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Arresting Developments
Kash Patel's arresting judges now.
So, there's that. No sense burying the lede.
But it's important
Appreciate the additional context you provide. It is important to understand the facts.
That being said, this judge should probably be tried via FBI tribunal to ensure that other judges don’t bias the proceedings and sentenced to serve time in El Salvador to ensure she doesn’t receive favorable treatment. Kash Patel has made it clear that the FBI is totally apolitical now and who can we trust if we can’t trust him?
Another headline today reads “Trump directs DoJ to investigate ActBlue”, the small donation arm of Democratic fundraising. Send the Gestapo.
I read Kash Patel’s book. He said he wasn’t vindictive so many times, that my conclusion was that he is “scary” vindictive towards anyone who he doesn’t like- and that list is long. Those names were published in his book.
Patel’s use of the word “perp,” and his use of X to broadcast the arrest and it’s purported rationale, provides another example of incompetence, and as H has pointed out repeatedly, the unseriousness, of Trump’s appointees. A professional FBI Director would never use the word “perp” in that context or publish such inflammatory garbage on X. Patel does not recognize the seriousness of what happened, or if he does, his totalitarian slip is showing. Patel’s level of professionalism would increase exponentially if he just tried to act like one of the leaders on the FBI tv shows.
This is his way of showing the Don that he’s towing the line. Firmly placing his lips between the royal cheeks.
Am I missing something? If the FBI and ICE hangs around Federal Courts and arrests anyone who is the wrong color, wrong language, or looks ragged and poor and then bundles then up to ship them off to El Salvador, how do we have any justice at all. ? Where can any non-domestic born individual find any justice? Any alernative? If not our courts? How can this be?,
Reminds me when I lived in DC and would watch street-level drug dealers lining up to wait on addicts going in and out of a nearby rehab center.
And now I get to watch Kash “Stringer” Patel preying on the immigrants and wonder if Omar’s comin to save the country.
“There was some debate about the nature of the warrant.”
According to the charging document, it was an administrative warrant. No judge signed off. So I suspect that gets her off the hook for concealing a person from arrest since that requires a federal warrant to be in place. Which I think is different from an administrative warrant.
She did postpone (adjourn) the case without telling the prosecution or victims who were waiting, according to the government, so he could leave. That could be an issue.
The president’s economic initiatives are not bearing much fruit or, more importantly, earning him widespread applause. So it is natural that the administration will step up deportations which still are popular in his base. Expect more of this going forward,
Maybe states will start arresting federal agents for kidnapping.
States arresting Feds … very interesting concept. Anyone know if Feds have some sort of immunity? Anyone know of precedent?
They should start with someone like Hegseth or Patel! Since Agent Orange and his MAGA minions seem determined to dissect the Constitutional order to the point of crisis, the opposition might as well follow the Trump playbook (as taught to the young Don by Roy Cohen) of “attack, attack, attack” – and bring it on!
Cohn, that is (dang autocorrect!)
Ah, oops. Federal agents are immune from state prosecution for their official actions. Supremacy clause, Nevens case. Comes up occasionally, usually when a federal law enforcement officer kills someone and the state attempts to prosecute.
This is a distraction, very important, but a distraction from attacking dt in a way that will get his followers to bail. It’s the economy stupid. Let’s get back to it…
“our agents chased down the perp on foot…”
You can tell Kash learned how to lead the FBI by watching tv.