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Takeaways
- ❖Donald Trump proposed a $1.8 billion 'slush fund' for January 6th insurrectionists and sought sweeping tax immunity for himself and his family, which was met with strong Republican opposition in the Senate.
- ❖The DOJ filed a request to dismiss the seditious conspiracy case against Oathkeepers and removed press releases related to January 6th insurrectionists from its website, framing it as reversing 'weaponization'.
- ❖Federal judges dismissed the Broadview 6 case due to 'heinous' grand jury misconduct and the Abrago Garcia case due to 'vindictive prosecution' orchestrated by the Trump regime.
- ❖A George W. Bush-appointed judge, Judge Bates, issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump administration from destroying presidential records, emphasizing the importance of historical preservation against attempts to rewrite the past.
- ❖The hosts argue that the Department of Justice under Trump has been 'hollowed out' and corrupted, leading to a loss of judicial trust in its regularity and integrity.
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1Trump's Proposed Slush Fund and Tax Immunity Attempt
Donald Trump announced a $1.8 billion 'slush fund' for January 6th insurrectionists and attempted to amend a settlement to grant himself, his company, and family members immunity from audits and past tax evasion/fraud. This move was widely condemned, even by Senate Republicans like Mitch McConnell, who called it 'cosmically stupid' and 'morally wrong' for asking to fund people who assaulted police.
Trump's announcement of the fund and the subsequent attempt to amend a settlement for tax immunity. Senator Mitch McConnell's public statements.
2DOJ's Dismissal of Oathkeepers Case and Record Purge
The Department of Justice filed a request to dismiss with prejudice the seditious conspiracy case against Oathkeepers founder Stewart Rhodes and other members. Concurrently, the DOJ removed press releases and statements about January 6th insurrectionists from its website, with the White House Rapid Response team stating they were 'proud to reverse the Department of Justice's weaponization' and strip 'partisan propaganda'.
DOJ's request for dismissal of the Oathkeepers case and the removal of press releases from the DOJ website, followed by a statement from the White House Rapid Response team.
3Broadview 6 Case Dismissed Due to Grand Jury Misconduct
A federal judge, Judge April Perry, dismissed the case against the 'Broadview 6'—peaceful protesters arrested outside an ICE detention center—due to 'heinous' grand jury misconduct by Trump DOJ prosecutors. The judge cited prosecutors vouching for evidence, giving incorrect legal instructions, and engaging in improper conversations with grand jurors, stating that the trust in the DOJ had been 'broken'.
Judge April Perry's ruling dismissing the Broadview 6 case, where she stated, 'That trust has been broken' regarding DOJ attorneys.
4Abrago Garcia Case Dismissed Due to Vindictive Prosecution
Kilmer Abrego Garcia's criminal case was dismissed by Judge Crenshaw in Tennessee due to 'vindictive prosecution' by the Trump regime. The judge found a 'presumption of vindictiveness' based on a detailed timeline of events, including 11 communications from Todd Blanch's office commanding the US attorney to indict Abrago Garcia after he successfully challenged his unlawful deportation.
Judge Crenshaw's ruling dismissing the Abrago Garcia case, which cited a statement by Todd Blanch on Laura Ingraham as evidence of vindictiveness.
5Injunction to Preserve Presidential Records
Judge Bates, a George W. Bush appointee, issued a preliminary injunction preventing the Trump White House and its officials from destroying records, including text messages and emails. This ruling directly challenged the Trump administration's position that the Presidential Records Act was unconstitutional and could be ignored, citing George Orwell's '1984' and the National Archives' inscription 'The past is prologue'.
Judge Bates' ruling issuing a preliminary injunction and his quotes from George Orwell and the National Archives.
Quotes
"So, the nation's top law enforcement official is asking for a slush fund to pay people who assault cops. Utterly stupid, morally wrong. Take your pick."
"This is some of the most egregious violations of prosecutorial, you know, prosecutorial misconduct you'd ever seen in a grand jury."
"Your sole goal is to do justice. Your client is justice itself. I do believe deeply in the presumption of regularity and that most government attorneys are doing the best they can to do the right thing. That trust has been broken."
"Then Attorney General Robert H. Jackson warned his fellow prosecutors long ago of the danger of picking the person first and the crime second. Therein is the most dangerous power of the prosecutor that he will pick people that he thinks he should get rather than pick cases that need to be prosecuted. That is the situation here."
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past?"
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