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Nonilex

#DOJ Exhibit 1:

“I, C.Salvatore D'Alessio, Jr, Dir, Torts Branch, Civil Division, US DOJ,…hereby certify that I have read the Amended Complaint in this action. On the basis of the information now available w/respect to the claims set forth therein, I find that Donald J. Trump was acting within the scope of federal office or employment at the time of the incidents out of which the plaintiffs' claims arose.”

Bullshit

#law #BlassingameVTrump #SCOTUS #immunity #Trump #Jan6
storage.courtlistener.com/reca

Exhibit 1 of DOJ’s new filing: “I, C. Salvatore D'Alessio, Jr., Director, Torts Branch, Civil Division, United States Department of Justice, acting pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 2679(d), and by virtue of the authority vested in me by 28 C.F.R. § 15.4, hereby certify that I have read the Amended Complaint in this action. On the basis of the information now available with respect to the claims set forth therein, I find that Donald J. Trump was acting within the scope of federal office or employment at the time of the incidents out of which the plaintiffs' claims arose.”
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Nonilex

#Trump is currently trying to use the shield of presidential #immunity to snuff out these 8 consolidated lawsuits. Opposing lawyers countered in Feb with a 55-pg court filing that was supported by 186 exhibits.

3 of those apparently involve #DanScavino, who’s now trying to keep them from going public.

#law
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Matthew Rimmer

Climate litigation - Environmental groups sound new alarm as fossil fuel lobby pushes for immunity theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

Nearly 200 groups urge Congress to reject fossil fuel industry immunity efforts, fearing long-term damage to climate lawsuits

“Lawmakers must decisively reject any attempt by the fossil fuel industry to evade accountability and ensure both justice today and the right of future generations to hold polluters responsible for decades of deception,” said the missive, which is addressed to the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, and Senate minority leader, Chuck Schumer.

Fossil fuel companies have vied for such a get-out-of-jail-free card for years.

The Guardian · Environmental groups sound new alarm as fossil fuel lobby pushes for immunityBy Dharna Noor
#environment#climate#pollution
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Nonilex

The exchange was so awkward, it should have been followed by the Curb Your Enthusiasm theme song. While #Trump was shaking hands down the aisle, exiting the House chamber after his address last night, network cameras caught him as he turned to Chief Justice #JohnRoberts, patted him on the back, & said, “Thank you again. Thank you again. I won’t forget.” Roberts, whose back was to the camera, then headed for the exit.

#law#SCOTUS#Immunity
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Nonilex

“'There are some instances in which he or she may lawfully be bound & other instances in which he or she may not lawfully be bound,' Reitz added.

“Reitz appeared alongside D.John #Sauer, #Trump’s fmr personal atty, nominated to be the #SolicitorGeneral, the govt’s top atty before the #SupremeCourt. Some of the tensest exchanges between Sauer & #Judiciary Cmte #Democrats were over Sauer’s defense of Trump’s claim of #immunity that went to the high court last year.”

#law
cnn.com/2025/02/26/politics/ju

CNN · At Senate hearing, Trump Justice Department nominees are cagey on whether they’d follow court ordersBy Devan Cole
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Cosmic Librarian

@georgetakei
What no one is talking about in regards to measles is how it can mess up the immune system for up to 3 years. It happened to me in the time before there was a vaccine, although they had not connected the dots on it back then.

Measles-ravaged immune system must ‘relearn’ how to protect the body against infections

P.S. I worked as an expert on vaccine preventable diseases in public health.

#measles #vaccine #immunity

bbc.com/future/article/2021111

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Nonilex

The idea that #EmilBove is expanding his theory of “prosecutorial discretion” to a police commissioner under investigation is remarkable for several reasons: 1, it’s novelty; 2, because it appears as if he is expanding the #immunity that #SCOTUS recently granted to presidents to all manner of officials, including the men & women who head the city’s PD; & 3, two of the mayor’s former police commissioners remain the focus of inquiries by the same prosecutor’s office that charged the mayor.

#law
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Chuck Darwin

Last spring, then–presidential nominee Donald Trump asked the Supreme Court to grant him #criminal #immunity for all his official acts while he was in the White House.
Ignoring the ominous warnings of the Democratic-appointed justices,
Chief Justice John Roberts and all the other Republican appointees agreed.
On July 1, 2024, former presidents became immune from prosecution for essentially all official acts of the job of president.
The only check is if the justices themselves decide a particular act is prosecutable.
In his majority opinion, Roberts justified his grant of criminal immunity as rooted in
the framers’ desire for a “vigorous” and “energetic” executive who shall have “‘the maximum ability to deal fearlessly and impartially with’ the duties of his office.”
For historians, this is bunk.
“While the Founders had a range of ideas about the scope of executive power, none of those ideas included
conferring immunity on the President in the circumstances
at issue here,”
scholars of the country’s founding wrote in an amicus brief that Roberts ignored.
“Petitioner’s argument to the contrary is not historically credible.”
As presidential historian and executive director of the George Washington Presidential Library Lindsay Chervinsky told me, of Roberts’ immunity ruling,
“historically, it has zero basis

💥So now, in the first weeks of President Trump’s second term, we are witnessing a
“vigorous” and “energetic” executive
and his minions who have been given license to ❌ remake the government without bothering to follow the law.

Trump is firing civil servants, independent agency commissioners, and inspectors general,
-- despite laws to the contrary.

His administration has attempted to illegally halt billions in federal aid payments,
in contravention of Congress’ power of the purse.

And he has empowered Elon Musk,
a billionaire whose business empire is tied to federal government contracts and investigations,
to gut the civil service,
access the country’s sensitive payment systems, and, in so doing,
jeopardize the most private personal information of millions of Americans.

It appears to be, as former US Attorney Joyce Vance described the situation,
“a coup—a takeover of government by a self-appointed group that wasn’t duly elected by the American people.”

Though Trump has blessed Musk’s efforts, he has no authority to do so.
motherjones.com/politics/2025/

Mother JonesWhat Justice Jackson warned about in the Trump immunity case is coming true“I worry that after this ruling, our Nation will reap what this Court has sown.”
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Nonilex

They can see the obvious: With #Congress controlled by #Republicans who either fear or worship #Trump, there will be few guardrails, if any. Trump aims to have the entire executive branch serve his needs & interests. And there is not much to stop him. Especially after #SCOTUS, buttressed by 3 appointees from his first stint as president, expanded presidential #immunity to cover what otherwise would be #criminal behavior.

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William Lindsey :toad:

"The [Jack Smith] report is a sad reminder of the futility of truth in the age of Trump and a subtle, yet still brutal, indictment of the Supreme Court’s unprecedented grant of presidential immunity."

~ Lisa Needham

#Trump #JackSmith #Republicans #SupremeCourt #crime #criminal #Jan6 #insurrection #immunity #Constitution
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publicnotice.co/p/jack-smith-f

Public Notice · Jack Smith reminds us of the futility of truth in the Trump eraBy Lisa Needham
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Nonilex

Though #Trump will soon begin the #appeal process, the case will be concluded after sentencing, meaning it will no longer hover over him. But he will also be the first convicted #felon to be sworn in as president.

This week, Trump filed a civil action against the judge overseeing the case, challenging a pair of recent rulings that upheld his #conviction. Both rulings rejected Trump’s argument that, as a former & future president, he is entitled to #immunity.

#criminal#law#unfit
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