The request to the court to unseal Epstein grand jury material unsealing was shredded by a judge in a Florida court. This filing was a farce from the get-go, and I’ll bet Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche knew it. The man is now tRump’s fixer (hello, going to talk to Ghislaine Maxwell) knew because he was the one who filed the request. From Raw Story:
A prominent national security expert on Wednesday summed up a new 12-page ruling rebuking the Trump administration as the judge saying, “You dumba–es, you got everything wrong.” Legal analysts and researcher Seamus Hughes uncovered the docket for the Epstein grand jury unsealing in the Southern District of Florida.
WHAM. Scorched! My goodness gracious, what a takedown. What would you bet that Judge Robin L. Rosenberg knew this was only for show as soon as she read the first few pages? I’d say a fair amount. No matter what is in the news, a judge *follows the law*. She *knows* the law. Todd has to know that if he’s any kind of a lawyer, because of the years of study to get there.
Judge Robin L. Rosenberg already denied the request from President Donald Trump’s Justice Department, and the 12-page ruling walks through how the Justice Department’s Todd Blanche wrote the filing without taking the laws of the Southern District of Florida into account. The filing begins with the judge explaining to the government, “11th Circuit law does not permit the Court to grant the government’s request.” She adds, “The Court’s hands are tied — a point that the Government concedes.”
That the government concedes? Say what? That right there says this was a frivolous request, and Deputy AG Todd Blanche knows it. This was not done correctly, and he wasted the judge’s time. We can understand how the judge went scorched earth for part of her denial. She denied the request under Rule 6 and was rather emphatic – and detailed – about the reasons. Here’s why.
The DOJ cited the Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 6(e), however, the judge writes, “the Government’s Petition to unseal the grand jury transcripts is not based on any of the exceptions in Rule 6. Instead, the Government makes two arguments outside Rule 6.”
If you want to read the docket, you can see it here. It explains more, and is very interesting, because I read it. I don’t think you have to be a genius (or a lawyer) to be able to follow it. Actually, IMSHO, it was kinda fun.
Now, how did the government do something like this, where the decision would be made public? Any number of news places are going to disseminate stories like this. Todd *had* to know. But it doesn’t exactly make him or the DoJ look good. They had all this build-up asking the files to be unsealed, only to be told *NOPE*. Who knows, that could be part of the plan. I expect we’ll have to wait and see. Short and sweet today.
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Blanche did this because that’s what the boss wanted. Trump has no idea what law is, he thins a good lawyer can fix anything. Blanche has a J.D. cum laude from a pretty decent law school. Not defending Blanche, but I suppose you could say he did what he could. Of course he should have said “I’m sorry, sir, but I cannot touch the case.” But it’s a cushy job, isn’t it?