Law and Chaos

Ep 230 — DOJ Tiptoes Around The Sh*tpile!


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Congressional Republicans abstain courteously from blessing Trump’s ICE/CBP allocation after Trump torpedoes several sitting GOP politicians and demands cash for the ballroom and the $1.8 billion J6 slush fund. They’re heading home until June, TYVM.


DOJ indicts former Cuban leader Raúl Castro, age 94, for shooting down two flights of dissident exiles dropping leaflets back in 1996. Is this a prelude to Bay of Pigs 2?


Officials in Florida and Tennessee discover that the First Amendment applies to everyone, even people who criticize Charlie Kirk. Good thing it’s taxpayers picking up the tab for this little life lesson!


And Acting AG Todd Blanche adds a codicil to the slush fund settlement granting amnesty to Trump and his kids for past tax crimes — but not future ones! (Don’t believe everything you read on the internet.)


DOOFUS OF THE DAY: Todd Blanche.


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Judge Leo Sorokin in Massachusetts sanctions ICE for lying to the court about the time an immigrant detainee left the jurisdiction. This one will make you mad!


And the indictment against the “Broadview 6” for protesting outside an ICE detention center implodes after the grand jury transcripts reveal a dumpsterfire of impropriety and potentially sanctionable misconduct by the prosecution. Read this hearing transcript — but not after taking a giant swig of milk!


SUBSCRIBER BONUS:


Meet the new tariffs! Same as the old tariffs! (Illegal.) And NO the administration can’t keep collecting them right now because they’re too busy trying to figure out how to refund the last batch of illegal tariffs to figure it out.


US v. Perez-Perez [Raul Castro indictment]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/31009891/united-states-v-perez-perez/


Civil Rights Lawyers Secure $485,000 Settlement for FWC Biologist Fired Over Charlie Kirk Social Media Post

https://www.aclufl.org/press-releases/civil-rights-lawyers-secure-485000-settlement-for-fwc-biologist-fired-over-charlie-kirk-social-media-post/


He Was Jailed Over a Charlie Kirk Post. The Sheriff Now Owes Him $835,000.

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/20/us/larry-bushart-charlie-kirk-facebook-settlement.html


Slush Fund Codicil

https://www.justice.gov/opa/media/1441216/dl


Guevara Peruano v. Wesling [ICE Sanctions]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72181340/guevara-peruano-v-wesling/


Oregon v. Trump [Tarriffs]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72368522/the-state-of-oregon-v-trump/


Broadview 6 May 21 Hearing

https://cst.brightspotcdn.com/95/75/a403b7674c31b8f5bb0ecae58921/25cr693-usa-v-rabbitt-052126.pdf

US v. Rabbit [Broadview 6]

https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71795281/parties/united-states-v-rabbitt/


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