A Subpoena for the White House? -- Joyce Vance

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https://joycevance.substack.com/p/a-subpoena-for-the-white-house

Way too much clipped - please read her post.

On April 16, I wrote to you about a hearing in the Kilmar Abrego Garcia case, which is before U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis in Maryland. At that time, she characterized the steps the government had taken to facilitate his return to the U.S. following the Supreme Court’s direction they must do by saying, “The record reflects defendants have done nothing at all.” As we discussed that evening, she ordered expedited discover including that “Abrego Garcia’s lawyers can also take depositions of four specified government officials and two players to be named based on what they learn in discovery.”

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Of course, Donald Trump has already publicly stated in an ABC interview that he “could” secure Abrego Garcia’s return.

“You could get him back. There's a phone on this desk,” ABC’s Terry Moran told Trump, pointing at the phone on his desk in the Oval Office.

“I could,” Trump said rather proudly.

“You could pick it up, and with all—” Moran began to say before Trump cut him off.

“I could.”

That’s evidence. Evidence the government could have complied with the Supreme Court’s 9-0 decision ordering it to facilitate return but deliberately refused to. Trump concluded that “if he [Abrego Garcia] were the gentleman that you say he is, I would do that [call and ask for his return],” yet again entirely missing the point that this has nothing to do with Abrego Garcia’s character. It is about his right—and by extension all of our rights—to receive due process before the government takes action against us. That’s what’s at stake here and the stakes are high.

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