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The Federal Trade Commission has just announced that it will issue special orders to Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Microsoft in order to probe the purpose of acquisitions they made between January 2010 and December 31, 2019 The Federal Trade Commission issued Special Orders to five large technology firms, requiring them to provide information about prior acquisitions not reported to the antitrust agencies under the Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) Act. The orders require Alphabet Inc. (including Google), Amazon.com, Inc., Apple Inc., Facebook, Inc., and Microsoft Corp. to provide information and documents on the terms, scope, structure, and purpose of transactions that each company consummated between Jan. 1, 2010 and Dec. 31, 2019.
The Commission issued these orders under Section 6(b) of the FTC Act, which authorizes the Commission to conduct wide-ranging studies that do not have a specific law enforcement purpose. The orders will help the FTC deepen its understanding of large technology firms’ acquisition activity, including how these firms report their transactions to the federal antitrust agencies, and whether large tech companies are making potentially anticompetitive acquisitions of nascent or potential competitors that fall below HSR filing thresholds and therefore do not need to be reported to the antitrust agencies. “Digital technology companies are a big part of the economy and our daily lives,” said FTC Chairman Joe Simons. “This initiative will enable the Commission to take a closer look at acquisitions in this important sector, and also to evaluate whether the federal agencies are getting adequate notice of transactions that might harm competition. This will help us continue to keep tech markets open and competitive, for the benefit of consumers.” The Special Orders require each recipient to identify acquisitions that were not reported to the FTC and the U.S. Department of Justice under the HSR Act, and to provide information similar to that requested on the HSR notification and report form. The orders also require companies to provide information and documents on their corporate acquisition strategies, voting and board appointment agreements, agreements to hire key personnel from other companies, and post-employment covenants not to compete. Last, the orders ask for information related to post-acquisition product development and pricing, including whether and how acquired assets were integrated and how acquired data has been treated. The Commission plans to use the information obtained in this study to examine trends in acquisitions and the structure of deals, including whether acquisitions not subject to HSR notification might have raised competitive concerns, and the nature and extent of other agreements that may restrict competition. The Commission also seeks to learn more about how small firms perform after they are acquired by large technology firms. These and related issues were discussed during several sessions of the FTC’s 2018 Hearings on Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century, and this study is part of the follow-up from those Hearings. The FTC has a statutory right under the HSR Act to review acquisitions and mergers over a certain size before they are consummated, and the study will help the Commission consider whether additional transactions should be subject to premerger notification requirements. The orders will also contribute broadly to the FTC’s understanding of technology markets, and thereby support the FTC’s program of vigorous and effective enforcement to promote competition and protect consumers in digital markets. The Commission vote to approve issuing the Special Orders was 5-0. Commissioners Christine S. Wilson and Rohit Chopra issued a joint statement. Looks like stocks of all companies named are down with facebook taking the biggest hit |
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That makes the most sense of all the theories I've seen so far. There has been long range planning all through the events of Trump's term. I would even go so far that Pence knew he would be the VP pick before Donald Trump came down that escalator. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Quoted: IMHO Pence played a role on behalf of POTUS, Ryan fell into the trap set for him. Ryan may be the first charged, IMHO. Who else remembers the rumors and tweets that started up after that regarding Pence (who won't be in a room w/ females without his wife or other chaperone) being a pedophile? Was that payback started from Ryan for Pence sticking with POTUS? Was Ryan ultimately planning to start that rumor to get rid of Pence too, even if Ryan's devious plan had worked? He then could have named his own VP. Wouldn't put it past Ryan as he turned out to be a snake. |
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I didn't understand what message was being conveyed here. I'm posting this in case I'm not the only one. It seems these are statistics from the group attending the trump rally in NH. Good news!! Thanks View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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https://i.imgur.com/nGDGoEM.png I didn't understand what message was being conveyed here. I'm posting this in case I'm not the only one. It seems these are statistics from the group attending the trump rally in NH. Good news!! Thanks See who is attending It’s showing he is drawing a lot of registered democrat interest. Not just Rs. Also getting a lot of people who never voted before (the disenfranchised etc) to finally get out and vote. Presumably for trump. |
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Quoted: I may be wrong, but charging ANYONE now [unless the crime is apparent to both sides] would be a mistake to prepping of the re-Election Battlespace. It would create so many distractions that it would approach a strategic-suicide. I don't expect much of anything until Trump is re-elected, hopefully. Folks need to analyze without engaging gratification emotions. Yet the learning process is a long one. View Quote 1. If the Ryan email chain is legit, was it illegal according to the letter of the law? I know Ds+GOPe were freakin’ out that Trump might mess up their diamond encrusted play pen, but was it an illegal act? 2. If Ryan were to get perp walked (1st), don’t you think it would give the stealth never-Trumpers the final impetus necessary to impeach and remove (fast enough to make you head spin)? The last thing Trump needs is a bi-partisan attack against him. Remember.... It was reported that if a secret impeachment vote were possible, Trump would already to gone. |
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Odd, as DOJ prosecutor Brandon Van Grack no longer showed up on the latest filing in the Gen Mike Flynn case (but he had been involved from the start, IIRC), LOL. Almost like a plan is coming together in real life. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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Two things: 1. If the Ryan email chain is legit, was it illegal according to the letter of the law? I know Ds+GOPe were freakin’ out that Trump might mess up their diamond encrusted play pen, but was it an illegal act? 2. If Ryan were to get perp walked 1st), don’t you think it would give the stealth never-Trumpers the final impetus necessary to impeach and remove (fast enough to make you head spin)? The last thing Trump needs is a bi-partisan attack against him. Remember.... It was reported that if a secret impeachment vote were possible, Trump would already to gone. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
Quoted: I may be wrong, but charging ANYONE now [unless the crime is apparent to both sides] would be a mistake to prepping of the re-Election Battlespace. It would create so many distractions that it would approach a strategic-suicide. I don't expect much of anything until Trump is re-elected, hopefully. Folks need to analyze without engaging gratification emotions. Yet the learning process is a long one. 1. If the Ryan email chain is legit, was it illegal according to the letter of the law? I know Ds+GOPe were freakin’ out that Trump might mess up their diamond encrusted play pen, but was it an illegal act? 2. If Ryan were to get perp walked 1st), don’t you think it would give the stealth never-Trumpers the final impetus necessary to impeach and remove (fast enough to make you head spin)? The last thing Trump needs is a bi-partisan attack against him. Remember.... It was reported that if a secret impeachment vote were possible, Trump would already to gone. I have no idea who will be perp walked first. Speculating and theorizing is fun but a waste of time. What will happen will happen. Nothing can stop it. Remember...it was reported by fake news media that if a secret vote could be possible Trump would be gone. Don't trust the fake news media on this. Propaganda like all else they spread. Why believe that news story? |
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https://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2020/02/11/us-attorney-scott-brady-giuliani-biden/
Report: U.S. Attorney In Pittsburgh Vetting Rudy Giuliani Documents On Biden Family PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The U.S. Attorney in Pittsburgh reportedly will be vetting information from Rudy Giuliani about the Biden family.
According to the Washington Post, Scott Brady, United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania, will reportedly vet information that Rudy Giuliani has gathered from Ukrainian sources about former Vice President Joe Biden and his family. Giuliani claims to have damaging information about the Bidens. It is unclear why Brady and his team have been chosen for this role. View Quote https://www.justice.gov/usao-wdpa/meet-us-attorney From DOJ profile above: Scott W. Brady is the United States Attorney for the Western District of Pennsylvania. He was appointed by President Donald Trump on September 18, 2017, and confirmed by the United States Senate on December 14, 2017. As United States Attorney, Mr. Brady oversees the prosecution of all federal crimes, and the litigation of civil matters in which the federal government has an interest, throughout the twenty-five counties in Western Pennsylvania.
Scott is an 8th generation western Pennsylvanian. While his family has lived in Allegheny County since the French and Indian War, Scott grew up in Greenville, a small, blue-collar, steel town in Mercer County, where he learned the value of hard work and the importance of family and public service. Scott worked at an iron foundry to pay his way through Harvard, and upon graduation, worked for faith-based relief and development organizations for seven years, including four in Europe, the Middle East and Central Asia, focusing on post-conflict emergency relief work with refugees. ??Following law school at Penn State, Scott worked as a litigator specializing in white collar crime and internal investigations for Reed Smith and Jones Day, and was Judge Thomas Hardiman’s first clerk following his appointment to the U.S. District Court by President Bush. During the Bush Administration, Scott worked for six years as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Western District of Pennsylvania, where he served in the Anti-Terrorism, Violent Crime and White Collar Crime sections. During his tenure, he led the prosecutions of hundreds of cases and was involved in some of the office’s highest profile white collar and narcotics cases. Scott most recently served as the Head of Litigation for Federated Investors in Pittsburgh, where he oversaw all domestic and international litigation and internal investigations involving Federated. Scott served an Adjunct Professor teaching constitutional law at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law, sat on the boards of several community and faith-based non-profits, and served as an Elder in a local Presbyterian church. View Quote He also recommended sought out death penalty for the Tree of Life Synagogue shooter. |
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Government prosecutor Joycelyn Ballantine filed an unexpected motion Sunday in the case against Michael Flynnfor the express purpose of seeking to protect Flynn’s former defense team.
Yes, it’s true and in the prosecutor’s own words: Government prosecutors said in their filing they want “to make certain and clear that counsel [Covington & Burling] may take the necessary steps to vindicate their public reputation by addressing and defending against the defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel, and equally to vindicate the integrity of this Court’s previous proceedings, the government asks this court to issue the attached proposed order.” View Quote |
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Over 300 pages of Rosenstein emails released by Judicial Watch. There is some interesting things going on there. Would be great to pull up a timeline of events and match the emails up to the news. Ill update this post below with a couple head scratchers
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/judicial-watch-rod-rosensteins-communications-with-eric-holder-john-huber-other-senior-obama-officials-and-the-media/ No particular rhyme or reason to below, just a few standing out Attached File Attached File Attached File : Attached File Attached File |
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He would have the intel. The transactions were made as part of a prearranged 10b5-1 trading plan, according to the filings. Representatives from Amazon weren’t immediately available to comment on the latest sale. |
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It’s up to three resignations now. Insane rationalizations by the leftists.
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Trump just had a short presser but I missed it. I head him talking about Schifty, Biden and other things but that's it.
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This might be the reason for 2 of the withdrawals:
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IIRC, those Ryan emails came about during the "grab them by the pussy" days. You all may be quite correct about the TRUMP & Pence trap, but Ryan saw it as his opportunity to get rid of Trump and ultimately Pence too. IOW, 2 competing plans met in the middle with the righteous favorites winning that round, as they have all subsequent fights as well. Did we ever find out for sure who released the Billy Bush/Trump tape? Who else remembers the rumors and tweets that started up after that regarding Pence (who won't be in a room w/ females without his wife or other chaperone) being a pedophile? Was that payback started from Ryan for Pence sticking with POTUS? Was Ryan ultimately planning to start that rumor to get rid of Pence too, even if Ryan's devious plan had worked? He then could have named his own VP. Wouldn't put it past Ryan as he turned out to be a snake. View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted:
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In other news...
Four Texans, One New Yorker Arrested for Conspiracy to Sell Sanctioned Iranian Oil to Refinery in China for Huge Profit he Department of Justice today announced that the following defendants were arrested and charged by Complaint on charges of conspiracy and violating the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) based on their attempt to transact in sanctioned Iranian oil:
Nicholas Hovan, 33, of New York, NY; Zhenyu Wang, a/k/a “Bill Wang,” 39, of Dallas, TX; Robert Thwaites, 30, of Dallas, TX; Nicholas James Fuchs, 26, of Dallas, TX; and Daniel Ray Lane, 38, of McKinney, TX. The defendants are each charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of violating IEEPA, based on allegations that from July 2019 to February 2020 they conspired in Philadelphia and elsewhere to arrange for the purchase of oil from the Islamic Republic of Iran, in violation of United States economic sanctions imposed on Iran, for sale to a refinery in China. The Complaint alleges that defendants Nicholas Hovan, James Fuchs, Robert Thwaites, and Daniel Ray Lane arranged to purchase the oil and sell it to a refinery in China represented by defendant Zhenyu Wang, a/k/a “Bill Wang.” According to the Complaint, defendant Lane offered to further the conspiracy by laundering money through his company, STACK Royalties. The charges further allege that the defendants agreed to use a Polish shell corporation as a straw seller of the illicit oil, and that they planned two shipments of oil per month going forward, all for great profit. In addition, the charges allege that defendants Fuchs and Thwaites agreed to apply for foreign passports in order to set up offshore accounts that would not be reported to U.S. authorities. “With the goal of illegally enriching themselves, the defendants conspired for over eight months to devise a scheme to violate U.S. sanctions imposed on Iran, particularly the ban on foreign oil sales,” said Assistant Attorney General for National Security John C. Demers. “The sale of oil is the lifeblood of the Iranian economy. At the same time the United States was increasing its sanctions in order to pressure Iran to stop its malign activities, these defendants put greed ahead of country. I commend the efforts of the agents and prosecutors who investigated and uncovered this brazen evasion of U.S. law.” “The defendants in this case allegedly committed serious federal crimes that flew in direct contradiction to the United States’ national security interests,” said U.S. Attorney McSwain for the Eastern District of Pennsylvannia. “By devising a scheme to purchase oil from Iran, conceal its origins via a refinery in China and make tremendous profits, the defendants were also directly financially benefitting the nation of Iran in its quest to become a nuclear power, thus jeopardizing the safety and security of the United States and our allies. These five defendants will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law in order to send the message that this type of subversion of U.S. policy and law will not be tolerated.” If convicted, the defendants each face a maximum possible sentence of 25 years’ incarceration, as well as a maximum possible fine of $1.25 million. The case was investigated by the FBI and is being prosecuted by Assistant United States Attorney Michael Rinaldi and First Assistant United States Attorney Jennifer Arbittier Williams, in partnership with Trial Attorney David Recker of the Department of Justice’s National Security Division, Counterintelligence and Export Control Section. An indictment, information, or criminal complaint is an accusation. A defendant is presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty. |
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Justice Department Sues State of New Jersey, New Jersey Governor, and New Jersey Attorney General for Prohibiting State Officials From Sharing Information With U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Monday, February 10, 2020
Today, the U.S. Department of Justice filed suit against the State of New Jersey, New Jersey Governor Philip Murphy, and New Jersey Attorney General Gurbir Grewal. The lawsuit challenges New Jersey Attorney General Law Enforcement Directive 2018-6, which prohibits state officials from sharing information with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) related to the immigration status and release dates of individuals in their custody. The directive also requires New Jersey law enforcement to “promptly notify a detained individual, in writing and in a language the individual can understand” if ICE files an immigration detainer request for the individual. According to the complaint filed today, on multiple occasions last year, New Jersey officials failed to provide information regarding the release dates of aliens who had been charged with or convicted of crimes. New Jersey’s decision to obstruct federal immigration enforcement by refusing to provide such information is unlawful under the Supremacy Clause of the U.S. Constitution. A copy of the complaint is available here. |
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See spoiler for Barr's prepared remarks.
Attorney General William P. Barr Delivers Remarks at the National Sheriffs’ Association Winter Legislative and Technology Conference Washington, DC ~ Monday, February 10, 2020 Remarks as Prepared for Delivery Click To View Spoiler Thank you, Sheriff Hall, for that kind introduction. And thank you to the National Sheriffs’ Association for inviting me to your conference. We are grateful for the work that you all do every single day to keep our communities safe.
The highest priority of the Department of Justice — and I know it is your highest priority as well — is the safety of the American people. That is our charge, and we are fully committed to meeting it. The very first duty of government is to protect the safety of its citizens. At the top of our list is continuing – indeed, escalating – our efforts to combat violent crime. As you all know, the way we accomplish this is in a partnership, shoulder to shoulder with the nation’s sheriffs and other state and local law enforcement agencies. Through our Joint Task Forces and such initiatives as our newly-inaugurated, nationwide Project Guardian – targeting violent gun offenders – we are continuing to reduce the level of violent crime. I am committed to pressing this joint work forward. I also want you to know that this administration is doing everything we can to support local law enforcement. Just last month, we implemented President Trump’s Executive Order directing us to establish the Presidential Commission on Law Enforcement and the Administration of Justice. This is the first commission on law enforcement since President Lyndon Johnson’s Commission in 1965, and I think we can all agree that it is long overdue. The nature of crime and the challenges facing our heroic police officers have changed dramatically since the 1960s, and I look forward to our Commission studying those challenges and developing strategies to combat them. These efforts are important because, as everyone in this room knows, few callings are more essential to the strength and prosperity of our nation than that of law enforcement. It is the rule of law that is fundamental to ensuring both freedom and security, and it is our more than 900,000 men and women on the beat who, every single day, uphold the rule of law. I have said it many times: there is no calling in America more noble than serving as a police officer. At the same time, law enforcement faces more and greater challenges than ever before. Just last weekend, someone shot two New York police officers less than 12 hours apart in what appear to be premediated assassination attempts. These attacks are heinous. They are horrifying. And they come against a backdrop of cynicism and disrespect toward law enforcement that has propelled a cycle of violence and distrust between police officers and the communities they serve. This is a very disturbing trend. Without trust between the public and the police, all of us will be less safe. It is therefore incumbent on everyone to work together to reverse this trend. We must all work tirelessly to ensure that the public has confidence in the police who protect them, and that our police officers understand how much we value their dedicated public service. Nor are these the only challenges police officers face today. In addition to the changing nature of crime and the rise of anti-police sentiments in some communities, our officers must confront a wave of social problems, such as homelessness, drug addiction, and mental illness – problems that demand solutions beyond their authority and expertise. It puts tremendous strain on men and women in law enforcement when we ask them to do the work of social workers at the same time that they are charged with protecting the public from dangerous criminals. Another aspect of the crime problem in this country, and one I will focus on this evening, is the challenge presented by criminal aliens. These are individuals who enter our country – frequently illegally – and then proceed to commit crimes. While there is no current data on the number of criminal aliens in our country — a deficit partly attributable to the local policies I will discuss this evening — the Obama Administration estimated in 2012 that there were nearly two million removable criminal aliens in the United States. Assuming that estimate was accurate, the numbers are likely even higher today despite the Trump Administration’s consistent and concerted efforts to find and deport this criminal population. For many decades, under both Republican and Democratic administrations, the priority for immigration enforcement has been identifying these criminal aliens and deporting them from the country as soon as they are eligible for release by state and local authorities. Those efforts are a vital part of how we keep our country safe. Immigration enforcement is an essential part of law enforcement. Unfortunately, in various jurisdictions, so-called "progressive" politicians are jeopardizing the public’s safety by putting the interests of criminal aliens before those of law-abiding citizens. They have put in place policies and laws designed to thwart the ability of federal officers to take custody of these criminals and thereby help them escape back into the community. They often proudly brand their jurisdictions as “sanctuaries,” and package their obstructive policies in idealistic and misleading rhetoric about “protecting the immigrant community.” Under President Trump’s leadership, we have taken concrete steps to combat the dangerous and unlawful policies of so-called “sanctuary” jurisdictions. This evening, I will be announcing a set of additional actions that the Department of Justice is taking to protect the American people by ensuring the proper and lawful functioning of our nation’s federal immigration system. Let us state the reality upfront and as clearly as possible: When we are talking about sanctuary cities, we are talking about policies that are designed to allow criminal aliens to escape. These policies are not about people who came to our country illegally but have otherwise been peaceful and productive members of society. Their express purpose is to shelter aliens whom local law enforcement has already arrested for other crimes. This is neither lawful nor sensible. It is not lawful because the Constitution vests the federal government with the sole authority to make and enforce immigration law. For decades, Congress enacted immigration laws authorizing the removal of aliens in the United States who commit certain crimes. Those laws have been passed by members of both political parties and signed by presidents of both political parties. For example, in 1996, President Clinton signed into law a federal statute that prohibits restricting information sharing about aliens. Despite this long bipartisan record, some state and local politicians have developed schemes to prevent DHS both from accessing critical information about criminal aliens and taking physical custody of criminal aliens. But that is not the proper role of local governments. The Founding Fathers carefully divided responsibility and power between the federal government and the state governments. The “Supremacy Clause” in Article VI of the Constitution provides that the “Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof… shall be the supreme law of the land.” This Clause is a vital part of our constitutional order. Enforcing a country’s immigration laws is an essential function of the national government. And no national government can enforce those laws properly if state and local governments are getting in the way. While federal law does not require that “sanctuary jurisdictions” actively assist with federal immigration enforcement, it does prohibit them from interfering with our enforcement efforts. In addition to not being lawful, these policies are not sensible. Innocent people are routinely threatened and hurt by illegal aliens whom local jurisdictions have set free in the face of federal immigration detainers. Each of you, your colleagues, and other law-enforcement officials in the field are being put in harm’s way by these ideologically driven policies. And tragically, it is often the very immigrant communities that these policies are marketed as protecting who are disproportionately harmed — when criminal aliens are returned to the streets rather than removed from the country as federal law requires. While there are many examples of the real-world damage these policies inflict, here are two stories that illustrate this terrible problem: In November, ICE filed a detainer for an alien who was arrested for assaulting his own father. The local police in New York City that had the alien in custody ignored the detainer. So the alien was released onto the streets, and last month, he allegedly raped and killed 92-year-old Maria Fuertes, affectionately known as “abuelita,” a fixture of her Queens neighborhood. In October 2017, DHS identified a convicted criminal alien with four prior removals at a city jail in Washington State. DHS filed a detainer. Subsequently, the alien fought with jail staff and was taken to a local medical center for treatment. But after receiving treatment, local officials released the alien in violation of the detainer. In January 2018, the alien was arrested and booked for murdering and dismembering his cousin. As everyone in this room knows, whenever a criminal is wrongly released, the lives of your officers are unnecessarily put in danger. Consider what happened in Athens-Clarke County, Georgia. There, an alien attempted to hit an officer with his car after he was released on bond and his detainer was not honored. And this individual’s original arrest was not for petty offenses. He had five outstanding warrants for a range of charges, including kidnapping and false imprisonment. The reality is that sanctuary policies increase the already serious dangers facing police officers by putting criminals back on the streets rather than transferring those criminals to federal immigration authorities for deportation in compliance with federal law. These policies are textbook examples of misguided ideology triumphing over commonsense law enforcement. And it is the public and our police who pay the price. Nor has this trend abated. To the contrary, politicians in sanctuary jurisdictions have become even more aggressive in their attempts to interfere with federal immigration law, going beyond their refusal to share information and facilitate jail transfers. King County, Washington — the County that includes Seattle — will no longer allow DHS to use the King County International Airport to deport aliens who have been ordered to leave the United States. The State of California, in an attempt to forbid the detention of aliens anywhere in its territory, recently enacted a law that prohibits the operation of private detention facilities – a blatant attempt by the State to prohibit DHS from detaining aliens, and to interfere with the ability of the Bureau of Prisons and the U.S. Marshals Service to manage federal detainees and prisoners. The State of New York recently enacted laws that seek to restrict DHS from accessing certain information about individuals who have applied for drivers’ licenses. The New York City Human Rights Commission has recently issued enforcement guidance stating that the “use of certain language, including ‘illegal alien’ and ‘illegals,’ with the intent to demean, humiliate, or offend a person or persons constitutes discrimination.” These efforts are unlawful. States may not regulate the presence of aliens in the United States in a way that obstructs Congress’s regulation of aliens. Congress has decided that aliens who have no lawful right to be here should be removed, subject to certain processes and hearings. That is particularly true for aliens who have committed crimes in the United States. State and local governments may not stand in the way of that vital federal mission. To be clear, while states cannot interfere with federal law enforcement, they are certainly permitted to assist the federal government with the fulfillment of federal law. We strongly encourage local law enforcement officials like the people gathered here this evening to assist us and I know that many of the brave men and women in this room do just that — working side-by-side with DHS every single day, whether through a 287(g) partnership with DHS or otherwise. But when state and local governments try to obstruct rather than assist federal law enforcement, we are not taking those efforts lying down. Under President Trump, the Department of Justice has challenged the dangerous policies of self-proclaimed sanctuary jurisdictions on a variety of fronts: The department sued the State of California to enjoin numerous state laws that attempted to frustrate federal immigration enforcement. We prevailed on several of our claims in the lower courts, and we are hopeful that the Supreme Court will grant our request to review the remaining issues and side with us against California’s obstructionist policies. About two weeks ago, we filed a complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against the State of California for its new law that, as I just mentioned, prohibits the federal government from detaining individuals in private detention facilities. California has every right to decide how it wants to manage its own prisoners and detainees, but it has no authority to dictate to the federal government how it conducts federal operations. We have filed legal briefs in dozens of cases at the federal, state, and local levels to defend the lawful authority of our state and local law enforcement partners to work with DHS. We filed the most recent of these briefs about two weeks ago to support a case involving Sheriff Robert A. Nolan of Cape May County, New Jersey. We have prioritized our discretionary grant programs to give preference to jurisdictions that cooperate with federal immigration enforcement efforts, and the Ninth Circuit has upheld our lawful authority to do so. We are continuing to fight for our authority to condition certain formula grants upon compliance with all applicable federal laws, including statutes prohibiting states from enacting laws and policies that restrict information sharing with the federal government. And we have made clear to various jurisdictions that public areas of public facilities, like courthouses in states across the country, must be accessible to federal law enforcement officers. This evening, I am announcing further actions the Department of Justice will take to protect the American people and allow for the proper and lawful functioning of our nation’s federal immigration system: The department is filing a complaint against the State of New Jersey seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against its laws that forbid state and local law enforcement from sharing vital information about criminal aliens with DHS. We are filing a complaint seeking declaratory and injunctive relief against King County, Washington, for the policy I mentioned a moment ago that forbids DHS from deporting aliens from the United States using King County International Airport. Further, we are reviewing the practices, policies, and laws of other jurisdictions across the country. This includes assessing whether jurisdictions are complying with our criminal laws, in particular the criminal statute that prohibits the harboring or shielding of aliens in the United States. We are robustly supporting DHS in its effort to use all lawful means to obtain the information it needs to carry out its mission. That includes the use of federal subpoenas to access information about criminal aliens in the custody of uncooperative jurisdictions. We have taken and will take all appropriate action in federal court to ensure compliance with these federal subpoenas. Last but not least, we are meticulously reviewing the actions of certain district attorneys who have adopted policies of charging foreign nationals with lesser offenses for the express purpose of avoiding the federal immigration consequences of those nationals’ criminal conduct. In pursuing their personal ambitions and misguided notions of equal justice, these district attorneys are systematically violating the rule of law and may even be unlawfully discriminating against American citizens. Today is a significant escalation in the federal government’s efforts to confront the resistance of “sanctuary cities.” But by no means do the efforts outlined above signify the culmination of our fight to ensure the rule of law, to defend the Constitution, and to keep Americans safe. We will consider taking action against any jurisdiction that, or any politician who, unlawfully obstructs the federal enforcement of immigration law. |
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