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Khanna: "We have to understand how abnormal this is. You don't mock someone and put a video out about how they look. You don't ever mock people's ethnicity. How do you negotiate with that? And how have we made this normal?"
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![JUDGE CHUANG: Why do we get a declaration [from Peter Marocco] but there’s really no documentation of anything there? Marocco says every decision was approved by the Secretary [Marco Rubio]. I've got no documentation—a letter, an email—showing that the Secretary approved anything, right?
GARDNER: I think it’s important that everyone understands the context here. Since January 20, we have received approximately 80 lawsuits and our staff at the Justice Department’s Federal Programs Branch has been cut in half. We have about half the number of staff that we had in November, and we are working on these expedited schedules….
JUDGE CHUANG: Marocco could have provided more. It wouldn’t have taken extra work on your part to seek more documentation…. If it really was a decision by USAID, there should be a piece of paper or an electronic message from Secretary Rubio himself, saying, “I'm approving this.” Marocco said he had the authority. Marocco would have had access to anything he signed. Why don’t we have that?
GARDNER: I’m not trying to be “obsequious.” We’re doing the best we can to get as much information as possible…
JUDGE CHUANG: “You're saying that the Justice Department isn't taking this case seriously? That they’re not staffing it sufficiently?”
GARDNER: It’s the opposite. I haven’t had a day off since January 20. We’re working day and night.
JUDGE CHUANG: I understand that. They’re cutting people across the government. If you’re saying you don’t have enough people, maybe that’s part of the problem… I mean, If USAID can’t respond to lawsuits, maybe they need more people.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:t4x2ruk2qmob2b2cx55h4v7r/bafkreieavbdersfwvfk3dveitlmzlq6dfb2u4r4lzlymop5siwxd4il6wa)
