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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 8h

Comey/Fitzgerald 1 - DOJ/Halligen 0

Fitzgerald gets the judge to issue an order contrary to the DOJ’s claims on a routine discovery matter. They are terrible at this.

Comey asked for a speedy trial because he believes DOJ won’t be ready.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Also, looks like Pat Fitzgerald is already losing his patience with Lindsey Halligan. The feds are holding up a routine discovery order.

"As of the date of this filing, the defense has received one page of discovery."

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...

Mr. Comey asserts that the first set of pretrial motions due on October 20,
2025, which the Court ordered at the arraignment hearing, demands that discovery
be produced on Monday, October 13, 2025. Naturally, at least some of this discovery
will inform the bases for the vindictive and selective prosecution motion that is to be
filed on October 20, 2025. As of the date of this filing, the defense has received one
page of discovery. The government contends that the term “deadline for pretrial
motions” refers to the deadline for the second tranche of pretrial motions, October 30,
2025.
To be able to fully articulate all bases for the first tranche of pretrial motions
including the vindictive and selective nature of this case; to be able to effectively
defend Mr. Comey; and because it is the plain language of the standard discovery
order, Mr. Comey respectfully requests that the Court enter the additional proposed
order making clear that “the deadline for pretrial motions” referenced in the standard
discovery order is the first pretrial motions deadline of October 20, 2025.

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Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 12h

Trump launched the TrumpRX website today.

It has a photo of Trump and an AI-generated family with too many fingers and mangled toes.

TrumpRx Is a Narcissistic, AI-Generated Nightmare

AI art really has become the aesthetic of grifters and fascists.

gizmodo.com

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 12h

Yeah, I flipped the TRO judges in my head. Tried to insert it in a few places. Wishing like crazy for an edit button.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

😭

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

..... and taco trucks on every corner? 🙏 #OhPleaseOhPlease

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 19h

Thune: "If the Democrats had won the majority, they probably would've tried to nuke the filibuster. And then you'd have four new senators from Puerto Rico and DC, you'd have a packed Supreme Court, you'd have abortion on demand ... "

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Django Wexler @djangowexler.bsky.social · 16h

My boss: so how's our fourth quarter looking?

Me, the sales manager at the company that makes inflatable frog suits: well, you're never going to believe this, but

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

My kingdom for an edit button. @support.bsky.team

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Bah. Doing to much too quickly. Always bites me in the ass.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

“Judge Perry, not Ellis”

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Yep, my bad.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Again, this is judge April Perry, not Ellis.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

My bad - this is judge April Perry. Judge Ellis is on the OTHER TRO case - the journalist TRO case. Sorry!

Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 14h

Judge Sara Ellis' opinion in IL v. Trump is an absolute banger:

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

The Court therefore must make a credibility assessment as to which version of the facts
should be believed. While the Court does not doubt that there have been acts of vandalism, civil
disobedience, and even assaults on federal agents, the Court cannot conclude that Defendants’
declarations are reliable. Two of Defendants’ declarations refer to arrests made on September 27,
2025 of individuals who were carrying weapons and assaulting federal agents. See Doc. 62-2 at
19; Doc. 62-4 at 5. But neither declaration discloses that federal grand juries have refused to
return an indictment against at least three of those individuals, which equates to a finding of a
lack of probable cause that any crime occurred. See United States v. Ray Collins and Jocelyne
Robledo, 25-cr-608, Doc. 26 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 7, 2025); United States v. Paul Ivery, 25-cr-609
(N.D. Ill.). In addition to demonstrating a potential lack of candor by these affiants, it also calls
into question their ability to accurately assess the facts. Similar declarations were provided by
these same individuals in Chicago Headline Club et. al. v. Noem, 25-cv-12173, Doc. 35-1, Doc.
35-9 (N.D. Ill.), a case which challenged the Constitutionality of ICE’s response to protestors at
the Broadview ICE Processing Center. In issuing its TRO against DHS Secretary Kristi Noem,
the court in that case found that the plaintiffs would likely be able to show that ICE’s actions
have violated protestors’ First Amendment right to be free from retaliation while engaged in
newsgathering, religious exercise, and protest, and Fourth Amendment rights to be free from
excessive force. Id. at Doc. 43. Although this Court was not asked to make any such finding, it
does note a troubling trend of Defendants’ declarants equating protests with riots and a lack of
appreciation for the wide spectrum that exists between citizens who are observing, questioning,

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Damn, I flipped the judges in the TRO cases. Thanks for the heads up.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Probably trying to figure out how to not turnover Trump’s messages to Bondi.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Alexander Hamilton has entered the chat.

a man in a white vest with gold buttons stands in a dark room

Alt: Lin Manuel-Miranda, portraying Alexander Hamilton, shrugs brown coat over a white shirt and yellow vest in a jaunty manner

media.tenor.com

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Comey's lawyer is a famous and universally respected former US Attorney who has probably supervised thousands of discovery requests in his career. Lindsey Halligan has zero prosecutorial experience and had to bring in backup prosecutors to help.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

The issue here is that the government is required to turn over discovery 5 days before pretrial motions are due under a standard discovery agreement. Halligan's office is saying that's not until 10/30, while Comey is saying that's 10/20.

Not a great start for the prosecution.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Also, looks like Pat Fitzgerald is already losing his patience with Lindsey Halligan. The feds are holding up a routine discovery order.

"As of the date of this filing, the defense has received one page of discovery."

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71459...

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

And if any media outlets need a former lawyer/stringer to cover legal proceedings for them in Chicago, I'm available!

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Exactly my thought when I saw the story.

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Senate Judiciary Democrats 🇺🇸 @judiciarydems.senate.gov · 15h

BREAKING: Sens. DURBIN, DUCKWORTH were just denied entrance to the Broadview ICE Facility in Illinois, unable to conduct constitutional role of oversight.

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

This opinion is clear and concise, and easily readable for laymen. Here's the link again if you want to go through it yourself.

www.courtlistener.com/docket/71559...

memorandum opinion and order – #70 in State of Illinois v. Trump (N.D. Ill., 1:25-cv-12174) – CourtListener.com

OPINION and Order. Signed by the Honorable April M. Perry on 10/10/2025. Mailed notice. (jcc,) (Entered: 10/10/2025)

www.courtlistener.com

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

On ICE's behavior and the public interest:

In contrast, the significance of the public’s interest in having only well-trained law
enforcement officers deployed in their communities and avoiding unnecessary shows of military
force in their neighborhoods cannot be overstated. Chicago’s history of strained policecommunity relations, which has stemmed in part from lack of police training and inappropriate
uses of force, is well-documented

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

Judge Ellis pointing out that Trump sunk his own case re: the 10th Amendment/Posse Comitatus with his batshit social media posts. "The POTUS' promises ... are to be treated with great respect." 🤣

Plaintiffs offer substantial evidence in support of their concerns that the scope and
purpose of the National Guard’s deployment in Illinois could intrude into the general police
powers generally reserved to the states. That evidence primarily consists of President Trump’s
social media posts concerning crime in Chicago. In one post, just about one month before
President Trump authorized the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois, the President
promised: “I will solve the crime problem” in Chicago, “just like I did in DC,” where the
President previously deployed the National Guard. Doc. 13-10 ¶ 59; id. ¶ 44 (similar, in August
2025). President Trump further stated: “Chicago will be safe again, and soon.” Id. The following
day, in a fundraising email, President Trump stated: “I turned our Great Capital into a SAFE
ZONE. There’s virtually no crime. NOW I WANT TO LIBERATE CHICAGO! The Radical
Left Governors and Mayors of crime ridden cities don’t want to stop the radical crime. I wish
they’d just give me a call. I’d gain respect for them. Now hear me: WE’RE GOING TO DO IT
ANYWAY.” Id. ¶ 60.
The President of the United States’s promises on official matters are to be treated with
great respect, particularly those made during his Presidency and respecting specific matters of

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Julie DiCaro @juliedicaro.bsky.social · 13h

And re: 10 USC 12406(3):

""Here, Defendants have made no attempt to rely on the regular forces before resorting to federalization of the National Guard, nor do Defendants argue (nor is there any evidence to suggest) that the President is incapable with the regular forces of executing the laws."

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