Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  10 hours ago
It represents a big legal victory for #Trump, who won the Nov 5 #US election & is set to return to office on Jan 20.

The #DOJ policy that the prosecutors cited dates back to the 1970s. It holds that a #criminal prosecution of a sitting president would violate the US #Constitution by undermining the ability of the country's *chief executive* to *function*. Courts will still have to approve both requests from prosecutors.

#law #democracy

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  10 hours ago
The prosecutors in a filing in the #ElectionSubversion case said the #DOJ’s policy requires the case to be dismissed before #Trump returns to the White House.

"This outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the case against the defendant," prosecutors wrote in the filing.

#criminal #law #democracy#Jan6 #insurrection

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  10 hours ago
The order from #Chutkan puts an end to the federal effort to hold #Trump criminally responsible for his attempts to hold onto #power after losing the #2020election, culminating in the #Jan6, 2021 violent #insurrection at the #US Capitol by a mob of his supporters.

The move came after #SpecialCounsel#JackSmith …moved to dismiss the #ElectionInterference case & end his attempt to revive a separate case accusing Trump of illegally retaining #ClassifiedDocuments when he left office in 2021….

#law

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  10 hours ago
It represents a big legal victory for #Trump, who won the Nov 5 #US election & is set to return to office on Jan 20.

The #DOJ policy that the prosecutors cited dates back to the 1970s. It holds that a #criminal prosecution of a sitting president would violate the US #Constitution by undermining the ability of the country's *chief executive* to *function*. Courts will still have to approve both requests from prosecutors.

#law #democracy

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  10 hours ago
Judge #Chutkan tosses #Trump 2020 #ElectionInterference case after prosecutors' request

A US judge on Monday dismissed the federal #criminal case accusing Trump of attempting to overturn his #2020election defeat after prosecutors moved to drop that prosecution & a second case against the president-elect, citing #DOJ policy against prosecuting a sitting president.

#democracy#Jan6 #insurrection #law #justice
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-prosecutor-smith-asks-judge-dismiss-2020-election-subversion-case-against-2024-11-25/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  2 months ago
At least a dozen employees at the Dept of #VeteransAffairs improperly accessed the #MedicalRecords of VP nominees #JDVance & #TimWalz this summer, VA investigators found, in a violation of federal #health #privacy #laws that is under #criminal investigation.
VA ofcls notified the #Vance & #Walz campaigns about the breaches after discovering the unauthorized viewing by employees at the agency’s massive health-care arm, the #Veterans Health Admin….

#law#USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/09/30/vance-walz-medical-records-breach-va/

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  2 months ago
Judge #Chutkan, in her ruling, emphasized that #Trump’s political concerns over the timing of the #evidence release had no bearing on the court’s decision. She noted that the judicial process must proceed without regard to the #election calendar, stating, “what needs to happen before or shouldn’t happen before the election is not relevant here.”

Chutkan's order also denied Trump’s repeated requests to #delay the pretrial schedule, ensuring that the case will continue to move forward.

#law

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  2 months ago
#Trump’s legal team had also objected to the length of the brief. Judge Chutkan dismissed this argument, noting the "challenging" & fact-bound nature of the issues that required such a comprehensive filing.

Trump’s defense raised concerns that the brief’s release could influence public opinion & impact his candidacy. Chutkan rejected these claims, asserting that they did not show any legal prejudice to Trump.

#law #criminal #conspiracy#Jan6#Insurrection#ElectionInterference#FakeElectors

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  2 months ago
Judge Tanya #Chutkan will allow #SpecialCouncil#JackSmith to file a 180 page brief laying out all the evidence against Trump in support of the lawsuit against Trump for interfering in the 2020 election.

#law #criminal #conspiracy #obstruction#Jan6#Insurrection#StochasticTerrorism#ElectionInterference#FakeElectors#Extremism#DomesticTerrorism#MAGA#NationalSecurity#TrumpIsAThreatToNationalSecurity#TrumpIsAnInsurrectionist

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  3 months ago
Inside #Project2025’s Secret Training Videos

“Eradicate #ClimateChange references”; only talk to #conservative #media; don’t leave a paper trail for watchdogs to discover [ #criminal activity]. In a series of never-before-published videos, Project 2025 details how a second #Trump admin would operate.

#Vance#HeritageFoundation #extremism #radicalization#FarRight
#law #democracy#HarrisWalz2024
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-project-2025-secret-training-videos-trump-election

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
However, a trial will not be possible before his November #election matchup against MVP #Harris …because whatever the judge decides is expected to wind up back before #SCOTUS next year.

#Legal analysts noted that nearly 5 weeks after the #SupremeCourt issued its landmark decision in Trump v. United States, some of the urgency that once drove the #ElectionInterference case has dissipated.

#law #criminal#ElectionInterference #conspiracy#TrumpTrial#Jan6#Insurrection#NationalSecurity

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
“There’s no point in haste now, because there’s no way to do the #trial now before the #election,” fmr federal prosecutor & George Washington University #law professor Randall Eliason said. If #Trump wins in Nov & returns to the White House in Jan, his #DOJ would be expected to drop the case, & he could not be prosecuted while in office anyway.
“If he loses, there will be plenty of time to do a trial next year & get all the issues right,” Eliason said.

#criminal#ElectionInterference#Jan6

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
#SCOTUS on July 1 ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that #Trump & other presidents are absolutely #immune from #prosecution when carrying out their core constitutional powers, but can face #trial for private conduct or for official acts under narrow exceptions to be hammered out by lower courts. Judge #Chutkan now must decide which if any of Trump’s efforts to overturn the #2020election while president may be prosecutable.
#law #criminal#ElectionInterference #conspiracy#Jan6#Insurrection
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
However, a trial will not be possible before his November #election matchup against MVP #Harris …because whatever the judge decides is expected to wind up back before #SCOTUS next year.

#Legal analysts noted that nearly 5 weeks after the #SupremeCourt issued its landmark decision in Trump v. United States, some of the urgency that once drove the #ElectionInterference case has dissipated.

#law #criminal#ElectionInterference #conspiracy#TrumpTrial#Jan6#Insurrection#NationalSecurity

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
US prosecutors & lawyers for #Trump will return to federal court on Aug 16 to decide how his #2020election #obstruction case can proceed after #SCOTUS ruled last month that presidents have broad #immunity from prosecution.

US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan set the hearing in Washington after the #SupremeCourt returned the case to her control on Friday.

#law #legal #criminal #conspiracy#ElectionInterference#TrumpTrial#Extremism#DomesticTerrorism#MAGA#Insurrection#Jan6#NationalSecurity

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
#SCOTUS on July 1 ruled 6-3 along ideological lines that #Trump & other presidents are absolutely #immune from #prosecution when carrying out their core constitutional powers, but can face #trial for private conduct or for official acts under narrow exceptions to be hammered out by lower courts. Judge #Chutkan now must decide which if any of Trump’s efforts to overturn the #2020election while president may be prosecutable.
#law #criminal#ElectionInterference #conspiracy#Jan6#Insurrection
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
US prosecutors & lawyers for #Trump will return to federal court on Aug 16 to decide how his #2020election #obstruction case can proceed after #SCOTUS ruled last month that presidents have broad #immunity from prosecution.

US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan set the hearing in Washington after the #SupremeCourt returned the case to her control on Friday.

#law #legal #criminal #conspiracy#ElectionInterference#TrumpTrial#Extremism#DomesticTerrorism#MAGA#Insurrection#Jan6#NationalSecurity

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
That’s one of the most obvious guidelines set by the government. SPACs can’t approach a target until after they’ve raised their capital.

Very little about #Trump Media signaled to investors that Truth Social would be a well-run business, & that included its new CEO. The board selected #DevinNunes, a right-wing California congressman who resigned his seat to take the job in December 2021. Nunes had never led a #technology or #media company.

#criminal #law#FEC#SEC
#VoteBlue#Harris2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Rather, #DevinNunes was a close #Trump ally who had received bipartisan criticism for his efforts to undermine the #FBI’s investigation into #Russia’s 2016 #ElectionInterference as well as widespread mockery for his tendency to sue his detractors for #defamation. His legal targets included Esquire, CNN, the McClatchy newspaper chain, an anonymous Twitter user who pretended to be his mother, & another poster who pretended to be the congressman’s cow.
#criminal #law#FEC#SEC
#VoteBlue#Harris2024
Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
…In simplified form, the process involves 2 basic parties. One is a private company that wants to go public. The other is a #ShellCompany that is already trading on the #StockMarket but has no operations — just a pile of cash that it can use to acquire a business. #SPAC shells are often called “#BlankCheck” companies because their investors have given them a certain amount of money but have no idea yet who the check will be made out to.

#criminal#Trump #law#FEC#SEC
#VoteBlue#Harris2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
That’s one of the most obvious guidelines set by the government. SPACs can’t approach a target until after they’ve raised their capital.

Very little about #Trump Media signaled to investors that Truth Social would be a well-run business, & that included its new CEO. The board selected #DevinNunes, a right-wing California congressman who resigned his seat to take the job in December 2021. Nunes had never led a #technology or #media company.

#criminal #law#FEC#SEC
#VoteBlue#Harris2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
…In simplified form, the process involves 2 basic parties. One is a private company that wants to go public. The other is a #ShellCompany that is already trading on the #StockMarket but has no operations — just a pile of cash that it can use to acquire a business. #SPAC shells are often called “#BlankCheck” companies because their investors have given them a certain amount of money but have no idea yet who the check will be made out to.

#criminal#Trump #law#FEC#SEC
#VoteBlue#Harris2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Celebrities & athletes were looking to join the frenzy, from Shaquille O’Neal to Martha Stewart. Even if their business plans were fundamentally stupid, even if mom-&-pop investors would later lose nearly all their money, the people who got in on a #SPAC at the beginning could make a pile.

#Fraud, acc/to the #SEC, began almost immediately.

#criminal#Trump #law#FEC
#VoteBlue#Harris2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
The… ticker symbol #DJT, last price $31.45 — is something unprecedented in financial or political history. It represents a company, #Trump Media & Technology Group, that has a single product,…Truth Social. The business operates at a staggering loss & is widely considered worthless. But the stock, DJT, has a market capitalization of roughly $6B.…Its value is purely a proxy for Trump’s political power.

#criminal #law #corruption#FEC
#VoteBlue#Harris2024
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-truth-social-djt-stock-corruption.html

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
Taking #Trump public may not have been possible w/o the rise of an obscure financial instrument, the special-purpose-acquisition company [#SPAC]. In 2020, the pandemic stock market was surging, & the perception among entrepreneurs was that SPACs let private companies get in on the action quicker & w/less #oversight than the traditional way of going public, the #IPO.

#criminal #law#FEC#SEC
#VoteBlue#Harris2024

Nonilex
Nonilex  ·  4 months ago
The… ticker symbol #DJT, last price $31.45 — is something unprecedented in financial or political history. It represents a company, #Trump Media & Technology Group, that has a single product,…Truth Social. The business operates at a staggering loss & is widely considered worthless. But the stock, DJT, has a market capitalization of roughly $6B.…Its value is purely a proxy for Trump’s political power.

#criminal #law #corruption#FEC
#VoteBlue#Harris2024
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/donald-trump-truth-social-djt-stock-corruption.html