#chutkan — Public Fediverse posts
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The order late Tues by Judge #Chutkan “gives us a chance to breathe after the EPA unlawfully — & w/o #DueProcess — terminated our awards & blocked access to funds that were appropriated by #Congress & legally obligated,” said #ClimateUnited CEO Beth Bafford.
The lawsuit by Climate United Fund & other groups contends that the #EPA, Admin #LeeZeldin & #Citibank, which held the money, illegally blocked the funds awarded last year & had jeopardized the organizations’ operations.
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The order late Tues by Judge #Chutkan “gives us a chance to breathe after the EPA unlawfully — & w/o #DueProcess — terminated our awards & blocked access to funds that were appropriated by #Congress & legally obligated,” said #ClimateUnited CEO Beth Bafford.
The lawsuit by Climate United Fund & other groups contends that the #EPA, Admin #LeeZeldin & #Citibank, which held the money, illegally blocked the funds awarded last year & had jeopardized the organizations’ operations.
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The order by US Dist Judge #Chutkan prevents—for now—the #EPA from ending the $20B #grant program.
Chutkan's order also blocks #Citibank, which holds the money on behalf of the EPA, from transferring the money back to the govt or anyone.
#ClimateUnitedFund & other groups sued #Trump’s EPA, its admin #LeeZeldin & Citibank, saying they had illegally denied the groups access to $14B awarded last year through the #GreenhouseGas Reduction Fund, commonly referred to as a “green bank."
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The order by US Dist Judge #Chutkan prevents—for now—the #EPA from ending the $20B #grant program.
Chutkan's order also blocks #Citibank, which holds the money on behalf of the EPA, from transferring the money back to the govt or anyone.
#ClimateUnitedFund & other groups sued #Trump’s EPA, its admin #LeeZeldin & Citibank, saying they had illegally denied the groups access to $14B awarded last year through the #GreenhouseGas Reduction Fund, commonly referred to as a “green bank."
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Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants
Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants
A federal judge considering the Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of climate research grants worth billions of dollars
told government lawyers they had to produce
“some kind of evidence” of wrongdoing to back up such drastic actions.Climate United, which coordinates investment in clean energy projects,
sued to seek access to $7bn that was frozen before it was cancelled on Tuesday night by #Lee #Zeldin,
the New York Republican congressman turned administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.In US district court in Washington on Wednesday, Judge #Tanya #Chutkan asked lawyers for the EPA:
“Can you proffer any evidence that [the grant] was illegal,
or evidence of abuse or fraud or bribery
– that any of that was improperly or unlawfully done, other than the fact that Mr Zeldin doesn’t like it?”#Marc #Sacks, a government lawyer, said:
“The determination is based on the information contained in the termination letter.”
Chutkan said:
“That’s pretty circular,”
then asked if Climate United had violated federal regulations.Sacks said:
“I think the agency cited both of those regulations within their termination letter.”
Chutkan said:
“I can cite cases all day long, but you have to have some kind of evidence or proffer to back it up.”
She also said:
“You can’t even tell me what the evidence of malfeasance is.”There is plentiful evidence that Zeldin is implementing an assault on attempts to tackle the climate crisis.
The EPA issued a slew of rollbacks of rules to combat pollution on Wednesday.Zeldin said he was “driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age”.
Climate groups reacted with horror.
#Jason #Rylander, legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute, told the Guardian:
“Come hell or high water, raging fires and deadly heatwaves, Trump and his cronies are bent on putting polluter profits ahead of people’s lives.
This move won’t stand up in court. We’re going to fight it every step of the way.”Climate United is not the only group to have sued over access to grants.
In New York, the Coalition for Green Capital has sued over the cancellation of a $5bn grant,
an act it called “patently and plainly unlawful on its face”
and “arbitrary and pretextual”.
In Washington, lawyers for Climate United argued that the EPA had not followed the law,
meaning Chutkan could rule on the matter.
Lawyers for the government said it was a contract dispute, so she could not.
Chutkan said:
“The government didn’t decide who it wanted to contract with.
A new administration came in, didn’t like the contract any more.
That’s what new administrations do.
But there are procedures that have to be followed.
And it doesn’t appear, at least on the record before me, that those procedures have been followed.”The hearing ended without Chutkan issuing a ruling or temporary restraining order,
but asking both sides to make
👉new filings by Monday evening:
Climate United to amend its lawsuit
and the government to provide information about alleged wrongdoing.
“I don’t have the credible evidence that’s required,” Chutkan said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/epa-grants-trump-judge-tanya-chutkan?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other -
Judge demands ‘some kind of evidence’ from Trump’s EPA to halt climate grants
Federal judge Tanya Chutkan issues restraining order pending new filings over billions in axed research grants
A federal judge considering the Trump administration’s abrupt cancellation of climate research grants worth billions of dollars
told government lawyers they had to produce
“some kind of evidence” of wrongdoing to back up such drastic actions.Climate United, which coordinates investment in clean energy projects,
sued to seek access to $7bn that was frozen before it was cancelled on Tuesday night by #Lee #Zeldin,
the New York Republican congressman turned administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.In US district court in Washington on Wednesday, Judge #Tanya #Chutkan asked lawyers for the EPA:
“Can you proffer any evidence that [the grant] was illegal,
or evidence of abuse or fraud or bribery
– that any of that was improperly or unlawfully done, other than the fact that Mr Zeldin doesn’t like it?”#Marc #Sacks, a government lawyer, said:
“The determination is based on the information contained in the termination letter.”
Chutkan said:
“That’s pretty circular,”
then asked if Climate United had violated federal regulations.Sacks said:
“I think the agency cited both of those regulations within their termination letter.”
Chutkan said:
“I can cite cases all day long, but you have to have some kind of evidence or proffer to back it up.”
She also said:
“You can’t even tell me what the evidence of malfeasance is.”There is plentiful evidence that Zeldin is implementing an assault on attempts to tackle the climate crisis.
The EPA issued a slew of rollbacks of rules to combat pollution on Wednesday.Zeldin said he was “driving a dagger through the heart of climate-change religion and ushering in America’s Golden Age”.
Climate groups reacted with horror.
#Jason #Rylander, legal director at the Center for Biological Diversity’s Climate Law Institute, told the Guardian:
“Come hell or high water, raging fires and deadly heatwaves, Trump and his cronies are bent on putting polluter profits ahead of people’s lives.
This move won’t stand up in court. We’re going to fight it every step of the way.”Climate United is not the only group to have sued over access to grants.
In New York, the Coalition for Green Capital has sued over the cancellation of a $5bn grant,
an act it called “patently and plainly unlawful on its face”
and “arbitrary and pretextual”.
In Washington, lawyers for Climate United argued that the EPA had not followed the law,
meaning Chutkan could rule on the matter.
Lawyers for the government said it was a contract dispute, so she could not.
Chutkan said:
“The government didn’t decide who it wanted to contract with.
A new administration came in, didn’t like the contract any more.
That’s what new administrations do.
But there are procedures that have to be followed.
And it doesn’t appear, at least on the record before me, that those procedures have been followed.”The hearing ended without Chutkan issuing a ruling or temporary restraining order,
but asking both sides to make
👉new filings by Monday evening:
Climate United to amend its lawsuit
and the government to provide information about alleged wrongdoing.
“I don’t have the credible evidence that’s required,” Chutkan said.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/13/epa-grants-trump-judge-tanya-chutkan?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other -
This editorial cartoon by Ann Telnaes seems appropriate right now.
Donald Trump’s unfinished business
By Ann Telnaes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/28/ann-telnaes-cartoon-donald-trump-jack-smith-indictment/#JackSmith #Trump #TrumpTrial #Indictment #Crime #Jan6 #Chutkan #JudgeChutkan #USPol #US #USA #EditorialCartoon #Cartoon #Humor #funny #Meme
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This editorial cartoon by Ann Telnaes seems appropriate right now.
Donald Trump’s unfinished business
By Ann Telnaes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/08/28/ann-telnaes-cartoon-donald-trump-jack-smith-indictment/#JackSmith #Trump #TrumpTrial #Indictment #Crime #Jan6 #Chutkan #JudgeChutkan #USPol #US #USA #EditorialCartoon #Cartoon #Humor #funny #Meme
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MORE: Prosecutors say their filing includes #unredacted quotes & info form sensitive sources such as grand jury transcripts/interviews, but that it will redact the footnotes identifying what those sources are.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.246.0.pdf
#Chutkan may release the #redacted filing – w/o exhibits as soon as Oct 1 because she has set #Trump's objections deadline for 12PM that day, unusual if she's expecting to wait until after Oct 10.
#criminal #law #ElectionInterference #FakeElectors #Jan6 #USpol
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MORE: Prosecutors say their filing includes #unredacted quotes & info form sensitive sources such as grand jury transcripts/interviews, but that it will redact the footnotes identifying what those sources are.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148/gov.uscourts.dcd.258148.246.0.pdf
#Chutkan may release the #redacted filing – w/o exhibits as soon as Oct 1 because she has set #Trump's objections deadline for 12PM that day, unusual if she's expecting to wait until after Oct 10.
#criminal #law #ElectionInterference #FakeElectors #Jan6 #USpol
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US law/politics people: I’m late to the party so you’ve probably already seen this, but just in case…have you read Judge #Chutkan’s ruling that came down today? It’s 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Allison Gill (@MuellerSheWrote) breaks it down and highlights the best parts. I don’t know where this case will lead, but it’s refreshing and validating (and, frankly, amusing) to see a judge hold tfg’s team to account and call out his BS filings.
https://open.substack.com/pub/muellershewrote/p/jack-smiths-request-granted
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US law/politics people: I’m late to the party so you’ve probably already seen this, but just in case…have you read Judge #Chutkan’s ruling that came down today? It’s 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Allison Gill (@MuellerSheWrote) breaks it down and highlights the best parts. I don’t know where this case will lead, but it’s refreshing and validating (and, frankly, amusing) to see a judge hold tfg’s team to account and call out his BS filings.
https://open.substack.com/pub/muellershewrote/p/jack-smiths-request-granted
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Chief justice Roberts pushed for quick immunity ruling in Trump’s favor – report
John Roberts Jr used his position as the US supreme court’s chief justice to urge his colleagues to rule quickly
– and in favor
– of Donald Trump
ahead of the decision that granted him and other presidents immunity for official acts, according to a New York Times investigation published on Sunday.The new report provides details about what was happening behind the scenes in the country’s highest court during the three recent supreme court decisions centering on
– and generally favoring
– the Republican former president.Based on leaked memos, documentation of the proceedings, and interviews with court insiders, the Times report suggests that Roberts
– who was appointed to the supreme court during Republican George W Bush’s presidency
– took an unusually active role in the three cases in question. And he wrote the majority opinions on all three.In addition to the presidential immunity ruling, the decisions collectively barred states from removing any official
– including Trump
– from a federal ballot as well as declaring the government had overstepped with respect to obstruction of justice charges filed against participants of the 6 January 2021 attack that the former president’s supporters aimed at Congress.The Times reported that last February, Roberts sent a memo to his fellow supreme court justices regarding the criminal charges against Trump for attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.
In the #leaked #memo, the Times reported that he criticized a lower court decision that allowed the case to move forward
– and he argued to the other justices that Trump was protected by presidential immunity.He reportedly said that the supreme court ought to hear the case and grant Trump greater protection from prosecution.
“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,” the Times said that Roberts wrote to the other supreme court justices in the private memo.
According to the Times, some of the conservative justices wanted to delay the decision on the presidential immunity case until after Trump finished running for a second term in the White House in November.
But Roberts advocated for an early hearing and decision
– and ultimately wrote the majority opinion himself.Before the opinion and ruling went public, the Times reported that Justice Brett #Kavanaugh had praised Roberts on the ruling,
calling it “extraordinary”.Their fellow conservative justice Neil #Gorsuch
– who, like Kavanaugh, was appointed to the supreme court during Trump’s presidency
– called it “remarkable”.The decision came out on 1 July and stated that former presidents are entitled to some degree of #immunity from criminal prosecution.
Both conservatives and liberals saw it as a huge win for Trump, who
– among a spate of legal problems
– is awaiting sentencing for a criminal conviction in May of falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments to an adult film actor who alleged an extramarital sexual encounter with him.The supreme court then returned the case to district judge Tanya #Chutkan, who is overseeing the federal case against Trump for allegedly participating in 💥an illicit effort to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election.
That left her tasked with having to figure out how to apply the US supreme court’s decision.
The Times also reported that in the case about 💥whether individual states could kick Trump off the ballot
based on language in the US constitution which bars insurrections from holding office,
⚠️ Roberts told his colleagues that he wanted the decision to be #unanimous and #unsigned.All nine justices initially agreed that Trump should remain on state ballots.
♦️But then, the Times reports, four conservative justices suggested additions to the ruling,
❌ including proposing that Congress would have to approve enforcement of the insurrectionist ban in the constitution. -
Chief justice Roberts pushed for quick immunity ruling in Trump’s favor – report
John Roberts Jr used his position as the US supreme court’s chief justice to urge his colleagues to rule quickly
– and in favor
– of Donald Trump
ahead of the decision that granted him and other presidents immunity for official acts, according to a New York Times investigation published on Sunday.The new report provides details about what was happening behind the scenes in the country’s highest court during the three recent supreme court decisions centering on
– and generally favoring
– the Republican former president.Based on leaked memos, documentation of the proceedings, and interviews with court insiders, the Times report suggests that Roberts
– who was appointed to the supreme court during Republican George W Bush’s presidency
– took an unusually active role in the three cases in question. And he wrote the majority opinions on all three.In addition to the presidential immunity ruling, the decisions collectively barred states from removing any official
– including Trump
– from a federal ballot as well as declaring the government had overstepped with respect to obstruction of justice charges filed against participants of the 6 January 2021 attack that the former president’s supporters aimed at Congress.The Times reported that last February, Roberts sent a memo to his fellow supreme court justices regarding the criminal charges against Trump for attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.
In the #leaked #memo, the Times reported that he criticized a lower court decision that allowed the case to move forward
– and he argued to the other justices that Trump was protected by presidential immunity.He reportedly said that the supreme court ought to hear the case and grant Trump greater protection from prosecution.
“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,” the Times said that Roberts wrote to the other supreme court justices in the private memo.
According to the Times, some of the conservative justices wanted to delay the decision on the presidential immunity case until after Trump finished running for a second term in the White House in November.
But Roberts advocated for an early hearing and decision
– and ultimately wrote the majority opinion himself.Before the opinion and ruling went public, the Times reported that Justice Brett #Kavanaugh had praised Roberts on the ruling,
calling it “extraordinary”.Their fellow conservative justice Neil #Gorsuch
– who, like Kavanaugh, was appointed to the supreme court during Trump’s presidency
– called it “remarkable”.The decision came out on 1 July and stated that former presidents are entitled to some degree of #immunity from criminal prosecution.
Both conservatives and liberals saw it as a huge win for Trump, who
– among a spate of legal problems
– is awaiting sentencing for a criminal conviction in May of falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments to an adult film actor who alleged an extramarital sexual encounter with him.The supreme court then returned the case to district judge Tanya #Chutkan, who is overseeing the federal case against Trump for allegedly participating in 💥an illicit effort to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election.
That left her tasked with having to figure out how to apply the US supreme court’s decision.
The Times also reported that in the case about 💥whether individual states could kick Trump off the ballot
based on language in the US constitution which bars insurrections from holding office,
⚠️ Roberts told his colleagues that he wanted the decision to be #unanimous and #unsigned.All nine justices initially agreed that Trump should remain on state ballots.
♦️But then, the Times reports, four conservative justices suggested additions to the ruling,
❌ including proposing that Congress would have to approve enforcement of the insurrectionist ban in the constitution. -
Chief justice Roberts pushed for quick immunity ruling in Trump’s favor – report
John Roberts Jr used his position as the US supreme court’s chief justice to urge his colleagues to rule quickly
– and in favor
– of Donald Trump
ahead of the decision that granted him and other presidents immunity for official acts, according to a New York Times investigation published on Sunday.The new report provides details about what was happening behind the scenes in the country’s highest court during the three recent supreme court decisions centering on
– and generally favoring
– the Republican former president.Based on leaked memos, documentation of the proceedings, and interviews with court insiders, the Times report suggests that Roberts
– who was appointed to the supreme court during Republican George W Bush’s presidency
– took an unusually active role in the three cases in question. And he wrote the majority opinions on all three.In addition to the presidential immunity ruling, the decisions collectively barred states from removing any official
– including Trump
– from a federal ballot as well as declaring the government had overstepped with respect to obstruction of justice charges filed against participants of the 6 January 2021 attack that the former president’s supporters aimed at Congress.The Times reported that last February, Roberts sent a memo to his fellow supreme court justices regarding the criminal charges against Trump for attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.
In the #leaked #memo, the Times reported that he criticized a lower court decision that allowed the case to move forward
– and he argued to the other justices that Trump was protected by presidential immunity.He reportedly said that the supreme court ought to hear the case and grant Trump greater protection from prosecution.
“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,” the Times said that Roberts wrote to the other supreme court justices in the private memo.
According to the Times, some of the conservative justices wanted to delay the decision on the presidential immunity case until after Trump finished running for a second term in the White House in November.
But Roberts advocated for an early hearing and decision
– and ultimately wrote the majority opinion himself.Before the opinion and ruling went public, the Times reported that Justice Brett #Kavanaugh had praised Roberts on the ruling,
calling it “extraordinary”.Their fellow conservative justice Neil #Gorsuch
– who, like Kavanaugh, was appointed to the supreme court during Trump’s presidency
– called it “remarkable”.The decision came out on 1 July and stated that former presidents are entitled to some degree of #immunity from criminal prosecution.
Both conservatives and liberals saw it as a huge win for Trump, who
– among a spate of legal problems
– is awaiting sentencing for a criminal conviction in May of falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments to an adult film actor who alleged an extramarital sexual encounter with him.The supreme court then returned the case to district judge Tanya #Chutkan, who is overseeing the federal case against Trump for allegedly participating in 💥an illicit effort to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election.
That left her tasked with having to figure out how to apply the US supreme court’s decision.
The Times also reported that in the case about 💥whether individual states could kick Trump off the ballot
based on language in the US constitution which bars insurrections from holding office,
⚠️ Roberts told his colleagues that he wanted the decision to be #unanimous and #unsigned.All nine justices initially agreed that Trump should remain on state ballots.
♦️But then, the Times reports, four conservative justices suggested additions to the ruling,
❌ including proposing that Congress would have to approve enforcement of the insurrectionist ban in the constitution. -
Chief justice Roberts pushed for quick immunity ruling in Trump’s favor – report
John Roberts Jr used his position as the US supreme court’s chief justice to urge his colleagues to rule quickly
– and in favor
– of Donald Trump
ahead of the decision that granted him and other presidents immunity for official acts, according to a New York Times investigation published on Sunday.The new report provides details about what was happening behind the scenes in the country’s highest court during the three recent supreme court decisions centering on
– and generally favoring
– the Republican former president.Based on leaked memos, documentation of the proceedings, and interviews with court insiders, the Times report suggests that Roberts
– who was appointed to the supreme court during Republican George W Bush’s presidency
– took an unusually active role in the three cases in question. And he wrote the majority opinions on all three.In addition to the presidential immunity ruling, the decisions collectively barred states from removing any official
– including Trump
– from a federal ballot as well as declaring the government had overstepped with respect to obstruction of justice charges filed against participants of the 6 January 2021 attack that the former president’s supporters aimed at Congress.The Times reported that last February, Roberts sent a memo to his fellow supreme court justices regarding the criminal charges against Trump for attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.
In the #leaked #memo, the Times reported that he criticized a lower court decision that allowed the case to move forward
– and he argued to the other justices that Trump was protected by presidential immunity.He reportedly said that the supreme court ought to hear the case and grant Trump greater protection from prosecution.
“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,” the Times said that Roberts wrote to the other supreme court justices in the private memo.
According to the Times, some of the conservative justices wanted to delay the decision on the presidential immunity case until after Trump finished running for a second term in the White House in November.
But Roberts advocated for an early hearing and decision
– and ultimately wrote the majority opinion himself.Before the opinion and ruling went public, the Times reported that Justice Brett #Kavanaugh had praised Roberts on the ruling,
calling it “extraordinary”.Their fellow conservative justice Neil #Gorsuch
– who, like Kavanaugh, was appointed to the supreme court during Trump’s presidency
– called it “remarkable”.The decision came out on 1 July and stated that former presidents are entitled to some degree of #immunity from criminal prosecution.
Both conservatives and liberals saw it as a huge win for Trump, who
– among a spate of legal problems
– is awaiting sentencing for a criminal conviction in May of falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments to an adult film actor who alleged an extramarital sexual encounter with him.The supreme court then returned the case to district judge Tanya #Chutkan, who is overseeing the federal case against Trump for allegedly participating in 💥an illicit effort to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election.
That left her tasked with having to figure out how to apply the US supreme court’s decision.
The Times also reported that in the case about 💥whether individual states could kick Trump off the ballot
based on language in the US constitution which bars insurrections from holding office,
⚠️ Roberts told his colleagues that he wanted the decision to be #unanimous and #unsigned.All nine justices initially agreed that Trump should remain on state ballots.
♦️But then, the Times reports, four conservative justices suggested additions to the ruling,
❌ including proposing that Congress would have to approve enforcement of the insurrectionist ban in the constitution. -
Chief justice Roberts pushed for quick immunity ruling in Trump’s favor – report
John Roberts Jr used his position as the US supreme court’s chief justice to urge his colleagues to rule quickly
– and in favor
– of Donald Trump
ahead of the decision that granted him and other presidents immunity for official acts, according to a New York Times investigation published on Sunday.The new report provides details about what was happening behind the scenes in the country’s highest court during the three recent supreme court decisions centering on
– and generally favoring
– the Republican former president.Based on leaked memos, documentation of the proceedings, and interviews with court insiders, the Times report suggests that Roberts
– who was appointed to the supreme court during Republican George W Bush’s presidency
– took an unusually active role in the three cases in question. And he wrote the majority opinions on all three.In addition to the presidential immunity ruling, the decisions collectively barred states from removing any official
– including Trump
– from a federal ballot as well as declaring the government had overstepped with respect to obstruction of justice charges filed against participants of the 6 January 2021 attack that the former president’s supporters aimed at Congress.The Times reported that last February, Roberts sent a memo to his fellow supreme court justices regarding the criminal charges against Trump for attempting to overturn the result of the 2020 election that he lost to Joe Biden.
In the #leaked #memo, the Times reported that he criticized a lower court decision that allowed the case to move forward
– and he argued to the other justices that Trump was protected by presidential immunity.He reportedly said that the supreme court ought to hear the case and grant Trump greater protection from prosecution.
“I think it likely that we will view the separation of powers analysis differently,” the Times said that Roberts wrote to the other supreme court justices in the private memo.
According to the Times, some of the conservative justices wanted to delay the decision on the presidential immunity case until after Trump finished running for a second term in the White House in November.
But Roberts advocated for an early hearing and decision
– and ultimately wrote the majority opinion himself.Before the opinion and ruling went public, the Times reported that Justice Brett #Kavanaugh had praised Roberts on the ruling,
calling it “extraordinary”.Their fellow conservative justice Neil #Gorsuch
– who, like Kavanaugh, was appointed to the supreme court during Trump’s presidency
– called it “remarkable”.The decision came out on 1 July and stated that former presidents are entitled to some degree of #immunity from criminal prosecution.
Both conservatives and liberals saw it as a huge win for Trump, who
– among a spate of legal problems
– is awaiting sentencing for a criminal conviction in May of falsifying business records to conceal hush-money payments to an adult film actor who alleged an extramarital sexual encounter with him.The supreme court then returned the case to district judge Tanya #Chutkan, who is overseeing the federal case against Trump for allegedly participating in 💥an illicit effort to reverse his defeat in the 2020 election.
That left her tasked with having to figure out how to apply the US supreme court’s decision.
The Times also reported that in the case about 💥whether individual states could kick Trump off the ballot
based on language in the US constitution which bars insurrections from holding office,
⚠️ Roberts told his colleagues that he wanted the decision to be #unanimous and #unsigned.All nine justices initially agreed that Trump should remain on state ballots.
♦️But then, the Times reports, four conservative justices suggested additions to the ruling,
❌ including proposing that Congress would have to approve enforcement of the insurrectionist ban in the constitution. -
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
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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
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#Trump’s #ElectionSubversion case set for Aug 16 hearing in DC
Deciding which parts of Trump’s case will survive may not happen before November’s election after #SCOTUS’ [absurd] presidential #immunity ruling.#law #legal #criminal #conspiracy #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith #Chutkan #ElectionInterference #TrumpTrial #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA #Insurrection #Jan6 #NationalSecurity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/02/trump-election-subversion-immunity/ -
#Trump’s #ElectionSubversion case set for Aug 16 hearing in DC
Deciding which parts of Trump’s case will survive may not happen before November’s election after #SCOTUS’ [absurd] presidential #immunity ruling.#law #legal #criminal #conspiracy #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith #Chutkan #ElectionInterference #TrumpTrial #Extremism #DomesticTerrorism #MAGA #Insurrection #Jan6 #NationalSecurity
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2024/08/02/trump-election-subversion-immunity/ -
Donald #Trump's decision to run to his Truth Social account on Thursday to defend Judge Aileen #Cannon from criticism drew the attention of MSNBC political analyst Steve Benen,
who pointed out the former president has done nothing but lead the charge in attacks on the judges who are overseeing his other trials.If anyone has any doubts about this, they should feel free to ask U.S. District Judge Gonzalo #Curiel,
U.S. District Judge Lewis #Kaplan,
New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan #Merchan,
New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur #Engoron,
and U.S. District Judge Tanya #Chutkan,
each of whom has been on the receiving end of Trump delegitimizing tantrums -
Donald #Trump's decision to run to his Truth Social account on Thursday to defend Judge Aileen #Cannon from criticism drew the attention of MSNBC political analyst Steve Benen,
who pointed out the former president has done nothing but lead the charge in attacks on the judges who are overseeing his other trials.If anyone has any doubts about this, they should feel free to ask U.S. District Judge Gonzalo #Curiel,
U.S. District Judge Lewis #Kaplan,
New York State Supreme Court Justice Juan #Merchan,
New York State Supreme Court Justice Arthur #Engoron,
and U.S. District Judge Tanya #Chutkan,
each of whom has been on the receiving end of Trump delegitimizing tantrums -
Since late 2020, as #Trump began escalating his #attacks on the #judiciary, serious investigated #threats against fed #judges have more than doubled, from 224 in 2021 to 457 in 2023, acc/to the US Marshals Service. Fed judges in DC say ≥½ of trial judges handling cases arising from the #Jan6, attack on the Capitol have received a surge in threats & #harassment, incl’g #DeathThreats to their homes, w/Trump’s #ElectionObstruction trial judge, Tanya #Chutkan, placed under 24-hr protection.
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Since late 2020, as #Trump began escalating his #attacks on the #judiciary, serious investigated #threats against fed #judges have more than doubled, from 224 in 2021 to 457 in 2023, acc/to the US Marshals Service. Fed judges in DC say ≥½ of trial judges handling cases arising from the #Jan6, attack on the Capitol have received a surge in threats & #harassment, incl’g #DeathThreats to their homes, w/Trump’s #ElectionObstruction trial judge, Tanya #Chutkan, placed under 24-hr protection.
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Nikki Haley was swatted in December, records review shows
Swatting has become a prolific tool of political #intimidation in recent years as people respond to inflammatory rhetoric.
Newly reviewed records show that presidential hopeful Nikki #Haley was the target of a swatting incident in late December when an anonymous person called 911 claiming to have killed his girlfriend at Haley’s South Carolina home.
Authorities responded to a call on 30 December from a person who said he had shot his girlfriend and was threatening to harm himself, giving Haley’s address to the operator. It was shortly deemed a fake emergency, Reuters reported. Haley and her son were not at home during the time of the call; her husband was overseas.
The report comes after a surge in swatting – when anonymous people use the addresses of public figures when calling 911 to report fake violent incidents, like shootings – against public officials in recent months.
Earlier this month, special counsel Jack #Smith and DC district court judge Tanya #Chutkan, both key figures in the federal case against Donald Trump for attempts to overturn the election, were targets of swatting.
Shenna #Bellows, Maine’s secretary of state who barred Trump from the state’s Republican primary ballot, was also singled out in an incident last year.
Gabriel #Sterling, a top official in the Georgia secretary of state’s office, said that 14 police cars, a firetruck and an ambulance appeared at his home when someone called 911 about a hoax shooting.
“Now I bolt my doors every night,” he told Reuters. “That’s the reality I’m living in.”
Jen #Easterly, the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the federal agency that is tasked with bolstering election security, was also a target of a hoax December 30, NBC News reported earlier this week.
“One of the most troubling trends we have seen in recent years has been the harassment of public officials across the political spectrum, including extreme incidents involving swatting and direct personal threats,” Easterly told NBC News. “These incidents pose a serious risk to the individuals, their families and, in the case of swatting, to the law enforcement officers responding to the situation. While my own experience was certainly harrowing, it was unfortunately not unique.”
Some officials have also been targets of more direct threats. On the morning of closing arguments in Trump’s New York fraud trial, a bomb squad responded to a threat directed toward the Long Island home of judge Arthur #Engoron, who is overseeing the case.
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Nikki Haley was swatted in December, records review shows
Swatting has become a prolific tool of political #intimidation in recent years as people respond to inflammatory rhetoric.
Newly reviewed records show that presidential hopeful Nikki #Haley was the target of a swatting incident in late December when an anonymous person called 911 claiming to have killed his girlfriend at Haley’s South Carolina home.
Authorities responded to a call on 30 December from a person who said he had shot his girlfriend and was threatening to harm himself, giving Haley’s address to the operator. It was shortly deemed a fake emergency, Reuters reported. Haley and her son were not at home during the time of the call; her husband was overseas.
The report comes after a surge in swatting – when anonymous people use the addresses of public figures when calling 911 to report fake violent incidents, like shootings – against public officials in recent months.
Earlier this month, special counsel Jack #Smith and DC district court judge Tanya #Chutkan, both key figures in the federal case against Donald Trump for attempts to overturn the election, were targets of swatting.
Shenna #Bellows, Maine’s secretary of state who barred Trump from the state’s Republican primary ballot, was also singled out in an incident last year.
Gabriel #Sterling, a top official in the Georgia secretary of state’s office, said that 14 police cars, a firetruck and an ambulance appeared at his home when someone called 911 about a hoax shooting.
“Now I bolt my doors every night,” he told Reuters. “That’s the reality I’m living in.”
Jen #Easterly, the head of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the federal agency that is tasked with bolstering election security, was also a target of a hoax December 30, NBC News reported earlier this week.
“One of the most troubling trends we have seen in recent years has been the harassment of public officials across the political spectrum, including extreme incidents involving swatting and direct personal threats,” Easterly told NBC News. “These incidents pose a serious risk to the individuals, their families and, in the case of swatting, to the law enforcement officers responding to the situation. While my own experience was certainly harrowing, it was unfortunately not unique.”
Some officials have also been targets of more direct threats. On the morning of closing arguments in Trump’s New York fraud trial, a bomb squad responded to a threat directed toward the Long Island home of judge Arthur #Engoron, who is overseeing the case.
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Trump’s Latest Truth Social Posts Look Awfully Anti–Gag Order
https://newrepublic.com/post/176486/trump-truth-social-posts-look-anti-gag-order-chutkan
#TrumpTruthSocialPosts #AntiGagOrder #Chutkan #NewsRepublic #TruthSocial #Trump #Politics #News
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We're here to scrutinize the stand
That Trump's children take on demand
The truth they must tell
For their Dad in his cell
And Neal Katyal knows the brand#trump #jacksmith #chutkan #nealkatyal #andrewweissmann #jenpsaki #ode #poetry
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We're here to scrutinize the stand
That Trump's children take on demand
The truth they must tell
For their Dad in his cell
And Neal Katyal knows the brand#trump #jacksmith #chutkan #nealkatyal #andrewweissmann #jenpsaki #ode #poetry
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However, she added to Ohm, “They don’t have an #obligation to do your #investigation.”
#Chutkan has signaled a similar approach in #Trump’s case. She has rejected #Trump’s request for years of pretrial prep — despite millions of pages of #evidence — in part because of #JackSmith’s “overinclusive” approach that included millions of duplicative pages or records he was not required to share.
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Inside the courtroom of #Trump’s #DC #judge
Judge Tanya #Chutkan’s first #trial since TFG’s #indictment offers insight into how she’ll handle the case.
She said that she views #prosecutors as having an #obligation to be “overinclusive” in the evidence they turn over — anything that could even conceivably be beneficial to the #defense. “In this court, this is how I view it,” she said.
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/09/25/trump-judge-tanya-chutkan-courtroom-00118054
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Judge #Chutkan assigned to defamation lawsuit against fmr #Mueller prosecutor #AndrewWeissmann
The lawsuit filed by fmr #Trump WH “ethics” lawyer Stefan #Passantino claimed #legal analyst #Weissmann damaged his reputation by tweeting (w/o naming him) that Passantino coached #Jan6 star witness & fmr #MarkMeadows aide #CassidyHutchinson to “lie.”
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Judge #Chutkan assigned to defamation lawsuit against fmr #Mueller prosecutor #AndrewWeissmann
The lawsuit filed by fmr #Trump WH “ethics” lawyer Stefan #Passantino claimed #legal analyst #Weissmann damaged his reputation by tweeting (w/o naming him) that Passantino coached #Jan6 star witness & fmr #MarkMeadows aide #CassidyHutchinson to “lie.”
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#Trump’s lawyers have until Monday to explain why he should not be subject to a limited #GagOrder restricting what he can say about the #ElectionObstruction case he faces in #DC. Earlier this month, prosecutors asked US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan to issue the gag order — arguing that Trump’s incendiary comments about the case could #intimidate #witnesses & make it hard to find an #impartial #jury.
#law #legal
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#Trump’s lawyers have until Monday to explain why he should not be subject to a limited #GagOrder restricting what he can say about the #ElectionObstruction case he faces in #DC. Earlier this month, prosecutors asked US District Judge Tanya #Chutkan to issue the gag order — arguing that Trump’s incendiary comments about the case could #intimidate #witnesses & make it hard to find an #impartial #jury.
#law #legal
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#Trump demands recusal by Judge #Chutkan in #federal #Jan6 prosecution
#Attorneys for Trump on Monday asked US District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to disqualify herself from presiding over his federal #ElectionObstruction case, asserting that Chutkan in past cases involving #Jan6, 2021, riot defendants made statements that give the appearance that she has prejudged Trump’s guilt.
(Not going to happen)
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#Trump demands recusal by Judge #Chutkan in #federal #Jan6 prosecution
#Attorneys for Trump on Monday asked US District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan to disqualify herself from presiding over his federal #ElectionObstruction case, asserting that Chutkan in past cases involving #Jan6, 2021, riot defendants made statements that give the appearance that she has prejudged Trump’s guilt.
(Not going to happen)
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#Trump #legal team filed complaint re prosecutors filing a motion under seal w/o consulting them.
Prosecutors responded that they did consult on the #filing, just not on the decision to #file it #UnderSeal, a process laid out by the #court.
Prosecutors alerted Juge #Chutkan to Trump's "daily" public statements
Chutkan *granted* Trump's #motion to #vacate
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.48.0_4.pdf -
#Trump #legal team filed complaint re prosecutors filing a motion under seal w/o consulting them.
Prosecutors responded that they did consult on the #filing, just not on the decision to #file it #UnderSeal, a process laid out by the #court.
Prosecutors alerted Juge #Chutkan to Trump's "daily" public statements
Chutkan *granted* Trump's #motion to #vacate
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.48.0_4.pdf -
#Trump #legal team filed complaint re prosecutors filing a motion under seal w/o consulting them.
Prosecutors responded that they did consult on the #filing, just not on the decision to #file it #UnderSeal, a process laid out by the #court.
Prosecutors alerted Juge #Chutkan to Trump's "daily" public statements
Chutkan *granted* Trump's #motion to #vacate
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.48.0_4.pdf -
#Trump #legal team filed complaint re prosecutors filing a motion under seal w/o consulting them.
Prosecutors responded that they did consult on the #filing, just not on the decision to #file it #UnderSeal, a process laid out by the #court.
Prosecutors alerted Juge #Chutkan to Trump's "daily" public statements
Chutkan *granted* Trump's #motion to #vacate
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.48.0_4.pdf -
#Trump #legal team filed complaint re prosecutors filing a motion under seal w/o consulting them.
Prosecutors responded that they did consult on the #filing, just not on the decision to #file it #UnderSeal, a process laid out by the #court.
Prosecutors alerted Juge #Chutkan to Trump's "daily" public statements
Chutkan *granted* Trump's #motion to #vacate
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149/gov.uscourts.dcd.258149.48.0_4.pdf -
Judge Tanya #Chutkan says she will take a short #recess of 5 to 10 minutes, & come back with a #TrialDate for #Trump’s #DC #ElectionObstruction case.
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice
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Judge Tanya #Chutkan says she will take a short #recess of 5 to 10 minutes, & come back with a #TrialDate for #Trump’s #DC #ElectionObstruction case.
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice
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Her appeal echoes a concern that #Chutkan raised at an Aug. 11 #hearing in the case. She indicated then that #Trump’s public statements — which are unusual in a #federal #criminal case, & the type of behavior that tends to anger judges — suggest that the #trial should happen quickly to avoid WitnessTampering & #influencing potential #jurors.
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice #ElectionObstruction
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Her appeal echoes a concern that #Chutkan raised at an Aug. 11 #hearing in the case. She indicated then that #Trump’s public statements — which are unusual in a #federal #criminal case, & the type of behavior that tends to anger judges — suggest that the #trial should happen quickly to avoid WitnessTampering & #influencing potential #jurors.
#Jan6 #ElectionInterference #Conspiracy #law #legal #justice #ElectionObstruction
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#Prosecutor Molly Gaston just told Judge #Chutkan that the DC #ElectionObstruction case against #Trump should happen “as soon as possible” because TFG has been posting on #SocialMedia on a near-daily basis about the case & talking about #witnesses & #evidence, among other things.
“This potentially #prejudices the #jury pool,” #Gaston said. “And so under the #SpeedyTrialAct, Your Honor, we need to find a time for trial as soon as the #defense can reasonably be ready.”