William Snyder
@profsnyder.bsky.social
Teaching Professor of Law (ret.), former federal prosecutor. 15-yr DOJ veteran, taught National Security Law, Public Administration & Law, Counterterrorism Law, Federal Criminal Law, Federal Courts, Computer Crimes, Cyber Security Law & Policy, Evidence.
Kill the mules, pardon the kingpins. “As President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández abused his power to support one of the largest and most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world, and the people of Honduras and the United States bore the consequences.” www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
November 29, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Kill the mules, pardon the kingpins. “As President of Honduras, Juan Orlando Hernández abused his power to support one of the largest and most violent drug trafficking conspiracies in the world, and the people of Honduras and the United States bore the consequences.” www.justice.gov/archives/opa...
The demand is: Given me what I want or I will kill you. The concession is: If you give me everything I want then I won't kill you. And our President thinks he is a peacemaker!
November 26, 2025 at 7:42 PM
The demand is: Given me what I want or I will kill you. The concession is: If you give me everything I want then I won't kill you. And our President thinks he is a peacemaker!
Which is it? Is he restoring integrity to the FBI or implementing the President’s agenda? Those two are mutually exclusive.
November 24, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Which is it? Is he restoring integrity to the FBI or implementing the President’s agenda? Those two are mutually exclusive.
I marvel at how fickle and incompetent Trump is. He actually said Zelensky must take the deal on Trump’s terms by Thursday or "fight his little heart out", then said that wasn't his final offer. It's bizarre.
November 23, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I marvel at how fickle and incompetent Trump is. He actually said Zelensky must take the deal on Trump’s terms by Thursday or "fight his little heart out", then said that wasn't his final offer. It's bizarre.
"It's kind of unfair, when someone's only been there 9 months, to put it all on him," referring to the economy and Trump. Please remember that this is not a matter of redirecting the economy from bad to good. The U.S. economy was the envy of the world when Trump took office.
November 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"It's kind of unfair, when someone's only been there 9 months, to put it all on him," referring to the economy and Trump. Please remember that this is not a matter of redirecting the economy from bad to good. The U.S. economy was the envy of the world when Trump took office.
Impeach, convict, and remove. Now.
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Impeach, convict, and remove. Now.
This crosses a line.
November 21, 2025 at 12:55 AM
This crosses a line.
"At all costs." There is nothing he won't do to stay in power. He's telling you. Listen.
November 18, 2025 at 1:53 AM
"At all costs." There is nothing he won't do to stay in power. He's telling you. Listen.
November 14, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Maybe, eventually, people will realize that he would say anything to get their votes and that he meant very little of it.
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Maybe, eventually, people will realize that he would say anything to get their votes and that he meant very little of it.
Petulant, petty, and power drunk, our President punishes the American consumer because someone else doesn't grovel fast enough.
October 25, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Petulant, petty, and power drunk, our President punishes the American consumer because someone else doesn't grovel fast enough.
Nuclear aircraft carriers are not built to fight crime.
October 24, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Nuclear aircraft carriers are not built to fight crime.
Quoting Ronald Reagan is now "egregious behavior." DJT is no conservative. He's nuts, and he's happy for you to pay for his tantrums.
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Quoting Ronald Reagan is now "egregious behavior." DJT is no conservative. He's nuts, and he's happy for you to pay for his tantrums.
These people enjoy lying. It's makes them feel powerful when they suffer no consequences for lying to the people, Congress, and the courts.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/p...
October 22, 2025 at 9:18 PM
These people enjoy lying. It's makes them feel powerful when they suffer no consequences for lying to the people, Congress, and the courts.
www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/p...
www.cnn.com/2025/10/22/p...
So, he's committing us to a ground war in the Middle East unless a terrorist group does as he tells them?
October 16, 2025 at 8:00 PM
So, he's committing us to a ground war in the Middle East unless a terrorist group does as he tells them?
Looks like a game show.
October 13, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Looks like a game show.
October 11, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Can anyone corroborate this? "He claimed the winner of the prize, María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, called him today and told him that he deserved it. “I didn’t say, then give it to me, though I think she might have,” he said."
October 10, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Can anyone corroborate this? "He claimed the winner of the prize, María Corina Machado, the Venezuelan opposition leader, called him today and told him that he deserved it. “I didn’t say, then give it to me, though I think she might have,” he said."
So much for being the president of all Americans.
October 9, 2025 at 10:38 PM
So much for being the president of all Americans.
These must be the beardoes that Secretary Hegseth was talking about. They certainly don't look anything like the federal agents I worked with for decades.
October 7, 2025 at 9:31 AM
These must be the beardoes that Secretary Hegseth was talking about. They certainly don't look anything like the federal agents I worked with for decades.
Remember Community Oriented Policing ("COPS") in the 1990's?
October 6, 2025 at 10:11 PM
Remember Community Oriented Policing ("COPS") in the 1990's?
Because neither the IRS nor the Social Security Administration is large, important, or complicated enough to require full-time leadership, right?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Because neither the IRS nor the Social Security Administration is large, important, or complicated enough to require full-time leadership, right?
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/06/b...