emptywheel
Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
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- EemptywheelBluesky@emptywheel.bsky.social · 1h ago
Reminder that a good number (half?) of the ICE/CBP goons who committed crimes are themselves Latinos, many using masks to hide that really ICE is Stephen Miller's armed Latino gang.
- EemptywheelBluesky@emptywheel.bsky.social · 15h ago
The hidden lawyer's name in the Broadview 6 filing is not interesting--it's the woman doing an OPR investigation of Sheri Mecklenburg and Matthew Skiba, Suzanne Drouet. But in the process, DOJ has official made the name of the ICE goon public (it was available, not buried, before).
170352 - EemptywheelBluesky@emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h ago
Here's what Trump judge Gary Brown said in a filing ON MONDAY about Brenan Cuni, who almost shot a kid in NYC. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
35217161 - EemptywheelBluesky@emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h ago
The thing about the mystery (wo)man who signed the mulligan on the Broadview 6 filings: they have a VERY short title, which would rule out of the people I'd expect: Singh, McCotter, Woodward.
106225EemptywheelBluesky@emptywheel.bsky.social · 18h agoBroader View 6: DOJ Is Taking a Second Mulligan on Grand Jury Transcripts - emptywheel
Here's my post on it. I think it likely they're resubmitting transcripts w/privileged convos unredacted (and possibly a third session on 10/16). emptywheel.net/2026/10/09/b...
5739 The Fraud Task Force is important bc: 1) It chases peanuts while Trump steals orders of magnitude more on a daily basis 2) It is largely propaganda 3) It was the excuse to destroy white collar policing news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...
DOJ Fraud Division’s Rise Diminishes Premier White Collar Unit
By Ben Penn · news.bloomberglaw.com · 4 min read