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BumRushDaShow

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7. I suggest you look at the exasperated remarks by dozens of judges
Sun Mar 22, 2026, 02:34 PM
Yesterday

about the sloppy cases that this administration's DOJ has presented and this is just another one to add to the pile.

Context is the key, whether it was a "Pirro Special" or any number of botched actions by the selected prosecutors - particularly when you have what was made into a "high profile" case (notably due to the involvement of Don Lemon), that DHS & DOJ loudly bragged about. "Beyond a reasonable doubt" for criminal cases, remember? And if they fuck that up, whether due to "mistaken identity" and/or causing the judge heartburn with respect to discovery, then it behooves that they withdraw the case.

Shortly before the dismissal notice was filed, the judge overseeing the case, Douglas L. Micko, chided the government in an order issued on Friday, saying prosecutors were moving too slowly in sharing evidence from the case with defense lawyers.


-meaning they fucked up, probably knew they did with the "mistaken identity", and thus the slow-mo production issues.

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