Ep 230 — DOJ Tiptoes Around The Sh*tpile!

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Summary <p dir="ltr">DOCKET ALERTS:</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Congressional Republicans abstain courteously from blessing Trump's ICE/CBP allocation after Trump torpedoes several sitting GOP politicians and demands cash for the ballroom and the $1.8 billion J6 slush fund. They're heading home until June, TYVM.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">DOJ <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441506/dl?inline">indicts</a> former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, age 94, for shooting down two flights of dissident exiles dropping leaflets back in 1996. Is this a prelude to Bay of Pigs 2?</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Officials in Florida and <a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/larry-bushart-charlie-kirk-facebook-settlement.html"> Tennessee</a> discover that the First Amendment applies to everyone, even people who criticize Charlie Kirk. Good thing it's taxpayers picking up the tab for this little life lesson!</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">And Acting AG Todd Blanche adds a <a href= "https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441216/dl">codicil</a> to the slush fund settlement granting amnesty to Trump and his kids for past tax crimes — but not future ones! (Don't believe everything you read on the internet.)</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">DOOFUS OF THE DAY: <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3mmdaaxgqhe23">Todd Blanche</a>.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">MAIN SHOW:</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Judge Leo Sorokin in Massachusetts <a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.294813/gov.uscourts.mad.294813.43.0.pdf"> sanctions</a> ICE for lying to the court about the time an immigrant detainee left the jurisdiction. This one will make you mad!</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">And the indictment against the "Broadview 6" for protesting outside an ICE detention center implodes after the grand jury transcripts reveal a dumpsterfire of impropriety and potentially sanctionable misconduct by the prosecution. Read this <a href= "https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/95/75/a403b7674c31b8f5bb0ecae58921/25cr693-usa-v-rabbitt-052126.pdf"> hearing transcript</a> — but not after taking a giant swig of milk!</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">SUBSCRIBER BONUS:</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Meet the new tariffs! Same as the old tariffs! (Illegal.) And <a href= "https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.cit.19559/gov.uscourts.cit.19559.60.0.pdf"> NO</a> the administration can't keep collecting them right now because they're too busy trying to figure out how to refund the last batch of illegal tariffs to figure it out.</p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">US v. Perez-Perez [Raul Castro indictment]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/31009891/united-states-v-perez-perez/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/31009891/united-states-v-perez-perez/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Civil Rights Lawyers Secure $485,000 Settlement for FWC Biologist Fired Over Charlie Kirk Social Media Post</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.aclufl.org/press-releases/civil-rights-lawyers-secure-485000-settlement-for-fwc-biologist-fired-over-charlie-kirk-social-media-post/"> https://www.aclufl.org/press-releases/civil-rights-lawyers-secure-485000-settlement-for-fwc-biologist-fired-over-charlie-kirk-social-media-post/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">He Was Jailed Over a Charlie Kirk Post. The Sheriff Now Owes Him $835,000.</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/larry-bushart-charlie-kirk-facebook-settlement.html"> https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/larry-bushart-charlie-kirk-facebook-settlement.html</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Slush Fund Codicil</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441216/dl">https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441216/dl</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Guevara Peruano v. Wesling [ICE Sanctions]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72181340/guevara-peruano-v-wesling/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72181340/guevara-peruano-v-wesling/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Oregon v. Trump [Tarriffs]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72368522/the-state-of-oregon-v-trump/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72368522/the-state-of-oregon-v-trump/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Broadview 6 May 21 Hearing</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/95/75/a403b7674c31b8f5bb0ecae58921/25cr693-usa-v-rabbitt-052126.pdf"> https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/95/75/a403b7674c31b8f5bb0ecae58921/25cr693-usa-v-rabbitt-052126.pdf</a></p> <p dir="ltr">US v. Rabbit [Broadview 6]</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71795281/parties/united-states-v-rabbitt/"> https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71795281/parties/united-states-v-rabbitt/</a></p> <p> </p> <p dir="ltr">Show Links:</p> <p dir="ltr"><a href= "https://www.lawandchaospod.com/">https://www.lawandchaospod.com/</a></p> <p dir="ltr">BlueSky: @LawAndChaosPod</p> <p>Threads: @LawAndChaosPod Twitter: @LawAndChaosPod</p>

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