#Brennan’s lawyer said in a letter to the chief federal judge in Miami that prosecutors had told his client that he is a target of the investigation. He stated prosecutors were "#JudgeShopping" by trying to steer the investigation to a Trump-appointed judge in Fort Pierce, Florida, who previously dismissed a #criminal case against #Trump [yup, it’s the ever-so-compromised #AileenCannon.

#law #ElectionInterference #Russia #WeaponizationOfGovernment #propaganda #gaslighting #RevengePolitics

…The case is assigned to Rao & Circuit Judges Justin Walker & J. Michelle Childs. Walker, also a #Trump nominee, wrote a separate opinion concurring with Rao’s. Childs, who was nominated by Democratic President Joe #Biden, dissented from the majority.
Childs said the court’s majority has trampled on Boasberg’s authority “in a way that will affect not only these #contempt proceedings but will also echo in future proceedings against all litigants.”TYVM

#law #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping

#Boasberg has said the #Trump admin may have acted in #BadFaith by trying to rush Venezuelan immigrants out of the country in defiance of his order. He said he gave the admin “ample opportunity to rectify or explain their actions” but concluded that “none of their responses has been satisfactory.”

#law #immigration #AlienEnemiesAct #DueProcess #rendition #StateSponsoredAbduction #CivilRights #HumanRights #DualState #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping

“Our system is built on the executive branch, including the president, respecting #CourtOrders. In this case there is no longer any question that the #Trump administration willfully violated the court’s order,” Gelernt said in a statement.

Rao was nominated by Trump, a Republican.

#law #immigration #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping

The #Trump admin has a “clear & indisputable” right to the termination of the #contempt proceedings [WTF?? Since when can the defendant make their own ruling?], Circuit Judge Neomi Rao wrote in the court’s majority opinion.

“The legal error at the heart of these #criminal #contempt proceedings demonstrates why further investigation by the district court is an abuse of discretion,” Rao wrote.

#law #AbuseOfPower #judiciary #JudgeShopping

The case is going to be heard by a panel of judges in the #FifthCircuit Court of Appeals. Of the Circuit Court judges, only 5 out of 26 were appointed by a Democratic president.

#ElonMusk & #JeffBezos have gone #DistrictShopping instead of #JudgeShopping. It would be hard to find another District that was more designed for #conservative #Republican goals.

#law #Union #Labor #5thCircuit #SCOTUS #Alito