Emi And The Desert Crow
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Girl with the Alexander Hamilton tattoo.
💙⚖️Relentlessly watching the docket, posting about the law (and live posting important hearings!) I have ADHD, there will also be chaos.
"With fear for our democracy, I dissent."
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💙⚖️Relentlessly watching the docket, posting about the law (and live posting important hearings!) I have ADHD, there will also be chaos.
"With fear for our democracy, I dissent."
@emiandthedesertcrow on Threads.
Quite telling that Miller assumes the judge is male (“himself”). Or he read Kyle’s use of “she” but decided to amend it because women can’t be judges in his feeble mind.
This is Judge Jia Cobb.
This is Judge Jia Cobb.
November 24, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Quite telling that Miller assumes the judge is male (“himself”). Or he read Kyle’s use of “she” but decided to amend it because women can’t be judges in his feeble mind.
This is Judge Jia Cobb.
This is Judge Jia Cobb.
Aaaaand…indictment dismissed for Letitia James as well 🙌
November 24, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Aaaaand…indictment dismissed for Letitia James as well 🙌
Halligan’s appointment was illegal!!! Indictment dismissed!!
November 24, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Halligan’s appointment was illegal!!! Indictment dismissed!!
The government has asked for three additional days to respond to Letitia James’ outrageous government conduct motion and the motion for disclosure of grand jury materials.
November 24, 2025 at 3:25 PM
The government has asked for three additional days to respond to Letitia James’ outrageous government conduct motion and the motion for disclosure of grand jury materials.
Caption this:
November 21, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Caption this:
"The government has thus committed a series of flagrant legal violations. And the government’s misconduct has threatened Mr. Comey’s liberty—even though Mr. Comey should be experiencing the peace of an expired statute of limitations."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"The government has thus committed a series of flagrant legal violations. And the government’s misconduct has threatened Mr. Comey’s liberty—even though Mr. Comey should be experiencing the peace of an expired statute of limitations."
"That is particularly true because the alleged conduct underlying the proposed Count One—which the grand jury rejected—undergirds what is now Count Two."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"That is particularly true because the alleged conduct underlying the proposed Count One—which the grand jury rejected—undergirds what is now Count Two."
"Had the grand jury been properly required to consider a new indictment with only those two counts, there is a “reasonable possibility” that certain grand jurors would have voted differently."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Had the grand jury been properly required to consider a new indictment with only those two counts, there is a “reasonable possibility” that certain grand jurors would have voted differently."
"...to the extent a new...indictment was simply handed to the foreperson, then the absence of an experienced legal advisor could have led the foreperson to misunderstand that the grand jury must vote again on the new indictment—& would have left the grand jury without any legal instructions at all"
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"...to the extent a new...indictment was simply handed to the foreperson, then the absence of an experienced legal advisor could have led the foreperson to misunderstand that the grand jury must vote again on the new indictment—& would have left the grand jury without any legal instructions at all"
"If anything, the government’s recent Notice to Correct the Record simply raises a host of additional potential problems with these proceedings."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"If anything, the government’s recent Notice to Correct the Record simply raises a host of additional potential problems with these proceedings."
"Indeed, if the exchange were as clear as the government now maintains, then the government presumably would have invoked it in prior filings and representations to the Court. Instead, it repeatedly indicated that the grand jury did not vote on the two-count indictment."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Indeed, if the exchange were as clear as the government now maintains, then the government presumably would have invoked it in prior filings and representations to the Court. Instead, it repeatedly indicated that the grand jury did not vote on the two-count indictment."
"Contrary to the government’s prior statements, it now claims that “the grand jury voted on—and true-billed—the two count indictment.”
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Contrary to the government’s prior statements, it now claims that “the grand jury voted on—and true-billed—the two count indictment.”
"Nonetheless, at the indictment return proceeding, Ms. Halligan never stated to the magistrate judge that the grand jury failed to vote on the second, operative indictment. Ms. Halligan also incorrectly asserted to Judge Vaala that she “did not see” the three-count indictment..."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Nonetheless, at the indictment return proceeding, Ms. Halligan never stated to the magistrate judge that the grand jury failed to vote on the second, operative indictment. Ms. Halligan also incorrectly asserted to Judge Vaala that she “did not see” the three-count indictment..."
"The government has now offered conflicting accounts, but the best reading of the record is that the government never presented a new two-count indictment to the grand jury for a vote."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"The government has now offered conflicting accounts, but the best reading of the record is that the government never presented a new two-count indictment to the grand jury for a vote."
"During the indictment return proceeding, however, the foreperson stated that while fewer than 12 grand jurors had concurred in Count One, 14 grand jurors had concurred in Counts Two and Three."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"During the indictment return proceeding, however, the foreperson stated that while fewer than 12 grand jurors had concurred in Count One, 14 grand jurors had concurred in Counts Two and Three."
"...here, at least 12 jurors did not concur in the only indictment presented to the grand jury. To the contrary, as to that indictment, the grand jury returned a “no true bill,” as evidenced by the signed “Report of a Grand Jury’s Failure to Concur in an Indictment”
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"...here, at least 12 jurors did not concur in the only indictment presented to the grand jury. To the contrary, as to that indictment, the grand jury returned a “no true bill,” as evidenced by the signed “Report of a Grand Jury’s Failure to Concur in an Indictment”
"The Fifth Amendment provides that “no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury.” A “paper cannot be called a bill of indictment until it is found ‘a true bill’ by a properly constituted grand jury.”
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"The Fifth Amendment provides that “no person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a Grand Jury.” A “paper cannot be called a bill of indictment until it is found ‘a true bill’ by a properly constituted grand jury.”
"To be legally valid, an indictment must be presented to the grand jury, and at least 12 grand jurors must approve of that indictment. That basic requirement was not satisfied here."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"To be legally valid, an indictment must be presented to the grand jury, and at least 12 grand jurors must approve of that indictment. That basic requirement was not satisfied here."
At the [Nov. 19] hearing, the government provided additional details about the grand jury proceedings. Most importantly, the government admitted that Ms. Halligan had never presented the operative two-count indictment to the grand jury."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
At the [Nov. 19] hearing, the government provided additional details about the grand jury proceedings. Most importantly, the government admitted that Ms. Halligan had never presented the operative two-count indictment to the grand jury."
The government told Judge Currie it had given her the complete grand jury materials. That submission was incomplete -- and Bondi had supposedly "ratified" it. Even after the government supposedly gave Judge Currie the missing material, there was still a 2.5 hour gap that was unexplained.
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The government told Judge Currie it had given her the complete grand jury materials. That submission was incomplete -- and Bondi had supposedly "ratified" it. Even after the government supposedly gave Judge Currie the missing material, there was still a 2.5 hour gap that was unexplained.
"Judge Vaala then instructed the foreperson to modify the “Report of a Grand Jury’s Failure to Concur in an Indictment”—by hand—to reflect that it applied only to Count One. The report filed on the docket reflects that modification."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"Judge Vaala then instructed the foreperson to modify the “Report of a Grand Jury’s Failure to Concur in an Indictment”—by hand—to reflect that it applied only to Count One. The report filed on the docket reflects that modification."
The judge on being handed two documents: "There seems to be a discrepancy. They’re both signed by the foreperson. The one that says it’s a failure to concur in an indictment, it doesn’t say with respect to one count."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
The judge on being handed two documents: "There seems to be a discrepancy. They’re both signed by the foreperson. The one that says it’s a failure to concur in an indictment, it doesn’t say with respect to one count."
Some crazy confusion about to start...
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Some crazy confusion about to start...
"At some point before appearing in front of Judge Vaala, Ms. Halligan and the foreperson signed the last page of the “Report of a Grand Jury’s Failure to Concur in an Indictment,” and someone from the U.S. Attorney’s Office printed a new indictment that included only two counts."
November 21, 2025 at 11:23 PM
"At some point before appearing in front of Judge Vaala, Ms. Halligan and the foreperson signed the last page of the “Report of a Grand Jury’s Failure to Concur in an Indictment,” and someone from the U.S. Attorney’s Office printed a new indictment that included only two counts."