Trump Scheme is Smoked Out and He Rufuses Oath
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What legal action is being taken against Donald Trump and his DOJ?
Donald Trump and his corrupt DOJ were just smoked out in court for refusing to put under penalty of perjury, refusing to take the oath on the most basic of matter. Donald Trump's DOJ head, Todd Blanch, Donald Trump's proxies, MAGA Mike Johnson and others in Congress, they've been saying, we want to let everybody know that at this time, we will not be going forward with the January 6th slush fund that is part of that collusive settlement that Donald Trump entered into with the United States government for $1.8 billion to go to J6 insurrections, 1.776. They don't really address the fact that Donald Trump also gave himself essentially a super pardon, having the IRS waive any right to investigate Donald Trump for past tax evasion or to have the government investigate him for any potential tax crimes or anything like that.
The acting Attorney General Blanch and all of Trump's MAGA sycophants in Congress were like, just trust us, trust us, trust us. Well, there was a lawsuit that's been going on and is a lawsuit that's going on in Virginia federal case where a judge issued a preliminary injunction blocking this slush fund, blocking this $1.8 billion. And the party showed up, the DOJ lawyer showed up, the lawyers who brought the lawsuit showed up. And the federal judge says, look, I'm going to issue this preliminary injunction. But if you, DOJ, just put in writing under penalty of perjury that there is no slush fund and that you're not going to revive it when you use language like at this time, we do not intend to go forward with it.
Just say there is no fund. It's not happening, period. Put it under penalty of perjury. And I'll dismiss the case because it'll be moot because you've put on the record that this isn't happening. Otherwise, there is an active case and controversy that is happening right now because I can't just trust your vermin, the presumption of regularity. is gone. We don't trust the DOJ's word anymore. So the judge said, here's my request.
What is the significance of the $1.8 billion slush fund in the case?
Here's what I'm going to order you to do. Either the case proceeds through a path of discovery, through a path of litigation and a trial and a permanent injunction, and we go that route, or submit a declaration and just say what you're telling me in court, but not under penalty of perjury with the rules of court. Sign your name and say, have Todd Blanch put his name to it and say, we are shutting down this fund. It doesn't exist. Period. Full stop. And we are revoking or removing any of the kind of unilateral settlement decrees or orders that Todd Blanch signed. Just put the basic, put it in writing. Come back to us. So the deadline came due on Friday. We were all wondering, okay, what's the DOJ going to do?
It's pretty simple. they they seem to be very cagey about it at the last hearing when judge brinkema she's the federal judge was asking questions of lawyer like why don't you put it in writing the doj lawyer was like i'm not really sure and then judge brinkham was like what do you mean you're not sure it's pretty big case you are you speaking with todd blanchie you don't know what your position is well then on friday we saw what really went down and the doj made their filing and they Attack the judge, basically. They basically said in the filing that you are exceeding your authority as an Article 3 judge, as a federal judge, by asking us to submit a declaration. You're intruding on the executive branch.
How dare you ask Acting Attorney General Todd Blanch to submit a declaration under penalty of perjury that the things he said in Congress and that the things that you are representing to me. How dare you ask us to put that in a declaration? The interesting part is that the judge didn't even frame it as you must mandatorily submit this declaration. The judge just said, submit it, and the case is moot, and I'll use that as you putting on the record that... You're not going to go forward with this fund or don't. And then I'll go forward with the case. And then I'll have to issue, I guess, a formal permanent injunction if we have to go down that path.
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