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'A pardon cannot authorize reimbursement': Another judge swats down Jan. 6 restitution refund request, questions Trump DOJ's 'curious' reason for backing it

'A pardon cannot authorize reimbursement': Another judge swats down Jan. 6 restitution refund request, questions Trump DOJ's 'curious' reason for backing it

Left inset: U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan (Administrative Office of the U.S.…
Newspaper attempts to thwart Trump's 'litigation gamesmanship' in 'frivolous' lawsuit over 2024 election poll

'Valuable and … essential services': Judge blocks Trump's 'sweeping cancellation' of $400M in AmeriCorps funding and 'categorical termination' of union workers

President Donald Trump listens during a briefing with the media, Friday, June…
'Puzzlingly defiant': Judge sanctions Mike Lindell's lawyers over AI-generated filing rife with cites to nonexistent cases, excoriates their 'troubling' explanation

'Puzzlingly defiant': Judge sanctions Mike Lindell's lawyers over AI-generated filing rife with cites to nonexistent cases, excoriates their 'troubling' explanation

Main: Mike Lindell gives a thumbs up as he passes by a…
'Statements defy common sense': Judge slams Trump admin's 'insufficient' evidence against Kilmar Abrego Garcia, rejects request for pretrial detention

'A one-off mistake': Trump administration contradicts White House officials, admits Abrego Garcia's deportation was 'an administrative error' in latest court filing

Main: President Donald Trump speaks with reporters as he signs executive orders…
'Cannot change the plain meaning of words': Judge quotes Humpty Dumpty as she takes state AG to legal woodshed with contempt finding over ignoring immigration arrest block

'Remarkable power grab': State AG scolds judge in SCOTUS reply over her order blocking immigration arrests, says she and advocates 'underplay the reality on the ground'

Background: Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier at a press conference on June…
'Struck from the record': Trump's sudden move to drop lawsuit against 2024 election pollster was a 'procedurally improper' fail, judge rules

'Struck from the record': Trump's sudden move to drop lawsuit against 2024 election pollster was a 'procedurally improper' fail, judge rules

Left: Pollster J. Ann Selzer (Jenny Condon Photography, used with permission of…
'Flouting 7 decades of federal law': Trump admin using individuals' private medical data for 'mass deportations' and 'surveillance' purposes, states say

'Flouting 7 decades of federal law': Trump admin using individuals' private medical data for 'mass deportations' and 'surveillance' purposes, states say

President Donald Trump, left, speaks as Health and Human Services Secretary Robert…
'Cannot avoid judicial review': Judge repeatedly cites Scalia while smacking down Trump's asylum ban as 'unlawful'

'Cannot avoid judicial review': Judge repeatedly cites Scalia while smacking down Trump's asylum ban as 'unlawful'

Donald Trump speaks at the annual Road to Majority conference in Washington,…
'Does not have legal authority': Judge calls Trump admin arguments 'futile' after 'likely illegal' installation of lone board member at gutted agency

'Does not have legal authority': Judge calls Trump admin arguments 'futile' after 'likely illegal' installation of lone board member at gutted agency

Left: President Donald Trump speaks to the media before walking across the…
Michael Flynn claims he was 'targeted' by FBI because he was 'direct threat' to 'deep state' plot to 'discredit and derail President Trump' in $50 million lawsuit 

Michael Flynn claims he was 'targeted' by FBI because he was 'direct threat' to 'deep state' plot to 'discredit and derail President Trump' in $50 million lawsuit 

Former Trump National Security Advisor and retired three-star Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn…