Nonilex<p>Student loans, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SpecialEducation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SpecialEducation</span></a> to move out of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Education</span></a> Dept</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> continued his push to unwind the US Dept of Education, announcing that the management of the entire federal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StudentLoan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StudentLoan</span></a> portfolio & of the dept's "special needs" programs would be moved to other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalAgencies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FederalAgencies</span></a> immediately.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>regulation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-5336330/trump-education-department-student-loans-special-education-fsa" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2025/03/21/nx-s1-53363</span><span class="invisible">30/trump-education-department-student-loans-special-education-fsa</span></a></p>
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Trump Watch 👀<p>Senator Sheldon Whitehouse is demanding answers from the DOJ on the dismantling of the Public Integrity Section, a move that weakens anti-corruption efforts. Restoring these resources is vital to holding the powerful accountable. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Corruption" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corruption</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23PublicIntegrity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PublicIntegrity</a> <a href="https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-demands-answers-from-justice-department-on-dismantling-of-public-integrity-section/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release...</a><br><br><a href="https://www.whitehouse.senate.gov/news/release/whitehouse-demands-answers-from-justice-department-on-dismantling-of-public-integrity-section/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Whitehouse Demands Answers fro...</a></p>
Nonilex<p>Several senior lawyers managing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pardons</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bankruptcy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bankruptcy</span></a> litigation & other <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/legal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>legal</span></a> issues at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> were forced out on Friday as the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin continued to remove or reassign ofcls with many years of experience. The ofcl overseeing the Office of Professional Responsibility [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/OPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OPR</span></a>], which handles internal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> investigations [of course], was placed on admin leave.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PamBondi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PamBondi</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ToddBlanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToddBlanche</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/politics/trump-justice-dept-ousters.html?smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/03/07/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-justice-dept-ousters.html?smid=url-share</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> confirms ex-Trump defense lawyer as Deputy Attorney General</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>-controlled U.S. Senate on Wednesday confirmed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> defense attorney <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ToddBlanche" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ToddBlanche</span></a> to serve as Deputy Attorney General, the No. 2 role at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> Department.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-senate-confirms-ex-trump-defense-lawyer-deputy-attorney-general-2025-03-05/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/us-senate</span><span class="invisible">-confirms-ex-trump-defense-lawyer-deputy-attorney-general-2025-03-05/</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> is sowing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/chaos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chaos</span></a> at a blistering pace.</p><p>- Thomas B. Edsall</p><p>He “is dismantling <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> offices & other parts of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> apparatus for 2 reasons, one backward-looking & one forward-looking,” Richard Primus, a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> prof at the University of Michigan, wrote by email:</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/accountability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accountability</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/kleptocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>kleptocracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion/trump-agenda-firings-chaos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.UfIN.jWziIQ-9S4EQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/25/opinion</span><span class="invisible">/trump-agenda-firings-chaos.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z04.UfIN.jWziIQ-9S4EQ&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Hochul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hochul</span></a> to Seek New Oversight, but Won’t Remove <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Adams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Adams</span></a> For Now</p><p>Gov <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/KathyHochul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KathyHochul</span></a> of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NY</span></a> is said to be planning to announce that she will not remove Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> at this time, but she will seek to increase the state’s supervision of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a>’s affairs.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/nyregion/hochul-adams-nyc-oversight.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/02/20/nyregio</span><span class="invisible">n/hochul-adams-nyc-oversight.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Though the hearing was about <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> articulated a vision for the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> that precludes it from prosecuting public officials who are useful to carrying out the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s political & policy objectives.</p><p>One of Bove’s rationales for dropping the Adams case was that the prosecution would “interfere with the defendant’s ability to govern in New York City” & thus has hurt the mayor’s ability to support Trump’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> agenda.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>"Some of you have been forced to consider whether your actions will result in the elimination of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> Section, created in the wake of the Watergate scandal, & whose vital work is intended to protect the public from government <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>," it said. "Several of you have resigned, & others are wondering what will happen to the Department we served & revere."</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>justice</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpCoup</span></a></p>
Catherine Schmidt<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resist</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/resistance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resistance</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Resignations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resignations</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Saturdaynightmassacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Saturdaynightmassacre</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/publicintegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>publicintegrity</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>On Thurs, 6 lawyers — the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>-appointed acting US attorney for <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SDNY" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SDNY</span></a> & 5 prosecutors in Washington — resigned rather than accede to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a>’s demands. On Fri, a 7th stepped down, writing in his resignation letter that only a “fool” or a “coward” would sign off on the dismissal.</p><p>But those close to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> section prosecutors described Sullivan’s decision to put his name on the document as heroic. The reason … [he did it was] to protect others….</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ethics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ethics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Fri morning, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a>, acting dpty AG, stepped up pressure. After Thur’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/resignations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>resignations</span></a>, Bove held a meeting w/the entire <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> section, ~24 lawyers, looking for anyone to sign a court doc seeking dismissal of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> charges. Resignations &/or firings hang over every conversation.</p><p>Bove ordered the case be dropped on Mon. The fact that it’s now Friday afternoon & no federal prosecutor has yet complied is a sign of remarkable upheaval at the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a></p>
joe•iuculano :mastodon:<p>Via <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NBC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NBC</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Justice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Justice</span></a> reporter <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RyanJReilly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RyanJReilly</span></a> @ 6:01pm ET on Feb 13, 2025</p><p>NEW: At least three more <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrityUnit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrityUnit</span></a> senior officials have resigned after meeting with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> on the Eric <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> case. Five in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> overall.</p><p>That’s six officials who resigned, triple the number that happened during the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SaturdayNightMassacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaturdayNightMassacre</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Resignations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Resignations</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>🚨🚨 NEW: At least three MORE <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> division senior ofcls have resigned after a meeting w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s acting dpty AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> about the dismissal of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> case.</p><p>That’s a total of 6 officials who resigned, triple the number that happened during the Nixon <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/SaturdayNightMassacre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SaturdayNightMassacre</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>felon47</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Acting dpty AG <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> ordered <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DanielleSassoon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DanielleSassoon</span></a>’s office to drop the charges on Mon, saying a potential trial would come too close to when <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> is seeking reelection & the case could hinder his ability to focus on *fighting* [doing] <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crime</span></a> & illegal <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a>.
<br>But prosecutors so far have not asked the trial judge to dismiss the case. If NY prosecutors refused to do so, it’s possible that <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> ofcls would send prosecutors from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> section to make the request instead.</p>
Nonilex<p>Kevin Driscoll, a dpty asst AG in the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> division, also resigned…. A longtime career ofcl, Driscoll’s portfolio included the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> Section, which is responsible for investigations related to elected ofcls. John D. Keller—acting chief of the public integrity section—resigned as well….<br>
<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> was charged w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WireFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WireFraud</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/bribery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bribery</span></a> & seeking illegal campaign <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/donations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>donations</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EmilBove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EmilBove</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/criminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>criminal</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Felon47" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Felon47</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>‼️ The chief of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> section, Corey Amundson, is also being removed from his post, acc/to people familiar…. The section oversees <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>election</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/crimes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crimes</span></a> & investigations into <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/PublicOfficials" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PublicOfficials</span></a>, & its chief is a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonpartisan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonpartisan</span></a> career official, according to the Justice Department website.…</p><p>On Mon night, hours after <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s inauguration, the DOJ removed at least 4 top ofcls from the part of the agency that operates the nation’s heavily backlogged <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> courts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a></p>
LilMikeSF<p>Former <a href="https://c.im/tags/TrumpEra" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>TrumpEra</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DOJ</span></a> appointee in PA ran afoul of <a href="https://c.im/tags/DC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>DC</span></a> HQ by commenting on an ongoing <a href="https://c.im/tags/ElectionFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ElectionFraud</span></a> investigation before any charges were filed, and by failing to consult with the department’s <a href="https://c.im/tags/PublicIntegrity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PublicIntegrity</span></a> Section or <a href="https://c.im/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>FBI</span></a> before issuing public comments. The matter concerned 7 <a href="https://c.im/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Trump</span></a> mail in ballots that were found discarded in <a href="https://c.im/tags/LuzerneCounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LuzerneCounty</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Penn" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Penn</span></a>. The statements issued included press release from the <a href="https://c.im/tags/MDPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MDPA</span></a> that was created with the encouragement and approval of then acting U.S. Attorney General <a href="https://c.im/tags/BillBarr" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>BillBarr</span></a>, who was also a subject of the report.</p><p> <a href="https://www.law.com/2024/07/26/doj-ex-pa-prosecutors-statements-on-2020-election-fraud-investigation-misled-public/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">law.com/2024/07/26/doj-ex-pa-p</span><span class="invisible">rosecutors-statements-on-2020-election-fraud-investigation-misled-public/</span></a></p>
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