“It appears … that multiple employees at the Department of Justice may have violated Local Criminal Rule 23.1, and this Court’s order of April 25, 2025 specifically identifying the strictures of this rule,” U.S. District Judge Margaret M. Garnett wrote in her order on September 24 in response to the letter.

The rule stipulates that “non-lawyer personnel employed by a lawyer’s office or subject to a lawyer’s supervision” in a criminal case have a duty not to release an “opinion that a reasonable person would expect to be disseminated by means of public communication” if there is a chance that the opinion will “interfere with a fair trial or otherwise prejudice the due administration of justice.”

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      There’s an incredibly strong chance, even without the stuff they’ve been saying.

      They panicked and used every illegal means to identify and apprehend, because of who was killed.

      He’s from a decently wealthy family, and has a shit ton in legal funds donated. And the government is full of people who don’t know what they’re doing. The prosecution will have bad strategies and implement them terribly.

      If trump tries to influence to hard, it’s liable to cause riots and damn near every American supports Luigi.

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      He won’t walk free. He’s not rich enough. They’d end up charging him on jay walking and he’d spend his life in prison.

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    Lead-poisoned population elects moron administration. Moron administration bungles every single thing they do. America is on a brave trajectory.

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    Future violations may result in sanctions, including “relief specific to the prosecution of this matter,” Garnett wrote.

    And once again judges giving this administration carte Blanche through future violations.

    At what point do we accept that they are purposefully doing this and contributed leeway just enables them?

    ETA: Trump has been a president for 4.5 years, this is the DOJ, not a rinky dink operation. Why do they get the benefit of the doubt after so so many violations?

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    Also, “There will still be a trial, of course. It just won’t be fair.”

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    I still can’t get over the bulletproof bullshit, like someone really wanted Mangione out when he is instead loved and cheered by the people