Ep 276 — Vote Baby Vote!

DOCKET ALERTS:

A magistrate judge in DC dismissed the criminal complaint against Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides, two decorated FBI agents who wound up on Trump's hit list for being insufficiently supportive of his lies about Chinese interference in the 2020 election.

Associate Attorney General Stanley Woodward entered his appearance in the Broadview 6 case and told Judge April Perry that the government would not be complying with any judicial investigations. Judge Perry was not amused (storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.i…). She set a hearing for November 16, ordered US Attorney Andrew Boutros to show up and testify, and invited anyone with relevant information to appear. That would appear to include Douglas DePodesta, the former FBI supervisor in Chicago who just sued Boutros, AG Todd Blanche, and FBI Director Kash Patel for wrongfully terminating him to make him a scapegoat in this case.

Meanwhile in DC, Stan Woodward is coming perilously close to getting held in contempt in the DC golf course case.

DOOFUS OF THE DAY: Rep. Haley Stevens, for obvious reasons.

ELECTION ROUND UP:

DOJ loses the trollsuit seeking to segregate ballots in Alaska and enjoin certification if Mary Peltola wins, as Chief Judge Sharon Gleason trashes Woodward's lawyering. (Sensing a pattern here!)

Then, we have a comprehensive story about all the ways Donald Trump can't steal the midterms. He's already failed at trying to create a national voter database. He's 0-28 at forcing states to turn over their voter rolls. The ham-fisted efforts by his DOJ to force California to purge alleged noncitizens got dropkicked by a federal district court judge in California, another one in DC, the Ninth Circuit (twice!) and the Supreme Court – all in the span of about 72 hours.

We're gonna make it. And don't forget to VOTE!

US v. Alaska
courtlistener.com/docket/75009254/united-state…

US v. Floris
courtlistener.com/docket/75010510/united-state…

US v. Rabbit [Broadview 6]
courtlistener.com/docket/71795281/united-state…

DePodesta v. Boutros
courtlistener.com/docket/75056492/depodesta-v-…

US v. California [District Court]
courtlistener.com/docket/74967108/united-state…

US v. California [9th Circuit]
courtlistener.com/docket/75037590/united-state…

US v. California [Supreme Court]
supremecourt.gov/search.aspx?filename=/docket/…

Trujillo v. DHS [DC challenge to California list]
courtlistener.com/docket/74737644/trujillo-v-u…

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