Posted on 02/17/2025 6:44:11 AM PST by Red Badger
The problem with judge-shopping to push your case through, there’s always the chance that the judges you are counting on to push your agenda have their own skin in the game.
That’s the case with a judge who has offered very dubious rulings on whether Trump can suspend his USAID money.
We’ve got a thread from America First Legal making the case online that Judge McConnell, the Rhode Island judge who put an end to Trump’s spending freezes, ought never to have heard that case in the first place.
The reason? He is *Personally* benefitting financially from his own ruling.
If the money gets cut, so does funding from a group whose board he has served on for as long as he’s held federal office — much of that time, serving as chair.
The Trump administration has violated a court order by refusing to reverse a freeze of billions in government funds, a judge ruled Monday. The ruling was the latest challenge to sweeping White House plans to cut costs and remake the US government. US District Judge John McConnell Jr previously ruled that the government should continue to fund programmes authorised by Congress. On Monday, he said the White House had defied a preliminary injunction that the judge issued after 23 Democratic state attorneys general filed a lawsuit to stop the funding freeze. The Trump administration said it would appeal the ruling. — BBC
It’s one of many lawsuits the Dems have ginned up against the Trump admin… and one of the more aggressive. But there’s a twist:
Judges are expected to recuse themselves from cases in which they have any personal stake in the outcome. When a company on whose board you sit is downstream of the threatened funding to the tune of millions of dollars… that would be an example of a reason to recuse.
And yet, he heard the case anyway. Ruled on it, even. And wouldn’t ya know it, the ruling happened to align with his personal interests.
But we can trust him, right?
Here’s AFL making the case in a thread on their X account:
MANY MORE THREAD PICS AT SITE...............
The problem is that given how deep this goes everyone in the country is now one degree from someone who has been corrupted by this.
It requires more than recusal, it requires an indictment... DOJ needs to get on this right now...
On the other hands, Judge Merchan's daughter is working for and making big coin working on a group opposed to Trump and he laughed it off, just like this guy will.
This judge can’t have much time to do his judging job. He seems more like a Blackrock fund manager, only its all for him.
Been going on over a hundred years. “Business as usual” as McCain would say.
And where is the American Bar Association? This creep should be disbarred for this conflict of interest ruling. Crickets.
How is enriching himself a conflict of interest?
Our side never goes hardcore -- because we're always worried that if the Republicans do this then when the Democrats have power, they will do that. But so many on our side don't realize that the Democrats are already doing that. Everywhere. Every chance they get. And if we notice, they laugh it off. The GOP needs to toughen up and do what's necessary.
A perfect poster child for both judicial corruption and USAID corruption.
To a Democrat, it isn’t..................
“And where is the American Bar Association? This creep should be disbarred for this conflict of interest ruling.”
Yeah, we need to check and see how much taxpayer money THEY are stealing...
Well lookie here... This needs to get to Musk like right now... Check out the graph... That is about as obvious as it can get... They are absolutely in on the lawfare. Look at the bribe dump in 2024 to keep their mouths shut. This is criminal conspiracy. Siriusly, check it out...
https://www.usaspending.gov/recipient/defa1d0f-b731-752c-7110-465ba924bf2f-P/latest
Federal employees should not sit on boards. Government flunkies should be forced to make a choice between private and public sector.
How can it not be? Trump wanted to stop payments from USAID. This guy is getting payments from USAID. The judge ruled for himself.
18 million from USAID to the ABA. No wonder is silent. It’s not incompetence. It’s complicity.
Why do Gov’t JUDGES have NGO’s that get $100 Million dollars in contributions? HOW can there NOT BE CORRUPTION?
We could balance the Federal budget and pay off the entire debt just by eliminating the fraud..................
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