Notices by Nonilex (nonilex@masto.ai)

The prosecutors in a filing in the #ElectionSubversion case said the #DOJ’s policy requires the case to be dismissed before #Trump returns to the White House.

"This outcome is not based on the merits or strength of the case against the defendant," prosecutors wrote in the filing.

#criminal #law #democracy #Jan6 #insurrection

It represents a big legal victory for #Trump, who won the Nov 5 #US election & is set to return to office on Jan 20.

The #DOJ policy that the prosecutors cited dates back to the 1970s. It holds that a #criminal prosecution of a sitting president would violate the US #Constitution by undermining the ability of the country's *chief executive* to *function*. Courts will still have to approve both requests from prosecutors.

#law #democracy

The order from #Chutkan puts an end to the federal effort to hold #Trump criminally responsible for his attempts to hold onto #power after losing the #2020election, culminating in the #Jan6, 2021 violent #insurrection at the #US Capitol by a mob of his supporters.

The move came after #SpecialCounsel #JackSmith …moved to dismiss the #ElectionInterference case & end his attempt to revive a separate case accusing Trump of illegally retaining #ClassifiedDocuments when he left office in 2021….

#law

Judge #Chutkan tosses #Trump 2020 #ElectionInterference case after prosecutors' request

A US judge on Monday dismissed the federal #criminal case accusing Trump of attempting to overturn his #2020election defeat after prosecutors moved to drop that prosecution & a second case against the president-elect, citing #DOJ policy against prosecuting a sitting president.

#democracy #Jan6 #insurrection #law #justice
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-prosecutor-smith-asks-judge-dismiss-2020-election-subversion-case-against-2024-11-25/

#ElonMusk has called #MSNBC “the utter scum of the Earth.” He has said the channel “peddles puerile propaganda.” Just a few days ago he said, “MSNBC is going down.” And now he is posting memes about buying the channel.

…#Musk’s posts are adding to the anxiety that MSNBC staffers are feeling about the reelection of #Trump & the recently announced spinoff of Comcast’s cable channels.

#FreePress #democracy #propaganda
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/25/media/elon-musk-msnbc-spinoff-cable/index.html

In a flurry of late-Friday announcements, #Trump made a slew of picks, including: #RussVought, a key figure in the *#conservative* governing blueprint known as #Project2025, to lead the #OMB; Rep Lori Chavez-DeRemer of Oregon for #labor secretary; Dr. Martin A. Makary to lead the #FDA; & Dr. #DaveWeldon, a fmr congressman from Florida, to be director of the #CDC.

#law #USpol #health #ReproductiveRights
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2024/11/22/us/trump-cabinet-news?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

As a member of Congress, Dr. #DaveWeldon pushed the #ConspiracyTheory that thimerosal, a preservative compound in some #vaccines, had caused an explosion of autism. This theory is false, experts believe.

He was also the author of the Weldon Amendment, which barred the Department of #Health & Human Services from funding federal or state programs that “discriminated” against #HealthInsurance plans or providers who refused to pay for or provide #abortions.

#ReproductiveRights #MaleSupremacy #law

#Trump also put forward Dr. Janette #Nesheiwat, a physician & [yet another] #FoxNews contributor, to be #SurgeonGeneral. She also peddles vitamin B & vitamin C dietary supplements.

Nesheiwat is also a sister-in-law of Representative #MichaelWaltz of Florida, whom Trump has chosen to be his #NationalSecurity adviser.

#PublicHealth #health #law #USpol #idiocracy

The incoming #CDC director will need #Senate confirmation. If Dr. #DaveWeldon is successful, he will sit at the helm of an agency w/a budget of >$15B, which has historically been used to track & respond to #InfectiousDisease outbreaks.

But #Trump’s choice to lead its parent agency, the Department of Health & Human Services, is #RFKJr, who has been outspoken about his plans to deprioritize communicable #disease #research.

If RFKJr, is confirmed, the mission & focus of the CDC’s work may change.

#Trump picked key figure in #Project2025, #RussVought, to lead the #OMB, elevating a longtime ally who has spent the last 4 yrs making plans to rework the American government to enhance presidential #power.

Vought, would oversee the WH #budget & help determine whether #FederalAgencies *comport* w/the president’s policies. The role requires Senate confirmation unless Trump is able to make recess appointments.

#law #democracy #autocracy #USpol

#RussVought’s role in #Project2025 was to oversee executive orders & other #unilateral actions that #Trump could take during his first 6 months in office, w/the goal of tearing down & rebuilding #ExecutiveBranch institutions in a way that would enhance presidential #power.

In an interview with The NYT in 2023, Vought laid out an agenda of eliminating the #independence of certain #regulatory agencies that operate outside the direct control of the WH, such as the #FCC & the #SEC.

#law #USpol

The choice of #RussVought would bring in a strongly ideological figure who played a pivotal role in #Trump’s first term, when he also served as budget chief. Among other things, Vought helped come up w/the idea of having Trump use emergency power to circumvent #Congress’s decision about how much to spend on a #border wall.

Vought was a leading figure in #Project2025, the effort by *#conservative* organizations to build a governing blueprint for Trump.

#law #democracy #autocracy #USpol

The Israeli PM’s office said #Israel “categorically rejects the absurd & false accusations & actions directed against it” by the court. “Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will not succumb to pressure, will not be intimidated, & will not retreat until all the war objectives set by Israel at the outset of this campaign are achieved,” it said in a statement.

#Netanyahu #Gallant #WarCrimes #Gaza #law #HumanitarianCrisis #geopolitics

In a statement, the court rejected #Israel’s challenge to its jurisdiction over “the situation in the State of Palestine” & over Israeli nationals. It said it found “reasonable grounds” to believe #Netanyahu & #Gallant bore responsibility for #crimes including the use of #starvation as a method of #war & for “murder, persecution, & other #inhumane acts.”

#WarCrimes #Gaza #law #HumanitarianCrisis #geopolitics

#MattGaetz withdraws bid to be #AttorneyGeneral in #Trump admin

#Gaetz announced in a social media post Thurs that he was withdrawing his bid to be AG Trump’s incoming admin, saying his confirmation was “unfairly becoming a distraction.” “There is no time to waste on a needlessly protracted Washington scuffle,” Gaetz said after meeting w/senators on Wed. [IOW he doesn’t want the deets out + he’s guilty]

#criminal #law #rape #Republicans #MaleSupremacy #USpol
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/21/trump-administration-transition/

The #ICC’s chief prosecutor, Karim Khan, said he was seeking the arrest warrants in May, along w/those for snr #Hamas leaders. Although #Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute, upon which the court is founded, the warrants are a public rebuke of Israel’s conduct during the #war & are required to be enforced by the court’s 124 member states.

#Netanyahu #Gallant #WarCrimes #Gaza #law #HumanitarianCrisis #geopolitics

The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants Thurs for #Israel PM Benjamin #Netanyahu & fmr defense minister Yoav #Gallant “for crimes against humanity & #WarCrimes” over Israel’s military ops in #Gaza.

The #ICC also issued a warrant for a #Hamas military leader, Mohammed #Deif, who was killed in an airstrike in Gaza in July…. Prosecutors issued warrants because they were not able to confirm whether he is dead or alive….

#law #HumanitarianCrisis #geopolitics
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/11/21/israel-war-news-hamas-gaza-palestine/

At the parties, women, & a girl who was 17 at the time, were paid for sex, according to accounts of the participants’ testimony from people briefed on what they said.

The document bolsters recent claims by a lawyer for 2 of the women who say they had sex with #MattGaetz for money. It shows thousands of dollars in payments #Gaetz made to both of the lawyer’s clients.

#law #crime

Feds established a trail of payments from #MattGaetz, #Trump’s choice to be AG, to women including some who testified that #Gaetz hired them for sex, acc/to a doc obtained by NYT & a lawyer representing some of the women.

The doc, assembled by investigators during a 3-yr #SexTrafficking investigation into Gaetz, is a chart that shows a web of thousands of dollars in Venmo payments between Gaetz…, associates & women who had drug-fueled sex parties 2017–2020….

#law #crime
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/politics/matt-gaetz-venmo-payments-sex.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

Woman told #House #Ethics panel she witnessed #Gaetz having sex w/ #minor

An atty repping 2 women who were witnesses in the House Ethics Cmte's investigation into #MattGaetz is calling for the release of the cmte’s report, telling ABC News that one of his clients testified she witnessed the FL congressman having sex w/a minor.

"My client testified to the House Ethics Committee that she witnessed Matt Gaetz having sex w/a minor," FL atty Joel Leppard told ABC.

#law
https://abcnews.go.com/US/exclusive-woman-told-house-ethics-panel-witnessed-gaetz/story?id=115897603