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The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

July 29, 2025

The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

By: James Trusty

Americans are used to a considerable level of dirty tricks when it comes to politics. Occasionally, however, a legal line is crossed and a high-level official is either chased out of office, subjected to a criminal prosecution, or both. Ask Richard Nixon, Marvin Mandel, and Bob Menendez. Despite the predictable proclamation from prominent democrats that DNI Director Tulsi Gabbard’s referral is “old news” and “politically motivated,” in reality it is too early to characterize the newly discovered evidence as overwhelming or to call it mere hardball politics. If President Obama decided to completely flip intelligence conclusions about Russian (non) interference in the 2016 election and knowingly set the false information in motion to hobble the incoming president, then we could…

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Baltimoronic Investigation

July 8, 2025

Baltimoronic Investigation

By: James Trusty

June 24, 2025, may mark the day that the criminal justice system for Baltimore, Maryland finally established its lunacy. If the allegations are correct, an employee of Pretrial Services committed what Maryland officials view as a cardinal sin—he or she let ICE know that there was an illegal alien coming to the office. Armed with that information, ICE showed up at the courthouse, was allowed…

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Biden and DOJ’s Spiteful Ploy Boomerangs: How Politics Destroys Privilege

June 30, 2025

Biden and DOJ’s Spiteful Ploy Boomerangs: How Politics Destroys Privilege

By: James Trusty

During the pre-indictment period in which I was one of President Trump’s lawyers, there was a considerable amount of then-sealed litigation over the Special Counsel Office’s (“SCO”) insatiable search for incriminating evidence. We regularly found ourselves fighting against prosecutors providing ex parte information to the Court in support of their singular claims that Donald J. Trump did not have the same legal privileges as almost…

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FBI Recruits Apple to Help Unlock Your iPhone

February 19, 2016

FBI Recruits Apple to Help Unlock Your iPhone

By: Ifrah Law

It is a well-known maxim that “bad facts make bad law.”  And as anybody even casually browsing social media this week likely has seen, the incredibly tragic facts surrounding the San Bernadino attacks last December have led to a ruling that jeopardizes the privacy rights of all law-abiding Americans. First, it is important to clearly understand the ruling.  After the horrific attack in San Bernadino…

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Normandie Casino Operator Pleads Guilty to Charges Stemming from Protection of High-Rollers

February 11, 2016

Normandie Casino Operator Pleads Guilty to Charges Stemming from Protection of High-Rollers

By: Ifrah Law

Despite the old saying “the customer is always right,” the law places limits on customer service in the casino industry.  Normandie Casino has found this out the hard way.  The operator of the casino has agreed to plead guilty to charges that it violated anti-money laundering provisions of the Bank Secrecy Act, according to a Department of Justice press release. Normandie Casino is one of…

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Oklahoma Judge Rejects Penalties for Rolling the Dice Before a Jury

January 15, 2016

Oklahoma Judge Rejects Penalties for Rolling the Dice Before a Jury

By: Ifrah Law

As a matter of course, federal prosecutors often pile on charges in order to strong-arm defendants into entering a favorable guilty plea quickly. Those who exercise their jury trial right and put the government to its proof often receive harsh sentences based on these overreaching indictments. But last week, a federal judge in Oklahoma took a rare stand against this practice. United States v. King,…

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Is It Ever Okay to Share Passwords?

November 4, 2015

Is It Ever Okay to Share Passwords?

By: Ifrah Law

If you’ve ever let your kids sign into your Netflix or HBO Go account, or given your marketing department access to your Twitter feed, you may be committing a federal crime, depending on how the Ninth Circuit rules on a case argued before it just last month. The case, United States v. Nosal, is the latest chapter in a series of cases in which federal…

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DOJ uses White Collar Prosecution for Election-Season Rabble Rousing

September 11, 2015

DOJ uses White Collar Prosecution for Election-Season Rabble Rousing

By: Jeff Ifrah

Beating their chests and breathing fire to rouse the polity, the Department of Justice recently came out with an announcement as earth shattering as the sun rising. The DOJ proclaimed it has adopted new policies to prioritize the prosecution of individuals for white-collar crime. Deputy Attorney General, Sally Q. Yates, was quoted in the New York Times: “It’s only fair that the people who are…

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The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?

The Referral was the Easy Part – Where does Gabbard’s Evidence Lead DOJ?
By: James Trusty

Baltimoronic Investigation

Baltimoronic Investigation
By: James Trusty

Biden and DOJ’s Spiteful Ploy Boomerangs: How Politics Destroys Privilege

Biden and DOJ’s Spiteful Ploy Boomerangs: How Politics Destroys Privilege
By: James Trusty

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