Ryan Goodman
@rgoodlaw.bsky.social
https://www.youtube.com/@RGoodLaw Co-editor-in-chief @justsecurity.org. Chaired Prof at NYU Law. Former Chaired Prof Harvard. Former Special Counsel Defense Dept. https://www.justsecurity.org/author/goodmanryan
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2 points here: 1) There's no statute of limitations in New York for Ghislaine Maxwell's crimes (maybe also options in New Mexico and Florida). A pardon can't stop state prosecutions. 2) We just got another reason to release the Epstein files: so the public can test Maxwell's truthfulness.
1/ I worked at DoD. I literally cannot imagine lawyers coming up with a legal basis for lethal strike of suspected Venezuelan drug boat. Hard to see how this would not be "murder" or war crime under international law that DoD considers applicable. Read expert analysis by @bcfinucane.bsky.social⤵️
What an important point by @jkbjournalist.bsky.social back in February and ever more relevant. "Pam Bondi was Florida's attorney general 2011-2109 ... So questions should be asked about why she didn't take up the [Epstein] case -- or launch a probe -- when she was attorney general in Florida."
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News media in informing the public that Judge Bove swore into office Todd Blanche should note not only their relationship as Trump's defense attorneys but also ... How the two are under spotlight for alleged criminal contempt for evading DC court order. www.justsecurity.org/142031/boasb...
I appreciate John Oliver @lastweektonight.com referencing our research on the 'Presumption of Regularity.'⬇️ We document all of the federal judges findings of Justice Dept dishonesty. John Oliver quite brilliantly connects this to what grand jurors are doing and can do in their civic duty. 1/🧵
Kendall, who hasn't served in government for over one and a half years: “I’m mystified." “I’ve been extremely careful to not say anything that could be classified, and as far as I know I have not said anything classified.” “So far no one has told me what I’m supposed to have revealed.”
Senator @whitehouse.senate.gov discusses the study we published @justsecurity.org ⤵️ The study tracks scores of (Republican and Democratic-appointed) federal judges who have harshly criticized the Department of Justice for dishonesty and worse. The fall of a 'presumption of regularity.' 1/🧵
"Department policy requires attorneys to report any judicial finding or substantial allegation of misconduct to the OPR." "The number of investigations opened by the ... Office of Professional Responsibility fell to the lowest point in at least 20 years during the most recent fiscal year."
Napolitano: Blanche nomination should be rejected One of two main reasons: "He permitted and accepted ... the presidential order to enforce U.S. laws against drug trafficking by murdering 221 persons in 67 speedboats on the high seas. Needless to say, none of these folks received due process."