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Donald Trump and his top advisers have set aggressive goals for deporting historic numbers of immigrants.
But “the largest Mass Deportation Operation of Illegal Aliens in History,” as Trump described it, requires officers — lots of them.
Far more, it turns out, than Immigration and Customs Enforcement has on staff.
So the administration is shifting tens of thousands of personnel from other federal agencies to help ICE,
-- raising concerns that other law enforcement…

How Trump’s Immigration Focus Hinders Federal Crime Fighting
“It’s a good time to be an American-born criminal,” said one expert, as ICE’s dragnet now includes thousands of agents from other federal law enforcement.

A US Federal Judge ordered the release of the people DHS now plans to hold anyway, illegally under both US and International Law.
15 of the people arrested at Broadview yesterday were clergy, peacefully protesting; bringing assistance to and advocating for the downtrodden quite literally _is_ their job.
But DHS/ICE/CBP brings only lawlessness and violence.
DHS and all its components and collaborators are a clear and present danger to the American People and the US Consti…

Law enforcement is using AI to synthesize evidence. Is the justice system ready for it? https://therecord.media/law-enforcement-ai-platforms-synthesize-evidence-criminal-cases

Prosecutorial Error: 'AI Hallucinations' Are Popping Up In Criminal Cases - Above the Law
https://abovethelaw.com/2025/11/prosecutorial-error-ai-hallucinations-are-popping-up-in-criminal-cases/

Lawyers for Luigi Mangione asked a New York federal judge Saturday to dismiss some criminal charges,
including the only count for which he could face the death penalty,
from a federal indictment brought against him in the December assassination of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive.
In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, the lawyers said prosecutors should also be prevented from using at trial his statements to law enforcement officers and his backpack where a gun and …

Luigi Mangione’s lawyers seek dismissal of federal charges in assassination of UnitedHealthcare CEO
In papers filed in Manhattan federal court, the lawyers said prosecutors should also be prevented from using at trial his statements to law enforcement officers and his backpack where a gun and amm…

Color me confused - I see that el cheeto's dog, Lindsey Halligan, is listed as a lawyer in Virginia.
Yet, when go to the Virginia bar website and search for her in their lists of Virginia attorneys I get zero hits.
Huh?
The page below says that she is a member of the Virginia Bar, but the Virginia Bar seems not to know who she is?
Am I fat fingering something on the Virginia bar's attorney search site?

Lindsey Halligan - Civil Rights, Criminal Defense Lawyer | Lexinter Law Directory
Lindsey Halligan, attorney and political appointee, became Acting U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia in 2025 under Donald Trump.

"Interpol announces a new global fight against illegal deforestation"
#Trees #Environment #Deforestation

Interpol announces a new global fight against illegal deforestation
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Interpol and partners launched a global law enforcement effort Wednesday aimed at dismantling criminal networks behind illegal logging, timber trafficking and gold mining, which drive large-scale deforestation and generate billions in illicit profits each year. The effort announced ahead of the U.N. COP30 climate summit in Brazil will focus mainly on tropical forests […]

Swiss and German law enforcement agencies jointly shut down Cryptomixer, a major bitcoin mixing platform suspected of laundering money from criminal activities (Ludwig Burger/Reuters)
https://www.reuters.com/business/finance/s

“A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington was found not guilty of assault on Thursday in the latest legal rebuke of the federal intervention.”
🥪🎉
https://ap…

Man who threw sandwich at federal agent is found not guilty of assault
A former Justice Department employee who threw a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s law enforcement surge in Washington has been found not guilty of assault. A viral video of the sandwich tossing made Sean Charles Dunn a symbol of resistance to Trump’s deployment of federal agents to combat crime in the nation’s capital. Dunn's misdemeanor acquittal Thursday is another setback for prosecutors, who have faced a backlash for how they have handled criminal cases resu…

"For my friends everything, for my critics, the law."
#indictment comes 2 months after #FBI agents found documents labeled “confidential”in Bolton's Washington, DC office that referenced WMDs, unsealed court records show. It was not immediately clear whether the charges prosecutors would seek were related to those documents.
If the #GrandJury decides to indict #JohnBolton [it will, ham sandwich & all], it would mark the 3rd time in recent weeks that the #DOJ has secured #criminal charges against one of #Trump's critics.
#law

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves | WIRED #ICE

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

Who could have predicted that having a masked domestic-military force which routinely refuses to identify itself, would have downsides.
https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-warns-of-criminals-posing-as-ice-urges-agents-to-id-themselves/

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

Criminals posing as US immigration officers have carried out robberies, kidnappings, and sexual assaults in several states,
warns a law enforcement bulletin issued last month by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
The bureau urges agencies to ensure officers clearly identify themselves and to cooperate when civilians ask to verify an officer’s identity—including by allowing calls to a local police precinct

FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.

Kim Stenger has a condition called complete sensory neuropathy.
She's the only living person that has no sense of touch, pain or temperature.
Stenger was diagnosed with the condition at birth.
Doctors thought she would be in a vegetative state.
-- She proved everyone wrong.
"I have my JD, my law degree, and I currently work at our county prosecutor's office," Stenger said.
"I do criminal law research and writing.
"I had t…