If we're going to denaturalize and deport people for sex trafficking they hid on their citizenship applications, is there a reason this would not apply to Ghislaine Maxwell?
emptywheel
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Coverage of American authoritarianism with a focus on legal cases. An American-Irish in Limerick, Ireland. Legendary potty mouth!
![Dr. Abdul El-Sayed
@AbdulElSayed
They didn’t endorse you, habibi. But this last sentence you wrote there is crazy work coming from a dude who voted to deny 9/11 first responders healthcare NINE times:
“I will always stand with the brave men and women who run in while others run out”
You “stand” for nothing.
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Mike Rogers
@MikeRogersForMI
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🚨 ALERT: ABDUL LOSES ENDORSEMENT
“Mike Rogers, a veteran and retired FBI agent, will continue to serve this country and represent Michigan well. President Sahr and MPFFU leadership need to learn quickly the importance of crossing party lines when necessary.”
[screen cap of headline describing firefighters union endorsement of Abdul was clerical error]
I will always
1:55 AM · Oct 3, 2026
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![Among other things Benny did on his cosplay cop caper was to post a video of protestors as they were being arrested, claiming they were being arrested for “VIOLENT ASSAULT.”
[A picture of a person in a red t-shirt with their hands behind their back. the T-shirt says, MAKE FASCISTS AFRAID. There's an ICE goon in a gray t-shirt, a plate vest, and shades.]
Of the Federal charges filed since then, just one has been from Broadview (it was assault, but even that one sounds like someone charged for being pushed by the Feds). If, in fact, these people weren’t charged — much less with assault — this would be slander. Since he was dolled up as a “Border Patrol Federal Agent,” even if they were arrested, this will be a privacy violation that might endanger any charges the Feds tried to file.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreiaiqf5raqivphh6i6enzhos2ub4ag342gjprkoh5d66zezb6pawt4)
![Proia also allegedly sent the following text messages to phones numbers associated with the victim’s parents:
a. “Good morning [first name of victim’s mother]. Does it disturb you that such evil as [Federal Official] is married to the creature that slithered from your Cunt?”
b. [Photo of Victim 1]
c. “My god, how can you be proud of this filth?”
d. “Hey [first name of victim’s father], how goes it? Hope your daughter marrying a Jewish Nazi/white supremacist is working out for you and [first name of victim’s mother]. Did you raise her to be trash or did that just happen naturally?”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreid7uzkrhss54jdr5on5zaeqmvabbnsizerwwfdvraexweaj37pcty)
![Quote from complaint
-The Trump Administration’s actions “created a grave threat to the rule of law,”without which “you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism. You have Russia or you have China or you have North Korea.
Actual passages from story
What happened in Minnesota’s federal court, he said, “created a grave threat to the rule of law.”
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“You walk down the street, and you assume you’re generally safe because of the law,” he said. “It’s the rule of law. If you don’t have it, you have either anarchy or you have authoritarianism. You have Russia or you have China or you have North Korea.”](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreiepeudtnfmoeqyryownt6dtgcjvxuwsjqxyvi6ozawjdticratfka)
![Quote from complaint
The Trump Administration has also “gone over his head” (and “gone around him”) “to an appeals court” after Judge Schiltz had advised Minnesota’s U.S. Attorney that Judge Schiltz would not review a magistrate judge’s decision to deny a search warrant application until “after the bench met in person the following week.”
Passage of story those "quotes" are based on
On Jan. 23, Judge Schiltz was at home cooking lunch when he received an email informing him the Trump administration had gone over his head to an appeals court.
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Minnesota’s U.S. attorney, Daniel Rosen, then took the unusual step of requesting that another judge review Judge Micko’s decision. Judge Schiltz had told Mr. Rosen that he would decide on that after the bench met in person the following week.
That timeline wasn’t fast enough for the Justice Department. The Jan. 23 email informed Judge Schiltz that the administration had gone around him.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreiaieii4sqi2bxtogrfov6bacbfr3lfoj5kxgsb6ney4lfrca5psfq)
