"“If you were to put these two cases side by side, taking a pure look at the law and behavior,” he says, “if there’s any criminal liability here in these two cases, clearly it’s not the Diana Teran case.” #attorneygeneral https://missionlocal.org/2025/04/brooke-jenkins-diana-teran-rob-bonta-george-gascon/
Day 23 
“Blocking the #GamblingAdReforms is the fourth known example of Albanese’s willingness to #overrule senior ministers such as #EnvironmentMinister Tanya Plibersek, #AttorneyGeneral Mark Dreyfus and assistant minister Andrew Leigh when they were tackling #controversial and #sensitive #policies.
The #PrimeMinister can always use the authority of his position to make the final call on all matters of policy. This masthead has already revealed that #Albanese has come over the top of Plibersek on #EnvironmentalProtection laws, Dreyfus on mandatory jail terms for hate crimes and antisemitism, and Leigh on sex and gender census questions.”
I’m going to be re-elected.
#AusPol / #Labor / #PM / #Leadership <https://archive.md/PfMXe> / <https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/albanese-used-captain-s-call-to-avoid-messy-brawl-over-gambling-ads-20250420-p5lsyi.html>
"The #AttorneyGeneral stated during her television appearance that a reason she ordered the #deathSentence was because the alleged victim was a CEO"This is as good as an open admission that CEOs have more rights than the rest of us peons. They are a new aristocracy, a new nobility. Robber barons, with emphasis on barons. Slaughter thirty schoolkids? Eh. Thoughts and prayers. Kill one CEO? UNTHINKABLE!!!
"#LuigiMangione defense asks judge to block #deathPenalty in #CEO murder case"
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/04/11/luigi-mangione-death-penalty-brian-thompson-case.html
The defense's basis in the filing (pdf file):
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.633811/gov.uscourts.nysd.633811.16.0.pdf
"The #AttorneyGeneral stated during her television appearance that a reason she ordered the #deathSentence was because the alleged victim was a CEO"
I am not going to presuppose a ruling in today's political environment, but when the prosecution seeks the death penality *because the victim is a CEO*, that's fucked
He - #jdvance - appears to have acquired a #uk fellow traveller in the #HouseofLords in the form of #lordglasman ! #mauriceglasman - who is a #Laɓour peer - has demanded the sacking of #lordhermer, the current #attorneygeneral , apparently for taking the rule of law too seriously! Last month #mauriceglasman attended the inauguration of 47 as an invited guest.
Death penalty for undocumented immigrants. They are truly the party of death. This sounds a lot like the holocaust, which started as mass deportations. Hitler ran on it. #trump #hitler #moratorium #attorneygeneral #deathpenalty #massdeportations #immigrants #undocumented #holocaust #auschwitz
Newly confirmed #Trump #AttorneyGeneral #PamBondi is expected to order a review of the cases brought against #Trump, including those undertaken by prosecutors in #NewYork who successfully #convicted him in court.
Sworn in at the White House on Wednesday, Bondi intends to issue a series of memos aimed at curbing the so-called weaponization of the #DOJ….
She will order the review of the #criminal & #civil cases against Trump….
#law #lawlessness #Felon47
https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/05/politics/pam-bondi-attorney-general-first-day/index.html
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"Firing career #FBI agents without cause would violate civil service protections. If the firing is based on their oversight of #J6 or #Trump criminal investigations that would not constitute good cause. So, if the above is accurate (and I have no reason to think it is not) then Emil Bove (the Acting Deputy #AttorneyGeneral and until recently one of Trump’s criminal defense counsel) is taking action that violates their rights."
https://substack.com/inbox/post/156212868
@QasimRashid I just sent a request to David Yost, AG of Ohio. I hold little hope that he will do anything as he is a SuperMAGA clown. I hope anyone else in Ohio will do the same. #ohio #daveyost #attorneygeneral #trump #spendingfreeze
The #DOJ has abruptly revoked recent job offers from the #AttorneyGeneral’s #Honors Program — a prestigious & competitive opportunity for top #LawSchool graduates to work in entry-level positions across the department.
The #Trump admin’s cancellation of the program was confirmed by multiple people….
#law #idiocracy #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/01/23/justice-revokes-job-offers-young-lawyers/
#PeteHegseth, who is seeking to lead the Dept of #Defense, & #PamBondi, Trump’s selection for #AttorneyGeneral, were greeted warmly by Senate #Republicans during their confirmation hearings, despite withering questions from Democrats about their #independence from #Trump & other matters. Bondi declined to distance herself from Trump’s lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, & Hegseth dodged questions about whether he would…order US #troops to shoot #protesters.
#democracy #law #USpol
Here is the full #House #Ethics Committee report on Trump’s original pick for the #UnitedStates #AttorneyGeneral, former #Florida Rep #MattGaetz.
#law #criminal #corruption #hypocrisy #MAGA #Republicans
https://ethics.house.gov/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Committee-Report.pdf
#MattGaetz abruptly resigned [from #Congress] after #Trump picked him for #US #AttorneyGeneral, prompting #House Republican leaders to argue that the #Ethics Cmte should not release the conclusions of its investigation, since #Gaetz was no longer a member of Congress & therefore outside its jurisdiction [despite previously having done so for other former Representatives — even dead ones].
"While no one should underestimate what Bondi is capable of, she’ll find herself at loggerheads with Trump eventually. “Trump turned against all his prior attorneys general when they retained a shred of respect for the rule of law,” said Michael Sozan, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. “He’s expecting Bondi to be an arsonist. It won’t end well for her. It will be even worse for the American people.”
There’s still another unsettling consideration here. If and when Trump pardons the January 6 attackers, media commentary will exude a strong push toward “turning the page” and “looking forward, not backward.” But as Brian Beutler argues, all this impulse really does is risk encouraging exponentially more right-wing degeneracy later. Indeed, this instinct toward absolution will be doubly absurd coming even as Trump is preparing to escalate the lawlessness and unleash sadistic persecution of an ever-expanding list of enemies within."
https://newrepublic.com/article/188777/pam-bondi-trump-attorney-general-regret
#Trump announced Thurs evening that he plans to nominate fmr Florida AG #PamBondi to become #AttorneyGeneral, hours after his initial pick, Matt Gaetz, withdrew from consideration. Bondi previously worked in the Trump WH, serving in a rapid response unit during the first impeachment.
#law #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/21/trump-administration-transition/
#MattGaetz withdraws bid to be #AttorneyGeneral in #Trump admin
#Gaetz announced in a social media post Thurs that he was withdrawing his bid to be AG Trump’s incoming admin, saying his confirmation was “unfairly becoming a distraction.” “There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle,” Gaetz said after meeting w/senators on Wed. [IOW he’s guilty & doesn’t want the deets out]
#criminal #law #rape #Republicans #MaleSupremacy #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/21/trump-administration-transition/
Is Matt Gaetz's nomination to be U.S. attorney general already in trouble?
@abc reports that a woman testified to House Ethics Committee that Gaetz had sex with her when she was 17. The committee was investigating allegations against Gaetz before he resigned from Congress.
@TheHill reports Gaetz may have a hard time securing confirmation from the Senate, even though Republicans control 53 of the 100 seats.
#Trump is telling the Senate to go into recess so that there can be no #ConfirmationHearings on his choices for #AttorneyGeneral, #SecretaryOfDefense, etc... So that Trump can just install whoever he wants into these important government positions.
Will the #GOP controlled #Senate agree to this?
Theoretically, they can tell Trump, "No. We will not go into recess. We will hold confirmation hearings."
But will they?
#House #Ethics Panel Was to Release Report Critical of #MattGaetz
The House Ethics Cmte, which has been investigating allegations that Gaetz engaged in sexual misconduct & illicit drug use, was to vote to release a highly critical report about #Gaetz on Fri. The release would have come 2 days after #Trump selected him to be #AttorneyGeneral.
Gaetz abruptly resigned from his seat late Wed, ending the ethics investigation that has hung over his head for years.
#USpol #law
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/13/us/politics/matt-gaetz-ethics-committee-report.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Oh my god…
#Trump announces he will nominate Rep #MattGaetz to be #AttorneyGeneral
Trump has selected #Gaetz to serve as his AG, tapping the combative #Florida #Republican to the key post as Trump potentially aims to rein in the independence of the #DOJ.
Gaetz, would take the helm of a dept that as recently as last year was investigating him for #SexTrafficking. Ultimately, prosecutors recommended against bringing charges against him after a long-running probe.
#law
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/13/g-s1-34072/trump-matt-gaetz-attorney-general-doj-oversight
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