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#CrooksAndLiars - What Is #Trump #DOJ So Desperate To Hide From #NM #Epstein Investigation?
NM AG #RaúlTorrez is fed up with the DOJ’s excuses for obstructing the state’s Epstein investigation.
By NewsHound Ellen — July 25, 2026
"#JeffreyEpstein’s #ZorroRanch in #NewMexico was mentioned more than 13,000 times in the Epstein files. But acting Attorney General Todd Blanche and Jay Clayton, US attorney for the Southern District of New York, each of whom is a nominee for permanent Trump cabinet positions, have only turned over 31 pages of non-useful information. They are stonewalling the rest of it.
"NM Attorney General Raúl Torrez told MS Now on Thursday night why his office is on the verge of suing the DOJ for its failure to cooperate. As Torrez explained, New Mexico 'stood down' its 2019 state investigation into #EpsteinCrimes at the request of the Southern District of New York. The #SDNY had agreed to refer back to NM any state-related matters once its case concluded.
"Clayton claims to be withholding Zorro Ranch documents out of some sort of concern for privacy and protection orders.
"Torrez is calling BS."
Read more:
https://crooksandliars.com/2026/07/what-trump-doj-so-desperate-hide-nm -
Lawyer Who Previously Represented President Of US In His #StormyDaniels Matters Rewarded With Appointment As Top U.S. Attorney in #Manhattan For the #DOJ #SDNY.
James M. McDonald was on the private defense team handling Prez #Drumpf's appeal of his numerous #NewYork #felony convictions brought by Letitia James. During the first #DON term, he served as Director of Enforcement at the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and prior to that in 2009 he was #SCOTUS law clerk for Chief Justice John Roberts.
McDonald Replaces #DJT Loyalist Jay Clayton Who Is Replacing Tulsi Gabbard In Her Past Director Of #NSA Intel Post.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/nyregion/trump-attorney-james-mcdonald-manhattan.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.qy9h.ZW09tRB7hRh_&smid=url-share #LinkShare #GiftLink #NYTimes #Legal
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So the going-in assumption should be that McDonald is in the bag for Trump. Save your records, SDNY
Trump names James M. McDonald to lead powerful New York federal prosecutor’s office
https://apnews.com/article/trump-mcdonald-sdny-clayton-odni-0ee978580b026147c3c00925737096f2#SDNY #TrumpMustGo #KingOfTreason #RepublicansDidThis #NoRepublicansEverAgain #USPol
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Maduro has possible legal challenges – likely long shots – we will see at some point.
1) Head of State and Official Acts Immunity – provides that the current head of a foreign state may not be tried either criminally or civilly in a US court. The question = Maduro a “current head of a foreign state”.
2) Official Acts Immunity – Maduro may claim the accused illegal acts were official conduct and those cannot be prosecuted. Will the Courts accept the executive branch’s assertion that the activities are not “official” acts. The Supreme Court has yet to resolve this and have characterized it as “thorny” question.
3) Venue – Current law states that defendants from other countries must be tried “in the district in which the offender ... is arrested or first brought”. Before arriving in New York State, there was a stop in Guantanamo Bay. Maduro could argue he was not “first brought” to SDNY, therefore the case is null.
https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/inside-the-legal-battles-ahead-for-nicolas-maduro
#Maduro #Courts #Defences #Indictment #DoJ #USgov #Law #SDNY -
Ousted #Venezuela President Nicolás #Maduro has hired prominent #criminal defense lawyer #BarryPollack, who long represented #Wikileaks founder #JulianAssange….
#Pollack, a veteran Washington #trial lawyer, filed a notice of appearance Monday as Maduro’s attorney in the #SDNY narco-terrorism case, ahead of a hearing scheduled for noon.
#MafiaState #law #criminal #Trump #abduction #CiliaFlores #oil #sovereignty #InternationalLaw
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/nicolas-maduro-hires-julian-assange-lawyer-for-criminal-defense 🧵 -
Sandi Bachom filmed the #SDNY press conference when #Epstein was arrested. Geoffrey Berman stated exactly what was confiscated by the FBI when they raided Epstein’s mansion. Tapes, hard drives, 1700 photos on the walls. They fired Berman not long after.
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SDNY Assistant U.S. Attorney Letter Reveals Trump Flew On Epstein's Jet Many More Times Than Previously Reported
#DOJ #Epstein #EpsteinFiles #JeffreyEpstein #NewYork #news #SDNY #Trump
https://theaegisalliance.com/2025/12/23/sdny-assistant-u-s-attorney-letter-reveals-trump-flew-on-epsteins-jet-many-more-times-than-previously-reported/?fsp_sid=2124 -
when corrupt #DEA officials need a way to launder #cocaine money for the #cartels, they choose #crypto
(also i noticed that #SDNY didn’t name which #cryptocurrency but it’s been #HowardLutnick's #Tether #USDT pretty much 100% of the time in the ~20 similar indictments i’ve personally read so it feels pretty sus that the name of the token was omitted)
#uspol #drugs #warondrugs #FBI #PambOndi #DOJ #JayClayton #Sinaloa #Mexico #SinaloaCartel #CJNG
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#JayClayton, a former corporate lawyer who served as the #SEC chair during the first #Trump admin, was nominated by the president to be the #USattorney for the #SDNY in January, but his confirmation was blocked by NY’s senior Democratic senator, #ChuckSchumer. Clayton was then appointed on an interim basis in April, & in August, the judges of Manhattan’s Federal District Court appointed him to the post, meaning he could serve for the rest of Trump’s term.
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AG #PamBondi’s assignment to #SDNY of an investigation into #BillClinton could create significant conflict within an office known for its investigative might & #independence.
The office’s leadership flatly refused strong-arm pressure from the #DOJ to sign off on withdrawal of the bribery indictment of Mayor #EricAdams of NYC earlier this year, prompting a wave of resignations & forcing a top Bondi aide to appear on behalf of the govt to make the request in court himself.
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#JayClayton, who served as chair of the #SEC during the first #Trump admin, has deep-roots in #WallStreet & >2decades of experience at a prominent international law firm, although he never was a prosecutor before taking the position 4 months ago.
The approval came after several other US attorneys across the country who were appointed by the Trump admin were unable to gain the approval of #judges in their districts.
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#Trump pick to be the top #federal prosecutor in #NYC will stay in the job, even though he hasn’t been confirmed by the US #Senate, after a group of #judges voted Monday to allow him to continue in the position.
The judges’ decision to approve #JayClayton as the #USattorney for #SDNY is a victory for the Trump admin, which has resorted to unorthodox maneuvers to keep some of Trump’s other nominees for US attys in place after they failed to advance in the Senate.
#law
https://apnews.com/article/clayton-prosecutor-new-york-9d92e8444db2acae26f21bb6c8cdf81e -
Roman Storm Guilty of Unlicensed Money Transmitting Conspiracy in Partial Verdict - NEW YORK — Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm has been found guilty of conspiring to oper... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/08/06/roman-storm-guilty-of-unlicensed-money-transmitting-conspiracy-in-partial-verdict #tornadocash #romanstorm #policy #sdny #news
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Roman Storm Jury Deadlocked, Judge Tells Them to Keep Deliberating - NEW YORK — The Manhattan jury tasked with deciding Tornado Cash developer Roman Storm’s f... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/08/06/roman-storm-jury-deadlocked-judge-tells-them-to-keep-deliberating #tornadocash #romanstorm #policy #sdny #news
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Samourai Wallet Devs Plead Guilty to Conspiring to Run Unlicensed Money Transmitter - The developers of Bitcoin mixing service Samourai Wallet pleaded guilty to one count each... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/07/30/samourai-wallet-devs-plead-guilty-to-conspiring-to-run-unlicensed-money-transmitter #samouraiwallet #courtcases #criminal #policy #sdny #news
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A former federal prosecutor in #SDNY, #EmilBove was on Trump’s [losing] legal team during his New York hush money trial & defended #Trump in the 2 federal #criminal cases. He will serve on the #3rdCircuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases from #Delaware, #NewJersey & #Pennsylvania.
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Roman Storm Trial: Is Coding A Crime? The Tornado Cash Court Battle Intensifies - NEW YORK — The government officially rested its case against Tornado Cash developer Roman... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/07/24/roman-storm-trial-is-coding-a-crime-the-tornado-cash-court-battle-intensifies #tornadocash #romanstorm #policy #sdny #news
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Maurene #Comey was a veteran lawyer in the #SDNY, long considered the most elite of the #DOJ’s prosecution offices. Her cases included the #SexTrafficking prosecution of #JeffreyEpstein, who killed himself behind bars in 2019, & the recent case against #SeanCombs, which ended earlier this month with a mixed verdict.
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Legitimate Privacy Tool or Dirty Money ‘Laundromat’? Lawyers Debate Role of Tornado Cash on Day 1 of Roman Storm Trial - NEW YORK — There is at least one fact that both the defense and the prosecution agree in ... - https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2025/07/15/legitimate-privacy-tool-or-dirty-money-laundromat-lawyers-debate-role-of-tornado-cash-on-day-1-of-roman-storm-trial #romanstorm #policy #sdny #news #doj
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…#EmilBove also faced sharp questions about his ordering the dismissal of #EricAdams’ corruption case, which led to the resignation of a top prosecutor in New York & several other #DOJ officials. #DanielleSassoon, then-interim #USattorney for the #SDNY, cited her objections to what she called a political “#QuidProQuo” with Adams’ legal team for the mayor to enforce #Trump’s #immigration policies only if he was freed from the looming prosecution.
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#Boasberg: you've essentially admitted their rights were violated. if they're in constructive custody, what's the remedy?
#DOJ: ...
Boasberg: now we've got #judges in #SDNY, #SDTex, #DColo, plus a circuit judge in #DC all finding that invasion & predatory incursion have #military connotations so proclamation did not properly invoke #AEA. agree that's where things stand?
DOJ: yes.
Boasberg: #SCOTUS never said AEA was properly invoked.
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Federal Judge Hellerstein preliminarily ENJOINS enforcement of #AlienEnemiesAct proclamation in #SDNY.
1. no "invasion."
2. no "incursion"
3. Attempt to enforce "immediate ... removal" of alleged Tren de Aragua members violates #DueProcess & terms of #AEA itself.
#immigration #law #Trump #AbuseOfPower
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.640153/gov.uscourts.nysd.640153.84.0.pdf -
But the 2nd time, the #DOJ fared even worse. Judge Netburn not only rejected the request…, but she also ordered the govt to abide by a special condition: Should they ever try to refile such an application before another federal judge, they had to include a transcript of the sealed discussions in her court…
Part of the judge’s skepticism…stemmed from the absence from the case of attys w/the Manhattan prosecutor’s office. But prosecutors in #SDNY were wary of signing onto the effort…
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Read resignation letter from #SDNY prosecutors asked to admit ‘wrongdoing’
“We will not confess wrongdoing when there was none,” wrote prosecutors involved in the bribery case against New York Mayor #EricAdams. “We resign.” -
The list of measures purpose-built to cleave off a domain in which the #law does not apply grows by the day: the #pardons that bless & invite #insurrectionary #violence; the #purges of career lawyers at the #DOJ & #SDNY, #InspectorsGeneral across the govt, & snr #FBI agents; the AG’s command that attys obey #Trump over their understanding of the #Constitution; the appointment of people such as #KashPatel & #DanBongino, who…view loyalty to Trump as more compelling than their constitutional oath;
