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Peter Navarro’s attorneys don’t lack for chutzpah.
Moxie. Grit. Balls. They’ve obtained ’em.
As for judgment, nicely …
Try this minute order fired off this morning by Decide Colleen Kollar-Kotelly:
As for Defendant’s allegation that the Court docket engaged in an ex parte communication, ECF No. 36-2 at 2, the Courtroom Deputy mailed a replica of the sealed order, ECF No. 34, to protection counsel on December 20, 2023. It’s the apply of this Court docket to offer sealed paperwork, together with court docket orders, through mail to the counsel of document, thereby not participating in ex parte communications.
Did MAGAworld authorized eagles Stan Woodward and Stan Model get so busy representing each weirdo in Trumpland that they neglect to choose up their mail over Christmas after which go and accuse her Honor of one thing untoward?
Decide Kollar-Kotelly presided over the replevin motion looking for to pressure Trump’s former econ kook to offer again authorities emails he was hiding in his encrypted ProtonMail account. On March 9, 2023, she ordered Navarro handy them over, and two weeks later she refused his request for a keep pending attraction. In a collection of standing reviews, the federal government complained that Navarro and his counsel have been refusing to completely adjust to the order, and by August, the court docket was threatening that one thing very dangerous would occur if Navarro didn’t get proper with Uncle Sam.
In sum, to the extent that Plaintiff requests in its [30] Movement to Implement a declaration by Defendant additional explaining his compliance with the Court docket’s judgment on this case, that [30] Movement to Implement is GRANTED. To the extent that Plaintiff requests an order directing Defendant to point out trigger why he shouldn’t be held in contempt of the Court docket’s judgment, the [30] Movement to Implement is HELD IN ABEYANCE, pending the Court docket’s evaluation of upcoming submissions.
The docket reveals a collection of sealed filings in December which make it look as if Navarro did lastly cough it up. However within the meantime, he managed to get himself convicted in September of contempt of Congress for blowing off the January 6 Choose Committee in 2021.
After Navarro and his attorneys did not get a mistrial, they’re now making an attempt to elucidate to Decide Amit Mehta why Navarro deserves probation, as an alternative of the six months advisable by the federal government. Arguing for a downward departure as a result of your consumer accepted accountability, whereas concurrently claiming that the prosecutors have been biased and your man did nothing incorrect is A CHOICE.
The improper motive with which Dr. Navarro’s prosecution was pursued additional compels a keep pending attraction of the novel authorized points offered by Dr. Navarro’s prosecution in order that the Circuit can resolve (or affirm) these questions with out political zealousness with which Dr. Navarro’s conviction was attained.
Additionally A CHOICE is pointing to what occurred in Decide Kollar-Kotelly’s courtroom as proof of that Pete Navarro is a courageous and sincere little boy scout. And but this morning’s minute order was in response to a request to unseal these sealed docket entries within the replevin motion. Then Navarro can trot down the corridor and present them to Decide Mehta to show what a great boy he’s, so don’t ship him to jail, please. Positive, it took him eight months and a menace of contempt earlier than he gave again that authorities property, however that’s most likely as a result of the DOJ is biased.
Let your freak flag fly!
US v. Navarro [Civil Docket via Court Listener]
US v. Navarro [Criminal Docket via Court Listener]
Liz Dye lives in Baltimore the place she writes the Legislation and Chaos substack and seems on the Opening Arguments podcast.
