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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 4h

10/9: “'I have found NO credible evidence there is danger of rebellion in Illinois'"
Judge "pointed to the REFUSALS by grand juries (incl. 1 Tues night) TO INDICT protesters accused of assaulting law enforc.,
casts doubt on T REPUB Homeland's “credibility & assessment of what is happening'"
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 4h

10/9/25: "FEDeral Judges are standing firm against the [T REPUB] admin’s OVERreach.
Today U.S. District Judge April M. Perry STOPPED the fed. deployment of 200 National Guard troops from Texas, and another 300 from Illinois, in and around Chicago, Illinois, FOR
two weeks."
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 4h

10/9: "The poll said that 58% of American adults think the Pres. [REPUB Trump] should deploy troops ONLY to areas w/external threats, while 25% disagree.
83% of adults think the military SHOULD remain politically NEUTRAL.
That number includes 93% of DEMS,
AND 78% of REPUBS."
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 4h

10/9:"The Trump admin’s attempt to consolidate power BY claiming a vast conspiracy is trying to undermine gov,
appears to be TOO MUCH for increasing no.s of Americans.
A Reuters/Ipsos poll released 8th showed that Trump’s approval rating FELL after his speech to U.S. top military officials."
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 5h

10/9/25: "'We will fight these BASELESS [T REPUB] charges
aggressively,
and my office will continue to FIERCELY protect New Yorkers & their rights.
And I WILL continue to do my job.'"
DEM NY Atty Gen Letitia James
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 5h

10/9: "'I am a proud woman of faith, and I know that faith and fear cannot share the same space.
And so today I am not fearful, I am fearless, and as my faith teaches me, no weapon formed against me shall prosper.
WE WILL FIGHT these baseless charges aggressively'"
NY Atty James Letitia
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 5h

10/9: "'I stand strongly behind my office’s litigation against the Trump Organization.
We conducted a 2-year investigation based on the FACTS & EVIDENCE—NOT politics.
Judges have UPHELD the trial Court’s finding that Donald Trump, his company & his 2 sons ARE LIABLE FOR FRAUD.'"
NY Atty Gen
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 6h

10/9/25: REPUB pres. Trump's "'decision to fire a [Fed.] U.S. Atty who refused to bring charges against me
& replace them with someone who is blindly loyal, NOT TO THE LAW,
but to the president [Trump]—is ANTIthetical to the bedrock principles of our country.'" NY Atty Gen James
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 6h

10/11/25: "“These charges are BASELESS,
& the pres.’s OWN public statements make CLEAR that his only goal is political retribution, at any cost.
The pres [Trump's] actions are a grave VIOLATION of our Constitutional order,
& have drawn sharp criticism from members of BOTH parties.'" Atty James
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 6h

10/11/25: "Evidence that [NY Atty Gen.] James appears to be able to present, WILL likely contradict the case."
& "It is hard to escape the conclusion that James is being prosecuted SIMPLY BECAUSE, in her function as State atty gen., she enforced the law against the person who is currently Pres."

Opinion | Why a jury may never hear the case against Letitia James

The New York state attorney general was indicted on charges related to alleged mortgage fraud — but the case looks like an unconstitutional selective prosecution.

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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 6h

10/9/25: “'This is nothing more than a continuation of the pres.’s desperate weaponization of our justice system.
[REPUB pres Trump] is forcing FEDeral law enforcement agencies to do his bidding,
all because I did my job as the New York State Attorney General.'"
DEM Atty Letitia James
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 6h

10/9/25: "The coming [LEGAL] challenge to remove [T REPUB atty] Halligan from the case,
is just 1 in a wave of recent criminal defense lawyers around U.S. calling into question Trump’s use of top prosecutors who haveN'T been CONFIRMED by US Senate.
Some of those challenges have been successful."

Comey’s challenge of Lindsey Halligan is the latest bid to derail Trump’s top prosecutors | CNN Politics

Before FBI Director James Comey heads to trial in January over charges of lying to Congress, his team plans to put the prosecutors — and specifically President Donald Trump’s handpicked interim US Att...

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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 6h

10/9/25: Former FBI Director, from 2013 thru being FIRED by Trump in 2017, under Trump 1, REPUB atty James] Comey’s lawyers will be challenging the charges as vindictive & selective prosecution.
They will ALSO be challenging [T REPUB Lindsey] Halligan’s appt. as U.S. attorney as “UNlawful.'"
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 6h

10/8/25: www.nytimes.com/live/2025/10...

Comey Pleads Not Guilty and Will Seek to Dismiss Charges as Vindictive

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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 6h

10/9/25: "The former FBI Dir. [Trump enemy REPUB Comey] appeared at his arraignment in fed. Court in Alexandria, Virginia, yesterday.
He pleaded NOT guilty & asked for a jury trial.
Comey’s lawyers told the Judge they will be challenging the charges as vindictive & selective prosecution."
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 7h

10/9/25: On 9/20, REPUB pres Trump "posted on social media a message for Atty Gen. Pam Biondi DEMANDING [Fed. Dept of Justice/DOJ] prosecution, of [his enemies]: [REPUB FBI/atty] Comey, [DEM atty] James, AND [DEM atty &] Senator Adam Schiff (D-CA)."
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 7h

10/9: "Trump has been perverting [DOJ] to protect his [REPUB] loyalists AND persecute his perceived enemies.
On 9/20, Trump posted on social media a message apparently intended PRIVATELY for Attorney General Pam Bondi—such a communication is a violation of the Pres. Records Act, by the way"
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 1d

10/9/25: "The U.S. Department of Justice [DOJ] is supposed to be NONpartisan [NONpolitical],
and it certainly is NOT supposed to be an arm of presidential lawfare.
Nonetheless, [REPUB pres] Trump has been perverting it to protect his [REPUB] loyalists,
AND persecute his perceived enemies."
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 1d

10/9:"Trump bears a grudge against Atty Comey for his pursuit of an investig. into relationship between members of Trump’s 2016 campaign AND Russian operatives-a relationship 2 subsequent investig.s PROVED.
He bears a grudge against Atty James for successfully suing Trump Organiz. for fraud."
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 1d

10/9/25: "[Fed Atty] Seibert RESIGNED in the face of Trump’s fury at his decision [to not indict],
& Trump replaced him with Halligan, a former aide & Trump’s personal lawyer.
It is not clear that Halligan holds her position legally, but she has now delivered the indictments Trump demanded."
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 1d

10/9/25: "The previous U.S. attorney there, [REPUB] Erik Seibert, REFUSED to take, EITHER the James case, OR a case against former FBI director James Comey, for allegedly lying to Congress,
TO a grand jury for an indictment,
believing there was NOT enough EVIDENCE to convict."
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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 1d

10/9/25: "Today Trump [REPUB atty] appointee Lindsey Halligan, did what Pres. Trump placed her at the position of U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia to do:
deliver an indictment of [DEM] New York attorney general Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud [even with NO proofs]."

October 9, 2025

Today Trump appointee Lindsey Halligan did what President Donald J.

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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 1d

10/10/25: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stephen Miller is the most dangerous man in the Trump administration | Judith Levine

In the White House deputy chief of staff, we see that Maga will not simply end with Trump. We must keep our eyes on Miller

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Kathleen S. Pearce, Atty @attyksolnerpearce.bsky.social · 1d

10/10/25: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Inside tech billionaire Peter Thiel’s off-the-record lectures about the antichrist

The political svengali and investor has been giving lectures on ‘an evil king or tyrant … who appears in the end times’

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