Episode 4951: Impeaching The Radicalized Judges Of The Legal System In America

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What recent legal challenges are being faced by Trump and his associates?

Stephen K. Bannon 0:00

James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, both targets of President Trump, be dismissed. The U.S. District Judge concluded yesterday that the prosecutor who secured the charges against them, Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, was unlawfully appointed. The Attorney General's authority to appoint an interim U.S. attorney lasts for a total of 120 days. The judge concluded that Halligan has been unlawfully serving since September 22nd. Comey was indicted September 25th. James charged October 9th. Halligan is a former Trump aide and personal lawyer with No prosecutorial experience. She secured the indictments of Comey and James over objections from career prosecutors. Comey had pleaded not guilty to lying to Congress and obstruction, while James pleaded not guilty to bank fraud.

Stephen K. Bannon 1:03

The indictments were dismissed without prejudice, which means they could theoretically be refiled by a lawful judge. prosecutor. But Comey's attorney said in a statement that his reading of the ruling suggests the case cannot be refiled because the five year statute of limitations expired on September 30th. Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed the Department of Justice would appeal the ruling.

Rachel 1:32

The appointments clause is more than a matter of etiquette or protocol. It is among the significant structural safeguards of the constitutional scheme. The clause not only serves as a bulwark against one branch aggrandizing its power at the expense of another, but also preserves another aspect of the Constitution's structural integrity by preventing the diffusion of the appointment power. Translate that for me.

Unknown 1:56

Oh, boy.

Rachel 1:57

Well, it was good. It was good. But put it in layman's terms.

How was Lindsey Halligan's appointment deemed unlawful?

Unknown 2:01

Essentially, what Judge Curry is saying is that Congress has a role to play here. The courts have a role to play here and the executive branch has a role to play here. And the executive branch right now is trying to do not only its own job, but the jobs of the other two branches by installing loyalists without going through any of the normal legal process. There is a legal process in place that the president is required by law to follow to appoint lawyers. nominees to positions like u.s attorney lindsey halligan's role it's in the constitution that he has to consult the senate and get their approval for his nominees he was not able to go through that process successfully to get lindsey halligan appointed he didn't actually even try and

Unknown 2:42

And as a result of that, he decided that he was just going to install her in this workaround fashion, which is something that he has done with U.S. attorneys around the country. This is not the first case where this has come up, but it's the most high profile case where it's come up because Lindsay Halligan was put in this role specifically for the purpose of prosecuting James Comey and Letitia James. And now that whole strategy appears to be collapsing because it violates the Constitution, according to Judge Curry. I think that we have we cannot forget that the only reason we are here.

Rachel 3:13

OK, the reason that it would the things were brought in the first place is because Donald Trump wanted to go after James Comey and A.G. James. He has talked extensively about the fact that he believes that they are criminals, that he believes they have something coming to them. The facts be damned here. And I think that people have to understand that the president doesn't. care about the law. He doesn't care about process and protocol. He is trying to re-engineer the federal government, specifically the Justice Department, to serve his petty whims and grievances. That is it. That is what matters to Donald Trump.

Mike Howell 3:53

Yeah, that's absolutely right, and I'd go a step further. He only doesn't care about the law. He actually takes pleasure in ignoring it. In other words, he probably could have gotten, for example, approval to make changes to the East Wing, but he actually wanted to just bulldoze it without approval. He probably could be bringing and winning some cases that they are currently losing because he wants the theater of him not having to play by the rules.