@offline_and_free @cbarbermd
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Democrats are just as complicit....

Yea, they do the bad but.... many hosts and folks are saying WE GET IT, #bodycams are NOT the big issue (they just get turned off), it's the #mideterms

This guy points out...
@stacescases2.bsky.social
THIS is what you thought was BETTER than a ⭕#HarrisWalz presidency #America?! WTAF?!

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#Comey investigation for sea shells on the beach

The #fisk of the #PamBondi statement on the #LindseyHalligan departure continues:

> and fulfilled her responsibilities with courage and resolve.

#ErikSiebert, #JamesComey, and #LetitiaJames all had the courage to tell Trump "no" and the skills to fulfill their responsibilities. Halligan’s lack of experience was cited by Judge #Novak as a reason he didn’t impose sanctions for her inability to parse and follow the law.

> Her departure is a significant loss for the Department of Justice

Normative opinion; contradicted by judicial action. Judges kicked her out because that was necessary under the #law, not a loss of a bona fide asset of the #DOJ.

> and the communities she served.

You are thinking of Erik #Siebert or career prosecutors, I think.

> While we will feel her absence keenly, we are confident that she will continue to serve her country in other ways.

James #Comey wanted to serve his country and the #Constitution and #Trump tried to imprison him with the illegal appointment of #Halligan.

> The circumstances that led to this outcome are deeply misguided.

I agree, #Trump is a misguided circumstance. But the circumstances that led to Halligan’s ouster are: Article II of the US Constitution, 28 U.S.C. § 546, and established precedent on officer appointments.

> We are living in a time when a democratically elected President's ability to staff key law enforcement positions faces serious obstacles.

I support the #USConstitution, Pam #Bondi, why don’t you? The president was Constitutionally elected, not democratically as then a majority would have voted for him.

2025/11/24 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135.213.0.pdf Judge Curie: Nope, Halligan’s “appointment” evaded Congressional approval and is invalid. Comey’s indictment never happened. #Comey

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.583341/gov.uscourts.vaed.583341.140.0_1.pdf Judge Curie: And Letitia James’ indictment didn’t happen. If the government wants to do this, they need to start over. #Letitia_james

Elsewhere, before Judge #Novak:
2025/12/02 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311.1.0_1.pdf Halligan: I love my "job."

2025/12/22 (Appeals are filed, eventually consolidated, but the government lawyer’s haven’t yet stated a case and no one sought to stay the order)

2026/01/06 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311.16.0.pdf Judge Novak: Explain how this is your job.

2026/01/13 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311.22.0.pdf #Halligan: Not going to explain. You're not the boss of me!

#USConstitution #Constitution #USLaw #Law

https://constitution.congress.gov/browse/essay/artII-S2-C2-3-1/ALDE_00013092/

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/541

https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/28/546

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/LSB11345

Halligan’s response to the judge Tuesday — a remarkably defiant document that strains the boundaries of standard legal rhetoric and logic … characterized [District Judge David J.] Novak’s questions as “a thinly veiled threat” against her authority and claimed the previous unlawful appointment ruling only prevented her from working the dismissed cases against #Comey and James … did not explain why she and the DOJ have repeatedly identified her as a full U.S. attorney in court filings — dropping “acting” or “interim” from her title — even though she was never confirmed by the Senate or federal judges in the Eastern District of Virginia.

— Jacob Knutson

https://www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/lindsey-halligan-disqualified-trump-attorney-judge-power-abuse-authority/

#Halligan #Novak #USCourts #Virginia #VAED #Contempt #Letitia_james #PACER #RECAP #USConstitution #Constitution

Original Filings on Halligan's irregular appointment:
2025/10/20 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135.60.0.pdf Comey: Halligan not appointed
2025/10/24 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.583341/gov.uscourts.vaed.583341.22.0.pdf James: Halligan not appointed
2025/10/31 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135.130.0.pdf Congress: Halligan not appointed
2025/11/03 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135.137.0.pdf Halligan: Am too!
2025/11/03 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.583341/gov.uscourts.vaed.583341.43.0.pdf Halligan: Am too!
2025/11/10 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135.175.0.pdf Comey: Still nope.
2025/11/10 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.583341/gov.uscourts.vaed.583341.56.0.pdf James: Do you even law?
2025/11/13 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135.186.0.pdf Currie: I'm the judge. These are my notes.
2025/11/24 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135/gov.uscourts.vaed.582135.213.0.pdf Currie: Nope. Not a real US Attorney.
2025/12/02 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311.1.0_1.pdf Halligan: I love my "job"
2026/01/06 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311.16.0.pdf Judge Novak: Explain.
2026/01/13 https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311.22.0.pdf Halligan: Not going to explain. You're not the boss of me!

@cdarwin Court: What is this crap? Didn’t a judge tell you that you’re not the US Attorney?

Lindsey #Halligan: Just because a judge decided that it is unconstitutional for me to say I am the US Attorney and threw out my case against #Comey, doesn’t mean I need to stop acting as and signing court papers as US Attorney. Also, you are not very good at this law thing, Judge.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311/gov.uscourts.vaed.586311.22.0.pdf