Raymond Tarlton
@rayt80.bsky.social
Federal Criminal Defense & Civil Rights Attorney | Husband | Dad of Two Toddlers tarltonfirm.com
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Prof Dan Richman has fixed glitch in his filing & is seeking an emergency order—ASAP—to stop govt from using info seized from his devices in 2019-2021 (or copies) until his 4th Am claims can be heard. If granted, could throw wrench in any attempt to recharge Comey. (Unusual request tho.)
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December 6, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Prof Dan Richman has fixed glitch in his filing & is seeking an emergency order—ASAP—to stop govt from using info seized from his devices in 2019-2021 (or copies) until his 4th Am claims can be heard. If granted, could throw wrench in any attempt to recharge Comey. (Unusual request tho.)
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NEW: Judge Lorna Schofield heard arguments today on whether northern New York’s top federal prosecutor, John Sarcone, was lawfully appointed.
The NY attorney general, Letitia James, is challenging the legality of Sarcone’s authority to oversee a grand jury investigation targeting her office.
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The NY attorney general, Letitia James, is challenging the legality of Sarcone’s authority to oversee a grand jury investigation targeting her office.
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December 4, 2025 at 6:56 PM
NEW: Judge Lorna Schofield heard arguments today on whether northern New York’s top federal prosecutor, John Sarcone, was lawfully appointed.
The NY attorney general, Letitia James, is challenging the legality of Sarcone’s authority to oversee a grand jury investigation targeting her office.
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The NY attorney general, Letitia James, is challenging the legality of Sarcone’s authority to oversee a grand jury investigation targeting her office.
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Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
BREAKING: Supreme Court GRANTS Texas request to restore redistricting maps
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social
December 4, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Simply amazing that the Supreme Court declared an end to legal race discrimination in the affirmative action case two years ago and now allows overt racism in both immigration arrests and redistricting.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
Using race to help minorities? Bad. Using it to discriminate against them? Very, very good.
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Judge Anthony Napolitano on Newsmax: "It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
Woah. Newsmax’s legal analyst just said Pete Hegseth and everyone involved in the illegal boat strike should be “prosecuted for a war crime.”
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
They’ve even lost Newsmax on this one.
December 3, 2025 at 2:17 AM
Judge Anthony Napolitano on Newsmax: "It gives me no pleasure to say what I’m about to say because I worked with Pete Hegseth for seven or eight years at Fox News. This is an act of a war crime... There’s absolutely no legal basis for it.”
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The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
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November 30, 2025 at 4:42 AM
The psychology of this website is so transparent. They're not attacking progressive media (who don't give a shit) so much as they're naming access bootlickers who already often cater to the WH anyway — because they’ll actually freak out and change their coverage *even more.*
Just working the refs.
Just working the refs.
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This is of course a casus belli—an act of war—and a likely predicate to a massive ground invasion.
November 29, 2025 at 2:31 PM
This is of course a casus belli—an act of war—and a likely predicate to a massive ground invasion.
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Universities paying into the protection racket.
BREAKING: Northwestern University has agreed to pay the U.S. Treasury $75 million, over the course of three years as part of an agreement with the federal government to restore funding and end investigations into the university
Full statement from NU below:
Full statement from NU below:
November 29, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Universities paying into the protection racket.
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Ed Whelan was Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for OLC from 2001-2004, so when he suggests that laws of war have been violated by the executive branch, that’s… something
Does Pete Hegseth have a "golden shield" against prosecution in the form of a DOJ OLC opinion? Ed Whelan thinks not.
November 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Ed Whelan was Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for OLC from 2001-2004, so when he suggests that laws of war have been violated by the executive branch, that’s… something
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Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.
And unlike some of the finer questions of “was the president’s inherent Art 2 powers in play”, shouldn’t offing people who are hors de combat be clearly known to be an illegal order all the way down the line to the lowest Seaman?
November 28, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Absolutely. Doing this remotely with drones or bombs is no different than pulling up in a boat and shooting them in the water. If this isn’t an illegal order, hard to imagine what could be.
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We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
Trump’s Immigration Forces Deploy “Less Lethal” Weapons in Dangerous Ways, Skirting Rules and Maiming Protesters
Civil rights and weapons experts cite the consequences of federal agents’ use of crowd control weapons: religious leaders shot with pepper balls and noxious chemicals. A nurse nearly blinded by tear g...
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November 27, 2025 at 4:00 AM
We found more than two dozen cases of immigration agents using "less lethal" weapons in ways that appear to flout the government's own rules, including by aiming at someone’s head, spine or groin or deploying chemical agents near children.
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
With @frontlinepbs.bsky.social
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All three Teton County ski resorts have delayed their season-opening dates due to a lack of snow and warm temperatures that have limited snowmaking. The Jackson Hole Mountain Resort announced Tuesday that it would not open as scheduled on Friday. wyofile.com/jackson-hole...
Jackson Hole latest Wyoming ski area to delay opening for lack of snow - WyoFile
All three Teton County resorts have postponed their planned openings because of little snow and warm temperatures that have frustrated snowmaking.
wyofile.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:10 AM
All three Teton County ski resorts have delayed their season-opening dates due to a lack of snow and warm temperatures that have limited snowmaking. The Jackson Hole Mountain Resort announced Tuesday that it would not open as scheduled on Friday. wyofile.com/jackson-hole...
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A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against James Comey after finding that the prosecutor President Trump handpicked to bring the cases had been illegally appointed.
Read the Ruling Dismissing the Charges Against James Comey
A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against the former F.B.I. director James Comey after finding that the prosecutor President Trump handpicked to bring the cases had been illegally appointed.
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November 25, 2025 at 2:00 AM
A federal judge threw out the criminal charges against James Comey after finding that the prosecutor President Trump handpicked to bring the cases had been illegally appointed.
Federal judge has just thrown out the Comey case and statute of limitations to bring a new charge has expired long ago , Gov will have to try to fight on appeal www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
#213 in United States v. Comey (E.D. Va., 1:25-cr-00272) – CourtListener.com
ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: (1) The appointment of Ms. Halligan as Interim U.S. Attorney violated 28 U.S.C. § 546 and the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution. (2) All actions flowing fro...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Federal judge has just thrown out the Comey case and statute of limitations to bring a new charge has expired long ago , Gov will have to try to fight on appeal www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...
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A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody. He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position. Unexplained deaths in ICE detention have exploded since Kristi Noem became secretary of DHS.
November 22, 2025 at 2:47 PM
A Chinese immigrant named Chaofeng Ge died in ICE custody. He was found hanging with his hands and feet tied behind him in the “hog tie” position. Unexplained deaths in ICE detention have exploded since Kristi Noem became secretary of DHS.
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Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
November 22, 2025 at 4:39 AM
Dipshit is smashing out a car window with his gun, barrel first. Just rogue, cowboy stiff.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
There were two US citizens in the car. They were apprehended and detained for “obstructing” ICE by honking their horn to let people know ICE was in the neighborhood.
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"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
ICE video shows officers planned to ‘smash’ into Charlotte man filming Border Patrol
Immigration agents had a 12-pack of Modelos in their car while making arrests, Miguel Angel Garcia Martinez told investigators.
www.charlotteobserver.com
November 21, 2025 at 8:40 PM
"After federal immigration officers in Charlotte saw a man taking photos of them, they chased him nearly 2 miles down a main road and made plans to “smash” into him, video played in court Thursday showed. They broke his window, charged him with a federal felony and accused him of assaulting them."
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Seems speculative
November 21, 2025 at 3:13 AM
Seems speculative
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Atty Chris Parente spoke on the dismissal of the federal assault case against his client Marimar Martinez, whom CBP agent Charles Exum shot on Oct. 4.
He expressed graditude that federal prosecutors "did the right thing" in moving to toss the case, but added this isn't the end of the matter.
He expressed graditude that federal prosecutors "did the right thing" in moving to toss the case, but added this isn't the end of the matter.
November 20, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Atty Chris Parente spoke on the dismissal of the federal assault case against his client Marimar Martinez, whom CBP agent Charles Exum shot on Oct. 4.
He expressed graditude that federal prosecutors "did the right thing" in moving to toss the case, but added this isn't the end of the matter.
He expressed graditude that federal prosecutors "did the right thing" in moving to toss the case, but added this isn't the end of the matter.
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This notice of "correction" is very lawyered.
- No affidavit or declaration by counsel seeking to amend, clarify, or correct representations they made to the court during yesterday's hearing
- No assertion that the full grand jury actually saw the 2-count charging document
- Etc.
- No affidavit or declaration by counsel seeking to amend, clarify, or correct representations they made to the court during yesterday's hearing
- No assertion that the full grand jury actually saw the 2-count charging document
- Etc.
This is nuts.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
Yesterday in the Comey hearing, prosecutors *repeatedly* confirmed that the full grand jury never saw or voted on the two-count indictment.
Now they’re claiming the grand jury *did* vote on it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:20 PM
This notice of "correction" is very lawyered.
- No affidavit or declaration by counsel seeking to amend, clarify, or correct representations they made to the court during yesterday's hearing
- No assertion that the full grand jury actually saw the 2-count charging document
- Etc.
- No affidavit or declaration by counsel seeking to amend, clarify, or correct representations they made to the court during yesterday's hearing
- No assertion that the full grand jury actually saw the 2-count charging document
- Etc.
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New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
November 20, 2025 at 3:54 PM
New: the govt has moved to dismiss its assault case against Marimar Martinez and Anthony Ian Santos Ruiz, two people accused of "box[ing] in" a Border Patrol vehicle in Chicago on Oct. 4.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
One agent shot Martinez, with evidence presented to the court that he later bragged about in text messages.
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One of the people arrested on September 27 at Broadview was a 70-yo Air Force veteran who was hospitalized with his injuries from ICE assault. First charged w/felony, then misdemeanor.
He was going to call Greg Bovino at trial.
It just got dismissed.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71489...
He was going to call Greg Bovino at trial.
It just got dismissed.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71489...
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November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
One of the people arrested on September 27 at Broadview was a 70-yo Air Force veteran who was hospitalized with his injuries from ICE assault. First charged w/felony, then misdemeanor.
He was going to call Greg Bovino at trial.
It just got dismissed.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71489...
He was going to call Greg Bovino at trial.
It just got dismissed.
www.courtlistener.com/docket/71489...
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Sometime later that day, via means I have not gotten the clerk's office to explain, that was fixed to have the actual signature page replaced.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
November 19, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Sometime later that day, via means I have not gotten the clerk's office to explain, that was fixed to have the actual signature page replaced.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
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From my notes—not a transcript, which doesn't exist yet—this was the exchange between Judge Nachmanoff & AUSA Lemons about the deputy AG telling him not to reveal if there was a declination memo in the Comey case. (A memo on why prosecutors weren't bringing charges.)
November 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
From my notes—not a transcript, which doesn't exist yet—this was the exchange between Judge Nachmanoff & AUSA Lemons about the deputy AG telling him not to reveal if there was a declination memo in the Comey case. (A memo on why prosecutors weren't bringing charges.)
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Anyway, the facts are complicated, and the legal impact remains unclear.
To that end, the judge asked the parties to focus on a specific case when briefing the matter.
The case is called Gaither v. United States. It’s available here: law.justia.com/cases/federa...
To that end, the judge asked the parties to focus on a specific case when briefing the matter.
The case is called Gaither v. United States. It’s available here: law.justia.com/cases/federa...
Tyrone Gaither, Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee.charles Tatum, Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee, 413 F.2d 1061 (D.C. Cir. 1969)
Tyrone Gaither, Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee.charles Tatum, Appellant, v. United States of America, Appellee, 413 F.2d 1061 (D.C. Cir. 1969) case opinion from the US Court of Appea...
law.justia.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Anyway, the facts are complicated, and the legal impact remains unclear.
To that end, the judge asked the parties to focus on a specific case when briefing the matter.
The case is called Gaither v. United States. It’s available here: law.justia.com/cases/federa...
To that end, the judge asked the parties to focus on a specific case when briefing the matter.
The case is called Gaither v. United States. It’s available here: law.justia.com/cases/federa...
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The law on the Halligan failure to present the actual indictment to the GJ may let the DOJ wriggle out. But her misstatements to the grand jury on fundamental constitutional matters are going to be big trouble I think. DOJ just says it’s harmless error analysis. But hard to see harmlessness here.
November 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
The law on the Halligan failure to present the actual indictment to the GJ may let the DOJ wriggle out. But her misstatements to the grand jury on fundamental constitutional matters are going to be big trouble I think. DOJ just says it’s harmless error analysis. But hard to see harmlessness here.