Pamela Hemphill, who was 69 years old in 2022 when she was sentenced to two months in jail for her role in the attack, is actively refusing the president’s clemency, claiming that Trump’s mass pardons and commutations are part of his larger effort to push false claims about the crimes committed by his followers that day.
“The pardons just contribute to their narrative, which is all lies. Propaganda. We were guilty, period,” Hemphill said in a recent interview with CBS News.
Jan. 6 rioter refuses pardon, claiming Trump has been ‘gaslighting’ followers
Pamela Hemphill is refusing a pardon from President Trump for her role in the Jan. 6 riot, claiming the president has been “gaslighting” his followers.
A federal judge on Wednesday said that the Trump administration had “unquestionably” violated his order by deporting several migrants to South Sudan — a country from which none of the migrants are from — without due process or a reasonable opportunity to raise concerns of their fear of the war-torn nation, an action he said could amount to criminal contempt of court.
U.S. District Judge Brian E. Murphy upbraided attorneys from the Justice Department, accusing them of ignoring the “long history” of legal precedent surrounding due process rights as well as recent orders from the U.S. Supreme Court when they sent seven men to South Sudan with less than 24 hours notice.
Murphy last month issued a preliminary injunction barring the government from deporting migrants to third countries without giving them a “reasonable opportunity” to raise concerns about that country and the possible violence they could face.
Murphy scheduled a hearing after an emergency motion filed by attorneys for the plaintiffs informed the court that at least two of their clients had been notified on Monday evening that they were being removed to South Sudan and were transported out of ICE facilities at around 9:30 a.m. Tuesday morning.
“The department’s actions in this case are unquestionably violative of this court’s order,” Murphy said at Wednesday’s hearing. “It is plain to me that an ‘opportunity to be heard’ of only several hours that were not during business hours, where you couldn’t raise consult with your attorney or your family is insufficient. It was impossible for these people to have a meaningful opportunity to object to their removal to South Sudan.”
Murphy emphasized that even the Supreme Court justices recently confirmed that 24 hours of notice is “plainly insufficient” for the purpose of due process, stating, “I don’t see how anybody could think these people had a reasonable chance to object.”
Judge slams Trump admin for ‘unquestionably’ violating order on third-country deportations
A federal judge on Wednesday said that the Trump administration had “unquestionably” violated his order by deporting several migrants to South Sudan without due process.
The Trump administration is planning on settling a multimillion dollar wrongful death lawsuit filed by Aaron Babbitt, the husband of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed while storming the Capitol during the Jan. 6, riot.
Aaron Babbitt’s lawyer and attorneys with the Justice Department’s Civil Division confirmed that they had reached an agreement in principle to settle the case over Ashli Babbitt’s death during a hearing on Friday in Washington, D.C., according to a report from Washington, D.C., CBS affiliate WUSA.
Payola for the criminals! Thank you, King Donald! Wrong does pay!
Perhaps if the family of the poor marksman that shot off King Donald’s ear were to sue, they too could get a nice multi-million dollar settlement at taxpayer expense?
In legal turnabout, Trump admin to settle wrongful death lawsuit brought by husband of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt
The Trump administration confirmed that it has reached a settlement in principle with the husband of Ashli Babbitt, who was killed storming the Capitol on Jan. 6. The post In legal turnabout, Trump admin to settle wrongful death lawsuit brought by husband of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt first appeared on Law & Crime.
A federal appeals court has rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to oust members of two independent federal labor agencies in a pair of back-and-forth cases that will likely set the stage for a showdown at the U.S. Supreme Court and have a profound impact on President Donald Trump’s continued effort to slash the federal workforce.
In a 7-4 vote, the full panel of judges on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia blocked the president from removing Cathy A. Harris from the Merit Systems Protection Board (MSPB) and Gwynne Wilcox from the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), reasoning that they were improperly dismissed without cause.
“The government has not demonstrated the requisite ‘strong showing that [it] is likely [to] succeed on the merits’ of these two appeals,” the panel wrote in a three-page per curiam order. “The government likewise has not shown a strong likelihood of success on the merits of its claim that there is no available remedy for Harris or Wilcox, or that allowing the district court’s injunctions to remain in place pending appeal is impermissible.”
‘No such power … is given to the President’: Full appeals court thwarts Trump’s firing of Biden-appointed board members, setting stage for SCOTUS showdown
The full U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia on Monday reinstated two members of federal labor boards that President Trump tried to fire. The post ‘No such power … is given to the President’: Full appeals court thwarts Trump’s firing of Biden-appointed board members, setting stage for SCOTUS showdown first appeared on Law & Crime.
