bearister said:

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"The Trump administration on Monday abandoned its attempts to impose potentially crippling executive orders against law firms that refused to capitulate to the president, walking away from its appeal of victories the firms had won against the White House.

With a brief due this week, Justice Department lawyers told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that they were no longer interested in pursuing the cases and were voluntarily asking the court to dismiss them.

The decision is the White House's most significant acknowledgment that the executive orders cannot be successfully defended in court."
NYT

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# fingers crossed, or as a bald starship captain liked to command..

bearister said:

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"The Trump administration on Monday abandoned its attempts to impose potentially crippling executive orders against law firms that refused to capitulate to the president, walking away from its appeal of victories the firms had won against the White House.

With a brief due this week, Justice Department lawyers told the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia that they were no longer interested in pursuing the cases and were voluntarily asking the court to dismiss them.

The decision is the White House's most significant acknowledgment that the executive orders cannot be successfully defended in court."
NYT
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/02/us/politics/trump-executive-orders-law-firms.html?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20260303&instance_id=171876&nl=breaking-news®i_id=73910054&segment_id=216051&user_id=ad18fc4e6f33bfafb338c4c822d93cea

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Trump must have seen the reports that this was a big loss for the Trump Administration so like the petulant 10 year old boy he is emotionally, he yanked his personal DOJ back the other way. No ethical attorney will work for the DOJ.

"Hours after asking the court to dismiss its appeal, the Department of Justice has abruptly reversed course and moved to continue its defense of the unconstitutional executive orders," Perkins Coie said in a statement. "It offered no explanation to either the parties or the court for its reversal. We remain committed to defending our firm, our people, and our clients."
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/trump-administration-reverses-course-seeks-continue-battle-law-firms-rcna261546

Pam Blondie, we hardly knew ye.







*Boy, the quasi hot middle aged chicks are dropping like flies in Trump II.

bearister said:

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Blondie, we hardly knew ye.







*Boy, the quasi hot middle aged chicks are dropping like flies in Trump II.

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I don't know if such a person exists in the Republican Party. Frankly, I don't think there's a person alive on Planet Earth that can give Trump hard truths and he'll actually sit and listen and take their good advice. But if that person exists, he needs to tell Trump that he needs to give up on his 2020 election conspiracy and get an actual competent Attorney General in charge instead of another sycophant because not only has Bondi done great harm to the DOJ, she's done actual great harm to him.

It would be nice if the Senate just refused to confirm any of the sycophants he's likely to send for confirmation, but I doubt that will happen.

The poor dear did her best Roy Cohn obstructing justice impersonation but it still wasn't good enough.


*A lot of people are saying that the Ghizzy Maxwell in prison interview assignment was thinly disguised witness tampering so at least Trump can be confident that there is no lowering of the Canons of Ethics bar that Blanche won't be willing to limbo under.

Do you think Pam can convince Noem's husband to loan her his fake boobery gear so that Bondi can have her boyfriend hook'em on for a photo session so Pam can get a little of that "I'm a victim" love during these trying times?

So now yall care what people do in their personal lives?

BearlySane88 said:

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So now yall care what people do in their personal lives?

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no, sounds like he just wants Pam to have the best defense as any good attorney would ….and the sympathy angle is as good as any

Source: CNN Exclusive: Justice Department removes lead prosecutor from probe of Trump critic John Brennan | CNN Politics https://share.google/DJzXq3syFyWV5un6m




Source: CNN Justice Department adds former Trump lawyer to investigation of Trump critic John Brennan | CNN Politics https://share.google/C0uIGSxkXObbWwRSK



*I hope that all you BI True Believers out there are placing significant wagers with Polymarket regarding the outcome of these very serious Trump vindictive prosecutions being steered by crack teams of prosecutors.

Trump poised to nominate Todd Blanche as attorney general | Courthouse News Service https://www.courthousenews.com/trump-poised-to-nominate-todd-blanche-as-attorney-general/

*I just Polymarket-ed on the proposition that someday the state of New York will disbar Todd Blanche.

As of June 2026, watchdog groups, legal scholars, and lawmakers have flagged multiple actions by Blancheranging from his management of the Department of Justice (DOJ) to specific criminal prosecutionsas apparent breaches of state bar ethics and federal conflict-of-interest guidelines.

Formal Bar Complaints and Key Allegations

1. Vindictive Prosecution and Misrepresentation (New York Bar Complaint)In late May 2026, the Campaign for Accountability filed a formal complaint with the New York Bar disciplinary authorities against Blanche. The complaint stems from the federal prosecution of Kilmar Abrego Garcia in Tennessee, which U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw dismissed after ruling that the DOJ had engaged in "vindictive prosecution".
According to the complaint, Blanche's conduct appears to violate several New York Rules of Professional Conduct:

Rule 3.4(e): Prohibiting the presentation of criminal charges solely to gain an advantage in a civil matter (charges were allegedly brought as retaliation after the defendant successfully fought unlawful removal to El Salvador).

Rule 8.4(c), (d), and (h): Engaging in conduct involving dishonesty, fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation; conduct prejudicial to the administration of justice; and conduct reflecting adversely on his fitness to practice law.

Rules 3.3(a)(1) and 5.1(d): Inducing or directing subordinate DOJ lawyers to make material misrepresentations to a federal tribunal.

2. Cryptocurrency Conflict of InterestBlanche faces a separate complaint filed by the Campaign Legal Center with the DOJ Inspector General and the Office of Government Ethics (OGE).

The complaint alleges that while serving as Deputy Attorney General, Blanche issued an official memo restructuring digital asset prosecution guidelines and dismantling a crypto-fraud enforcement team. At the time, he still held personal cryptocurrency investments valued between $116,000 and $315,000, despite having signed an ethics agreement promising to divest from those assets within 90 days of confirmation.

Financial records showed he delayed his divestment and ultimately transferred the crypto to his adult children and a grandchilda move experts flagged as a violation of the spirit of conflict-of-interest regulations.

3. Failure to Recuse from Trump-Related MattersLawmakers, including Senator Adam Schiff, have launched inquiries into Blanche's apparent refusal to properly recuse himself from DOJ investigations involving his former personal defense client, President Donald Trump.

Federal regulations and the DOJ impartiality rule strictly prohibit a department official from participating "personally and substantially" in any matter involving a client they represented within the past year. Critics allege Blanche has actively ignored guidance from career DOJ ethics attorneys regarding these conflicts.

4. Efforts to Shield DOJ Attoneys from State Bar DisciplineBlanche has drawn heavy criticism from organizations like the New York State Bar Association for trying to dismantle the mechanisms that hold government attorneys accountable.

Blanche publicly declared a "war" on state bar disciplinary bodies at a Federalist Society event, subsequently pushing forward a proposed DOJ rule aimed at stripping local bar authorities of their power to independently discipline federal prosecutors. Legal scholars argue this push directly undermines the federal McDade-Murtha Amendment, which legally binds federal prosecutors to the ethical rules of the states in which they practice.

Fresh in from the Well That's a Big F@ucking Surprise Department:

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) approved the blockbuster $111 billion merger between Paramount Skydance and Warner Bros. Discovery. The DOJ cleared the massive media consolidation without requiring any divestitures or concessions.