Judge throws prosecutor out of court and orders leaders of NJ’s US Attorney’s office to testify

Where is the Oliver queen funeral meme when you need it?

She's still involved, or so the judge believes 

Going to be an absolute shame when he reoffends in the following years after his light sentence. I feel so bad for the children

>TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Vexed by the Justice Department’s chaotic oversight of federal prosecutions in New Jersey, a judge on Monday threw a government attorney out of a hearing and ordered the three officials in charge of the state’s U.S. Attorney’s office to answer his questions under oath. > U.S. District Judge Zahid N. Quraishi lit into prosecutors after another judge ruled last week that the Trump administration’s decision to replace interim U.S. Attorney Alina Habba with a trio of officials was another violation of the Constitution’s Appointments Clause, which requires Senate confirmation. > The officials, Philip Lamparello, Jordan Fox and Ari Fontecchio, have remained in charge pending an appeal. > Quraishi quizzed Assistant U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosenblum about his office’s current management structure and whether Habba, a Justice Department senior adviser, has any role in running the office, which she has denied. >**“You have lost the confidence and the trust of this Court,” Quraishi told Rosenblum during a tense 22-minute hearing. “You have lost the confidence and the trust of the New Jersey legal community, and you are losing the trust and confidence of the public.”** > The New York Times reported on the judge’s remarks and posted a transcript of the proceeding to its website. > **Chad Gilmartin, a spokesman for the Justice Department, told the Times: “Unfortunately some judges are more interested in courtroom theatrics and constitutional overreach than promoting public safety. It is an especially troubling moment when a court chooses to sideline a case involving child exploitation.”** Oh that's f****** *rich* coming from the Epstein administration. >Lamparello, Fox and Fontecchio, referred to by the judge and in court records as “the triumvirate,” have remained in charge because the judge who ruled to bar them, Matthew Brann, paused the decision from taking immediate effect to give the government time to appeal. >But, Brann wrote in his 130-page opinion, “a stay cannot validate an unlawful appointment” and that “If the Government chooses to leave the triumvirate in place, it does so at its own risk.” >“Here is your risk. This is your risk,” said Quraishi, who was appointed in 2021 by President Joe Biden, a Democrat. > **The judge said he didn’t believe Rosenblum’s claim that Lamparello, Fox and Fontecchio were still in charge and that no one else, such as Habba, was influencing the office’s decision making.** > **Quraishi said he wouldn’t believe anything federal prosecutors told him until the three officials testify before him in Trenton on May 4. If their answers aren’t satisfactory, the judge said he may summon Habba and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche, the Justice Department’s second-in-command, to testify.** Highly encourage everyone to read what I quoted here. It's basically the whole article, but it lays out all the fuckery that happened in this entire case. Also, I'm not sure if the AP editorial team has a standing order to include the judge's political affiliation for article like this, but it seems like they're trying to imply something when quoting that he was appointed by Biden. It feels like they are implying that the judge can't be impartial towards all of this because of who appointed him. Although, I think they usually include the political affiliation for things like this, even when they're a Republican, and the AP is certainly not pro-Trump.

And the last paragraph drives home the point: > “It was a sloppy investigation where, while you executed a plea agreement, the FBI uncovered significantly more child p********** that you couldn’t charge and now you’re stuck with a plea agreement because you’re bound by it,” Quraishi said. If the defendant takes the plea, anyone hurt he causes after release is on the hands of these sloppy prosecutors.

Reduced sentences and incomplete investigations for child sex crimes ? I take it the predator was a trump supporter.

At some point, we will have to declare the trump administration an illegitimate presidency, fire all the prosecutors who went along with him and his pro-corruption, pro-pedo policies, and re-prosecute everyone they let go and/or pardoned. Of course, we're going to have a real problem when it comes to paying reparations for the illegitimate "wars" in Venezuela, Iran, and Cuba. (and hopefully no one else) And that's all in addition to un-redacting the Epstein files, releasing everything this administration hid, and prosecuting everyone involved. Honestly, the next three administrations are going to have their hands full just setting the past right. They will hardly have any time left to manage the country moving forward.

Quraishi made his decision, now let him enforce it.

What's even more galling is that Gilmartin's statement will get all the play on Fox, OANN, etc., and ignore the judge's admonishment... "The judge also questioned the judgment of prosecutors to reach a plea agreement with the defendant in the child sexual abuse material case before the FBI had finished searching his electronic devices. The plea agreement calls for a “significantly lower” sentence than prescribed by federal sentencing guidelines, Quraishi said. “It was a sloppy investigation where, while you executed a plea agreement, the FBI uncovered significantly more child p********** that you couldn’t charge and now you’re stuck with a plea agreement because you’re bound by it."

This is a trick question the 1964 voting rights act didn't come with those rims the Supreme Court could not see them from the window when they gutted it

Holy shit, I have never seen such a sustained scorching from a trial court judge in my career.

Talkin' out of turn, that's a paddlin'

May be rich, but this judge also had one of his injunctions on this very subject against the DOJ overturned by an appeals court as judicial overreach and interference with the Executive Branch. Two things can be true at the same time.

Who is the former wife of opposition leader Peter magyar for 200, Alex?

Trying to set a precedent for when the Epstein files get released in full.