Trump Screws His Entire Legal Defense in Front of World
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What did Donald Trump admit in his joint session speech?
Donald Trump's joint session speech was not only the worst speech I think I've ever seen in Congress, but it also gave all of the people, all of the groups suing Donald Trump a treasure trove of evidence to use against Donald Trump and Elon Musk. Let me explain. During one portion of the speech, Donald Trump praised Elon Musk and specifically referred to Elon Musk as the head of Doge, which Donald Trump says was a department that he and Elon Musk created. Now, this directly contradicts the declarations and affidavits that were submitted to federal courts, which said that Doge is not a new department or agency. and that Elon Musk is not its head. It's not its leader. I want you to watch what Donald Trump just said. He's going to potentially cause a lot of lawyers that work at the DOJ to be very nervous tonight that they may lose their bar licenses. And he also provided a gift to the people who are suing him, suing Musk, to get accountability. Here, play this clip.
I have created the brand new Department of Government Efficiency. which is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight.
All right, so now let's just take a look at some of the affidavits, some of the declarations that were submitted on behalf of Doge in the various court proceedings. Take a look at this one, for example, and there have been declarations like this in numerous cases. Anna Bauer says the following, in a new filing, a Trump administration official says that Elon Musk is not the administrator in charge of Doge. He's a senior advisor to the president per the declaration. And you take a look at this declaration right here, and it says the following. This is written by somebody named Joshua Fisher, who may be a little nervous tonight after submitting this declaration. It says, I am the director of the Office of Administration. I have personal knowledge of Mr. Musk's employment status within the federal government. Mr. Musk is an employee of the White House. He holds the position as a non-career special government employee, SGE.
In that job, Musk is a senior advisor to the president. It says it's not uncommon to have that position. Then it goes on to say... The U.S. Doge service is a component of the executive office of the president. The U.S. Doge service temporary organization is within U.S. Doge service. Both are separate from the White House office. Mr. Musk is an employee of the White House office. He is not an employee of the U.S. Doge service or U.S. Doge service temporary organization. Mr. Musk is not the U.S. Doge service administrator. Because Donald Trump right there seemed to say that Elon Musk is the head of Doge, which is its own department, not something that already existed. Let's take a look at some of the other court cases where we can find various representations that were made to the courts that, again, seem to contradict what you just heard there from Donald Trump. Like here's a case before Judge Chong. It's a three-hour preliminary injunction hearing, which took place last week. involving a case against Elon Musk and Doge for violating the appointments clause.
And this federal judge grew frustrated when the government's lawyer was unable to answer question about Doge's chain of command and Musk's role. I'm sure what Donald Trump just said at the joint session is going to be shown to this judge quickly. Quite immediately, here's the conversation or the questions from the judge and the government lawyer. Judge, who was the head of Doge before Amy Gleeson? Because one of the things that the Trump administration did is basically pick this like random person who worked at UDS, the United States Digital Services. And her name was Amy Gleeson and said that she is actually the head of Doge to try to use her as a cover-up for Elon Musk, who's really running the show, as you heard Donald Trump just said. So this judge is like, who's Amy Gleeson?
You're saying Amy Gleeson? Who's this person? Who's the head of Doge before Gleeson? Government counsel. I can't answer that. I don't know. Judge, I mean, that seems like a pretty knowable fact. You don't know who was running it. Before Amy Gleason, government counsel. I'm sure it's knowable. I just don't know it. I'm very conscious of being accurate with the court.
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