Judge in #EricAdams Case Appoints Lawyer to Argue Against Dropping of Charges
Judge Dale E. Ho said that with #NYC’s mayor & federal prosecutors agreeing to end the case, he needed to hear #independent arguments.
#law #DOJ #criminal #corruption #QuidProQuo #Trump #EmilBove
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/21/nyregion/adams-corruption-judge-independent-lawyer.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Internal #DOJ messages bolster claim that #Trump judicial nominee spoke of defying #court orders
#EmilBove, the deputy US Attorney General who has been nominated to be an appellate #judge, is the subject of #whistleblower allegations.
A fired DOJ attorney has provided #Congress with a trove of emails & text messages to corroborate his claims that a controversial Trump judicial nominee—top DOJ official Emil Bove—crudely discussed defying court orders.
#law #judiciary
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/07/10/emil-bove-whistleblower-documents-00446225
#DOJ Leader Suggested Violating #CourtOrders, #WhistleBlower Says
#EmilBove III, a #Trump judicial nominee [& fmr Trump criminal defense atty], voiced his intent to disobey court orders as others stonewalled & misled judges, according to a complaint.
#law #felon47 #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/politics/justice-department-emil-bove-trump-deportations-reuveni.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
A federal appeals court ordered the return of another man deported to #ElSalvador in violation of a #CourtOrder. Jordin Melgar-Salmeron was deported on May 7, 30 minutes after the court ruled.
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25982192/melgarorder062425.pdf
#law #immigration #rendition #Trump #EmilBove #DOJ #judiciary #SeparationOfPowers
Sick
#DOJ has confirmed that once #KilmarAbregoGarcia is released, #ICE fully intends to begin removal proceedings to send him to a "third country," not #ElSalvador — the definition of #rendition.
There's no timeline for the process & the DOJ *lawyer* [those left are willing to go along w/ #EmilBove] claims it's not "imminent."
#law #immigration #Trump #judiciary
https://apnews.com/live/donald-trump-news-updates-6-26-2025#00000197-ad66-d131-ab9f-bde6f1a00000
#Republicans on the #Senate #Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to approve the nomination of #EmilBove III to a lifetime post as a federal appeals court judge on a voice vote after #Democrats on the panel stormed out. The protest came when the chairman, Senator #ChuckGrassley, called the roll before every Democrat on the committee had a chance to air their objections.
#law #corruption
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/17/us/politics/emil-bove-judge-nomination-democrats.html?smid=url-share
