A US judge has threatened to hold Trump administration lawyers in contempt over their failure to release documents from the Epstein files about Donald Trump.

Judge Emmet Sullivan expressed his frustration at the Department of Justice stonewalling the release of the files.

“The public has a right to know what the hell is going on in this case,” Sullivan said.

“The victims have a right to know. The court has a right to know.”

Sullivan then described how he had filed similar contempt charges against lawyers in a prior case.

He noted a contempt charge would be a black mark that would hurt a lawyer for the rest of their career.

  • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    19
    ·
    21 days ago

    He noted a contempt charge would be a black mark that would hurt a lawyer for the rest of their career.

    I’m guessing the firms willing to hire lawyers working for the current doj also wouldn’t mind those lawyers being held in contempt of court as a show of loyalty to a pedophile.

    Just another example of people higher up in the judicial system being unable to adjust to the reality of dealing with fascist.

  • pelespirit@sh.itjust.worksOPM
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    11
    ·
    21 days ago

    Notice the location of the publication, it’s Australia. I went through the cycle of news pubs that I think are enough of a good source, and nada.

  • santa@sh.itjust.works
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    4
    ·
    edit-2
    21 days ago

    Do it now. Issue them like a tennis ball lobster! They want to revictimize these girls that are now grown women fighting with everything they have in them. They want to protect pedophiles and rapists. Fine.

    Live with that decision and flatline their careers. Judge — you will be on the correct side of history.

  • Abyssian@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    3
    arrow-down
    1
    ·
    21 days ago

    “And if you keep stonewalling I’m going to keep threatening to do something about it one day maybe!”