Definitely an aggressive posture if not a mistake per se. What constitutes a "crime of violence" for federal purposes is the subject of a lot of litigation and seems far from clear. Probably a good general rule of thumb is that murder doesn't belong in federal court.
https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ieqql4ogk6t5zdgimr2pntnm/post/3mdnm5y4h7c2l Thought that was complete bullshit, but guess it's not. Goes to show, as keeps being repeated, murder is not a federal charge usually unless it occurs on federal property or has some other federal nexus, the most encompassing being while committing another federal crime of violence. He's still liable for murder charges under NY law, but I don't think they have the death penalty.
I'm just trying to tell you what should happen under the rule of law. As opposed to some "this is bullshit" analysis so common online. I ain't saying it's gonna happen. But again, at the trial level at least, Trump is, as usual, getting his ass handed to him on a very regular basis.
Harmeet Dhillon pisses me off about at much as any of the other minions in this administration. I suppose I reserve special contempt for lawyers that double down on dumb.
Yeah, I later reviewed the article, which contained some of that information. Duh. And yeah, you'd think these would be close to time-barred if not outright time-barred. Not sure if that gets addressed at the warrant stage. The magistrate judge, Catherine Salinas, is a UT Law grad whose first term as a magistrate commenced in 2015. https://icle.gabar.org/speaker/catherine-salinas-1233856
Man, I think we all know that natural blondes are exceedingly rare, so most adult blonde women are "bleach blondes." I'm not going to begrudge most women their hair color, although most times I would prefer their natural color. But there are some women for whom being blonde is like a bad toupee on a guy. Just a bad look. Erika Kirk is one of those.
In case you were not aware, the gubmint tried to proceed against Lemon and several others by criminal complaint instead of indictment. The magistrate judge said NOPE. They tried to appeal to the Chief District Judge and when he wouldn't act immediately tried to appeal him. Nope, nope, nope. All they had to do was go to a grand jury, which will usually indict a ham sandwich, except for Trump's DOJ. Seems like the grand jury did their bidding. One thing I have figured out is that grand juries are not "sequestered" from the news and daily events, as a petit jury is supposed to be. So, they often know of the shenanigans the prosecutors and government are up to and makes it more unlikely that they will indict a prosecutorial abuse. I think you can count on the district judge firing this case into the sun. It would be funny if it got assigned to Schiltz, the Chief Judge, who is exceeding wroth with the administration/ICE at this point.
So, the statute of limitations on bringing such a suit is two years. These are the disclosures that led to the 2020 NYT and ProPublica articles. Apparently, the IRS sent a formal notice, kind of like those "data breach" notices, in December 2024. But he clearly knew that the IRS DoT had permitted a secrecy breach more than two years ago, by the publication of those articles, and even knew the details by Littlejohn's indictment and guilty plea. He was sentenced two years ago to the day. https://www.justice.gov/criminal/criminal-vns/case/united-states-v-charles-littlejohn So this is pretty obviously a time-barred lawsuit. That should be dismissed with prejudice. So, is DOJ gonna raise that defense? Can/will a judge dismiss a suit sua sponte on limitations grounds? Why didn't he file it with Cannon? She'd at least let it hang around for the DOJ to dole out some money.