"...DOJ Gives Judge Heads Up They Have Zero Plan To Actually Listen To Him
That's not how this works, that's not how any of this works.
The Department of Justice has come up with a fairly unique litigation strategy in the paper-thin case against New York Attorney General Letitia James: antagonize the judge overseeing the case. I know, BOLD!
U.S. District Judge Jamar Walker ordered the government to provide discovery to James’s legal team related to their vindictive/selective prosecution argument. But instead of getting their documents in order, the DOJ went all Bartleby, the Scrivener, saying they prefer not to.
Yesterday, the government filed “Notice Of Reasons For Not Providing Pre-Vindictive/Selective Prosecution Motion Related Discovery.” Which was just a fancy way of saying the DOJ was going to go all Eric Cartman and do what they want and ignore the judge. The filing, signed by Roger Keller Jr., brought in from the Missouri office to give an assist to the woefully inexperienced interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan, is a wild romp (for a court document) that attempts to impose the government’s will on the court..."