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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

#Trump said Thursday he may pull the nomination of #ToddBlanche for Attorney General, looking to avoid concessions to holdout #Republicans. Lawmakers on Wednesday scrapped a planned committee vote after key Republicans demanded more assurances about the “settlement” of Trump’s lawsuit against the #IRS. #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #fraud #law #DOJ #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice https://apnews.com/live/trump-iran-news-updates-07-30-2026

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

The #MAGA #SlushFund is Still Active Despite Court Order Payouts to #Trump Allies Continue A seven-figure “settlement” was announced hours before senators skeptical about the so-called weaponization fund delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be #US #AttorneyGeneral. #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/politics/todd-blanche-weaponization-payouts.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.7CIC._WREIrthsuVO&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

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As senators delayed a crucial vote on #ToddBlanche’s nomination to be attorney general over the so-called weaponization fund, a million-dollar payment the #DOJ made to an #AntiAbortion activist underscored how it could still funnel #TaxpayersMoney to people who claim to be victims of government persecution [& whose politics #Trump agrees with]. #SlushFund #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #authoritarianism #autocracy #fascism #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

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The “settlement” for Paul Vaughn, who was #convicted by a Tennessee jury in 2024 of conspiring to prevent access to an #abortion clinic, shows how the goal of the $1.8 billion fund announced in May can continue, despite a public retreat by #ToddBlanche [& a court order]. An already existing avenue for disbursing #TaxpayersMoney could allow him to assuage skeptical #Republicans while fulfilling #Trump’s desire to pay people he believes were wronged by the #DOJ. #SlushFund #law #LegalEthics

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

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Vaughn will receive a seven-figure settlement from the US government, his lawyers said, making him among those aligned with the #Trump admin who have received a payout by an alternative means. …The continuing ability of the #DOJ to make such payouts with or without a formal fund structure is one of the sticking points between the Trump admin & Republican senators as they weigh the nomination of #ToddBlanche…. #SlushFund #TaxpayersMoney #law #LegalEthics #MafiaState #autocracy #AbuseOfPower

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

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“This answer is, at best, misleading &, at worst, disingenuous. The court was available to review any pleading by any party at any time during this lawsuit,” the judge wrote. Another federal judge, Leonie M. Brinkema of the Eastern District of Virginia, has left alive a lawsuit seeking to dismantle the #SlushFund. #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #ToddBlanche #fraud #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #MafiaState #AbuseOfPower #AbuseOfOffice

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

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Judge Brinkema said the case remained open because #ToddBlanche & the #DOJ refused to file an affidavit under penalty of perjury “that they will not take any action to create or operate” the payout fund & that it “will not proceed in any manner, under any name.” Blanche has pushed back against such demands. Even as he promised lawmakers in June that the #SlushFund was dead, he said that “I’m not committing to putting anything in writing.” #TaxpayersMoney #Trump #fraud #law #LegalEthics

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

Amazing they can recognize the corruption in this situation but not in so many others. Still I’ll take it. I just hope they can maintain their resistance. Vote on #ToddBlanche Is Delayed After #Republican Senators Express Skepticism Over #IRS “Provision” John Cornyn & Thom Tillis accused the nominee for attorney general of refusing to put on paper his promise to kill aspects of the deal he cut to settle #Trump’s suit against the IRS. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #SlushFund https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/politics/todd-blanche-senate-vote-irs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1lA.5whz.4CuRKeIhBNih&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

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In June, #ToddBlanche said he would drop a proposed $1.8 billion fund to compensate so-called “victims”🙄 [ #Jan6 insurgents] of Biden-era actions by the #DOJ but said a provision shielding #Trump & his family from tax investigations would remain in place. #law #LegalEthics #SlushFund

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

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The tax provision emerged as the biggest sticking point on the eve of a scheduled #Judiciary Cmte vote. Cornyn, a former state #judge who lost a primary to a #Trump backed challenger, Ken Paxton [total POS], said he had received no written assurances from #ToddBlanche that the #IRS audit shield would not apply to future tax liabilities or be extended to a wider circle of people. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #SlushFund

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 30, 2026

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That the fate of an #US attorney general would be jeopardized by the administration’s apparent determination to keep in place a #tax deal offering a sitting president enormous financial advantages illustrated a defining characteristic of #Trump’s second term∶ a president’s personal interest…is now a factor in governing. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #SlushFund

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 29, 2026

#Trump Personally Demanded Details of Agents’ Interview of #Comey, New Court Filing Says The request suggests the intense personal involvement of Trump in investigating one of his longtime critics, former #FBI director #JamesComey. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #independence #RevengePolitics #WeaponizationOfJustice #Retribution #EnemiesList #MafiaState #Authoritarianism #Autocracy #Fascism #GiftArticle https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/29/us/james-comey-seashells-trump-secret-service.html?unlocked_article_code=1.1VA.VC7l.QgYn0ICJuwN-&smid=nytcore-ios-share

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Ben Schorr

@bschorr@infosec.exchange · Jul 22, 2026

I'm confident this is not the only time somebody has tried this; though this may be the first time somebody got caught doing it. #LegalEthics #AI Lawyers Fined for Trying to Fool a Court's AI with Prompt Injection - JLE https://jlellis.net/blog/lawyers-fined-for-trying-to-fool-a-courts-ai-with-prompt-injection/

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David Kluft @dkluft@mastodon.sdf.org · Jul 17, 2026

#LegalEthics Tidbit: Can the government cite fake #AI cases against me in immigration proceedings? An ICE detainee filed a petition for habeas corpus with the W.D. Michigan federal court. In response to the court’s show cause order, the Government relied on the 6th Cir. case of Taylor v. Hott, 724 F. App’x 387. The problem is that no such case exists, and “it seems this citation was likely produced by generative artificial intelligence.” ...(cont.) https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.120609/gov.uscourts.miwd.120609.11.0.pdf #law #lawfedi

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 14, 2026

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One Blanche aide, Christopher-James DeLorenz, a fmr law clerk for Judge #AileenCannon, the #Trump appointee in the Southern District of Florida who presided over the case involving Trump’s handling of #ClassifiedDocuments, was responsible for investigating potential wrongdoing by the special counsel #JackSmith. Smith oversaw the documents investigation in Florida & another, into Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the #2020election. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #ToddBlanche #retribution

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 14, 2026

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Kendra Wharton, a longtime Blanche associate who served on Trump’s [losing] #criminal defense team, was assigned to investigate “coordination” between federal prosecutors & Alvin L. Bragg, the Manhattan DA who successfully prosecuted #Trump. Wharton later recused herself from the inquiry, citing an unspecified conflict of interest, acc/to the emails. She left the department in late July 2025. #felon47 #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #ToddBlanche #retribution

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 14, 2026

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Others in Blanche’s office led teams responsible for digging up information on hot-button political issues — an #FBI memo to a #conservative Catholic group in Richmond, VA; federal scrutiny of conservative school board members’ & prosecutions of #AntiAbortion activists under the #FACE Act, a 1994 #law that prohibits #obstruction & #intimidation at women's clinics. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #ToddBlanche #Trump #retribution

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 14, 2026

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One team listed on the internal roster, led by another Blanche aide, Paul Perkins, focused on a single person∶ #TinaPeters, a pro-Trump #Colorado #elections official #convicted & #imprisoned for state #election related crimes, whose sentence was later commuted by the state’s Democratic governor under pressure & threats from #Trump. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #ToddBlanche #ElectionInterference #retribution

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 14, 2026

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#EdMartin was given personal control of two investigations he had long championed∶ Investigating the prosecutions of #Jan6 insurgents — even though all of those convicted, including #violent #criminals, received clemency from #Trump — & a probe into President Biden’s use of an autopen. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #ToddBlanche #Trump #retribution

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Nonilex @Nonilex@masto.ai · Jul 14, 2026

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#JaredWise, a former #Jan6 defendant [for real] who was assigned to Blanche’s team, also worked on the investigation into the Capitol #insurrection but resigned earlier this year, saying on social media that he could only “expose the abuses by the FBI & DOJ against J6 defendants” from outside government. #law #LegalEthics #DOJ #ToddBlanche #Trump #retribution

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