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"If anything is “beyond the pale,” it is ICE’s continued violation of the orders of this Court. Increasingly, this Court has had to resort to using the threat of civil contempt to force ICE to comply with orders. The Court is not aware of another occasion in the #history of the #UnitedStates in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt—again and again and again—to force the United States #government to comply with court orders."
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.230171/gov.uscourts.mnd.230171.12.0.pdf

#ICE #DHS #Law #News #US #USA

Text from Court document:
If anything is “beyond the pale,” it is ICE’s continued violation of the orders of this Court. Increasingly, this Court has had to resort to using the threat of civil contempt to force ICE to comply with orders. The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt—again and again and again—to force the United States government to comply with court orders.

This Court will continue to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law, including, if necessary, moving to the use of criminal contempt. One way or another, ICE will comply with this Court’s orders.

Dated: February 26, 2026

/s/ Patrick J. Schiltz
Patrick J. Schiltz, Chief Judge
United States District Court — Text from Court document: If anything is “beyond the pale,” it is ICE’s continued violation of the orders of this Court. Increasingly, this Court has had to resort to using the threat of civil contempt to force ICE to comply with orders. The Court is not aware of another occasion in the history of the United States in which a federal court has had to threaten contempt—again and again and again—to force the United States government to comply with court orders. This Court will continue to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law, including, if necessary, moving to the use of criminal contempt. One way or another, ICE will comply with this Court’s orders. Dated: February 26, 2026 /s/ Patrick J. Schiltz Patrick J. Schiltz, Chief Judge United States District Court

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Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 22 hours ago

"This Court will continue to do whatever is required to protect the rule of law, including, if necessary, moving to the use of criminal contempt. One way or another, ICE will comply with this Court’s orders."
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mnd.230171/gov.uscourts.mnd.230171.12.0.pdf

#ICE #DHS #Trump #Crime #Corruption #Politics #Law #Justice #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

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Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

#MAGA also offered an implicit bargain∶ Not only can you be a #bigot toward whatever group makes you mad by existing, but everyone will have to love & respect you anyway. This was an impossible promise to keep—not even #Trump has managed to bully comedians mocking him into silence—but politicians make impossible promises all the time. Many Americans are simply content to live vicariously through Trump’s #impunity, even if they cannot share it.

#US #law #accountability #power #plutocracy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

…The answer to why powerful people in some other parts of the world face consequences, while in the #US they rarely do, is that #elite #impunity is now an American national project. We might need to reframe “American exceptionalism.” Instead of a New Deal, we have a Great Society for #WhiteCollar #crime, a New Frontier of executive lawbreaking, a No Rich Crook Left Behind. Most of us probably don’t even realize it.

#US #law #accountability #power #plutocracy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

Such erosion of anti- #corruption #law has often been a bipartisan project. In 2016, the #bribery conviction of fmr VA Gov Bob McDonnell for receiving gifts from donors was overturned unanimously by #SCOTUS. Since then, the #JohnRoberts Court has slowly dismantled anti-corruption law. In 2024, it decided in Snyder v. United States that federal law does not bar receiving “gratuities” given after the fact for “official acts.”

#US #accountability #power #plutocracy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

Convenient not just for politicians, but also for justices who enjoy lavish lifestyles funded by #billionaires with interests before #SCOTUS!

The logic of the #JohnRoberts Court’s quest to legalize white-collar #crime led to #Trump v. United States, which decided in 2024 that the president is basically entitled to commit whatever #crimes he wants in the course of his “official duties,”

#US #law #accountability #power #plutocracy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

#Trump has evaded punishment for #crimes both low (campaign-finance violations, for which he was #convicted, though he will serve no time thanks to his 2024 victory) & high (his attempted overthrow of the federal government in the aftermath of his #2020election loss, for which he was spared by #SCOTUS’ decision to grant him a kingly #immunity).

#US #law #accountability #power #plutocracy

Nonilex

@Nonilex@masto.ai · yesterday

This is not just about #Trump; his #impunity is the product of a society that has worked hard to help the #rich & #powerful elude punishment for #criminal behavior.

Gerald #Ford pardoned his predecessor [ #Nixon] in the name of “healing,” but inadvertently set a precedent that executive lawbreaking was no #crime.

#US #law #accountability #power #plutocracy

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ABC Feeds

@abcfeeds@rssfeed.media · 2 days ago

Inside the Cuban shootout that stopped 'armed terrorist infiltration'
By Luke Cooper

Cuban coastguard troops shot dead four people and injured six others they claimed were approaching the country on a speedboat filled with weapons set to be used in an act of terror.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-26/cuba-says-terrorist-infiltration-stopped-by-speedboat-shootout/106391348

#UnrestConflictandWar #Crime #Terrorism #LukeCooper

Inside the Cuban shootout that stopped 'armed terrorist infiltration'

Cuban coastguard troops shot dead four people and injured six others they claimed were approaching the country on a speedboat filled with weapons set to be used in an act of terror.

ABC Feeds

@abcfeeds@rssfeed.media · 2 days ago

Inside the Cuban shootout that stopped 'armed terrorist infiltration'
By Luke Cooper

Cuban coastguard troops shot dead four people and injured six others they claimed were approaching the country on a speedboat filled with weapons set to be used in an act of terror.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-26/cuba-says-terrorist-infiltration-stopped-by-speedboat-shootout/106391348

#UnrestConflictandWar #Crime #Terrorism #LukeCooper

Inside the Cuban shootout that stopped 'armed terrorist infiltration'

Cuban coastguard troops shot dead four people and injured six others they claimed were approaching the country on a speedboat filled with weapons set to be used in an act of terror.

Zhi Zhu 🕸️

@ZhiZhu@newsie.social · 2 days ago

"the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes...

these records must immediately be shared with Congress and the American public. Covering up direct evidence of a potential assault by the President of the United States is the most serious possible crime in this White House cover up.”
- Rep. Robert Garcia
https://oversightdemocrats.house.gov/news/press-releases/ranking-member-robert-garcia-statement-after-department-of-justice-withheld-epstein-files-includes-allegation-president-donald-trump-sexually-abused-a-minor

#DonaldTrump #Trump #Epstein #Crime #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #America

Text from official statement:
Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after it was exposed that the Department of Justice withheld and removed some Epstein files related to allegations that President Donald Trump sexually abused a minor, a violation of both the Oversight Committee’s subpoena and the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

“For the last few weeks, Oversight Democrats have been investigating the FBI’s handling of allegations from 2019 of sexual assault on a minor made against President Donald Trump by a survivor.

“Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes. Oversight Democrats will open a parallel investigation into this.

Under the Oversight Committee’s subpoena and the Epstein Files Transparency Act, these records must immediately be shared with Congress and the American public. Covering up direct evidence of a potential assault by the President of the United States is the most serious possible crime in this White House cover up,” said Ranking Member Robert Garcia — Text from official statement: Washington, D.C. — Today, Rep. Robert Garcia, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, released the following statement after it was exposed that the Department of Justice withheld and removed some Epstein files related to allegations that President Donald Trump sexually abused a minor, a violation of both the Oversight Committee’s subpoena and the Epstein Files Transparency Act. “For the last few weeks, Oversight Democrats have been investigating the FBI’s handling of allegations from 2019 of sexual assault on a minor made against President Donald Trump by a survivor. “Yesterday, I reviewed unredacted evidence logs at the Department of Justice. Oversight Democrats can confirm that the DOJ appears to have illegally withheld FBI interviews with this survivor who accused President Trump of heinous crimes. Oversight Democrats will open a parallel investigation into this. Under the Oversight Committee’s subpoena and the Epstein Files Transparency Act, these records must immediately be shared with Congress and the American public. Covering up direct evidence of a potential assault by the President of the United States is the most serious possible crime in this White House cover up,” said Ranking Member Robert Garcia

Ranking Member Robert Garcia Statement After Department of Justice Withheld Epstein Files, Includes Allegation President Donald Trump Sexually Abused a Minor | The U.S. House Committee on Oversight

The Official U.S. Congressional website of The Democrat Oversight Committee

Dave á Jus

@nek@hear-me.social · 2 days ago

#factCheck
#FactChecking Trump's State of the Union Address

No surprise that it amounted to a lengthy stream of boastful fearmongering lies — about #economy, #jobs & #labor, #inflation, #crime, #immigration, #health & #healthCare, with nothing about the two big issues of our time, the #humanInsecurity from which the regime profits, and the #epsteinFiles which it — particularly the #childRapist face/puppet of the regime — evades.

https://www.factcheck.org/2026/02/factchecking-trumps-state-of-the-union-address/

> In the first State of the Union address of his second term, President Donald Trump proclaimed that "our nation is back, bigger, better, richer and stronger than ever before." But our review of his speech found that he distorted a number of facts about the state of the economy, health care, immigration and other topics.

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OCCRP

@occrp@federated.press · 3 days ago

Europe Files First War Crimes Charges Four Years After Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

https://www.occrp.org/en/news/europe-files-first-war-crimes-charges-four-years-after-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#crime #corruption #news

OCCRP

Europe Files First War Crimes Charges Four Years After Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

European and Ukrainian authorities have filed the first charges in connection with crimes committed during Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, with trial proceedings now under way. UN experts warn the conflict continues to fuel human rights abuses inside occupied areas and within Russia.

OCCRP

@occrp@federated.press · 3 days ago

Europe Files First War Crimes Charges Four Years After Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

https://www.occrp.org/en/news/europe-files-first-war-crimes-charges-four-years-after-full-scale-invasion-of-ukraine?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#crime #corruption #news

OCCRP

Europe Files First War Crimes Charges Four Years After Full-Scale Invasion of Ukraine

Tadonic the Flautulent

@ubuntourist@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

Courtesy of @npr - Justice Department withheld and removed some Epstein files related to Trump
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/24/nx-s1-5723968/epstein-files-trump-accusation-maxwell
#TrumpCrimeFamily #DiddlerInChief #EpsteinFiles #news #DOJ #corruption #crime #MinistryOfTruth #propaganda #censorship

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OCCRP

@occrp@federated.press · 3 days ago

Customs data shows shipments of key components to manufacturers linked to deadly glide-bomb strikes.

https://www.occrp.org/en/news/belarusian-companies-supply-chain-behind-russian-bomb-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#crime #corruption #news

OCCRP

Belarusian Companies Supply Chain Behind Russian Bomb Attacks

Customs data shows shipments of key components to manufacturers linked to deadly glide-bomb strikes.

OCCRP

@occrp@federated.press · 3 days ago

Customs data shows shipments of key components to manufacturers linked to deadly glide-bomb strikes.

https://www.occrp.org/en/news/belarusian-companies-supply-chain-behind-russian-bomb-attacks?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#crime #corruption #news

OCCRP

Belarusian Companies Supply Chain Behind Russian Bomb Attacks

Customs data shows shipments of key components to manufacturers linked to deadly glide-bomb strikes.

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OCCRP

@occrp@federated.press · 4 days ago

Hungary to Veto New EU Russia Sanctions Over Druzhba Oil Transit

https://www.occrp.org/en/news/hungary-to-veto-new-eu-russia-sanctions-over-druzhba-oil-transit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#crime #corruption #news

OCCRP

Hungary to Veto New EU Russia Sanctions Over Druzhba Oil Transit

Hungary says it will block the EU’s planned 20th sanctions package — and other Ukraine-related decisions requiring unanimity — until oil flows to Hungary and Slovakia resume through the Druzhba pipeline, which has been down since late January after reported Russian strikes in western Ukraine.

OCCRP

@occrp@federated.press · 4 days ago

Hungary to Veto New EU Russia Sanctions Over Druzhba Oil Transit

https://www.occrp.org/en/news/hungary-to-veto-new-eu-russia-sanctions-over-druzhba-oil-transit?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

#crime #corruption #news

OCCRP

Hungary to Veto New EU Russia Sanctions Over Druzhba Oil Transit

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Global News Toronto

@gltor_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net · 4 days ago

Another Ontario police force is turning to drones for some 911 calls
Durham Regional Police Service announced last week its pilot project will see remotely-piloted drones being deployed to assist in unknown‑risk or high‑risk calls.
#police #drones #Ontario #Canada #Crime #DurhamPolice
https://globalnews.ca/news/11679726/durham-regional-police-drones/

Global News

Another Ontario police force is turning to drones for some 911 calls

Durham Regional Police Service announced last week its pilot project will see remotely-piloted drones being deployed to assist in unknown‑risk or high‑risk calls.

Global News Toronto

@gltor_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net · 4 days ago

Global News

Another Ontario police force is turning to drones for some 911 calls

Durham Regional Police Service announced last week its pilot project will see remotely-piloted drones being deployed to assist in unknown‑risk or high‑risk calls.

CBC World

@cbcworld_mirror@mastodon.hongkongers.net · 4 days ago

Ex-ambassador Peter Mandelson arrested in U.K. misconduct probe tied to Epstein files
British police have arrested Peter Mandelson, a former U.K. ambassador to the United States, in a misconduct probe stemming from his ties with Jeffrey Epstein.
#crime #politics #UK #UnitedStates
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/uk-peter-mandelson-arrested-jeffrey-epstein-9.7102726?cmp=rss