As a proud American, I do not stand with #TheNaziRapist #NaziPresident

Canada, do what you gotta do, but Never negotiate with a Nazi.

#QuidProQuo is a no no with a Nazi.

He recommended the case be dismissed “with prejudice”, meaning the charges could NOT be brought again.

“A dismissal without prejudice creates a palpable sense that the prosecution outlined in the indictment & approved by a grand jury could be renewed, a prospect that hangs like the proverbial sword of Damocles over the accused,” #PaulClement wrote in his filing.

Clement said he reached that conclusion in the face of the extraordinary circumstances of the #Trump #DOJ’s motion.

The center will dwarf the only other detention site in #NJ, a facility in Elizabeth that has about 200 beds. The new center’s location — near major airports & on the outskirts of immigrant-rich #NYC [#EricAdams #QuidProQuo] — could play a pivotal role in the agency’s ability to increase the number of detainees it can hold & to quickly stage #deportation flights.

“Normally, courts are aided in their decision-making through our system of adversarial testing," Judge Ho wrote, “which can be particularly helpful in cases presenting unusual fact patterns or in case of great public importance.”

He said that because the #DOJ & the mayor both want the charges dropped, “there has been no adversarial testing of the government’s position.”

Read Judge Ho’s Order in the #EricAdams #Corruption Case:

https://static01.nyt.com/newsgraphics/documenttools/a6299cfc2221a707/48b99d06-full.pdf

The judge, Dale E. Ho of Federal District Court in Manhattan, also called for additional briefs from the parties & said he would hold an oral argument on March 14 if he felt it necessary.

Judge Ho’s decision, explained in a 5-pg ruling, will prolong a tumultuous episode that has led to political & legal upheavals, with federal prosecutors in NY & Washington resigning & several of #EricAdams’s campaign opponents calling for him to step down.

A federal judge on Friday deferred ruling on the #DOJ’s request to drop the #corruption case against Mayor #EricAdams of #NYC, & appointed an outside lawyer to present #independent arguments on the motion, which was otherwise unopposed.

The lawyer the judge appointed, #PaulClement, is a political #conservative who was the US solicitor general during President George W. Bush’s admin.

In an insane statement after today’s hearing, #EmilBove, the acting deputy AG, invited other #DOJ officials to resign if they disagree w/his efforts to dismiss the charges against #EricAdams.

Here is the start of my #DOJ / #EricAdams dismissal hearing :

https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/114032102673968065

We did not learn much new at this hearing. But Judge Ho compelled the acting no. 2 official at the #DOJ to defend the rationale for abandoning the case against Mayor #EricAdams & ultimately decided that he would take his time in assessing the government’s motion to dismiss. Already, this means that an embarrassing episode for the #Trump #Justice Department — one that led to the resignation of at least 8 prosecutors — will be prolonged.