knight Institute to intervene and thereby perpetuate Jack Smith's unlawful criminal investigations and proceedings.

He doesn’t want to report to be released because it would “perpetuate Jack Smith's unlawful criminal investigations and proceedings.”

Again, the investigation was not unlawful.

He only wants it covered up because he knows EXACTLY how terrible his conduct was.

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“The…appeal…was later dismissed, but only after the Biden Justice Department sought to unlawfully release Smith's "Final Report" prepared in connection with his unconstitutional investigations…”

Releasing Special Counsel reports is not unlawful. The investigations were not unconstitutional.

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Trump's staff, Waltine Nauta, with six felony counts. ECF No. 3. On July 27, 2023, the grand jury returned a Superseding Indictment, also signed by Jack Smith, increasing the number of total charges against President Trump to forty and adding a third defendant, Carlos De Oliveira. ECF No. 85. 2. I On July 15, 2024, the Court issued its Order dismissing the Superseding Indictment based upon Jack Smith's unconstitutional appointment and expenditure of millions of federal taxpayer dollars in his pursuit to imprison President Trump. ECF No. 672. Although the Biden Justice Department initially appealed the Court's dismissal, it was forced to abandon that appeal as to President Trump after his overwhelming victory in the 2024 Presidential Election. The Department's appeal as to Nauta and De Oliveira was later dismissed, but only after the Biden Justice Department sought to unlawfully release Smith's "Final Report" prepared in connection with his unconstitutional investigations in the District of Columbia and the Southern District of Florida. See ECF No. 679. On January 21, 2025, the Court granted the Emergency Motion of Nauta and De Oliveira to preclude the release of Volume Il of the Final Report. ECF No. 714. In the Order, the Court denied President Trump's request to intervene in proceedings but granted his alternative, unopposed request to participate as amicus curiae to challenge the release of Volume Il. Id. President Trump's amicus curiae briefing is docketed at ECF Nos. 681 and 700, and counsel for President Trump appeared on his behalf at the Court's January 17, 2025 hearing on the Emergency Motion. 4. On February 14, 2025, and February 24, 2025, respectively, American Oversight and the Knight Institute moved to intervene in the district court proceedings and seek dissolution and/or rescission of the Court's January 21, 2025 Order. ECF Nos. 717 and 721. The Knight

“Although the Biden Justice Department initially appealed the Court's dismissal, it was forced to abandon that appeal as to President Trump after his overwhelming victory in the 2024 Presidential Election.”

This vomitous BS again…

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This is blatant lie. It wasn’t “revealed” because those of us who paid attention already knew. The subpoenas were NOT “unlawful”. Obtaining toll records is not spying.

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Footnote: “Congressional leaders have obtained and released documents revealing that Jack Smith and his team sought and obtained hundreds of unlawful subpoenas to spy on Republican Members of Congress and conservative individuals and entities.”

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“…so-called Special Counsel Jack Smith unlawfully secured an indictment…The Indictment, marred by numerous deficiencies and repeated abuses of office…”

(It was not unlawful, the “deficiencies” and “repeated abuses of office” don’t exist).

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Trump has filed in response to this, “in his individual capacity.”

It’s as you would expect…

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A note on magistrate judges: because they are mostly volunteers, they skew older, whiter, and better off financially than the communities they serve. There is a glaring need for diversity on the magistrates' bench.

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And this won't solve the problem. The issue is with funding. There were already many offenses that were ineligible to be decided by a jury and instead were heard by magistrates (the vast majority are volunteers).

Absolutely terrible to see this under a Labour government, led by a prosecutor.

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Lammy: Courts cannot cling on to jury trials for the sake of tradition

This is a fallacy by the UK Justice Secretary. It's not about "tradition". The right to be judged by a jury of your peers is a cornerstone of democratic society and a fundamental check on state power.

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Juries to be scrapped in thousands of cases, Lammy confirms The justice secretary outlined ‘bold but necessary’ reforms including removing juries in cases that could have a jail sentence of three years or less

I hate this so, so much.

The backlog in courts in England and Wales was primarily caused by chronic underfunding; the coalition government (led by the Conservatives) slashed costs by 30% and the justice system never recovered.

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“This would allow the defendants to seek appropriate relief from this Court if the Attorney General expressed an intention to release Volume Il outside the Department of Justice.”

“The parties further agree that, should the Court lift its January 21, 2025 Order, the Court should require the Department of Justice to provide written notice to counsel for Mr. Nauta and Mr. De Oliveira sixty days prior to releasing a redacted version.“

“…the [US] understands & appreciates the arguments made by Mr Nauta & Mr De Oliveira regarding the extraordinary prejudice they would suffer if Volume Il of the Special Counsel's Report were to be released & does not object to their positions that the January 21, 2025 Order should remain in effect.”

“The United States, Mr. Nauta and Mr. De Oliveira respectfully submit that intervention is improper and this Court should deny the pending motions without reaching the merits of Petitioners' requests for vacatur.”

Positions Of The Parties Regarding The January 21, 2025 Order The United States, Mr. Nauta and Mr. De Oliveira respectfully submit that intervention is improper and this Court should deny the pending motions without reaching the merits of Petitioners' requests for vacatur. Further, the parties maintain and hereby incorporate the positions articulated in their Joint Status Report filed on March 14, 2025, ECF No. 738. For the reasons enumerated in the Joint Status Report, the United States understands and appreciates the arguments made by Mr. Nauta and Mr. De Oliveira regarding the extraordinary prejudice they would suffer if Volume Il of the Special Counsel's Report ("Volume II") were to be released and does not object to their positions that the January 21, 2025 Order should remain in effect. The parties further agree that, should the Court lift its January 21, 2025 Order, the Court should require the Department of Justice to provide written notice to counsel for Mr. Nauta and Mr. De Oliveira sixty days prior to releasing a redacted version. This would allow the defendants to seck appropriate relief from this Court if the Attorney General expressed an intention to release Volume Il outside the Department of Justice. By: Respectfully submitted, JASON A. REDING QUINONES UNITED STATES ATTORNEY

Judge Cannon’s docket (attempt by American Oversight and Knight First Amendment Institute to force the release of Volume II of Jack Smith’s report):

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Right?!

“But now he’s going after his enemies as revenge for being indicted!” I’m sorry, I didn’t realize we should avoid holding people accountable just in case they react vindictively (and come on — he would have done that without the need for an excuse, he tried to in 1.0)

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The author says the case brought us presidential immunity. Well, blame the Justices who made it up out of thin air. That decision is patently absurd and I still can’t wrap my head around how completely shameful it was.

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Georgia's prosecutor drops a Trump case. If only Garland had done the same.

I’m rather tired of the Washington Post’s slow drip feed of “Jack Smith should NEVER have prosecuted Trump” articles…

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The Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel has advised that Lindsey Halligan can continue to be referred to as the Eastern District of Virginia's US attorney in court filings, according to an email shared with the office Wednesday. Halligan should be listed in the signature block used on all pleadings as "United States Attorny and Special United States Attorney," according to the email, which misspells "Attorney."

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I just can't accept the fact that these people, including the FREAKING PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, tried to overturn a free and fair election.

And got away with it.

It's beyond outrageous, it's absolutely disgusting. What a stain in the historical record.

Georgia prosecutor who took over 2020 election interference case says he's dropping charges against Trump and others Pete Skandalakis, who took over the case after Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was disqualified, said the case was "without precedent."

FFS. I had a really bad feeling about this when he took over. Turns out I had a good reason to feel that way.

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