Adam Klasfeld
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Editor-in-chief of @AllRiseNews. Fearless journalism about the law, your rights, and your powers to effect change in the Trump era.
New York City
Joined July 2009
Neal Katyal's opening volley against Trump's tariffs: "May it please the court: Tariffs are taxes."
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This footnote from Judge Currie's ruling could be crucial. She writes that the statute of limitations was never tolled by the invalid indictment. If that's the case, Comey's statute of limitations has lapsed.
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NEWS: A federal judge DISMISSES the cases against both James Comey and Letitia James without prejudice because of Lindsey Halligan's unlawful appointment. More soon on All Rise News. Doc https://t.co/1x9a9vI1f1 Background https://t.co/KYcV3uubDy
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BREAKING A federal judge just DISMISSED James Comey’s case without prejudice because of Lindsey Halligan’s unlawful appointment. More soon on All Rise News. Doc https://t.co/m6S1O9vWK5 Background https://t.co/KPpEL9WuKm
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“It is always difficult to comment on an ongoing investigation,” he said, as he commented on an ongoing investigation.
It is always difficult to comment on an ongoing investigation, but @chad_mizelle knows of what he speaks.
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Kilmar Abrego Garcia's lawyers inform a federal judge about the Washington Post's bombshell: The government's claim that Costa Rica will no longer accept Abrego has been exposed as a lie. More evidence—"if any were needed"—of vindictive prosecution. Doc https://t.co/QshYK1VWIl
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.@charlie_savage explains the forum shopping in Trump's grand conspiracy probe. Key grand jury sits in Judge Cannon's Fort Pierce. Ex-Trump atty DAG Blanche oversees US Atty thru aide who clerked for Cannon when she dismissed Trump's case. (gift)
nytimes.com
The prosecutor running an inquiry into those who investigated President Trump has established a grand jury under Judge Aileen M. Cannon, whose scuttling of the documents case made her a White House...
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Jeff Flake -- breaks with Trump, retires Bob Corker -- breaks with Trump, retires Will Hurd -- breaks with Trump, retires Richard Burr -- breaks with Trump, retires Pat Toomey -- breaks with Trump, retires Ben Sasse -- breaks with Trump, resigns Anthony Gonazalez -- breaks with
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That is, if Halligan is still in that position by Dec. 5 — a prospect that appears increasingly unlikely.
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Quite a week for NYAG James: Battling Trump’s loyalist, inexperienced former campaign lawyer turned first-time prosecutor John Sarcone on Dec. 4. Then, battling Trump’s loyalist, inexperienced former personal lawyer turned first-time prosecutor Lindsey Halligan on Dec. 5.
Judge Schofield will hear argument 12/4 on whether US Attorney for the Northern District of NY was lawfully appointed. (Arises in Letitia James' challenge to a grand jury subpoena issued there.)
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Reminder "The [SDNY] was running an active investigation into Jeffrey Epstein['s] ... coconspirators. In January, SDNY prosecutors were ordered to transfer the Epstein case files to DOJ headquarters ... the investigation into co-conspirators has inexplicably ceased."
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Read the thread in full
JUST IN: A federal judge says one of the Venezuelan men — illegally deported to El Salvador in March before he was swapped back to Venezuela in a prisoner exchange — is now missing, possibly a victim of the violence he was seeking asylum from. https://t.co/KYeQEmHe4H
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The goal is to KILL DUE PROCESS. After firing over a hundred *immigration* judges (the name of the position set down in law) for the “crime” of being perceived as too likely to grant relief, the Trump admin is now trying to rebrand the job as “deportation judge.”
If you are a legal professional, the Trump Administration is calling on YOU to join @TheJusticeDept as a Deportation Judge to restore integrity and honor to our Nation’s Immigration Court system. -Salary: $159,951 - $207,500 -70 Nationwide locations -Potential for full-time
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Look, but it's a non-story :)
UPDATE2: Late this evening the Coast Guard published a new policy, dated Nov. 20, that re-establishes that it specifically sees swastikas and nooses as hate symbols - not as just “potentially divisive” and states that they are expressly prohibited. Importantly, it says the new
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THIS IS WILD. From @CarolLeonnig and me: A federal grand jury in Maryland is investigating whether Federal Housing Finance Agency director Bill Pulte and Justice Department prosecutor Ed Martin improperly appointed unauthorized people to help in mortgage fraud investigations of
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Judge doubts Kilmar Abrego Garcia has final deportation order My recap of the 4+ hour hearing: The government's fourth effort to whisk Abrego to a faraway African nation seems bound to flop.
allrisenews.com
The government's fourth effort to whisk Abrego to a faraway African nation seems bound to flop.
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A senior ICE official just admitted in an evidentiary hearing in Kilmar Abrego Garcia’s case that someone else drafted his declaration in the case and he didn’t know what certain words meant.
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Good morning from Alexandria, Va. This morning, a judge here in federal court will consider James Comey’s first wave of pretrial motions after his magistrate issued a blistering ruling about the grand jury. Stay tuned on All Rise News https://t.co/4n7mugc2UK
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"Insubordinate." In a democracy, a journalist doesn't act as a subordinate to the head of state. The job is to hold power accountable.
deadline.com
Mary Bruce asked about the Jamal Khashoggi murder and the Jeffrey Epstein files
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