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Federal judge blasts DOJ lawyers in case of ATF whistle-blower
Fox News ^ | Jan 29 2015 | William La Jeunesse, Maxim Lott

Posted on 01/29/2015 11:23:41 AM PST by Whenifhow

A federal judge angrily accused Justice Department attorneys in newly unsealed documents of "fraud upon the court" by intimidating a witness in a case involving a former Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agent who alleges the agency trashed his reputation.

Judge Francis Allegra, who was appointed to the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in 1998 by President Bill Clinton, is presiding over a suit brought by former ATF agent Jay Dobyns against the government agency, which he claims retaliated against him and damaged his reputation. Dobyns infiltrated Hell's Angels and worked on cases involving the Aryan Brotherhood and MS-13 during his law enforcement career.

, In a newly unsealed, Dec. 1, 2014, court ruling that legal experts said was highly unusual, Allegra accused seven Justice Department lawyers of "fraud upon the court, banned them from making any further filings in the case and took the unusual step of directly notifying Attorney General Eric Holder.

“In 40 years of legal practice, government and private, I've never seen that done,” said David Hardy, a constitutional law expert who formerly worked in the U.S. Solicitor General’s Office.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: atf; doj; holder; whistleblower

1 posted on 01/29/2015 11:23:42 AM PST by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow
and took the unusual step of directly notifying Attorney General Eric Holder.

Oh, yeah, Holder will be all over it.

/sarc

2 posted on 01/29/2015 11:25:36 AM PST by Fido969 (What's sad is most)
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To: Fido969

Oh Holder will be. He’ll put them on the fast track for promotion.


3 posted on 01/29/2015 11:31:30 AM PST by dirtboy
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Nothing new for Eric WithHolder. And to think the Dept of “Just Us!” will soon be ruled by a literal LYNCH MOB!!


4 posted on 01/29/2015 11:32:54 AM PST by 2harddrive
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To: Whenifhow

Just Wow.

Witness intimidation, withholding evidence?

The Judge seems to be a bulldog. Every one of those guys should be up on charges and sure as hell shouldn’t have badges.

Just wow. You don’t do that in a Federal court.


5 posted on 01/29/2015 11:33:06 AM PST by Regulator
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To: Regulator

Holder will light a doobie with this document.


6 posted on 01/29/2015 11:36:40 AM PST by stephenjohnbanker (My Batting Average( 1,000) (GOPe is that easy to read))
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To: Whenifhow
Glad to see Fox mentioning this. This was reported by Katie Pavlich at Townhall.com on Monday.

Katie should be a FReeper.

7 posted on 01/29/2015 11:37:08 AM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Whenifhow

8 posted on 01/29/2015 11:37:09 AM PST by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not A Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER
That womans Thorazine must be working.
9 posted on 01/29/2015 11:47:45 AM PST by MileHi (Liberalism is an ideology of parasites, hypocrites, grievance mongers, victims, and control freaks.)
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To: Whenifhow

There are two nations within our borders. There is The United States Of America and there is Democratland. The citizens of Democratland get their money by taking it from the citizens of The United States. Would the citizens of Democratland perjure themselves to continue to be able to take money from the citizens of The United States? The citizens of Democratland will do anything, ANYTHING, to continue to be able to take money from the citizens of The United States.
The Democrat Party is a cancer on The United States Of America, and they are killing us.


10 posted on 01/29/2015 11:48:08 AM PST by blueunicorn6 ("A crack shot and a good dancer")
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To: Whenifhow

Judge directly notified Holder. “Dr. Mr. Fox, we think someone tried to break in the hen house last night, could you look into this?”

“Look, a lawyer’s stock and trade is his or her integrity....” Thomas Dupree, a partner at the prestigious law firm Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher and a former DOJ official from 2007 to 2009, told FoxNews...”.

Yeah, it would be a real shocker if a lawyer, especially a lawyer in the Obama administration, did anything under handed.


11 posted on 01/29/2015 11:54:11 AM PST by Stevenc131
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To: Fido969

Yep, any minute now.


12 posted on 01/29/2015 12:03:33 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: Servant of the Cross; humblegunner

I think she is really HumbleGunner.


13 posted on 01/29/2015 12:03:39 PM PST by KC Burke (I know my screen name says KC but I'm in AZ now!)
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To: Whenifhow

Trust your government. They only have your best interests in mind. /s


14 posted on 01/29/2015 12:09:10 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Good Muslims, like good Nazis or good liberals, are terrible human beings.)
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To: MileHi

LMAO!


15 posted on 01/29/2015 12:11:01 PM PST by gibsosa
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To: KC Burke; humblegunner; Brother Cracker; shibumi
I think she is really HumbleGunner.

We do know that is not the case since 'gunner has not attempted to hide his identity like Batman or Spiderman do ...


16 posted on 01/29/2015 12:46:51 PM PST by Servant of the Cross (the Truth will set you free)
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To: Servant of the Cross


17 posted on 01/29/2015 12:52:31 PM PST by Brother Cracker (You are more likely to find krugerrands in a Cracker Jack box than 22 ammo at Wal-Mart)
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To: Servant of the Cross

Nah. Look closely at the picture in #7. The ball cap in your picture is just to throw us off. The hair is the same as you can see in the pic with Laz.


18 posted on 01/29/2015 3:15:05 PM PST by KC Burke (I know my screen name says KC but I'm in AZ now!)
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