Adam Klasfeld

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With all these options remaining, why does the fate of thousands of criminal prosecutions in this District potentially rest on the legitimacy of an unprecedented and byzantine leadership structure? The Government tells us: the President doesn’t like that he cannot simply appoint whomever he wants. Notwithstanding the chaos that pervades criminal prosecutions in this District, and without regard to the possibility that scores of dangerous criminals could have their cases dismissed or convictions eventually reversed, “the [E]xecutive branch, at least right now, is not prepared to . . . use [the legal] options.

A federal judge STRIKES DOWN the District of N.J.’s post-Alina Habba regime, consisting of a “triumvirate” of so-called “special attorneys.”

Judge Brann’s blistering opinion warns that “scores of dangerous criminals” can have their convictions reversed if Trump insists on illegal appointments.

Let's talk about it sometime soon!

Today, Clayton is in control at SDNY, and the Halkbank case appears to be heading to an out-of-court resolution as Trump appears to have neutralized SDNY's famed independence from Main Justice.

Berman resisted pressure from then-AG Bill Barr to dismiss the case.

Barr wanted to fire Berman and replace him with ex-SEC chairman Jay Clayton.

Finding Clayton inexperienced, Berman refused to leave unless replaced with his deputy Audrey Strauss, who took over and kept the case alive.

After that effort failed, Zarrab turned state's witness against Halkbank manager Hakan Atilla and implicated Erdogan in sanctions-busting trades.

That case led to separate indictment against Halkbank itself, eventually led by one of Bharara's successors Geoffrey Berman.

This is a case where multiple ex-SDNY U.S. Attorneys suspected that Trump's White House tried to kill the case.

It began when @preetbharara.bsky.social charged Turkish-Iranian gold trader Reza Zarrab with spearheading the scheme.

Rudy Giuliani repped Zarrab and tried to execute a prisoner swap.

NEWS

Trump DOJ offers a deferred prosecution agreement to Halkbank, the Turkish state-run bank charged with laundering billions in Iranian oil money.

Trump repeatedly tried to end this case in his first term—per John Bolton, as a favor to one of the "dictators he liked" (i.e. Erdogan).

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This is the kind of journalist an editor yearns for at a time like this: A Persian-fluent reporter w/ deep experience covering Iranian politics and policies.

She used to work at the Washpost.

Then Bezos dismantled the international coverage.

Now she’s at the NYT

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LEASE TAKE NOTICE that all Respondents–Defendants appeal to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from the following judgments of this Court and all orders merging therewith:

News

Trump DOJ appeals a ruling providing more than 100 men illegally spirited to an El Salvador prison last year an opportunity to return to the U.S. or initiate habeas proceedings abroad.

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I did not share the original story because my gut was that the sourcing was dubious. Someone who knows more about the sole source confirms that skepticism. Don't fall for clickbait, read the piece linked below.

(If the story is confirmed by other outlets, that's another thing. But ... it's not)

On All Rise News, host Adam Klasfeld speaks with Michael Wriston about the impact of Project Salt Box's campaign, which has helped spur nationwide opposition and cancel at least 12 ICE warehouse contracts. @klasfeldreports.com @allrisenews.com

BREAKING

The Federal Circuit immediately issues the mandates in the tariffs litigation, rejecting the Trump admin's request for further delay. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Platner sat for lengthy interview with antisemitic conspiracy theorist, said he was ‘longtime fan’ of his show Weeks before Graham Platner promoted an antisemitic conspiracy theorist in a now-deleted social media post on Thursday, the controversial Maine Senate candidate appeared on a popular YouTube show whos...

At a certain point you just cannot keep extending someone the benefit of the doubt. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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JUSTICE GORSUCH: Can you give me a reason to accept it, though? That's what I'm struggling and waiting for. What's the reason to accept the notion that Congress can hand off the power to declare war to the President? GENERAL SAUER: Well, we don't contend that. Again, that would be -- JUSTICE GORSUCH: Well, you do. You say it's unreviewable, that there's no manageable standard, nothing to be done. And now you're -- I think you -- tell me if I'm wrong. You've backed off that position. GENERAL SAUER: Maybe that's fair to say.

JUSTICE GORSUCH: You're saying there's inherent authority in foreign affairs, all foreign affairs, so regulate commerce, duties and -- and -- and -- and tariffs and war. It's inherent authority all the way down, you say. Fine. Congress decides tomorrow, well, we're tired of this legislating business. We're just going to hand it all off to the President. What would stop Congress from doing that? GENERAL SAUER: That would be different than a situation where there are metes and bounds, so to speak. It would be a wholesale abdication.

From tariff arguments

GORSUCH: What's the reason to accept the notion that Congress can hand off the power to declare war to the President?
SAUER: Well, we don't contend that.

What if Congress decides it's "tired of this legislating business"?
That'd be a "wholesale abdication," Sauer ntoes

The Trump administration won’t seek an appeal of the dismissal of the so-called death-eligible counts against Luigi Mangione.

The case will proceed as a non-capital case. Huge loss/face plant for Pam Bondi, who made a big show of this capital prosecution. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Radiohead is demanding that the Trump administration take down a pro-ICE promotional video featuring a version of its song “Let Down” without permission.

Full statement from the band:

This is amazing.

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New: As David Ellison prepares to take control of CNN, legendary CBS News producer Mary Walsh, who is exiting, sent a goodbye note to colleagues.

In the note, Walsh writes, "We’ve been told to aim our reporting at a particular part of the political spectrum. Honestly, I don’t know how to do that."

We are living through a period where we have mass government layoffs literally causing countless deaths while at the same time DHS has so much money that Noem will have a different luxury jet for every day of the week

Tweet from Ana Kasparian: "Hey, bitch, the goyim are waking the fuck up. Deal with it."

This is the Executive Producer of the (at least nominally) left-wing news program The Young Turks, with almost a million followers.

Really does feel like we're headed down a bad road with this growing Red-Brown alliance.

Photograph of Abrego leaving federal court following the vindictive prosecution hearing.

Recap of what happened here www.allrisenews.com/p/abrego-vin...

Abrego's vindictive prosecution hearing wraps at around 2 p.m. Central Time. More coverage ahead for All Rise News subscribers.

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With that, the evidentiary hearing wraps at 2 p.m. Central Time.

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On the day of Abrego's return to the United States from El Salvador, Todd Blanche congratulated McGuire and thanked him for your hard work on the case, according to Patton.

McGuire says of the call: "That would be pretty standard, I think."

Last exchange of redirect:

Q: Who leads the prosecution team today in this case?
A: I do.

Judge allows Patton to have a "limited" recross

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McGuire says of Ben Schrader's resignation:

"I didn't want the people of the Middle District of Tennessee to lose him."