NonilexMar 17

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 17

The rapid sequence of events on Monday in the courtroom of Judge Zahid N. Quraishi was the latest indication of growing tensions between the #DOJ & the federal #judiciary in NJ. It came during the scheduled sentencing of a man who last year agreed to plead guilty to possession of child pornography.

#Trump #law #kakistocracy #idiocracy

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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

Mar 17 at 6:23pmWeb
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The judge then ordered the 3 leaders of the NJ office, who last week were found to be occupying their positions unlawfully, to appear next month to testify about their office’s leadership structure. Attorney General #PamBondi appointed the unconventional three-person leadership team in December after #AlinaHabba was also found to be unlawfully appointed & was disqualified. The leaders are Philip Lamparello, Jordan Fox & Ari Fontecchio.

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

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#AlinaHabba is now a senior adviser to the attorney general [assistant to the regional manager] & supervises #US #attorneys around the United States. She has been in the New Jersey office in recent weeks. It is unclear why. Her presence alone would not be inappropriate or out of the ordinary given her position. It is unclear what motivated Judge Quraishi’s questions.

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

Show threadf*cking b*tch clubMar 17
@Nonilex I’d love to have seen that!