Via #KyleCheney @ 7:00am ET on May 10, 2025

NEW: Federal judges across the country are increasingly warning of a #DueProcess crisis caused by President Donald #Trump’s #deportation blitz.

Their message: If we eliminate due process for the ‘least’ of us, Americans could be next.

https://www.politico.com/news/2025/05/10/donald-trump-immigration-deportations-due-process-00339319

Via #RawStory @ 1:38pm ET on Feb 25, 2025

#Politico legal reporter #KyleCheney on Tue brought word that the #Trump #DepartmentOfJustice stumbled badly in trying to justify freezing funds for the United States Agency for International Development

During hearing in front of US District Court for #DistrictOfColumbia Judge #AmirAli, #DOJ lawyers took heat for refusing to say if government had taken any steps to comply w/ Ali's earlier order to unfreeze funding for #USAID

https://www.rawstory.com/smartnews/court-hearing-goes-exceptionally-badly-for-trump-doj-as-judge-loses-patience-reporter/

Court hearing goes 'exceptionally badly' for Trump DOJ as judge loses patience: reporter

Politico legal reporter Kyle Cheney on Tuesday brought word that the Trump Department of Justice stumbled badly in trying to justify freezing funds for the United States Agency for International Development.During a hearing in front of United States District Court for the District of Columbia Judge ...

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By #KyleCheney via #Politico @ 5:19pm ET on Dec 13, 2024

A federal judge has ordered President-elect #DonaldTrump and #ABC News host #GeorgeStephanopoulos to sit for 4-hour depositions next week in a #libel lawsuit #Trump brought against the network earlier this yr.

Miami-based US Magistrate Judge #LisetteReid issued the order Fri, signaling that Trump’s status as president-elect is not a reason to put off sworn questioning of him in connection with the suit he filed.

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2024/12/13/congress/judge-orders-trump-deposition-00194361

Via #KyleCheney, 10:54am ET

UPDATE: In light of the #pardon, Judge #Noreika has terminated the #HunterBiden case

Via #KyleCheney @ 9:25am ET on Nov 07, 2024

JUST IN: Judge #Friedrich (#Trump appointee) denies a #Jan6 defendant's motion to delay trial because of passions inflamed by the recent #election.

Via #Connecticut #Senator #ChrisMurphy @ 10:14am EDT on Oct 21, 2024

This article, by #KyleCheney, #HeidiPrzybyla, #JohnSakellariadis and #LisaKashinsky, on how #Trump will try to steal the #election if he loses is chilling.

But...you'll notice the article repeatedly notes that a little noticed bill I helped write - The #ElectoralCountReformAct - makes a steal a whole lot harder than in 2021.
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2024/10/20/trump-overturn-2024-election-plan-00184103

WHAT IN THE ACTUAL FÜ¢K?!?

Via #KyleCheney

#BREAKING: #Trump sentencing in #NY delayed until Nov. 26

By #KyleCheney and #JoshGerstein of #Politico, 12:17am, Aug 31

#SpecialCounsel #JackSmith opted against proposing new timeline Fri 2 bring #DonaldTrump 2 trial over effort 2 subvert 2020 election, telling US District Judge #TanyaChutkan it’s entirely up 2 her

In 10-page joint filing w/Trump’s attorneys, a response 2 Chutkan’s request 4 guidance & a schedule after #SupremeCourt’s ruling on #PresidentialImmunity upended case, Smith emphasizd that timeline 4 case→her call

https://www.politico.com/news/2024/08/31/jack-smith-donald-trump-trial-00176940

Via #RawStory

#RubyFreeman and #ShayeMoss, the 2 #Georgia election workers who were defamed by former #Trump attorney #RudyGiuliani in the wake of the 2020 presidential election, have taken a bold step to collect the damages that jurors awarded them last year.

#Politico's #KyleCheney flags a new filing from Freeman and Moss's attorneys in which they ask the United States Court for the Southern District of New York to give their clients control over Giuliani's assets.

https://www.rawstory.com/rudy-giuliani-ruby-freeman/

'Not subtle': CNN panel shreds Rudy Giuliani's racist attacks on defamed Georgia election workers

Former President Donald Trump's close ally Rudy Giuliani's attacks on Georgia poll workers Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss were not just defamatory, argued a CNN panel on Thursday — they were deeply racist, as Giuliani used completely unprompted language comparing the pair of Black women to drug dealers...

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