The Justice Department quietly filed a motion in federal court Friday to block a new effort to compel the agency to release its trove of files on Jeffrey Epstein – as it’s required to by law – in a move that sparked fierce backlash among critics.“Oh my god,” wrote Brett Meiselas, cofounder of Meidas...
  • BigMacHole@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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    vor 3 Monaten

    Trump working EXTREMELY HARD to PROTECT Jeffrey Epstein and Trump working EXTREMELY HARD to Allow UNARMED MASKED MEN TO KIDNAP YOUR CHILDREN WITH FEDERAL IMMUNITY rings No Alarm Bells WHATSOEVER!

    -Republicans AND Democratic Leadership!

  • Hegar@fedia.io
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    vor 3 Monaten

    Bad headline, lazy article.

    introduced the legislation … to have a court-appointed neutral arbitrator – known as a special master – compel the DOJ to comply with the law.

    On Friday, however, the DOJ filed a motion to block that effort in the Southern District of New York, arguing that courts lack the authority to force the agency’s hand in the matter.

    The DOJ filed a motion to block a special master. That’s it. No one living in the US or reading the news could possibly be “floored” by that.