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#Jack #Smith, the former justice department special counsel who led the aborted federal prosecution of Donald Trump,
told a congressional committee that he never spoke to #Joe

Why has it taken so long to fix this injustice? #WrongfulConvictions
https://apnews.com/article/alabama-pregnancy-loss-prosecution-6517…

Alabama woman prosecuted after stillbirth receives new trial
A judge vacated the conviction of an Alabama woman sentenced to 18 years in prison after a stillbirth. Brooke Shoemaker was convicted of criminal endangerment of a child resulting in death after admitting to using methamphetamine during her pregnancy. Her attorneys said there was no evidence the drug use caused the pregnancy loss. They submitted an expert’s opinion that the pregnancy loss was caused by genetic abnormality and severe infection. Circuit Judge Jeffrey Tickal ruled last week that…

Ukraine hands over Russian POW to Lithuania for war crimes prosecution in 'historic precedent': https://benborges.xyz/2025/10/31/ukraine-hands-over-russian-pow.html

Prosecuting the Powerful -- Historical data shows putting leaders on trial is a healthy democratic practice. (Foreign Policy)
https://foreignpolicy.com/2025/10/28/democracy-prosecution-crimes-sarkozy-trump-berlusconi/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p82#a251028p82

Former DOJ officials say Comey case is vindictive, call for dismissal (Perry Stein/Washington Post)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/10/27/comey-vindictive-prosecution-amicus/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251028/p1#a251028p1

DOJ admits full grand jury never reviewed final Comey indictment, further imperiling case
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5612407-comeys-challenge-trump-prosecution/

Illinois 9th Congressional District Democratic candidate
⭐️Kat Abughazaleh
is one of six individuals charged in a federal indictment,
accusing her and five others of impeding a federal officer at a Sept. 26 protest in Broadview.
The indictment, handed down by a grand jury on Oct. 23 but unsealed late Tuesday,
accuses the 26-year-old progressive political candidate of attempting to block a vehicle entering an ICE processing facility in Broadview

Abughazaleh among six charged for impeding ICE
Candidate calls it a "political prosecution."

A retired online #memester and former police officer has been put in jail with a $2m bail since days after #CharlieKIrk was shot in Utah for posting ideologically #leftist meme content on

The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme
Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.

Thrown in jail with a $2 million bond just for posting a Trump meme:
#CharlieKirk

The Absurd Prosecution of a Man Who Posted a Charlie Kirk Meme
Larry Bushart Jr. posted trolling memes on a Facebook thread about a vigil for Kirk. He’s been in a Tennessee jail ever since.

South Korean prosecutors allege China's CXMT mass-produced 10nm-class DRAM using leaked Samsung tech, indicting 10 employees who previously worked for Samsung (Heo Kyungjun/아시아 ...)
https://cm.asiae.co.kr/en/article/2025122311034625685

Prosecutors Indict Former Samsung Executive and Others for Leaking ‘K-Semiconductor’ Technology to China’s CXMT
The prosecution has uncovered the full extent of a case involving the leak of Samsung Electronics’ state-designated core technology for 10-nanometer-c...

As the Trump administration ramps up its targeting of left-leaning people and groups, the prosecution and harsh sentencing of Casey Goonan may provide a glimpse of things to come.
h…

An Anarchist’s Conviction Offers a Grim Foreshadowing of Trump’s War on the ‘Left’
As the Trump administration ramps up its targeting of left-leaning people and groups, the prosecution and harsh sentencing of Casey Goonan may provide a glimpse of things to come.

Comey seeks to have indictment tossed for vindictive prosecution, questions about prosecutor's appointment (Jacob Rosen/CBS News)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-comey-seeks-indictment-tossed-vindictive-prosecution-fbi-trump/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251020/p102#a251020p102

Doctor says University of Minnesota fired him for uncovering child abuse prosecution scheme | Courthouse News Service
https://www.courthousenews.com/doctor-says-university-of-minnesota-fired-him-for-uncovering-child-abuse-prosecution-scheme/

Were I governor of of a state I would declare ICE to be a criminal gang or criminal enterprise.
That would open the door to gang enhancements to any prosecution should those ICE people break State laws and face a State court.

“At one point, Ms. Halligan admitted that she had never shown the second — and final — version of the Comey indictment to the full grand jury before the foreperson signed the charging document. Mr. Comey’s lawyers immediately seized on that irregularity, calling it another reason to dismiss the case entirely.”
This alone should be enough to dismiss the case with prejudice.
#comey

Lindsey Halligan Admits Grand Jury Never Saw Final Comey Indictment
Grand jurors have to vote on indictments to approve them, but a prosecutor told the judge in the case that only the foreperson formally approved the second charging document, a move that could cripple the case.

House Republican chairman refers Jack Smith's former deputy to DOJ for prosecution (Ashley Oliver/Fox News)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-republican-chairman-refers-jack-smiths-former-deputy-doj-prosecution
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p77#a251119p77

This is hard for me to understand. I mean, why not label China as a security threat?
I understand that China is a powerful economic partner, but I'm missing something here.
China spy case collapse due to Labour government, prosecutors say
https://www.

China spy case collapse due to Labour government, prosecutors say
The Director of Public Prosecutions said the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) tried to take evidence from the Labour government on the case.

On ne pourra pas toujours compter sur l'incompétence des méchants et la méticulosité de certaines vigies pour sauver l'Etat de Droit.
On ne sera peut-être pas aussi chanceu.x.ses que les Tazunien.ne.s sur ce point. Parce que niveau incompétence des damnés de la méchanceté, ils posent la barre super haut.

Justice Department insists Comey indictment was properly approved
The Trump-appointed prosecutor overseeing the James Comey case is insisting in a new court filing that the full grand jury approved the final indictment against the former FBI director. She is reversing course from statements a day earlier that defense lawyers had seized on to ask for a dismissal. The latest statements from Lindsey Halligan, the hastily named interim U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, represent an attempt to backtrack on earlier comments the prosecution team ma…

Collective Punishment Backfires (I wrote this):
"The American People are blowing whistles at armed and armored forces deployed on their streets, peacefully alerting their neighbors that danger is close. The American People are photographing and videoing the un-uniformed, unidentified, masked, violent, reckless for future prosecution."

Collective Punishment Backfires
when school teachers tried it we acted out even more ice is doing many things, including collectively punishing the people of Chicago, and by extension the American People. This has me writing instead of sleeping. Gassing neighborhoods, often near children, schools and hospitals is collective punishment. Discharging their weapons recklessly

The Pentagon Press Association formally objects to Defense Department rules "that appear designed to stifle a free press" and expose journalists to prosecution (Phil Stewart/@phildstewart)
https://x.com/phildstewart/status/1975950981860114812

Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) on X
Very strong and important statement from the Pentagon Press Association about how its members may soon lose their credentials. Please read and share. A free press matters.

For Trump it is now clear he will be swept away in any coming fair election. The big question is what will he further do to prevent this. The stakes for him and his family/friends are high. Losing elections could mean prosecution and jail. Things could get even more ugly in the US.
#trump #elections

You could be 100% certain that these boats were built out of pure cocaine,
-- and murdering everyone on them would still be murder.
Strong suspicion of a crime, for a law abiding society, leads to prosecution for said crime,
-- not blowing up boats and anyone on them or near them.
Congress has no power to legalize crime.
It cannot authorize mass rape.
It cannot authorize mass torture.
It cannot authorize mass murder.
Venezuela and Colombia a…

The Murdering of Boaters is Public, Not Secret
Murdering boaters is not legal or illegal depending on whether the emperor has called his victims “terrorists.”

Crypto investor Roger Ver, aka "Bitcoin Jesus", reaches a deferred prosecution agreement with the US DOJ and pays ~$50M to resolve a tax evasion indictment (Ben Weiss/Fortune)
https://fortune.com/crypto/2025/10/14/roger…

‘Bitcoin Jesus’ reaches $50 million deal with DOJ to dismiss tax evasion charges
Roger Ver’s agreement with prosecutors is the latest sign that President Donald Trump’s administration is scaling back its crackdown on crypto.

'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-employees/

DOJ admits full grand jury never reviewed final Comey indictment, further imperiling case (Ella Lee/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/5612407-comeys-challenge-trump-prosecution/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251119/p102#a251119p102

'The defense said it expected to file 2 motions, one to dismiss because Halligan, the only prosecutor to sign the indictment, wasn’t properly appointed to office, so the indictment is fatally flawed (& can’t be fixed b/c the statute of limitations has run). This motion, which will hinge on federal vacancy appointment law, might ironically be based on a memo Justice Alito wrote when he was in DOJ’s Office of Legal Counsel.'
The Slow Death Facing The Comey Prosecution
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/the-slow-death-facing-the-comey-prosecution

The Trump administration is reportedly trying to strongarm the International Criminal Court (ICC) into changing its founding document
to carve out an exception for Donald Trump and his top officials
ensuring that they are never prosecuted by the court for potential war crimes.
The administration is threatening the ICC with yet more sanctions
if they do not amend the Rome Statute, which established the court in 2002,
to ensure Trump and his administration’s top …

Trump Administration Reportedly Pushing ICC to Exempt Trump From War Crimes Prosecution
“This is rogue state behavior,” one expert said.

Finland’s trial of men charged over Baltic Sea cable damage hits choppy waters https://therecord.media/finland-court-decision-undersea-cable-breaks-eagle-s-crew

'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report (Tom Boggioni/Raw Story)
https://www.rawstory.com/doge-employees/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251123/p13#a251123p13

Comey Prosecution on the Ropes After Series of Missteps (Wall Street Journal)
https://www.wsj.com/us-news/law/james-comey-case-doj-challenges-0c1c2bb2
http://www.memeorandum.com/251122/p52#a251122p52

Trump just opened himself up for his 'next prosecution' in The Hague: pro-MAGA professor - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-hague-prosecution-coming-up/

“This precedent could result in people facing terrorism charges for doing very simple mainstream activism.”
There is no doubt a police officer was shot at the Texas protest.
Prosecutors have brought charges against people they say helped the alleged shooter escape.
But the case has drawn considerable alarm because of the way that prosecutors have sought to create a criminal enterprise
– a “North Texas antifa cell”
– among a group of demonstrators who were uninv…

Don't Blame the Democrats for Trump's Revenge Tour (Jonathan Chait/The Atlantic)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/10/trump-political-prosecution-democrats/684556/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251015/p137#a251015p137

Exclusive: House Judiciary Committee Refers John Brennan To DOJ For Criminal Prosecution (Shawn Fleetwood/The Federalist)
https://thefederalist.com/2025/10/21/exclusive-house-judiciary-committee-refers-brennan-to-doj-for-criminal-investigation/
http://www.memeorandum.com/251021/p76#a251021p76

US Threatens ICC With More Sanctions to Prevent Future Prosecution of Trump: Report | Common Dreams
https://www.commondreams.org/news/trump-sanction-icc-2674387107

Epstein files offer scant new insight into his crimes or how he avoided serious prosecution (Associated Press)
https://apnews.com/article/release-epstein-files-justice-department-trump-9290fcaad1cb6fcb1cbc1befabc01994
http://www.memeorandum.com/251220/p49#a251220p49

Judge James E. Boasberg said he wants to hear from former Justice Dept. attorney Erez Reuveni
in an inquiry over whether Trump administration officials should be referred for prosecution
for disobeying a court order that temporarily barred two airplanes carrying Venezuelan detainees from proceeding to El Salvador.

In a confrontation between the Trump administration and the federal judiciary,
revived after a months-long delay for appeals,
Chief U.S. District Jud…

Judge calls for Justice Dept. whistleblower to testify in migrant planes case
Chief U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg of the District of Columbia has scheduled the former Justice Department attorney to appear in court on Dec. 15.

'Less evidence than a ham sandwich': Lawyer mocks DOJ as another prosecution collapses - Raw Story
https://www.rawstory.com/ice-arrests-2674167177/

Judge Finds 'Likelihood' That Charges Against Abrego Garcia Are Vindictive (Alan Feuer/New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/10/03/us/politics/abrego-garcia-vindictive-prosecution.html?unlocked_article_code=1.q08.gkR9.IuG7-VBxDwwM&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
http://www.memeorandum.com/251003/p136#a251003p136

Biden Appointee #FederalJudge Berates #Drumpf #DOJ Fave For Amateur Hour #Prosecution Attack On Former

Biden Appointee #FederalJudge Berates #Drumpf #DOJ Fave For Amateur Hour #Prosecution Attack On Former

Judge Berates Justice Dept. in Its Prosecution of Comey (New York Times)
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/us/politics/judge-trump-prosecutor-comey.html
http://www.memeorandum.com/251106/p13#a251106p13