Show threadNonilex4d ago

The hearing did not go as prosecutors had planned. Judge Quraishi grew frustrated with the office’s head of appeals, Mark Coyne, who had not formally disclosed that he would appear, & fiercely interrogated a more junior prosecutor about whether the former interim #USattorney, #AlinaHabba, still had some role in operating the office.

Judge Quraishi eventually threw Coyne out.

#Trump #law #DOJ #Judiciary #kakistocracy #idiocracy

Nonilex4d ago

The #judiciary has had it with #Trump’s clowns

Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court & Orders Bosses to Testify

Judge Zahid Quraishi ordered a hearing on who had the authority to lead New Jersey’s top federal law enforcement office.

A federal judge threw a top prosecutor from the NJ #USattorney’s office out of his courtroom during a sentencing hearing this week & demanded that the office’s leadership testify about who had authority over their actions.

#law
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/17/nyregion/judge-quraishi-new-jersey-attorneys-office.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share

Judge Ejects Federal Prosecutor From Court and Orders Bosses to Testify

Judge Zahid Quraishi ordered a hearing on who had the authority to lead New Jersey’s top federal law enforcement office.

The New York Times
Show threadNonilexMar 13

In a blistering 27-page decision unsealed on Friday, the judge, James #Boasberg, derided the #USattorney’s office in Washington, led by the #Trump loyalist #JeaninePirro, for pursuing a case against #JeromePowell. It appeared that the only reason prosecutors had to do so, he added, was Trump’s desire to seek #vengeance against the #Fed chair. Powell has long resisted calls from the White House to adjust #InterestRates for political reasons.

#MafiaState #law #LegalEthics #FederalReserve #economy

Show threadNonilexMar 11

#DOJ officials & #USAttorney Jason Reding Quiñones made a push in January to bring a case against him, according to two people briefed on the matter, but some career prosecutors in the Southern District of Florida resisted the pressure.

Those career prosecutors are facing a new wave of pressure now, one of the sources said, & are struggling to delay bringing the case to a grand jury.

#law #LegalEthics #Trump #Russia #RevengePolitics

Show threadNonilexMar 11

Prosecutors in the Miami #USattorney’s office have been leading the #JohnBrennan probe, which relates to testimony the ex-intelligence chief gave to #Congress in 2023 & the #Russia investigation years earlier, issuing 2 rounds of subpoenas to several witnesses.

Yet the push for charges has run into career prosecutors raising concerns in southern Florida, with some viewing the potential case as relatively weak.

#law #LegalEthics #DOJ #Trump #RevengePolitics

Show threadNonilexMar 10

US District Judge Matthew Brann said that a trio of #DOJ lawyers who have been leading the office since late last year had been unlawfully serving in their positions. AG #PamBondi appointed them after Brann disqualified #AlinaHabba, #Trump’s previous choice for #USattorney in NJ, in August amid similar questions over the legality of her appointment.

#judiciary #law #Constitution

NonilexMar 10

Trio named to replace #AlinaHabba as #USattorney is also serving illegally, judge says

A federal judge upended the leadership of New Jersey’s US attorney’s office again Monday, ruling for the second time in less than a year that the #Trump admin had illegally sought to bypass #Congress & install its own picks to head the prominent prosecutorial outpost.

#judiciary #law #Constitution #DOJ
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2026/03/09/new-jersey-us-attorney/

Trio named to replace Alina Habba as U.S. attorney is also serving illegally, judge says

The decision comes amid a growing standoff over U.S. attorney appointments among all three branches of government.

The Washington Post
Show threadNonilexMar 6

…The #USAttorney’s Office in the Southern District of #Florida — which includes Miami, the center of the Cuban exile community — will be overseeing the prosecution group, according to the official….

The #Cuba prosecution effort could follow parts of the model the #Trump admin used to remove #Maduro from power in #Venezuela. …The #DOJ indicted Maduro in 2020…. In January, the admin launched an attack on Venezuela, capturing Maduro & bringing him to NY to face charges.

#law #RegimeChange

NonilexMar 6

#LindseyHalligan faces investigation by #Florida #Bar

The #DOJ has proposed new “regulations” that would allow it to intervene in state bar disciplinary actions, which it claims have become “weaponized.”

Halligan, the former interim #USattorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, is facing an investigation by the Florida Bar for her role in pursuing criminal charges against 2 of #Trump’s most prominent political foes….

#law #LegalEthics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/05/halligan-bar-complaint-florida/

Lindsey Halligan faces investigation by Florida Bar

The Justice Department has proposed new regulations that would allow it to intervene in state bar disciplinary actions, which it said have become “weaponized.”

The Washington Post
Show threadNonilexMar 4

The proposal would give the #USattorney general the right to review misconduct allegations against current or former #DOJ #attorneys & request that disciplinary authorities at the state level suspend their investigations.

That would mean that ​the #US AG, by dragging out such a review, could stall any such investigation.

#Trump #law #LegalEthics #judiciary #Constitution #SeparationOfPowers #AmericanBarAssociation #Federalism #states #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny