JUST IN: The Trump administration is invoking the state secrets privilege to refuse Judge Boasberg more details about the timing of flights carrying people deported under the Alien Enemies act. Rubio, Noem and Bondi have combined to back the invocation. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us... - ThreadSky

kyledcheney.bsky.social • 22 days ago

JUST IN: The Trump administration is invoking the state secrets privilege to refuse Judge Boasberg more details about the timing of flights carrying people deported under the Alien Enemies act.

Rubio, Noem and Bondi have combined to back the invocation. https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436/gov.uscourts.dcd.278436.56.0.pdf

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scrambojambo.bsky.social•21 days ago

the privilege almost certainly does not apply so when boasberg rejects their argument it’s going to be very funny

dandwig.bsky.social•22 days ago

Color me confused, but how does this help them? This isn’t an “innocent until proven guilty” situation, and the burden of proof is on them. They don’t say anything, it’s still contempt for violating the order.

gailofficial.bsky.social•22 days ago

The judge should ask Russia’s permission to jump on the signal chat to get the info .

iriedc.bsky.social•22 days ago

Oh really?

phoenixwomanmn.bsky.social•22 days ago

The Supreme Court this week has already bounced a frivolous lawsuit by Steve Wynn meant to take down NYT v. Sullivan. I'm sure its members are up for summarily executing this one, too.

tflumeri.bsky.social•22 days ago

Wow! I just can’t anymore!

nllaeder.bsky.social•21 days ago

Oh, here’s our WhatsApp chat logs from the negotiations. See! Can’t share with the judge.

jnklz.bsky.social•22 days ago

The state secrets privilege is useful for shutting down civil litigation where the plaintiffs can’t make their case without info in government possession. Here, it seems like the government will have the burden. Not sure it’s good for habeas. Don’t courts just order redactions for due process?

bobblakley.bsky.social•22 days ago

So they can DM it to Boasberg on Signal?

greyhavensdoodles.bsky.social•22 days ago

Isn’t it curious that they’re invoking state secrets while they’re sharing military operations with random journalists? 🤔

jpjk.bsky.social•21 days ago

OK now let's see them justify it

sherritoler.bsky.social•22 days ago

How can any of this be secret, settling all more lofty arguments aside for a minute, when the administration released “those fun videos” as Karoline Leavitt called them, about these flights and the prison?

sherritoler.bsky.social•22 days ago

I’m mean can you make propaganda films about state secrets?

gobearcats.bsky.social•22 days ago

State secrets my ass.

Then why were the Global X
Planes plastered all over the television?

nancygiabrown.bsky.social•22 days ago

And social media, too!!

akiva631.bsky.social•22 days ago

It's OK. Jeffrey Goldberg will read the Judge in later after he checks his messages on Signal.

grubchick.bsky.social•21 days ago

Just have the judge subpoena their group chat.

desertmage65.bsky.social•22 days ago

Just call a bunch of reporters. I'm sure they accidentally Signaled the info to somebody.

hometreez.bsky.social•22 days ago

It feels like the pot is about to boil over, doesn’t it? I don’t know if it’ll be this court case or the national security stuff or whatever the hell next, but it feels like we are at that point.

r0siether1veter.bsky.social•22 days ago

I agree. Weirdly, I think once the weather is warmer, the pot will completely boil over and protests are going to pop off like mad across the country.

softshellthac0.bsky.social•22 days ago

We’re not there.
Yet.
But, we’re getting there.
Warm weather is coming. And hot weather too. That’s usually when things tend to happen.

jeezusno.bsky.social•22 days ago

SSA too.

thewarrenisempty.bsky.social•22 days ago

A bad SCOTUS ruling, or violence at a protest both have a very high likelihood of happening in the next week or two.

mrgrumpeepantz.bsky.social•22 days ago

Maybe the judge can ask for it on Signal.

stubbazubba.bsky.social•22 days ago

Someone at DHS has the opportunity to do the funniest thing in the world rn.

angeleyes1111.bsky.social•21 days ago

So, what is the next move?

reggierink.bsky.social•22 days ago

So what can the judge do now?

droskill.bsky.social•22 days ago

This is the real question.

patti13.bsky.social•22 days ago

That's OK. Just give Hegseth a few days. He'll let he know.

patti13.bsky.social•22 days ago

*He'll let him know.

momosmomma.bsky.social•22 days ago

Hahahaha

mmidd.bsky.social•22 days ago

Does this mean they’ll use their super secret chat instead?

lizbenbrooks.bsky.social•22 days ago

But it’s OK to send him war plans, right?

selenawrites.bsky.social•22 days ago

Rich considering Signal news today.

carriejacobson.bsky.social•22 days ago

djyohimbe.bsky.social•22 days ago

The only difference is the colors.

droskill.bsky.social•22 days ago

Trump is such a mob boss. Notice that he didn’t sign this -he had his hapless hench people sign it. Plausible deniability for the win. If anything ever goes to shit, he’ll fire them and say he had no idea. I can’t believe people keep falling for it. They’re like the army on the Bond villain’s island

minkysma.bsky.social•22 days ago

They're just desperately grabbing anything within reach to see what sticks...I'm sure Boasberg will keep shooting this stuff down.

drvivien2u.bsky.social•22 days ago

I hope Boasberg has a well-trained security detail, he's likely going to need it

desiderata3.bsky.social•22 days ago

...& his fam, too...

shestheone.bsky.social•22 days ago

just by them doing this is an admission of guilt of not turning the first 2 planes back and having the third one take off

crosis101.bsky.social•22 days ago

Bullshit

lizzyroberts.bsky.social•22 days ago

Would that also apply to revealing war secrets to a reporter at Alantic Magazine?

vivian-m-lumbard.bsky.social•22 days ago

Are they "negotiating" with Venezuela or El Salvador? It's unclear to me. We're not actually at war with Venezuela, so the only negotiations are whether or not they take legitimate deportees. And we're paying El Salvador, so I'm not sure there's any negotiating to be had there unless it's about $$.

cosinegirl.bsky.social•22 days ago

Maybe they can just text him the info on Signal. I hear they do that now.

traceycavasin.bsky.social•22 days ago

It's all out of the bag - Secrets nothing -

elanc.bsky.social•22 days ago

This is ridiculous on its face. The flight times and paths are public information. Can't the plaintiffs use an app on their phone to provide the information to the judge?

kappy71.bsky.social•22 days ago

If anybody's on that group chat please let us know the details of those state secrets.

donjorizzy.bsky.social•22 days ago

Secrets? On Signal?
https://bsky.app/profile/gmf1369.bsky.social/post/3ll63u4mhb22x

jillles.bsky.social•22 days ago

Civil contempt and an ethical referral.

margaretdumont.bsky.social•22 days ago

Maybe the Trump administration could just text the details to the Judge in a group chat.

iadevault.bsky.social•21 days ago

Too bad he wasn't on the group chat for that.

democracydied.bsky.social•22 days ago

These people are traitors who support sedition.

nalanidesjard.bsky.social•22 days ago

kjkram.bsky.social•22 days ago

So she recites back part of the legal standard devoid of factual support and asserts essentially “because I said so.”

bippity.bsky.social•22 days ago

It’s because they deported an MS13 leader who had dirt on Bukele. They let a violent criminal off Scot free to help him.

darkhorse70.bsky.social•21 days ago

These people are committing crimes against humanity. They all need to be tried by the international court

shiblatown.bsky.social•22 days ago

“State Secret” … another serious term made meaningless to serve the regime.

letusevolve.bsky.social•21 days ago

Well that's the loudest state secret I ever heard. Complete with glamorous videos showing masked gunmen and victims w/ shaved heads in white. In fact, it couldn't BE ANY LOUDER..for a state secret.............

tenseven.bsky.social•22 days ago

So, the judge will make a ruling based on what IS known. It’s a LOSE-LOSE for Trumpy.

justmikey.bsky.social•21 days ago

How can they claim state secrets if we already know where they went, who they sent, (faces on video also) and they even shot a promotional video with drone footage and a music soundtrack?? 😂😂😂😂 The judge can’t let this stand. Did they all just perjure themselves?? 🤔🤔😂😂😂

elizemme.bsky.social•22 days ago

Just put the judge on the deportation Signal chat.

austin-dave.bsky.social•21 days ago

Odd day for the adminstration to assert they give a damn about state secrets.

kevinrobinoneill.bsky.social•22 days ago

Probably in signal in everyone's cell...

patrickjk.bsky.social•22 days ago

Do any of the Declarations attest that they haven’t already cc’d the “state secrets” to Jeffrey Goldberg?

padresmellon.bsky.social•22 days ago

The Supreme court better do the right thing

kangaroosgalore.bsky.social•22 days ago

These judges insisting that government departments not use signal and preserve the record need to be more realistic about the situation.
It’s just easier for trumps cabinet to use Signal, they are already using it to communicate with their Russian handlers.

nek.blue-ocean.social•21 days ago

Boasberg needs to say 'put up and shut up' with redactions for which the administration is willing to provide specific justifications. F the nasty trumpy schoolyard-bully bellicosity.

anitafrullani.bsky.social•21 days ago

So what happens next?

my2cnz.bsky.social•21 days ago

anitafrullani.bsky.social•21 days ago

Thank you!

ran-do-right.bsky.social•22 days ago

That’s real rich after today’s breaking news!

jenniepz.bsky.social•22 days ago

So what’s best for Boasburg? They’re clearly avoiding this information because they were in fact in contempt of court. They just get a pass because of this privilege?

painttherosesred.bsky.social•22 days ago

There are other ways to get the information. Like say a declaration from an Ecuadorian asylum seeker who got put on a plane to El Salvador by mistake, so she was brought back to the US where her attorney could put it in a declaration and file it in open court.

https://x.com/thetnholler/status/1904258259919200727?s=46&t=QZGIpknRBkNmzlkdJHYulA

jenniepz.bsky.social•22 days ago

*next

cathostage.bsky.social•22 days ago

https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R47081

lowellsburning.bsky.social•22 days ago

Tell him to dial in on the party chat , he might get what he's looking for

symich74.bsky.social•22 days ago

Hey clowns, maybe patch the judge in by mistake on Signal?

elizabethpgraham.bsky.social•22 days ago

If DOJ can't share this information with Judge Boasberg, it is surely because they committed serious crimes, including kidnapping, and are paying a dictator to torture the victims. I suspect Boasberg has a higher security clearance than the DOJ lawyers.

mcisely.bsky.social•22 days ago

Not that this is a high bar, but Boasberg definitely has a higher IQ than those idiot DOJ lawyers. Combined.

libbyget.bsky.social•22 days ago

I really hope so. There has to be a way for that level of judge to get the clearance needed for a case.

elizabethpgraham.bsky.social•22 days ago

Boasberg has previously served on the US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court and the Chief Judge of the US Alien Terrorist Removal Court (which has never heard a case because no AG has applied to remove an alien terrorist through it).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Boasberg

rabbir.bsky.social•22 days ago

Hope Rubio, Noem and Bondi’s jail cell is roomy enough for all three of them when the Judge holds them in contempt.

jassyrn.bsky.social•22 days ago

Rubio knows how things should work. His legacy will be a shit stain.

taurenmoo.bsky.social•21 days ago

I'm sure this will go well, because Judge Boasberg was so thrilled to be told "It's a secret".

abdajck.bsky.social•22 days ago

It's not a secret. We have videoooooo

curious-bystander.bsky.social•22 days ago

So now the courts won't have access to evidence of their malfeasance.

This is going so well.

sherryhan.bsky.social•22 days ago

Now they will claim all damaging evidence is a “state secret”

hoon.bsky.social•22 days ago

Fucking liars. They’re just too dumb and proud to admit they fucked up. Sending innocent people to an El Salvadorian hell hole. What state secrets exist there?

rachel3r.bsky.social•22 days ago

Citing the harm as reduced cooperation from international partners sounds like it could be justifying avoiding accountability.

pokeratlstyle.bsky.social•22 days ago

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nancygiabrown.bsky.social•22 days ago

I look forward to the day when I see all of them in handcuffs and shackles being led off to prison. I bet Bondi’s smirk will be wiped off her face then.

nancygiabrown.bsky.social•22 days ago

WTH is the difference now? The flights were weeks ago so they have no reason to keep the information “secret” anymore. The judge needs to charge them with Obstruction and disregarding a court order. And I hope he does everything possible to get those people returned here so they can get legal help.

shdwdrgn68.bsky.social•22 days ago

Surprisingly it was only 9 days ago. It's been a long week for us just reading about it, I can't imagine the hell it's been for those poor refugees who are being tortured now.

nancygiabrown.bsky.social•22 days ago

I know! I am so worried about them.

shdwdrgn68.bsky.social•22 days ago

I think the best outcome we can hope for, for them, is that Boasberg orders them returned to the US in the hearing tomorrow. The worst problem is that ICE intentionally destroyed all records of who was deported (or so they claim).

leeglick.bsky.social•22 days ago

Well, it’s a new land speed record. Barely 60 days since inauguration and in a single they text **real** secrets to a reporter and try to treat a flight manifest like they’re “secret”. Did I hit the “play at 2x” button on this show by accident? Full on meltdown in 2 months is pretty special.

calypso24.bsky.social•22 days ago

How does Rubio and others explain their tweets about these so called state secrets ?

terrismith.bsky.social•22 days ago

This administrational Hypocrisy is Boundless!!!
Just ⚖️ sayin' 👈🏼 🇺🇸

terrismith.bsky.social•22 days ago

They try the "states secret privilege" yet email secrets to everyone.
Just ⚖️ sayin'

terrismith.bsky.social•22 days ago

Weasels, All of them!!!!
No offense to weasels!!!🦦🦫🐾
(Couldn't find weasels)

justksmith.bsky.social•22 days ago

Unconstitutional action

bverbs.bsky.social•22 days ago

When you can’t stand on the facts you might as well hide the truth.

fireflower25.bsky.social•22 days ago

I thought that I read that they still have to give a reason, is that the sentence about the dirty deal they made is top secret?

anonymause77.bsky.social•22 days ago

Somebody check Signal!

stevenhyde.bsky.social•22 days ago

Now what? What are Boasberg’s options?

debaurah.bsky.social•22 days ago

This is way too lawyery for me. All I know is I want this administration to pay for this. Marco Rubio should be ashamed. What an awful human.

ruleoflawlessness.bsky.social•22 days ago

Hopefully the judge won't fall for this bullshit

goodtroublesince65.bsky.social•22 days ago

as if the Judge will put up with their incompetence!

johnheaner.bsky.social•22 days ago

"State secrets privilege." That's rich. Now we know it's all routed through a phone app.

squamishviews.bsky.social•22 days ago

Totalitarianism!

pmmcdaniel.bsky.social•22 days ago

They made videos and reporters gave us details of prisoner exchange including slaps and shaved heads and even overheard one prisoner cry for his mother.

Flights were tracked on apps available to the public.

Judge must be setting them up for contempt.

sparklerblue2.bsky.social•22 days ago

😂🤣

mn-sol-shine.bsky.social•22 days ago

Hmmm 🤔 wonder how that's gonna work with the statement from the Venezuelan woman who they deported, who overheard the ICE agents' conversation stating that, they knew they weren't supposed to do what they were doing.

theluckyladybug.bsky.social•22 days ago

The SCOTUS Court Docket is about to be full

jobabe17.bsky.social•22 days ago

Haha...guessing internet and the houthi pc chat probably going to be a problem for them with the whole secret thing...and what war?

bramacosta.bsky.social•22 days ago

what does this mean then for the ruling, ultimately?

doreen418.bsky.social•22 days ago

Wynken, Blynken and Nod..

justmusing.bsky.social•22 days ago

Seems like there should be some easy sources to gather flight data on planes that left known airports for south america and were told to turn back. Getting info on the people is yet another tragic story.

ac-californian.bsky.social•22 days ago

Can’t they submit it to the judge under seal? Or if they’re concerned about the judge himself, get him qualified for a security clearance?

jnklz.bsky.social•22 days ago

Judges don’t need a security clearance. And the judge ordered the government to provide answers, so it’s not like a discovery request from plaintiffs. The gov could provide info under seal, but he could just find the gov in contempt based on information available, I would think.

kyledcheney.bsky.social•22 days ago

Rubio and Noem say even sharing information with Boasberg ex parte and under seal would not work because it would be seen as a breach of trust by foreign leaders who negotiated with them in confidence.

Boasberg had doubts Friday that this privilege actually applied.

babsklein2.bsky.social•22 days ago

Rubio talking about a breach of trust is just a cherry on top of Jeff Goldberg's Signal story.

rebeccaaguilar.bsky.social•22 days ago

Give it to Hegseth and he can text it to the judge.

wneuhauser.bsky.social•22 days ago

They are following the Putin poker strategy: Always raise no matter how weak your hand.

wneuhauser.bsky.social•22 days ago

Give me a f-ing break. Their assertion is absurd.

donkronenberger.bsky.social•22 days ago

Schumer needs to answer for Senate Democrats voting to confirm Noem and Rubio.

He needs to resign his leadership.

kilocharlie237.bsky.social•22 days ago

If a guy named 'Donald trump' walked into a NYC courtroom behind on child support and without the paperwork the judge ordered he bring in a prior appearance, he wouldn't be going home today.

Violate Constitutional law, put lives at risk and Federal judges scratch their heads and wonder what to do.

kathleenreads.bsky.social•21 days ago

So does this lie go away because the administration is so open and transparent?

lfabw.bsky.social•22 days ago

After Hegseth’s texts, the “breach of trust” argument rings hollow.

zaggsz.bsky.social•21 days ago

The timing of the flights need to be kept extra secret while they were sharing videos of their arrival in El Salvador.

ccdot.bsky.social•22 days ago

Well you'd hate to breach trust with foreign leaders, good thing this admin would never do that 🙄

mikealee.bsky.social•22 days ago

I hope this judge don’t play.

yecats47.bsky.social•22 days ago

But but but texting over an app about war plans is totally ok! 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ you can’t make this shit up!

pricklyeater.bsky.social•22 days ago

God, I'm just so fucking mad.

The criminals keep doing nothing but fuckery.

pricklyeater.bsky.social•22 days ago

They took days and days and DAYS to fucking decide WHICH WAY they could best try and avoid accountability. DAYS. Man. Fuck these criminals. The irony of the ACTUAL criminals disappearing people who aren't even criminals. Absolute, fucking BULLSHIT.

I hope Boasberg smacks this shit DOWN.

rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com•22 days ago

What, specifically, is Boasberg doing to DO about it? Send a strongly worded letter?

delle59.bsky.social•22 days ago

Throw them in jail. Contempt of court

rivetgeek.aggregatecognizance.com•22 days ago

Boasberg can't enforce that. Who's going to enforce it?

bentwhee.bsky.social•21 days ago

He absolutely can enforce it. Federal courts can deputize anyone to enforce their orders. They could send 500 armed volunteers to arrest the people he names.

debaurah.bsky.social•22 days ago

Well said!

hoomanitou.bsky.social•22 days ago

The government’s assertions that the in camera disclosure would damage international relations with allies fails on face because the US has already pissed off all its allies.

section9.bsky.social•21 days ago

On a purely technical level, did they really file a scanned .pdf and not bother to correct the alignment? “Only the best people” 🙄

synchronic-2000.bsky.social•21 days ago

The entire Trump administration and Republican House is a breach of trust ... so there's that.

pj1304.bsky.social•21 days ago

With all the dodging about paper trails, stolen documents and poor WH record keeping the only items in the Trump Presidential Library will be his Time Magazine cover and those golf championship plaques.

phillipmalone.com•22 days ago

So do lawyers challenge this or does the judge? Or is that game over? Seems it can't be game over!

billstewart.bsky.social•22 days ago

Most of the case is still in play even if some of the details aren't available to the court, or usable by the defendants.

dell-adams.bsky.social•22 days ago

Both the plaintiffs and the Government are now saying Judge Boasberg has enough information to decide whether his order was violated. He probably thinks so, too.

phillipmalone.com•21 days ago

Thanks folks for your followup on this!

pnwtrekking.bsky.social•22 days ago

As much of a breach as, say, discussing war ops on an unauthorized Signal channel?

The cognitive dissonance in this administration is absolutely insane.

jwolfiedog.bsky.social•22 days ago

Boasberg is not a journalist.

carlnyberg312.bsky.social•22 days ago

If there's no penalty for lying to the court...

pham60.bsky.social•22 days ago

“State secrets” in this administration? On the same day as The Atlantic article? And Bondi et al done the irony?

pham60.bsky.social•21 days ago

*don’t see - not “done”

progressivepeter.bsky.social•21 days ago

Apparently those negotiations are themselves likely illegal (proposing violations of domestic & international law), and should not be protected by an immunity claim.

lockeliberal.bsky.social•22 days ago

Maybe they could just tell him using Signal?🤷🏻‍♂️

tylerwalpole.bsky.social•22 days ago

This Rubio?

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3ll56l6w4hs2k

drhello.bsky.social•21 days ago

Can the hit him up in the group chat

dovewoman.bsky.social•22 days ago

No problem. Just add the judge to their group chat. That should make everything easier.

gordonvincent.bsky.social•22 days ago

Implying there's a single foreign leader in the world who has confidence in the Rapist's regime.

damntam.bsky.social•22 days ago

It burns me up that they’re getting away with it by being willing to say a ridiculously big lie and we all know it.

darkglade.bsky.social•22 days ago

A breach of trust of foreign leaders...

What like talking about forcibly annexing their countries?

sredwine.bsky.social•22 days ago

By "negotiated" they mean the amount El Salvador agreed to pay Trump directly. This bullshit cannot stand.

svennigan.bsky.social•21 days ago

Nah man, Trump paid THEM. Probably using funds he stole from USAID.

tallyannae.bsky.social•22 days ago

I guess Judge Boasberg doesn't have a Signal account?
Bummer.

kathylaya.bsky.social•20 days ago

JFC. The crimes, lies, and fuck-ups of this trump mafia are escalating at a rate that is causing lethal stress levels for all of us — in addition to actual physical peril for many of us.
This has got to end.

nedluddphd.bsky.social•22 days ago

It’s wild that Rubio, who would undoubtedly be on the deportation list were he not in government, is going along with this.

billstewart.bsky.social•22 days ago

Rubio was born in Miami, and a Republican, so he's doubly not a target.

michaelmeitbual.bsky.social•22 days ago

I wouldn't be surprised to see native-born US citizens swept up in these things.

billstewart.bsky.social•22 days ago

Trump's attempts at getting rid of birthright citizenship say he'd like to be able to do that far more often.

dkremn.bsky.social•22 days ago

They don't

mskathleenquinn.bsky.social•22 days ago

Am puzzled as to why the timing of the flights still matters legally since the Venezuelan government has asserted the people on the planes aren't gang members. So why are they still in jail? Is it still important to hold gov't in contempt? (Fine w/me)
https://orinocotribune.com/list-of-venezuelans-kidnapped-in-el-salvador-published/

man-w-no-name.bsky.social•22 days ago

Foreign leaders confided in the administration regarding what time the planes took off from U.S. soil? Hmmmmmm

di1464.bsky.social•22 days ago

Ha! Stupid is as stupid demonstrates for all to see.

stonedsean.bsky.social•22 days ago

Could the government text the info to Jeff Goldberg on Signal and then have him share it with the judge?

sarahb1111.bsky.social•22 days ago

vortex3.bsky.social•22 days ago

Breathtaking. More allegiance to foreigners than US Federal Judges with state secrets.

Take a step back and look at this. It's incredible.

darbyz.bsky.social•22 days ago

Maybe he should just start a group chat on Signal. Maybe then he'll get his answers.

spacejamveteran.bsky.social•22 days ago

just share the state secrets on signal

susubrooks.bsky.social•22 days ago

The foreign leader who tweeted "oopsie, too late" at the judge?

tommystevens.bsky.social•22 days ago

Do they know who they work for?

berkeleybabe.bsky.social•22 days ago

Is there a way to contest this? To deny it?

sewmorebag.bsky.social•22 days ago

Privilege? #1) https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/26/politics/trump-classified-documents-audio/index.html

sewmorebag.bsky.social•22 days ago

#2) https://nypost.com/2022/09/06/msnbcs-joy-reid-links-trumps-classified-docs-to-us-spy-deaths/

sewmorebag.bsky.social•22 days ago

https://www.reuters.com/article/world/trump-revealed-intelligence-secrets-to-russians-in-oval-office-officials-idUSKCN18B2MM/

sewmorebag.bsky.social•22 days ago

https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-tweet-may-have-revealed-us-military-secrets-taunting-iran-2019-8

sewmorebag.bsky.social•22 days ago

https://www.politico.eu/article/how-donald-trump-gave-away-his-secret-war-zone-trip/sc

memewrangler.bsky.social•21 days ago

Seems like this admin can't keep secrets anyway.

ertben.bsky.social•22 days ago

Do they mean the foreign leaders who paraded detainees on camera through their prison? What secrets exactly are they preserving?

rustymoto.bsky.social•22 days ago

They just text it in Signal.

jos1463.bsky.social•22 days ago

It’s ok. They can share it in. Signal chat though. Just add JB to it

drrxufa.bsky.social•22 days ago

💥💥💥😎🏆🏴‍☠️

refugeepat.bsky.social•21 days ago

They should just text it to the judge then

kennydreadful.bsky.social•22 days ago

Sorry, you don’t get to parade around detainees in your Michael Bay inspired propaganda trailer and then decry state secrets. That’s not how this works.

jenrubin.bsky.social•22 days ago

They. Discussed. War. Plans. On. Signal. They don't get to claim secret anything

freestatefemale.bsky.social•21 days ago

They had war plans on unsecured cellphones that they could text to someone.

ejmoroney.bsky.social•22 days ago

I mean c’mon!!!!!

douglassharpe.bsky.social•22 days ago

What fed laws could be broken communicating top secret information via app?
1. Espionage Act (18 U.S. Code § 793–798)
2. Executive Order 13526
3. Federal Records Act
4. Classified Information Procedures Act (CIPA)
5. Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) (18 U.S. Code § 1030)

patriciaabm.bsky.social•22 days ago

But, her emails!!!!!

gentlemencat.bsky.social•22 days ago

deadass!

patti-p.bsky.social•22 days ago

MAGA = Morons Are Governing America

ellenenders.bsky.social•22 days ago

they are doing everything on Signal

deb1948.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yep

stacijroth.bsky.social•22 days ago

Not going to apologize for my language-they can fuck all the way off. Twice.

blacklistedpg2.bsky.social•22 days ago

Only twice? They all need to fucking resign. So many laws already broken. 😡

stacijroth.bsky.social•22 days ago

This is what I meant by all the way off, as in All. The. Way and as far from anywhere as possible. Prison, preferably, but we'll never see that, since Stepford's City Attorney Pam Bondi won't even look at this.

blacklistedpg2.bsky.social•22 days ago

I am in complete agreement.

mkddebbie.bsky.social•22 days ago

With this:

stacijroth.bsky.social•21 days ago

And the scratches rinsed off with fingernail polish remover.

mkddebbie.bsky.social•21 days ago

signsanssignified.bsky.social•22 days ago

And they all work for the guy whole stole highly classified government documents & left them lying around in a bathroom adjacent to a common space at Mar-a-Lago.

dustbunny44.bsky.social•22 days ago

Breach of trust? Boasberg offered security/confidence.

fungibev.bsky.social•22 days ago

Bullshit. This is nothing more than a government coverup to hide their illegal actions.

geniewilliams.bsky.social•22 days ago

Well. The plane is set to land in AZ in less than an hour.

margolovesalatte.bsky.social•22 days ago

I thought the flights were public knowledge since a dude tracked it & that’s how the lawyers even knew it happened… DOJ even said today that nobody on the flight had prior knowledge to seek counsel. Someone raised the alert. Seems like the ACLU can provide the timing based on that? What’s a secret?

anainam.bsky.social•22 days ago

FlightTracker was used by the guy I believe.

margolovesalatte.bsky.social•22 days ago

I just read the 6 pages filed today and now I need to go donate to the ACLU because they’re brilliant.

battynatty.bsky.social•22 days ago

“I hate Europe”

tompaine1776.bsky.social•22 days ago

Shit, I thought Full Immunity was bad.

captainabraham.bsky.social•22 days ago

I'm sorry, but how is literal public information a "state secret"?

deb1948.bsky.social•22 days ago

WTF?

econrevirvine.bsky.social•22 days ago

State secrets is a smoke screen. Depose Trump to find out how much detail he knows of if he has a rogue staff acting outside his control.

econrevirvine.bsky.social•22 days ago

Or if

mcisely.bsky.social•22 days ago

Probably both

lovewins7.bsky.social•22 days ago

They just need to create a Signal chat with Judge Boasberg. It's totally cool to share state secrets there. 👍

kathihoke.bsky.social•22 days ago

Did they submit this on Signal?

mdavidsonstudio.bsky.social•22 days ago

Are we there yet?

anarchymarshmallow.bsky.social•22 days ago

I hope they all have their own Nuremberg trials one day soon to answer for this shit.

gailofficial.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yes 🙌🏾 soon

radiogirl1071.bsky.social•22 days ago

Looking forward to that day.

slleather.bsky.social•22 days ago

I'm pretty certain the judge doesn't need anything from DOJ to determine if contempt has occurred. The judge has been cautious but is not free to follow non-DOJ evidence.

drrxufa.bsky.social•22 days ago

Three stooges compromised and lacking ALL credibility.

drrxufa.bsky.social•22 days ago

Reject this willful fraud on the court.

lisa4kids.bsky.social•22 days ago

Has the judge checked “signal” maybe there is a message for him there?

thisishappening.bsky.social•22 days ago

But state secrets get shared on Signal …. Sure

butwhoisthedreamer.bsky.social•22 days ago

Off the charts corruption

wendywcolorado.bsky.social•21 days ago

Invoking state secrets? This administration can’t keep anything a secret! What a joke!

theglassishalf.bsky.social•22 days ago

Hey, maybe the court will, for once, not accept the absolute bullshit State Secrets doctrine / privilege.

zoroastrianinhell.bsky.social•21 days ago

Thank god Rubio is being so cautious about state security in this case given he apparently couldn’t give two shits when discussing classified military actions!

lynn0908.bsky.social•22 days ago

State secrets yet kkkaroline said people should self deport to not be in the “fun” video they made about it.

broometree.bsky.social•22 days ago

Is this a cover up?

fungibev.bsky.social•22 days ago

Yep

msabasford.bsky.social•21 days ago

Maybe they could just add him to the Signal chat?

cutterjohn.bsky.social•22 days ago

No one thinks Bondi or Noem have any principles but for some reason they think Rubio does. He does not. He's the worst if the lot. No redeeming qualities whatsoever. None.

momdamom47.bsky.social•21 days ago

WTF, and sending out war plans isn’t a problem. Talk about a bad game of
whack-a-mole

jennicrothers.bsky.social•22 days ago

Lying under penalty of perjury is a felony. This will bite them in the rear end.

sarcasmrules.bsky.social•22 days ago

Shocking! (NOT)

mariceann.bsky.social•22 days ago

This reinterpreting of the Law is similar to cherry picking Bible verses
🤔

petrichorist.bsky.social•22 days ago

Smells like constitutional crisis...

buchanansilvia.bsky.social•21 days ago

Lies and more lies.

baconpress.bsky.social•22 days ago

Check out Kristi’s signature. Bet her high school notebooks are full of practice signatures.

jakegr.bsky.social•21 days ago

That’s a clear indication they can’t defend their actions. Otherwise they’d produce evidence.
Congress - where are you?

alleeaa.bsky.social•21 days ago

I know #chatgpt is the enemy, but I use it to summarize dockets quickly and in a snarky tone when necessary.

jassyrn.bsky.social•22 days ago

Truly astounding how trump controls these idiots

qabinofblue.bsky.social•22 days ago

😡

beausoleil202.bsky.social•22 days ago

vjchapman.bsky.social•22 days ago

Wow

mooneyc4.bsky.social•22 days ago

Constitutional crisis at Defcon 1

feliscorvus.bsky.social•22 days ago

“State secrets”, coming to a signal thread near you!

jos1463.bsky.social•22 days ago

At least one of those Bozos just broke the law by revealing top secret information on an illegal signal chat and then didn’t report that someone unauthorized was on the chat because they were too stupid to investigate who JG was when they left the chat

jimrissmiller.bsky.social•22 days ago

The Trump administration is hiding behind the state secrets privilege because they’ve lost on everything else. And the devastating sworn affidavits from today make it even worse.

civilwarland.bsky.social•22 days ago

This admin is a complete shit show

bubalious.bsky.social•21 days ago

Cowards. They are guilty and should be held accountable. Hello? Congress, get off your backsides and start to fight this blatant corruption

and-now-the-larch.bsky.social•21 days ago

When somebody changes their line 3 times in one day they know they messed up and you cannot trust anything that comes out of their mouth.

4dognight.bsky.social•22 days ago

Rubio is an evil incompetent loser.
More than any of the others we have evidence that he once understood how to keep Americans safe.

b-kiehl.bsky.social•22 days ago

What a joke.

paws4justice.bsky.social•22 days ago

This is wrong and I hope the judge sees through this.

punchprincess.bsky.social•22 days ago

So now they can get the flight info from https://Flightaware.com, right?

tgfe.bsky.social•22 days ago

Hope they all burn for this obvious ploy.

dhumph.bsky.social•22 days ago

Any Republican lawmaker supporting Trump at this time is a traitor to their country. They took an oath to uphold the constitution and the rule of law. And all we’re hearing are 🦗🦗 from them.

jcbrundi.bsky.social•22 days ago

Of course they are! But with the supreme court’s ruling they will not face any consequences. The Supreme Court doesn’t uphold the Constitution either.

traceycavasin.bsky.social•22 days ago

That is true - only now Trump has ruffled the feathers of Roberts and Barrett -
The unlimited immunity for official acts they gave Trump - can be re-visited and just as easily be taken away with a stroke of a pen -
At the moment Trump only has 4 that will side with him for all - 5 will not. ✨✨✨✨✨

jcbrundi.bsky.social•21 days ago

I pray 🙏 that you are right! But I’ve been seeing this 2016. Republicans that know better won’t vote against Trump.

ppqqmm.bsky.social•22 days ago

Really? Technically, maybe. Just read that Usha Vance clerked for Roberts and Kavanaugh. Pretty chummy crowd? I never underestimate the role of social connections.

deborahorell.bsky.social•22 days ago

Oh this is rich. They’ll only share info with an Atlantic reporter. POSs

observablereality.bsky.social•22 days ago

Guess what folks, we are officially at "we're making people disappear and it's a state secret" part of the fascist regime.

Fuck me that was fast. Also....

Keep in touch with your families and friends, no telling how long before it's you or someone you know.

galadalisi.bsky.social•22 days ago

Screw these traitors who are trampling on the rights of these people. American citizens are next if this is allowed to stand.

lucyksy.bsky.social•22 days ago

Think we all saw this coming, after all they told us this is what they were going to do.

curieux-un.bsky.social•22 days ago

Mission Accomplished!

47s Cabinet is working as planned, covering crimes w his teeny little handprints all over it.

norfolknway.bsky.social•22 days ago

Embarrassing

seearekay.bsky.social•22 days ago

Are we secretly at war with Venezuela?

Which journalist was in that chat group?

anhos.bsky.social•22 days ago

The other lawyers can get airport records.

danlooker.bsky.social•22 days ago

Ask the judge to download Signal. He'll get the all the DL on there.

dolorosasantos.bsky.social•22 days ago

Judge should just check SIGNAL.

kev5225.bsky.social•21 days ago

Good...A single judge doesn't run the Country..

globochem-actual.bsky.social•22 days ago

Marshals need to

globochem-actual.bsky.social•22 days ago

This is so fucking illegal. Like the fucking coverup is so incompetent it almost overshadows the fact that there's a crime just staring you in the face.

commonsensesoln.bsky.social•22 days ago

Judge Boasberg is now on double secret probation.

djrivera.bsky.social•22 days ago

Now that the DoD "chat" SNAFU has come to light, I suspect we have the reason that no details are available around the timeline for the Venezuelan Disappear other than the flight times.
Are Trump depts use Signal to stay off the record? (FCA rules)