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  1. Legal Analyst Criticizes DOJ's Defense of Pam Bondi's Refusal to Comply with Epstein Subpoena

    📰 Original title: CNN Legal Analyst Debunks DOJ Excuse About Bondi's Epstein Subpoena: 'A Bogus Argument'

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/en/legal-analyst-

    #politics #epstein #subpoena #bondi

  2. WTAF!?

    #SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.

    “Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.

    #law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
    apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

  3. WTAF!?

    #SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.

    “Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.

    #law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
    apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

  4. WTAF!?

    #SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.

    “Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.

    #law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
    apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

  5. WTAF!?

    #SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.

    “Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.

    #law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
    apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

  6. WTAF!?

    #SteveBannon wins #SCOTUS order likely to lead to dismissal of his #criminal #conviction for refusing to #Congress.

    “Prodded” [instructed] by the #Trump admin, the justices threw out an appellate ruling upholding Bannon’s conviction for defying a #subpoena from the #House committee that investigated the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection by Trump supporters.

    #law #SeparationOfPowers #LegislativeBranch #oversight #ChecksAndBalances #SubpoenaPower
    apnews.com/article/supreme-cou

  7. How Google Handles Subpoena Requests: Insights from the Epstein Files

    📰 Original title: Here’s What a Google Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the Epstein Files

    🤖 IA: It's not clickbait ✅
    👥 Usuarios: It's not clickbait ✅

    View full AI summary: killbait.com/posts/post/a268fe

    #technology #google #subpoena #epstein

  8. /5 Hillary Clinton: "You have held zero public hearings, refused to allow the media to attend them, including today, despite espousing the need for transparency on dozens of occasions.

    You have made little effort to call the people who show up most prominently in the Epstein files. And when you did, not a single Republican Member showed up for Les Wexner’s deposition."

    #Epstein #HillaryClinton #Subpoena

  9. “Documents that are listed, which should be included, which are referenced in other documents, are not in the files,” Rep #RobertGarcia said. He added that the #DOJ had also NOT provided them to the #Oversight Cmte, which issued a #subpoena last year for all of the DOJ’s investigative material regarding #Epstein.

    #EpsteinFiles #Congress #law #criminal #Trump #BestFriendsForever #rape #ChildSexCrimes #pedohilia #SexTrafficking #ViolenceAgainstWomen #RapistInChief #CoverUp

  10. Here’s What a #Google #Subpoena Response Looks Like, Courtesy of the #EpsteinFiles

    The US Justice Department disclosures give fresh clues about how tech companies handle government inquiries about your data.
    #epstein #doj #privacy #security

    wired.com/story/heres-what-a-g

  11. Google, Meta, and Reddit Flooded With US Government Subpoenas

    The Trump administrations big government crackdown on internet thought crimes continue after Reddit and others receive subpoenas.

    freezenet.ca/google-meta-and-r

    #Censorship #News #Discord #Facebook #Google #Meta #politics #Reddit #subpoena #Trump #US #USPol

  12. DHS Subpoenas: The War on Free Speech Just Got Personal

    DHS is issuing subpoenas to Google and Reddit to unmask ICE critics. Learn how they are attacking free speech and how you can fight back.

    thedemocracyadvocate.com/2026/

  13. Google handed over a trove of personal data
    about a student and journalist to U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
    in response to a subpoena that had not been approved by a judge, according to a report by The Intercept. 

    The search and advertising tech giant provided ICE with the usernames, physical addresses, and an itemized list of services associated with the Google account of Amandla Thomas-Johnson,
    a British student and journalist who briefly attended a pro-Palestinian protest in 2024 while attending Cornell University in New York. 

    Google also turned over Thomas-Johnson’s IP addresses, phone numbers, subscriber numbers and identities, and credit card and bank account numbers linked to his account. 

    The subpoena, which reportedly included a gag order, did not include a specific justification for why ICE was requesting Thomas-Johnson’s personal data,
    but the student previously said that the demand for his data came within two hours of Cornell informing him that the U.S. government had revoked his student visa. 

    This is the latest example of how the U.S. government is using a controversial type of legal request, called an #administrative #subpoena, to demand that tech companies turn over the private data of individuals who have been critical of the Trump administration.

    This has included anonymous Instagram accounts that share information about ICE presence and raids,
    as well as people who criticize or protest Trump and his policies.

    techcrunch.com/2026/02/10/goog

  14. HT @bob

    #DHS Hunts Down 67-Year-Old #USCitizen Who Criticized Them in Email

    The Department of Homeland Security is using a little-known tool to go after its critics.

    Hafiz Rashid/ February 3, 2026

    "The #Trump administration is targeting #FreeSpeech with a little-known legal tool: #AdministrativeSubpoenas.

    "The #WashingtonPost reports that a retired #Philadelphia man, Jon, 67, found himself in the government’s crosshairs after he emailed a lead prosecutor at the Department of Homeland Security, #JosephDernbach, who was handling the deportation case of an #AfghanRefugee, identified as H, asking him to consider that the man’s life was in danger from the #Taliban.

    " 'Mr. Dernbach, don’t play Russian roulette with H’s life,' Jon wrote from his #GMail account. 'Err on the side of caution. There’s a reason the US government along with many other governments don’t recognise the Taliban. Apply principles of common sense and decency.'

    "Later that day, Jon received an email from #Google notifying him that an administrative subpoena had been sent to them from the Department of Homeland Security 'compelling the release of information related to your Google Account.' Federal agencies can issue such subpoenas without an order from a judge or grand jury, and Google gave Jon, who withheld his last name to protect his family from the government, one week to challenge it.

    "Laws are supposed to restrict the use of administrative subpoenas, but DHS has used the tool against dissent protected under the #FirstAmendment to the #Constitution. Jon could not find who in the agency issued the #subpoena, let alone a record of it to show an attorney.

    "Days later, DHS agents showed up at Jon’s door. A naturalized U.S. citizen originally from the #UK, Jon was worried about potential violence. The agents showed him a copy of the email and asked to see his side of the story. They didn’t know about the administrative subpoena but said they received orders to interview Jon by #DHS headquarters in Washington, D.C.

    "Eventually, the agents agreed that Jon had committed no crimes after he told them he found Dernbach’s email address through a simple Google search. Jon secured pro bono representation by #ACLU attorneys, who argue that the government is violating a statute that limits how administrative subpoenas can be used for '#ImmigrationEnforcement' and that the government targeted Jon for #ProtectedSpeech.

    " 'It doesn’t take that much to make people look over their shoulder, to think twice before they speak again,' said Nathan Freed Wessler, one of Jon’s attorneys. 'That’s why these kinds of subpoenas and other actions—the visits—are so pernicious. You don’t have to lock somebody up to make them reticent to make their voice heard. It really doesn’t take much, because the power of the federal government is so overwhelming.'

    "Both #Google and #Meta received a record number of subpoenas in the United States during the first half of 2025 as Trump’s second term began, with Google receiving 28,622, a 15 percent increase over the previous six months. Jon was fortunate to have his case picked up by the ACLU and later reported on by a national media outlet. How many others in the U.S. haven’t been so lucky and face legal challenges for exercising their right to free speech?"

    Source / listen:
    newrepublic.com/post/206088/ho

    #USPol #GoogleSucks #BigTech #Fascism #DefundDHS #ThoughtPolice #Orwellian #NineteenEightyFour #Authoritarianism #DepartmentOfHomelandInsecurity

  15. #DOJ plans to #subpoena #Minnesota AG #KeithEllison

    “Justice” is planning to subpoena MN AG Ellison in a “criminal” investigation of several #state & local officials, acc/to 2 sources.

    CNN has previously reported Gov #TimWalz & #Minneapolis Mayor #JacobFrey are also expected to receive #federal criminal subpoenas from the #USAttorney’s Office in the state.

    #law #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #LegalEthics #FirstAmendment #Autocracy #Trump #MafiaState
    cnn.com/us/live-news/minnesota

  16. #FBI Wants to Know Who Runs #ArchivePH
    The FBI has issued a federal #subpoena to #domainregistrar #Tucows, demanding extensive billing and session records to unmask the anonymous operator of Archive.ph (Archive.is and Archive.today). The site, known for bypassing paywalls, is now the subject of an undisclosed criminal investigation. hackread.com/fbi-wants-to-know
    #streisandeffect?

  17. Sam Altman dostał wezwanie sądowe na scenie. Sprawa dotyczy „próby zamordowania ludzkości”

    Do scen jak z filmu akcji doszło w San Francisco. Sam Altman, prezes OpenAI, został publicznie wezwany do sądu podczas rozmowy na scenie z trenerem koszykówki Stevem Kerrem. Jak donosi Futurism i SFGate, nie był to żaden performance ani żart.

    Do zdarzenia doszło  we wtorek 4 listopada br. w Sydney Goldstein Theater. Na nagraniu z incydentu widać, jak mężczyzna wspina się na scenę i ogłasza, że ma „wezwanie sądowe dla Sama Altmana”. Został natychmiast wybuczany przez publiczność i wyprowadzony przez ochronę.

    To nie był aktywista, to był urzędnik

    Szybko okazało się, że mężczyzną był śledczy pracujący dla biura Obrońcy Publicznego San Francisco. Biuro oficjalnie potwierdziło, że wezwanie było prawdziwe, a Altman jest „potencjalnym świadkiem w toczącej się sprawie karnej”.

    Urzędnicy uciekli się do tak publicznej formy doręczenia, ponieważ wcześniejsze próby wręczenia Altmanowi wezwania w siedzibie OpenAI i przez portal online zakończyły się niepowodzeniem.

    Sprawa o „próbę zamordowania wszystkich na Ziemi”

    Do zorganizowania akcji przyznała się grupa aktywistów „Stop AI”. Okazuje się, że to właśnie w ich procesie ma zeznawać Altman. Członkowie tej grupy są sądzeni za wielokrotne, pokojowe blokowanie wejścia do siedziby OpenAI, w tym podczas głośnej demonstracji w lutym tego roku.

    Aktywiści chcą wykorzystać proces do nagłośnienia swojej sprawy. Ich celem jest zakazanie rozwoju superinteligencji, która, ich zdaniem, grozi ludzkości całkowitą zagładą.

    „Wszystkie nasze pokojowe działania przeciwko OpenAI były próbą spowolnienia ich w próbie zamordowania wszystkich i wszystkiego, co żyje na Ziemi” – oświadczyła grupa „Stop AI”. „Ten proces będzie pierwszym w historii ludzkości, w którym ława przysięgłych złożona ze zwykłych ludzi zostanie zapytana o zagrożenie eksterminacją, jakie AI stanowi dla ludzkości”.

    Ironii całej sprawie dodaje fakt, że sam Altman wielokrotnie publicznie ostrzegał, że AI może doprowadzić do masowego bezrobocia, kryzysów społecznych, a nawet… wyginięcia ludzkości.

    „Bez nich nie byłoby OpenAI”. Sam Altman ujawnia kluczową rolę Polaków w stworzeniu GPT-4

    #AI #news #OpenAI #proces #SamAltman #SanFrancisco #StopAI #subpoena #sztucznaInteligencja #wezwanieSądowe

  18. #FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous #Archive Site
    FBI subpoenaed registrar of #archivetoday, demanding information about owner
    #Subpoena, which was posted on X by archive.today on Oct 30, was sent by FBI to Tucows, a popular Canadian domain registrar. It demands that Tucows give the FBI the “customer or subscriber name, address of service, and billing address” and other information about the “customer behind archive.today.”
    404media.co/fbi-tries-to-unmas
    archive.ph/OJoWm

  19. #FBI Tries to Unmask Owner of Infamous Archive.is Site

    The FBI is attempting to unmask the owner behind archive.today, a popular #archiving site that is also regularly used to bypass paywalls on the internet … according to a subpoena posted by the website. The FBI #subpoena says it is part of a criminal investigation, though it does not provide any details about what alleged crime is being investigated.
    #ArchiveToday #archiveis #privacy #copyright

    404media.co/fbi-tries-to-unmas

  20. The documents, which #Democrats on the #House #Oversight Cmte said came from #Epstein's estate in response to a congressional #subpoena, also showed #Britain's #PrinceAndrew flew on Epstein's private jet in 2000.

    …The Democrats said the documents showed #Epstein was friends with "some of the most powerful & wealthiest men in the world," & called on the #DOJ to release all the documents from its probe.

    #law #SexualPredators #ChildSexAbuse #rape #Trump #CoverUp
    oversightdemocrats.house.gov/n

  21. Perez Hilton is going to court to fight Blake Lively’s subpoena, claiming he should be protected as a journalist

    Perez Hilton is challenging a subpoena issued by Blake Lively’s legal team in her ongoing lawsuit against Justin…
    #NewsBeep #News #Celebrities #AU #Australia #BlakeLively #confidentialinformation #courtdocuments #Entertainment #FederalCourt #JustinBaldoni #perezhilton #sexualharassment #smearcampaign #subpoena #Yahoo
    newsbeep.com/au/100863/

  22. Perez Hilton is going to court to fight Blake Lively’s subpoena, claiming he should be protected as a journalist

    Perez Hilton is challenging a subpoena issued by Blake Lively’s legal team in her ongoing lawsuit against Justin…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Celebrities #blakelively #confidentialinformation #courtdocuments #Entertainment #FederalCourt #justinbaldoni #PerezHilton #SexualHarassment #smearcampaign #subpoena #yahoo
    newsbeep.com/us/114797/

  23. Perez Hilton is going to court to fight Blake Lively’s subpoena, claiming he should be protected as a journalist

    Perez Hilton is challenging a subpoena issued by Blake Lively’s legal team in her ongoing lawsuit against Justin…
    #NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Celebrities #blakelively #confidentialinformation #courtdocuments #Entertainment #FederalCourt #justinbaldoni #PerezHilton #SexualHarassment #smearcampaign #subpoena #yahoo
    newsbeep.com/us/114797/

  24. House Subcommittee on Federal Law Enforcement passed an 8–2 vote demanding #DOJ release the complete, #unredacted #JeffreyEpstein files - will this happen - unlikely - includes #subpoena power, pushed through by #Democrats as Speaker #MikeJohnson tried to shut Congress down early to stop the vote. Three #Republicans join Democrats. #Victims #justice won #congress #maga #trump #corruption #FOIA #governmentdocuments #congress #democracy #criminal #sexualassault #law #politics

  25. #SFBA remind #Congress member #RoKhanna of his priorities. He actually missed a vote to #subpoena #Musk and stop the #coup leveraged by #DOGE.

    Copied here is a post from #BlueSky where Khanna posts.

    He is literally my representative in #SanJose and #SiliconValley. I can’t even begin to tell you how disappointing, frustrating, and outrageous it is to get this news.
    Our local #economy, #California, and #America are on the line… and he missed it?? #Khanna #Pelosi, #Lofgren, #Liccardo, #Panetta et al. Get going! Contact your representatives!

  26. The #GOP quest to hold #Garland in #contempt of #Congress for refusing to respond to a #subpoena was not dampened by any sense of irony, even though the #Judiciary Cmte is chaired by Rep #GymJordan. Jordan famously refused to comply w/requests from the House cmte investigating the #Jan6 #insurrection, alongside Reps #ScottPerry, #KevinMcCarthy, #AndyBiggs, & #MoBrooks.

    #law #MAGA #Republicans #HouseRepublicans

  27. The letters were sent hrs before #GOP-led #House Oversight & Judiciary cmtes were to advance a #contempt resolution against AG #Garland for defying a #subpoena demanding the recordings, which include hrs of Special Counsel Hur interviewing #Biden.
    #DOJ also sent #HouseRepublicans a letter Garland wrote Biden on Wed requesting he assert #ExecutivePrivilege bc releasing the tapes would “damage future #law enforcement efforts," as investigators request voluntary cooperation from #WhiteHouse ofcls.

  28. Federalist Society co-Chairman #Leonard #Leo said Thursday he is “not capitulating” after he announced Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) filed a #subpoena against him.

    “Today, I received an unlawful and politically motivated subpoena from U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin,” Leo said in a statement obtained by the Washington Examiner.
    Last November, the Democratic-led committee held a vote to authorize subpoenas for GOP megadonor #Harlan #Crow and the #Federalist #Society co-chairman, the latter of which has long been criticized for his role in influencing the federal judiciary.

    Durbin accused Leo of playing a “central role in the #ethics #crisis plaguing the Supreme Court and, unlike the other recipients of information requests in this matter, he has done nothing but #stonewall the Committee,” calling the subpoena a result of Leo’s “own actions and choices,”

    #LeonardLeo #FedSoc

    washingtonexaminer.com/news/ju