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Nonilex<p>That material includes full transcripts of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> handpicked <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USAttorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USAttorney</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LindseyHalligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindseyHalligan</span></a>’s September presentation to the grand jury that returned the indictment charging Comey on counts of making false statements to Congress.</p><p>“This is not a typical case,” Fitzpatrick said near the end of the roughly one-hour hearing in federal court in Alexandria. “Right now, we’re in a bit of a feeling of indict first &amp; investigate second.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A federal judge Wednesday scolded prosecutors pursuing charges against fmr <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> dir James B. <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Comey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comey</span></a> for what he described as an “indict first &amp; investigate second” approach to the case that has put an unfair burden on Comey’s defense.<br>
US Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick described the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s approach to Comey’s prosecution as “highly unusual” &amp; ordered its attorneys to hand over a raft of potential evidence by end of day Thursday.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/GiftArticle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GiftArticle</span></a></p><p>Judge scolds <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Comey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comey</span></a> prosecutors for ‘indict first &amp; investigate second’ approach<br>
U.S. Magistrate Judge William E. Fitzpatrick described the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s approach to James B. Comey’s prosecution as “highly unusual.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> <br><a href="https://wapo.st/4orYWUJ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">wapo.st/4orYWUJ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>His ouster also came about as he was preparing to send a letter to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a>, of which Pulte was aware, notifying lawmakers that the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FHFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FHFA</span></a> was not cooperating with the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InspectorGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InspectorGeneral</span></a>'s office, 3 of the sources said.</p><p>…Pulte has circumvented the agency's Office of Inspector General in pursuing those three cases, Reuters previously reported.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Allen received notice of his termination from the White House after he made efforts to provide key information to prosecutors in that office, acc/to 4 sources. The information he turned over was constitutionally required, 2 of them said, while a third described it as being potentially relevant in discovery.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LindseyHalligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindseyHalligan</span></a>, the interim <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> for the Eastern District of Virginia who was hand-picked for the job by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, subsequently indicted <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LetitiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetitiaJames</span></a> after her predecessor declined to do so, citing a lack of evidence.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Created after the 2008 financial crisis, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FHFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FHFA</span></a> is typically a low-profile regulatory office, but Pulte has launched a new hotline targeting mortgage fraud &amp; made public criminal referrals against a series of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> foes including <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LetitiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetitiaJames</span></a>, as well as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederaReserve" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FederaReserve</span></a> Board Governor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LisaCook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LisaCook</span></a> &amp; California Democratic Senator <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/AdamSchiff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AdamSchiff</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The ouster of Joe Allen, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FHFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FHFA</span></a>'s acting <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/InspectorGeneral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>InspectorGeneral</span></a>, follows the agency's director, Bill Pulte, becoming an outspoken voice in support of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin. Across the government, the Trump admin has so far fired or reassigned close to two dozen agency <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdogs</span></a>, who police <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/waste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>waste</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraud</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/abuse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abuse</span></a>. It has also defunded the group that supervises those offices.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Exclusive: <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> ousts&nbsp;<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/watchdog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>watchdog</span></a> of US housing regulator involved in mortgage probes of his foes, sources say</p><p>The internal watchdog for the US Federal Housing Finance Agency [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FHFA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FHFA</span></a>] is being removed from his role, four people familiar with the matter said, at a time when the housing regulator is playing a role in Trump's targeting of perceived enemies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USpol</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/watchdog-being-ousted-us-housing-regulator-involved-trump-crackdown-sources-say-2025-11-03/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/watchdog-</span><span class="invisible">being-ousted-us-housing-regulator-involved-trump-crackdown-sources-say-2025-11-03/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>James left the courthouse smiling to cheers from supporters, who chanted, “We stand with Tish!” The case, she declared, was about “a justice system which has been used as a tool of revenge … &amp; a weapon against those individuals who simply did their job &amp; who stood up for the rule of law.” </p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Retribution</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYAG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYAG</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LetitiaJames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LetitiaJames</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The letter came a day after Reuters disclosed that a review of government records showed that the interagency group drew dozens of officials from the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ODNI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ODNI</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FBI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FBI</span></a> &amp; other departments.</p><p>The existence of the interagency group indicates the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s push to deploy government power against Trump’s perceived foes is broader &amp; more systematic than previously reported.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The Steady State, a rule-of-law advocacy group, issued its call for congressional inquiries into the Interagency Weaponization Working Group in a letter to the top <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> on the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Senate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Senate</span></a> &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/intelligence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>intelligence</span></a>, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> &amp; armed services committees.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://steadystate1.substack.com/p/steady-state-letter-to-congress-reports" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">steadystate1.substack.com/p/st</span><span class="invisible">eady-state-letter-to-congress-reports</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Update:</p><p>Former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> officials urge <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> to examine 'weaponization' working group</p><p>A group of hundreds of former US <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NationalSecurity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NationalSecurity</span></a> officials late Tuesday urged lawmakers to examine an internal government group that has been coordinating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>'s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/retribution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>retribution</span></a> drive against his perceived enemies.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WeaponizationOfGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WeaponizationOfGovernment</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.reuters.com/world/us/former-us-officials-urge-congress-examine-weaponization-working-group-2025-10-21/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">reuters.com/world/us/former-us</span><span class="invisible">-officials-urge-congress-examine-weaponization-working-group-2025-10-21/?utm_source=braze&amp;utm_medium=notifications&amp;utm_campaign=2025_engagement</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> straight up robbing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/taxpayers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>taxpayers</span></a> </p><p>Trump Demands <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> Pay Him $230 Million For Federal Investigations Into Him</p><p>Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for Trump &amp; those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/poli</span><span class="invisible">tics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnBrennan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBrennan</span></a>, who led the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> during an investigation into Russian <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ElectionInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ElectionInterference</span></a> in 2016, has been historically critical of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a>. Just before his tenure as CIA director ended in 2017, he warned that he didn’t think Trump had “a full appreciation of Russian capabilities, Russia’s intentions &amp; actions that they are undertaking in many parts of the world.”</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>judiciary</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/JohnBrennan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JohnBrennan</span></a> Becomes the Next Target in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Revenge Quest</p><p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/House" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>House</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Judiciary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Judiciary</span></a> Committee has referred the former <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CIA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CIA</span></a> chief to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> for criminal prosecution on the grounds that he “knowingly made false statements” to <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> about Trump’s collusion with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Russia</span></a> during a hearing in May 2023.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>propaganda</span></a> <br><a href="https://newrepublic.com/post/202081/john-brennan-trump-revenge-justice-department" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">newrepublic.com/post/202081/jo</span><span class="invisible">hn-brennan-trump-revenge-justice-department</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge questions whether <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NewJersey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NewJersey</span></a> Rep <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LaMonicaMcIver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LaMonicaMcIver</span></a> was illegally targeted by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin</p><p>McIver attorney Paul Fishman argued McIver was prosecuted because she was a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democrat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democrat</span></a>, meanwhile Trump gave <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/pardons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pardons</span></a> to hundreds of people who attacked police at the Capitol on <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Jan6" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Jan6</span></a>, 2021, &amp; the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> dropped numerous additional assault cases at Trump’s direction, despite video evidence of the attacks.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2025/10/21/lamonica-mciver-hearing-trump-00617224" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">politico.com/news/2025/10/21/l</span><span class="invisible">amonica-mciver-hearing-trump-00617224</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> Targets <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Democratic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Democratic</span></a> Districts By Halting Billions In Already Approved <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Funding</span></a> During <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Shutdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shutdown</span></a></p><p>Two weeks into the government shutdown, the Trump admin has frozen or canceled nearly $28 billion that had been reserved for more than 200 projects primarily located in Democratic-led <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cities</span></a>, congressional districts &amp; <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/states" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>states</span></a>, according to an analysis by The New York Times.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Congress" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Congress</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>democracy</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/10/14/us/trump-grants-democrat-districts-government-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/interactive/2025/1</span><span class="invisible">0/14/us/trump-grants-democrat-districts-government-shutdown.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&amp;referringSource=articleShare</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The question of whether the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> admin’s appointment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LindseyHalligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindseyHalligan</span></a> as <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> is invalid comes down to the fact that Erik Siebert, whom she replaced, had exceeded his 120 days as acting US attorney. If the court finds her appointment is invalid, then the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Comey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comey</span></a> indictment she obtained could be thrown out.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>The <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> told the judge that it expects <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Comey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comey</span></a>’s trial to last two to three days. The defense lawyer, Patrick Fitzgerald, agreed to the government’s assessment but expressed confidence that his client would be able to dismiss the case based on the motions he intended to file alleging the wrongful appointment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LindseyHalligan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LindseyHalligan</span></a>, the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/USattorney" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USattorney</span></a> hand picked by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> to lead the case, &amp; on vindictive prosecution.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LegalEthics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LegalEthics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RevengePolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RevengePolitics</span></a></p>