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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

Apparently #USAG Pam Bondi doesn't think being truthful is in the interest of the US:

Her excuse for putting a #DOJ atty on administrative leave for telling the truth: "Justice Dept attys are obligated to zealously defend the interests of the United States."

Define "interests."

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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

Trump orders #USAG to jerk security clearances & ban from Federal buildings 2 of USA's most prestigious law firms, severely limiting their ability to represent their clients:

Covington & Burling represents Jack Smith, the special counsel who brought criminal charges against Trump in 2 cases:
independent.co.uk/news/world/a

Perkins Coie law firm represented Hillary Clinton’s campaign:
aol.com/finance/trump-hit-law-

Whoa there, big guy: Williams & Connolly to the rescue! nytimes.com/2025/03/10/us/poli

The Independent · Trump confirms retribution campaign against law firms that clash with his agendaBy Alex Woodward
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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

Senior US prosecutor resigns, citing demand to probe #Biden-era contract.

#MSNBC:
She'd determined there was not enough evidence for a bank to justifiy freezing the company's assets.

Ie, she was asked to fabricate a crime where there was none.

Clearly meant to discredit/smear Biden/#Dems, but also benefiting Musk or other DJT ally?

Selective prosecution = persecution.

Trump weaponizing #DoJ despite #USAG Bondi's empty promises at her #Senate confirmation hearing.
reuters.com/world/us/senior-us

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Victoria Stuart 🇨🇦 🏳️‍⚧️

[thread] Pam Bondi
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bond

* attorney/lobbyist/politician (R-FL)
* FL attorney general 2011-2019
* Trump defense attorney
* led legal arm, Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute

* Nov 2024 nom. U.S. attorney general after Gaetz withdrew
Matt Gaetz: mastodon.social/@persagen/1134

Trump taps loyalist Pam Bondi for U.S. AG after Gaetz withdraws
apnews.com/article/gaetz-trump

#USpol #PamBondi #USAG #DOJ #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism
#Trumpism #AFPI #AmericaFirstPolicyInstitute

[thread] Pam Bondi https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pam_Bondi see also [thread] Matt Gaetz: https://mastodon.social/@persagen/113477966815684871 * attorney, lobbyist, politician (R-FL) * Florida attorney general 2011-2019 * Trump defense attorney * led legal arm of Trump-aligned America First Policy Institute * Nov 2024 tapped for U.S. attorney general after Matt Gaetz withdrew nomination #USpol #PamBondi #Trump2 #GOP #fascism #authoritarianism #Christofascism #antiLGBT #transphobia #antiLGBT
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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

#USAG Merrick Garland appeals Aileen Cannon's #ClassifiedDocumentsCase dismissal.

“For more than 20yrs, I was a federal judge. Do I look like somebody who would make that basic mistake about the law? I don’t think so,” he said.

“This is the same process of appointing special counsel as was followed in the previous administration. Until now, every single court, including the Supreme Court, that has considered the legality of a special counsel appointment has upheld it.”

huffpost.com/entry/attorney-ge

HuffPost · Garland Pushes Back On Judge’s Decision To Dismiss Trump’s Classified Documents CaseBy Shruti Rajkumar
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Nonilex

#RobertHur said that AG #MerrickGarland did not interfere w/his investigation or attempt to modify his report.
Rep Joe #Neguse asked #Hur a series of yes/no questions about whether #Garland —or any #DOJ ofcls— attempted to impede the investigation.

The appointment of a #SpecialCounsel is intended to make high-profile, sensitive investigations as #independent & #apolitical as possible. A SC has more independence from DOJ ldrs than other fed prosecutors, but still ultimately answers to the #USAG.

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Nonilex

Threats to #UnitedStates #PublicServants are spiking, #Garland says

Federal #law enforcement has recorded a “deeply disturbing spike” in #threats against government workers & public servants in recent months, #USAG #MerrickGarland told reporters Fri.

This week alone, ofcls are investigating #BombThreats that forced evacuations at several courthouses & state capitols across the country. The AG said federal ofcls also arrested & charged a man for threatening to kill a congressman & his children.

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Gina Intheburg 🇺🇦 🌻 🥥🌴

Nora R. Dannehy, a nominee for the Connecticut Supreme Court, testified as to why she quit the Trump-Russia investigation & resigned from Barr's #DoJ without public comment in September 2020:

Then-#USAG William P. Barr had improperly pressured the Trump-Russia investigation for an interim public report, the draft of which she strongly disagreed with, as well as his public comments on the investigation ahead of the 2020 presidential election.

apnews.com/article/connecticut

ctmirror.org/2023/09/20/nora-d

AP NewsFormer federal prosecutor who resigned from Trump-Russia probe says she left over concerns with BarrBy SUSAN HAIGH
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