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 … & a weapon against those individuals who simply did their job & who stood up for the rule of law.”

#law #Trump #Retribution #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #NYAG #LetitiaJames

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 … & a weapon against those individuals who simply did their job & who stood up for the rule of law.”

#law #Trump #Retribution #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #NYAG #LetitiaJames

#Trump straight up robbing #taxpayers

Trump Demands #DOJ Pay Him $230 Million For Federal Investigations Into Him

Senior department officials who were defense lawyers for Trump & those in his orbit are now in jobs that typically must approve any such payout, underscoring potential ethical conflicts.

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #propaganda
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/21/us/politics/trump-justice-department-compensation.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The 2-page indictment of #JamesComey, the fmr #FBI director, contains so little detail that #legal experts said it was hard to assess its merits.
…The brief indictment was signed by Lindsey Halligan, a[nother] fmr defense lawyer for #Trump whom he had appointed just days earlier as the US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia—& whose first courtroom experience [ever] came when she presented the case, alone, on Thursday.

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/us/politics/comey-indictment-legal-reaction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

#US to revoke #Colombia President Petro's #visa over 'reckless' actions in NY

The US will revoke Colombian President #GustavoPetro's visa because he "urged US soldiers to disobey orders & incite violence" [he didn’t say anything violent at all] in NY on Friday, the #State Dept claimed.

#Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RevengePolitics #dissent #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-revoke-colombia-president-petros-visa-over-reckless-actions-new-york-2025-09-27/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

"We will revoke Petro's visa due to his reckless & incendiary actions," the State Dept posted on X.

#Petro, in New York for #UNGA, told a crowd outside the #UN headquarters: "I ask all the soldiers of the army of the United States not to point their guns at people. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity!"

#Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RevengePolitics #dissent #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

“This is what prosecutors do in #dictatorships,” Richard W. Painter, a #law professor at the University of MN who served as the chief #ethics lawyer for President George W. Bush, posted.

…#Comey appeared to take the news of the indictment calmly, responding in a video posted on social media. “We will not live on our knees, & you shouldn’t either…I have great confidence in the federal justice system & I’m innocent, so let’s have a trial.”

#Trump #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #tyranny

The #DOJ would have to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that #Comey intentionally lied to the #Senate cmte, “not just that he got something wrong,” Robert Kelner, a lawyer at the firm Covington & Burling, who has represented the #Republican National Cmte & other Republican organizations, posted.

“What evidence do they have for that?” Kelner said, adding, “This isn’t a serious case.”

#Trump #law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

The 2-page indictment of #JamesComey, the fmr #FBI director, contains so little detail that #legal experts said it was hard to assess its merits.
…The brief indictment was signed by Lindsey Halligan, a[nother] fmr defense lawyer for #Trump whom he had appointed just days earlier as the US attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia—& whose first courtroom experience [ever] came when she presented the case, alone, on Thursday.

#law #LegalEthics #RevengePolitics #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/26/us/politics/comey-indictment-legal-reaction.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

"We will revoke Petro's visa due to his reckless & incendiary actions," the State Dept posted on X.

#Petro, in New York for #UNGA, told a crowd outside the #UN headquarters: "I ask all the soldiers of the army of the United States not to point their guns at people. Disobey the orders of Trump. Obey the orders of humanity!"

#Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RevengePolitics #dissent #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny

#US to revoke #Colombia President Petro's #visa over 'reckless' actions in NY

The US will revoke Colombian President #GustavoPetro's visa because he "urged US soldiers to disobey orders & incite violence" [he didn’t say anything violent at all] in NY on Friday, the #State Dept claimed.

#Trump #law #Constitution #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #RevengePolitics #dissent #authoritarianism #autocracy #dictatorship #fascism #tyranny
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-revoke-colombia-president-petros-visa-over-reckless-actions-new-york-2025-09-27/?utm_source=braze&utm_medium=notifications&utm_campaign=2025_engagement

His demands came a day after he ousted the federal prosecutor who failed to charge 2 of the adversaries he most reviles, #LetitiaJames & #JamesComey, showing how far #Trump has gone in exerting personal control over the #DOJ & breaching the longstanding norm about keeping #politics at a distance from #LawEnforcement.

#law #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #MafiaState

Even for a president who has shattered the traditional norms of maintaining distance from the #DOJ, #Trump’s unabashedly public & explicit orders to #PamBondi were an extraordinary breach of prosecutorial protocols that reach back to the days following the #Watergate scandal.

#law #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #MafiaState

#Trump named #JamesComey, the former #FBI director; Senator #AdamSchiff, Democrat of California; & #LetitiaJames, the New York attorney general, saying he was reading about how they were “all guilty as hell, but nothing is going to be done.”

Asked later by reporters about his message for #PamBondi, Trump said, “They have to act. They have to act fast.”

#law #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #MafiaState

#Trump demanded on Saturday that his AG move quickly to prosecute figures he considers his enemies, the latest blow to the #DOJ’s tradition of independence.

“We can’t delay any longer, it’s killing our reputation & credibility,” Trump wrote in a social media post addressed to “Pam,” meaning US AG #PamBondi. “They impeached me twice, & indicted me (5 times!), OVER NOTHING. JUSTICE MUST BE SERVED, NOW!!!”

#law #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfGovernment #MafiaState
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/20/us/politics/trump-justice-department-us-attorneys.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

The Putinization of America

Trump’s deference to the Russian #dictator has become full-blown imitation.

By #GarryKasparov

We are barely a month into the second presidential term of #Trump & he has made his top priorities clear: the destruction of America’s government & influence & the preservation of #Russia’s.

#USpol #geopolitics#Putin #authoritarianism #autocracy#MafiaState#RevengePolitics
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2025/02/putinization-america/681837/?gift=guxsrl_dAdXUP9zqbQPWxW022F3Xseelr_p_zEK19c4&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share

Last video from another view shows Oksana Markarova, #Ukraine’s ambassador to the US, visibly showing disgust at this shitshow.

[apologies if videos are out of order or overlap. Throwing this together for posts]

#geopolitics #allies#Ukraine#Russia#Putin#Europe#ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism#RevengePolitics #insanity #chaos#PutinsPuppet#RussianPropaganda#Trumpaganda #propaganda

Vance to Zelensky: “Have you said thank you once?”

Trump to Zelensky: "Your country is in big trouble. No, no, you've done a lot of talking. Your country is in big trouble. You're not winning this."

#geopolitics #allies#Ukraine#Russia#Putin#Europe#ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism#RevengePolitics #insanity #chaos#PutinsPuppet#RussianPropaganda#Trumpaganda #propaganda

Trump to Zelensky: "Don't tell us what we're gonna feel. You're in no position to dictate that. You're in no position to dictate what we're gonna feel. We're gonna feel very good & very strong. You're right now not in a very good position. You're gambling with World War 3."

#geopolitics #allies#Ukraine#Russia#Putin#Europe#ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism#RevengePolitics #insanity #chaos#PutinsPuppet#RussianPropaganda#Trumpaganda #propaganda

Zelensky has to explain that #Putin broke the ceasefire.
“What kind of diplomacy, JD, are you speaking about?”

Vance goes on attack: “I think it's disrespectful to come into the Oval Office & try to litigate this in front of the American media”

#geopolitics #allies#Ukraine#Russia#Europe#ForeignPolicy #authoritarianism#RevengePolitics #insanity #chaos#PutinsPuppet#RussianPropaganda#Trumpaganda #propaganda