#CBP gave no reason why it was continuing to collect the #tariffs at ports of entry days after #SCOTUS’ ruling, & its message offered no information about possible #refunds for importers.

The message noted that the collection halt does not affect any other tariffs imposed by #Trump, including those under the Section 232 national security statute & the Section 301 unfair trade practices statute.

#law #judiciary #economy #trade #geopolitics

#CBP said in a message to shippers on its Cargo Systems Messaging Service (CSMS) that it will de-activate all #tariff codes associated with Trump's prior #IEEPA related orders as of Tuesday.

The IEEPA tariff collection halt coincides with Trump's imposition of a new, 15% global tariff under a different legal authority to replace the ones struck down by #SCOTUS on Friday.

#law #Trump #judiciary #economy #tariffs #trade #geopolitics

#US to stop collecting #tariffs deemed illegal by #SCOTUS on Tuesday

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency said it will halt collections of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act [ #IEEPA] at 12:01 AM EST on Tuesday, more than three days after the U.S. Supreme Court declared the duties illegal.

#law #Trump #judiciary #economy #trade #geopolitics
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-customs-agency-stop-collecting-tariffs-deemed-illegal-by-supreme-court-2026-02-23/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

#TedLieu continued: “I demand this committee, this chairman & #Republicans, call an immediate hearing asking why the Department of Justice is refusing to release 99% of the #EpsteinFiles & why the #DOJ is violating the #law right now.”

DOJ said earlier this month that it has released <1% of its Epstein-related files, with >2 million documents still being reviewed.

#law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution

JFC

#StewartRhodes, the founder of the #FarRight #extremist organization the #OathKeepers, was seen on Capitol Hill on Thursday outside of the hearing room where former special counsel #JackSmith is testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee.

Rhodes was previously convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy & sentenced to 18 YEARS in #prison for his actions related to the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection at the US Capitol.

#law #Trump #propaganda #coup #democracy #Constitution
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jack-smith-trump-house-testimony-01-22-26?post-id=cmkpn5rbf000y3b6p4paq3mgn

#TedLieu continued: “I demand this committee, this chairman & #Republicans, call an immediate hearing asking why the Department of Justice is refusing to release 99% of the #EpsteinFiles & why the #DOJ is violating the #law right now.”

DOJ said earlier this month that it has released <1% of its Epstein-related files, with >2 million documents still being reviewed.

#law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution

“ #Republicans would rather talk about the #criminality of Donald #Trump in trying to steal an #election & trying to stop the #PeacefulTransitionOfPower, & the criminality of Donald Trump in stealing #ClassifiedDocuments & #ObstructionOfJustice than about Donald Trump’s associations with Jeffrey #Epstein & his #pedophilia ring,” #Rep TedLieu said.

#law #JackSmith #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution

Earlier Rep #TedLieu (D-CA) kicked some #GOP ass for their #lies & #hypocrisy.

Lieu called out his Republican colleagues for choosing to hold a hearing on #JackSmith’s probes into #Trump instead of an oversight hearing into #DOJ’s slow release of files related to the late sex offender #JeffreyEpstein.

#law #House #Judiciary #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Rep #MaryScanlon (D-PA) is finally getting #JackSmith to get into the nitty gritty of the #evidence. Her questioning allowed Smith to discuss evidence given under oath that #Pennsylvania officials told #Trump unequivocally that he had lost the election in their state & that the #ConspiracyTheories he was peddling about PA were false & proven to be false. This goes directly to Trump’s knowledge that he was perpetrating a #fraud upon the American people.
#law #House #Judiciary #SeditiousConspiracy

Former special counsel #JackSmith is publicly testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee today.

The hearing will examine the operations of Smith’s office & his team’s investigations and prosecutions of #Trump & his co-defendants, according to the committee.

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
https://www.c-span.org/event/house-committee/former-special-counsel-jack-smith-testifies-on-trump-investigations/439618

JFC

#StewartRhodes, the founder of the #FarRight #extremist organization the #OathKeepers, was seen on Capitol Hill on Thursday outside of the hearing room where former special counsel #JackSmith is testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee.

Rhodes was previously convicted of #SeditiousConspiracy & sentenced to 18 YEARS in #prison for his actions related to the #Jan6, 2021 #insurrection at the US Capitol.

#law #Trump #propaganda #coup #democracy #Constitution
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/jack-smith-trump-house-testimony-01-22-26?post-id=cmkpn5rbf000y3b6p4paq3mgn

Rep #HankJohnson (D-GA) is also questioning #JackSmith very effectively. Unfortunately it is very clear that this “hearing” is designed to be a sound bite generator for the #Republicans to shop around to #FarRight #media outlets.

#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #propaganda #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#House #Judiciary Committee #JackSmith testimony is back in session after a long recess for unrelated House votes.

#law #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

#Republican #House #Judiciary Committee members are going to focus on things like #CassidyHutchinson & the #subpoenas for #Congress members’ phone logs, because if they let #JackSmith get into the actual #evidence he gathered against #Trump, it will be damning.

#law #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Also the grandstanding performative courtroom drama behavior of the #congress members is quite heavy handed. #JackSmith who has repeatedly been described as measured & calm is coming off a little stiff especially because he keeps being interrupted. He needs to come back at them like they are hostile witnesses.

#law #House #Judiciary #Trump #SeditiousConspiracy #Jan6 #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower

Former special counsel #JackSmith is publicly testifying before the #House #Judiciary Committee today.

The hearing will examine the operations of Smith’s office & his team’s investigations and prosecutions of #Trump & his co-defendants, according to the committee.

#law #Jan6 #SeditiousConspiracy #insurrection #PoliticalViolence #coup #democracy #Constitution #PeacefulTransitionOfPower
https://www.c-span.org/event/house-committee/former-special-counsel-jack-smith-testifies-on-trump-investigations/439618

“No matter all of her machinations, Ms. Halligan has no legal basis to represent to this Court that she holds the position. And any such representation going forward can only be described as a false statement made in direct defiance of valid court orders,” Novak wrote. “In short, this charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney for this District in direct defiance of binding court orders must come to an end.”

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#Trump #LindseyHalligan #law #judiciary #DOJ #LegalEthics

“No matter all of her machinations, Ms. Halligan has no legal basis to represent to this Court that she holds the position. And any such representation going forward can only be described as a false statement made in direct defiance of valid court orders,” Novak wrote. “In short, this charade of Ms. Halligan masquerading as the United States Attorney for this District in direct defiance of binding court orders must come to an end.”

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#Trump #LindseyHalligan #law #judiciary #DOJ #LegalEthics

The #CourtOrders issued Tues marked an escalation, signaling active efforts by the #judges to appoint the district’s top federal prosecutor under a #federal #law that gives them the power to do so after an interim #USattorney has been in office for 120 days. That order by Lauck was followed hours later with another one from Novak, who raised the threat of #disciplinary action for anyone who describes #LindseyHalligan as the #US attorney in #legal filings.
#Trump #law #judiciary #DOJ #LegalEthics

Several #judges had suggested for weeks that #LindseyHalligan should resign & sharply questioned her continued use of the #USattorney title after an out-of-district judge, Cameron McGowan Currie, ruled in late November that the #Trump admin had used an #unlawful maneuver to install Halligan.

#law #judiciary #DOJ #LegalEthics