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Nonilex<p>Another law firm, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilbankLLP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilbankLLP</span></a>, makes a “deal” with <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> rather than face his wrath.</p><p>Basically the same terms as the other appeasers</p><p>$100 Million Dollars in <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/ProBono" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ProBono</span></a> [<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a>] legal services during the Trump admin, &amp; after. </p><p>+</p><p>A commitment to *Merit-Based* hiring &amp; employment practices, &amp; it will not engage in *illegal* <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DEl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DEl</span></a> *discrimination*.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Milbank" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Milbank</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/appeasement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>appeasement</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NaziState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaziState</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Dismissing the case without prejudice would create the unavoidable perception that the mayor’s freedom depends on his ability to carry out the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> enforcement priorities of the administration, &amp; that he might be more beholden to the demands of the federal government than to the wishes of his own constituents,” the judge wrote.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>“Everything here smacks of a bargain: dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions,” Judge Ho wrote. He said he found it “disturbing” that public officials might get special treatment from prosecutors by complying w/ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s policy goals.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>Judge Dale E. Ho’s order to dismiss the case “with prejudice” spares <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a> from having to govern in a way that pleases <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> or potentially risk having the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Republican" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Republican</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a> revive the charges.</p><p>The judge said he wasn’t opining on the merits of the case, but that courts can’t force prosecutors to move forward. Still, he expressed qualms about the govt’s move, saying “there are many reasons to be troubled” by its reasoning.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a></p>
Nonilex<p>A federal judge dismissed <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/NYC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NYC</span></a> Mayor <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/EricAdams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EricAdams</span></a>’ <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a> case on Wednesday, agreeing it was the only practical outcome while blasting the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/DOJ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DOJ</span></a>’s “troubling” rationale for wanting the charges thrown out — namely so the Democrat could help <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>’s <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/immigration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>immigration</span></a> crackdown.</p><p>The judge, though, denied prosecutors the option to refile the charges after the mayoral election.</p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>law</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MafiaState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MafiaState</span></a> <br><a href="https://apnews.com/article/new-york-mayor-eric-adams-charges-ff3730a2e870cd219e8fead8899118b1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">apnews.com/article/new-york-ma</span><span class="invisible">yor-eric-adams-charges-ff3730a2e870cd219e8fead8899118b1</span></a></p>
TheGentYYC<p>The core question that every Canadian needs to ask inre today's <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CSIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CSIS</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForeignInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInterference</span></a> revelations &amp; <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a> interfering with Canadian <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Conservative</span></a> leadership election in 2022 is why interfere for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Poilievre" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poilievre</span></a> over say <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Charest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Charest</span></a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PatrickBrown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PatrickBrown</span></a>? What's the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/QuidProQuo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>QuidProQuo</span></a>?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForeignInterference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignInterference</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SecurityClearance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SecurityClearance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cdnpoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>cdnpoli</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Election2025</span></a> <a href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-india-alleged-foreign-interference-pierre-poilievre-conservative/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theglobeandmail.com/politics/a</span><span class="invisible">rticle-india-alleged-foreign-interference-pierre-poilievre-conservative/</span></a></p>