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DOJ agency claims it has no records of Trump's shady IRS settlement

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DOJ agency claims it has no records of Trump's shady IRS settlement

A Department of Justice division claimed it had no records related to President Donald Trump's IRS settlement, a watchdog reported.According to Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW), the DOJ's Civil Division came up empty-handed when responding to a request for records related to the settlement that led to Trump's $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund. The $1.8 billion anti-weaponization fund came out of a settlement in the case Trump v. IRS, a $10 billion lawsuit over the leaking of the Trump family and organization's tax returns. CREW filed the request to see DOJ documents related to the settlement that created the fund, but "DOJ's Civil Division claims to have no record of so much as being notified about Trump's case," the watchdog reported.CREW was expecting some paper trail, given the amount of money involved and the fact that it was the first time a sitting president had sued and settled a case with their own administration."Given the extraordinary way this case unfolded, a settlement of this magnitude leaving no trace in the files of the divisions typically responsible for it is yet another striking confirmation of the irregular, collusive process that produced an enormously corrupt result," CREW wrote.CREW is challenging the lawsuit in court, it noted.

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'Laughter in the courtroom': Analyst says DOJ keeps dodging key slush fund question

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'Laughter in the courtroom': Analyst says DOJ keeps dodging key slush fund question

Political observers never believed President Donald Trump's cancellation of his "Anti-Weaponization Fund" was sincere, especially after new reporting revealed the administration plotted to continue it secretly, correspondent Scott MacFarlane told Nicolle Wallace on Thursday.A big reason why, he said, is that DOJ attorneys are being asked in court why they refuse to put the cancelation of the fund in writing — and they aren't giving convincing answers."Scott, take me inside the reporting you've done on how the victims of some of these crimes, the people who are on the other end of some of these criminals violent acts against law enforcement feel about Trump's dedication to a fund that even Republicans oppose," said Wallace.MacFarlane noted that a number of the January 6 defendants "in court during trial claimed they were the victims of a weaponized prosecution, and that argument was laughed out of court, either by the judges, juries or some combination of the two.""As for the slush fund. Oh, the slush fund. It reminds me of one of those corny 80s or 90s teen horror movies where everybody thinks the monster is dead, and then they go back out, running around the house and the monster comes back again and comes back again. This thing is not dead," said MacFarlane. The court exchange in which a judge asked the DOJ legal team why they haven't "put it in writing," and the DOJ team had no clear answer even as he insisted "a dozen times" the fund was "not moving forward," tells people all they need to know, he said."The judge asked point-blank, why not just put it in writing? Why not just rescind the fund for now, pending future review?" MacFarlane said. "And the attorney twice said, I don't know, your honor. There was a murmur in the courtroom. There was laughter in the courtroom."The bottom line, he said, is that "nobody takes their word this monster is dead" — and the Trump administration will keep being asked in court why they can't put it in writing that it is, as more lawsuits get filed. - YouTube www.youtube.com

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DOJ reduced to 'skeletal' crew of 'frightened' hangers-on 'struggling to survive': Analyst

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DOJ reduced to 'skeletal' crew of 'frightened' hangers-on 'struggling to survive': Analyst

Over a year after President Donald Trump returned to office, the Justice Department hasn't just been twisted to serve his own political goals, but hollowed out to the point it can barely function, The Atlantic staff writer Sarah Fitzpatrick told MS NOW's Nicolle Wallace on Thursday's edition of "Deadline: White House."This comes amid reporting that the Trump administration was still considering under-the-table ways to enact their "Anti-Weaponization Fund" to pay out money to the president's allies who were charged with crimes, even after the DOJ said they were tabling it."Sarah, where is this heading inside the Department of Justice?" asked Wallace, noting that huge numbers of DOJ attorneys have resigned en masse rather than carry out illegal orders and other politically-charged policies. "Is a slush fund creating any similar tensions?""Morale, I'm told, has never been lower for a variety of reasons," said Fitzpatrick. "I think the idea of a mass resignation, that time has already passed. The types of people that would do that so far have left or have been forced out."All that remains now, she continued, "is a skeletal staff that is being asked to do more with less. And you have a group of people, I think, that feel a responsibility to one, keep their heads down. They are concerned about being polygraphed. They are concerned about being even perceived as political, much less having any political affiliation. And so I think you see a lot of people just putting their heads down and trying to get through the day and trying to survive."This, Fitzpatrick said, is part of why it's so difficult to report on the DOJ these days. "There's just so few people left, and they're very, very frightened," Fitzpatrick said."Of course, within the Justice Department, there are some people who are true believers who believe that this weaponization fund was absolutely a great idea ... and just felt that the rollout wasn't handled well, it was too public, it was too flashy," Fitzpatrick added. That being said, "there's a real tension within the Justice Department and within the leadership, and we're going to see how that plays out as they have to defend this fund in court surface." - YouTube youtu.be

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Trump Says US Made 'Great Settlement' of War With Iran

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Trump Says US Made 'Great Settlement' of War With Iran

President Donald Trump says the US “just made a great settlement of the war with Iran, and we’re going to be subject to finalization of documents.” Trump says a final deal could be signed within days. He spoke at the White House Thursday. (Source: Bloomberg)

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'Give me a break!' Trump-appointed judge furious at DOJ's effort to ignore him

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'Give me a break!' Trump-appointed judge furious at DOJ's effort to ignore him

A federal judge in Florida appointed by President Donald Trump just nine months ago seethed at the administration in a new ruling, accusing them of cooking up a flimsy excuse to bypass his own judgment in favor of a career official within the administration itself.Judge Kyle Dudek's ruling concerned the immigration detention case of Dmitrii Iastrebov, a noncitizen who has been sitting in lockup without a proper hearing — only for the Trump administration to argue that the administration's own appointed immigration judge, rather than the U.S. district judge, should be the final word on the matter.This case, wrote Dudek, "borders on the surreal ... an immigration judge refused to hold the ordered hearing, claiming Iastrebov is not covered by § 1226(a) and thus ineligible for bond. Instead of defending this Court’s mandate, the Government’s counsel acquiesced in that refusal and waived any administrative appeal. Now, faced with a renewed habeas petition, the Government casually announces that its previous concession 'was in error' and asks this Court to reverse itself and hold that Iastrebov is instead subject to mandatory detention under 8 U.S.C. § 1225.""The Government was right the first time," wrote Dudek. "And its request for a do-over here is not just legally unsupportable, it is a masterclass in litigation cynicism. A federal court is not a testing lab where the Executive branch can pilot a concession to get a case closed, stand by silently while its own administrative process flouts the resulting mandate, and then stroll back in demanding a clean slate. Give me a break."Iastrebov's right to a hearing, the judge continued, has already been litigated "in painstaking detail ... and because the Government has shown that it cannot follow this Court’s explicit directions and offers zero assurance that it will comply with the statutory process it previously championed, Iastrebov will be immediately released."This court loss comes after a series of other legal defeats for Trump on various aspects of immigration policy, including a judge in Massachusetts striking down Trump's $100,000 fee for high-skilled immigrant workers.

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Disability patients sue New York to stop doctor-assisted suicide law

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Disability patients sue New York to stop doctor-assisted suicide law

A coalition advocating for patients with disabilities filed federal lawsuits Thursday to invalidate New York and Illinois' controversial doctor-assisted suicide laws for allegedly treating the terminally ill as "disposable."

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Trump Can Counter Media’s Iran Coverage By Being Honest About The War

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Trump Can Counter Media’s Iran Coverage By Being Honest About The War

Fox News hosted President Trump on Thursday to talk about the progress of the war in Iran, and he did the usual, which is to say he declared the war effectively complete, while at the same time acknowledging that it’s actually still ongoing. And then he dumped all over the admittedly fallacious news media for […]

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Ontario blinks first in booze battle—but Trump isn’t interested

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Ontario blinks first in booze battle—but Trump isn’t interested

Ontario Premier Doug Ford promised the return of U.S. liquor to store shelves once a trade deal is reached, but President Donald Trump doesn’t seem to agree […]

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