Acting deputy attorney general Emil Bove assembled DOJ's remaining public corruption prosecutors this morning and gave them an hour to find someone to sign the Eric Adams dismissal.
One of them agreed to do it, to spare the others from potentially being fired.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/federal-prosecutor-will-sign-motion-dismiss-adams-charges-bid-save-colleagues-2025-02-14/
One of them agreed to do it, to spare the others from potentially being fired.
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/federal-prosecutor-will-sign-motion-dismiss-adams-charges-bid-save-colleagues-2025-02-14/
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Trump appointee: Do [something illegal and harmful] now!
Federal civil servants: Yessir, we'll get right on it.
[days pass, then weeks with no action]
*figuratively* let them in the building
"give me admin rights to the servers, databases, and code"
I'm sorry, I can't do that without [long list of conditions] and written approval from [X, Y or Z]
You don't see the department's number-two doing that, umm, ever.
It's signed by the department's number-two official, Emil Bove.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916/gov.uscourts.nysd.628916.122.0.pdf
These people are going to spend the rest of their life's energy to prevent the rule of law. They will never willingly give up power.
Same thing will happen as when Biden withheld weapons from Bibi.
IAPAC Dems and Republicans will work together on whisper and smear campaigns to get Hochul ousted in ‘26. Even if it means a Republican Governor of NY. 🤷🏻♂️
Why are these people stll above ground, upright with a pulse? C'mon, Luigi!!
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
He was Trump’s lawyer in the case where a unanimous jury convicted him 34 times of felonies.
He wanted *this* job. OK, he wanted to do it in a supervisory capacity, but it’s exactly what he wanted to be doing—enabling a very evil man to do evil things.
..
Why are these people still above ground, upright with a pulse? C'mon, Luigi!!
“Extremism in defense of liberty is no vice. Moderation in pursuit of justice is no virtue.”
https://www.congress.gov/116/meeting/house/110089/witnesses/HHRG-116-JU08-Bio-BaconA-20191017.pdf
This is out of date.
(why doesn't Emil do the deed, or is he not a member of the appropriate bar?)
He can also make referrals to the state and federal attorney disciplinary authorities based on the answers he gets.
/s
…What?
not many people will catch that
The chain is only as strong as the weakest link.
They can only stand their ground if they all do. #AdamsIsCorrupt #BoveIsCorrupt
Fixed it.
WHAT?
Are the others thanking said person?
Or are they viewing said person as a traitor?
Do tell!
They were willing to be fired. He wasn’t, so he uses altruism as an excuse for protecting his ass.
She's an absolute disaster.
They are going to fire all of you anyway, it's just a matter of time. So "NO" or "F* OFF" or "I QUIT".🤷♀️
It's a no-win situation, but hold onto your morals. Because they will scr*w you either way.🤷♀️
Cowards, all.
This is the epitome of leading from behind.
So how low will those who were ‘spared’ go?
It time to…
That makes the signature illegal. The judge will never allow it.
And they’re going to fire people anyways, whether you sign the motion or not.
Fuck that prosecutor and anyone who defends their actions
I don’t have a lot of hope left in general, but the person *might* not be corrupted.
And he might just say, "they made me do it."
Or, more justly, the judge should recommend sanctions for Bove, who forced this person to take this action.
Jinx 🤣
"Honorable Dale Ho,
Pursuant to rule 48(a), the government moves to dismiss without prejudice.
Signed,
XXX"
They had to go to the appeals court to get a writ mandamus
Make a duress argument in the hearing. It would be amazing.
That was my first thought - they risk their law license, right?
So Bondi/Bove will need to start over.
bad reason
https://bsky.app/profile/bradheath.bsky.social/post/3li5rtnglxk2a
Hagan Scotten.
Say their names,
Honor their commitment,
Follow their lead.
They're taking the fall for you and me.
Do not give an inch to this Corrupt government.
Yes, as an explicit quid pro quo for another illegal act, one could hope, if NYS law bar has an ounce of integrity, they'll lift his license.
https://www.americanbar.org/news/abanews/aba-news-archives/2025/02/aba-statement-re-remarks-questioning-judicial-review/
Some sort of malicious compliance.
Rats don't survive in this field long. He'll be toast before the end of next week.
"Don't hire him, he sold out the Constitution for his job."
I am sorry, but any attempt to frame the signer as doing anything but gutless unethical capitulation is bullshit.
I'm not doing sure about that. It seems pretty clear that everything he's done up to this point of the debacle has been political. Why change now?
And 💯 on the editing thing.
While I understand these might be good folks terrified to lose their jobs, they are still cowardly compliant when they should be working together to fiercely stand against it.
Grotesque and obscene
https://bsky.app/profile/kdbyproxy.bsky.social/post/3li5pap3rxs2v
“In my experience, most of the time, when people or institutions cede power voluntarily, they are acting not so much out of fear but rather on a set of apparently reasonable arguments. These arguments tend to fall into one or more of five categories. 1/2
They now have a tried and true method for dropping charges.
If so, what is the legitimate recourse?
This corrupting is gonna only get worst.
It’s a coup
He’s a coward not a hero. And any of those he was “protecting from being fired” should up and quit!
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If he says "yeah, sure, I'll do it. Send my buddies home," but then rather than actually do it he goes home himself and cracks open a bottle of scotch... maybe?