Judge Strikes Trump’s Rambling Lawsuit Before NY Times Even Had To Respond
#Trump has for the THIRD TIME lost his bid for a new #judge in his #NY #FalsifiedBusinessRecords #ElectionInterference #HushMoney #criminal case as it heads toward a ruling & #sentencing next month.
In a decision posted Wed, Justice Juan #Merchan declined to step aside & said Trump’s demand was a rehash “rife w/ #inaccuracies & #unsubstantiated claims” about the political ties of Mercan’s daughter & ability to judge the case fairly & impartially.
#FrivolousLawsuit #law
https://apnews.com/article/trump-recusal-judge-merchan-hush-money-trial-a8b88acde31daf3bf71b7c1b3a3b010b
Donald Trump has lost his latest bid for a new judge in his New York hush money criminal case. Judge Juan M. Merchan, in a decision posted Wednesday, declined to step aside. The decision comes as the case heads toward a key ruling and potential sentencing next month. The request was the third from lawyers for the Republican presidential nominee. They’ve argued that Merchan has a conflict of interest because his daughter works as a political consultant for prominent Democrats and campaigns, including Vice President Kamala Harris’ 2020 presidential run. She’s now Trump’s Democratic opponent in this year’s election. A state court ethics panel said last year that Merchan could continue on the case.
The #DOJ has 180 days to respond to Epstein’s notice before the case moves to federal court. Epstein further claims that the raid & subsequent #indictment were part of a broader scheme to interfere w/ #Trump’s political ambitions, describing it as “very accurate & precise election interference.” [quadruple nope]
#law #criminal #obstruction #FrivolousLawsuit #DelayTactic #ClassifiedDocuments
Epstein argues that the decisions made by AG #MerrickGarland & #FBI Dir #ChristopherWray were “inconsistent w/ protocols” [nope] & driven by an agenda to “injure President #Trump.” [double nope]
Epstein’s filing also argues: “The FBI’s conduct in the raid… constitutes a severe & unacceptable intrusion that is highly offensive to a reasonable person.” [triple nope]
#law #criminal #obstruction #FrivolousLawsuit #DelayTactic #ClassifiedDocuments
#Trump’s #legal team argues the raid was executed w/ “clear intent to engage in political persecution,” acc/to a memo *obtained* by #FauxNews reporter Brooke Singman.
The lawsuit, led by Trump atty Daniel Epstein, alleges that the #DOJ’s actions constituted “tortious conduct” against the fmr president, citing “intrusion upon seclusion, malicious prosecution, & abuse of process.”
[Give me a break.]
#law #criminal #obstruction #FrivolousLawsuit #DelayTactic #ClassifiedDocuments
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#Sony is the reason why #DRM problem is like today tho, #Nintendo is also an infamous one in #copyright #frivolouslawsuit and #drm
And I doubt both companies understand #opensource is, nor contribute to them so nope.
And the #FreeBSD source code they used is small and heavily tweak, most of the source code I think are based on previous hardwares and are proprietary or even trade secrets.
Trump ordered to pay New York Times nearly $400k in legal fees for ‘frivolous’ lawsuit
#TrumpLegalFees #NewYorkTimes #FrivolousLawsuit #LegalFees #TrumpLawsuit #NYT #Politics #News
Angelo Carusone, president of #MediaMatters, said in a statement, “This is a #FrivolousLawsuit meant to bully #X’s critics into silence.” He added that his org “stands behind its #reporting & looks forward to winning in court.”
On Mon night, #KenPaxton, the #Texas AG (recently nearly impeached), also announced that his office would open an investigation into #mmfa for “potential fraudulent activity.”
#ElonMusk #Musk #birdsite #FreePress #antisemitism #FirstAmendment #1A #law #StopHate4Profit
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