BREAKING: Trump administration invokes “state secrets privilege” over questions from Chief Judge Boasberg into whether the government violated the classwide TRO blocking removals under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... - ThreadSky

chrisgeidner.bsky.social • 1 day ago

BREAKING: Trump administration invokes “state secrets privilege” over questions from Chief Judge Boasberg into whether the government violated the classwide TRO blocking removals under Trump’s Alien Enemies Act proclamation. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.56.0.pdf

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westsidewitch.bsky.social•1 day ago

Meanwhile, Jeffrey Goldberg

blue4peace.bsky.social•1 day ago

Of course they would! Tells you they know they did wrong & don’t want the facts produced that would prove it.

dajensen.bsky.social•1 day ago

So that is a "yes, we did engage in contempt of court."

discoveryattorney.net•1 day ago

Signal is the only way to get State's secrets.

basterdius.bsky.social•1 day ago

It's ok to be very disrespectful in your submission to a judge, as long as you write "respectfully submitted" at the end.

ems1944.bsky.social•1 day ago

Administration refusing to answer more questions. Direct confrontation. Boasberg a judge specially set up to hear classified information. Question is what Boasberg does next.

antifablueyheeler.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just hit up Hegseth and ask to get in the group chat.

reggierink.bsky.social•1 day ago

So what happens next?

robindescamp.bsky.social•1 day ago

DOJ concerned disclosing information would endanger government personnel operating flights & help our adversaries. Seems kind of at odds with sharing war plans via signal with reporters, but what do I know?

jeffblueskies.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nothing says guilty like refusing to answer a simple fucking question.

marybuattismall.bsky.social•1 day ago

What makes that a state secret?

thekrakensays.bsky.social•1 day ago

Rubio and Noem signed a paper saying it is.

Not kidding. That’s it.

nservantes.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ironic this would happen today....

topsgt1.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wow

truexted.bsky.social•1 day ago

I smell a contempt ruling and a trip to SCOTUS.

blandphilosophy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hoo boy. Well this is going to get even more contentious, isn't it.

thekrakensays.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s what I thought. Is Boasberg going to have to challenge Rubio and Noem?

johnsontoddr.bsky.social•1 day ago

So what next then for Boasberg? This is part of step 3 of Yarvin's Butterfly Revolution:

johnsontoddr.bsky.social•1 day ago

I don't think any court has yet ruled that the Trump regime has ignored a court order yet, but Trump is clearly trying to enact Step 3.

phil-jet.bsky.social•1 day ago

Honestly? I think we need to stop being afraid of Yarvin. We've known from almost the start that the courts can't fully stop a takeover like this, they can just delay it. The rest is up to us. All I want from Judge Boasberg is for him to give us as much time as possible to wake Americans up.

johnsontoddr.bsky.social•1 day ago

To wake them up, I think it is important to push Yarvin's plan out there. Part of the plan is that by the time people wake up, it will be too late to stop it.

wiscored.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ahem *BS* ahem

howlofminerva.bsky.social•1 day ago

DOJ atty Christina Greer was wise to get the heck off this trainwreck of a case.

patrickjk.bsky.social•1 day ago

Have they confirmed that they haven’t already texted the “state secrets” to Jeffrey Goldberg???

mrsplc33.bsky.social•1 day ago

Will this be on hold waiting for the appeal?

burtonad.bsky.social•1 day ago

The Administration asserts the following legal justifications: the noneoyourdamnbusiness doctrine, the fuckyouhesPresident principle, and the venerable itisntillegalifwethoughtitwaslegal precedent.

sacornus.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sometimes they whip out the “Iknowyouare,butwhatamI?” Precedent.

lmh3chicks.bsky.social•1 day ago

Maybe they can text it to a reporter so then it can be shared with the court 🤡#shitshow

juliecooper1961.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is anyone else getting weird texts from someone named Pete with a bunch of “nuclear codes”? Seems like a scam

wohio.bsky.social•1 day ago

Shocking

teeklin.bsky.social•1 day ago

Holy crap. So now Boasberg basically has to call out the admin just to even get more questions answered? Am I reading that right?

How can this be the claim, aren't federal judges like Boasberg given clearance to see classified information for just this reason?

joegordon.bsky.social•1 day ago

It’s a particularly stupid invocation, as has been pointed out virtually every single question the Judge asked involved publicly disclosed info. Chartered commercial flights, Rubio tweeting it out. None of that is security related, or secret anymore. Loser of a move.

all-a-mort.bsky.social•1 day ago

Which makes you think this decision came from Trump himself or Miller. It's too idiotic for one of the underlings to have thought it a good idea. Someone higher up the food chain decided on this and then insisted.

thundalarchsys.bsky.social•1 day ago

[edit] *Article* II invocation was laid out in P2025 as the basis for making a monarch.

kelong.bsky.social•1 day ago

They didn’t have to take the rope he gave them. But they did. And they certainly didn’t need to use that rope to fashion themselves a noose. But they did. It’s time to kick the stool out and let them swing.

afterdarkalex.bsky.social•1 day ago

yes that was part of the conversation with DOJ lawyers last week to which he has clearances

jig.bsky.social•1 day ago

has Miller written allllll over it.

discoveryattorney.net•1 day ago

I legit think he is writing these and the lawyers are signing them.

jig.bsky.social•1 day ago

he writes or speaks the first draft, eastman tweaks it, appointees (or DOJ employees that can't take the beating) sign it.

joedirthair.bsky.social•1 day ago

“Respectfully submitted” my fucking ass

thbransfield.bsky.social•1 day ago

Fuck these asshats.

dkremn.bsky.social•1 day ago

States secrets.. just like Russia

harold303.bsky.social•1 day ago

OK, hear me out, what is the Judge agreed to use Signal?

cassandracmplx.bsky.social•1 day ago

Given the group chat there are no damn secrets.

theshivan.bsky.social•1 day ago

He can get them via the Signal app. Just join the group “Totes Secure dudes”

emptythis.bsky.social•1 day ago

nottrumpfan.bsky.social•1 day ago

At least we got the seditious traitors names …

conscientiousice.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well, somebody will be going to jail, once the lies are exposed.

gartmartin9.bsky.social•1 day ago

not to worry...they will text their answers to Jeffrey Goldberg

ppqqmm.bsky.social•1 day ago

cnjulia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Ha! That should be easy to prove considering his DoD Sec. is texting military plans all willy nilly. 🙄

vector28.bsky.social•1 day ago

This is where our country survives or dies. Time to escalate the war …

hoobajoob.bsky.social•1 day ago

can this invocation be reviewed on bad faith grounds?

breitbert.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why sure, it makes total sense that the judge you had in charge of the foreign surveillance court, can’t know what you’re doing because of…state secrets?