Matthew Stiegler
@matthewstiegler.bsky.social
Appellate lawyer, president of Third Circuit Bar Association, former prosecutor, fellow of American Academy of Appellate Lawyers. Boring until fascism.
Views here: just mine.
Views here: just mine.
Can’t be dumber than Bridgegate, thought I.
Wrong, was I.
Wrong, was I.
February 12, 2026 at 3:52 AM
Can’t be dumber than Bridgegate, thought I.
Wrong, was I.
Wrong, was I.
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A Trump loyalist, John Sarcone, was appointed on an interim basis. His tenure expired & a judge found other efforts to install him unlawful. The judges are by statute allowed to appoint a US attorney if there’s a vacancy like this. So they did. Now that guy has been fired.
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I'm confused
February 12, 2026 at 3:24 AM
A Trump loyalist, John Sarcone, was appointed on an interim basis. His tenure expired & a judge found other efforts to install him unlawful. The judges are by statute allowed to appoint a US attorney if there’s a vacancy like this. So they did. Now that guy has been fired.
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"It is the end of liberty if the executive can paralyze Congress by threatening it with prosecution." NR's @andrewcmccarthy.bsky.social finds "impeachable" Trump's "tin-pot dictator-style" move to prosecute the 6 Democrats, and even more his drawing of the armed forces into his abuses of power.
Trump’s Ruinous, Failed Attempt to Indict Congressional Democrats | National Review
An impeachment attempt just got more likely.
www.nationalreview.com
February 12, 2026 at 1:25 AM
A real journalist
February 11, 2026 at 11:39 PM
A real journalist
It is important to remember that the evisceration and degradation of the Department of Justice described today in NYT was enabled by prominent lawyers, Ds and Rs, who assured the country of their firsthand knowledge of Pam Bondi’s fitness to lead DOJ.
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
www.nytimes.com/2026/02/07/u...
Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
www.nytimes.com
February 11, 2026 at 11:23 PM
This is the same Judge Smith I wrote a long twitter thread about back in 2020.
www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/...
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In Praise of the Honorable D. Brooks Smith | National Review
Smith has ‘an unshakeable commitment to judicial independence and the rule of law,’ most recently in his election-law decisions.
www.nationalreview.com
February 11, 2026 at 10:24 PM
This is the same Judge Smith I wrote a long twitter thread about back in 2020.
www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/...
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www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/...
threadreaderapp.com/thread/13327...
The Third Circuit opinion was authored by Judge Smith, and was joined by Judges Shwartz and Freeman.
February 11, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The Third Circuit opinion was authored by Judge Smith, and was joined by Judges Shwartz and Freeman.
Just wait til the folks who want to investigate Bad Bunny get a load of this dude’s day job.
February 11, 2026 at 8:52 PM
Just wait til the folks who want to investigate Bad Bunny get a load of this dude’s day job.
Accepting their money is how I prove how little influence they have over me!
February 11, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Accepting their money is how I prove how little influence they have over me!
This affidavit was much weaker than I suspected. No allegations of intent. No allegations of election theft. No allegations of foreign interference. No allegations that the statute of limitations doesn't apply.
At worst, it alleges human error, during a pandemic, that didn't affect the outcome.
At worst, it alleges human error, during a pandemic, that didn't affect the outcome.
BREAKING: The supporting affidavit for the warrant to search Fulton County election records has been unsealed.
Read it via @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
Read it via @lawfaremedia.org:
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
February 11, 2026 at 8:05 PM
They seemed super cool with presidential approval polling until … recently.
February 11, 2026 at 7:33 PM
They seemed super cool with presidential approval polling until … recently.
It felt to me like a calculation that pretending Bondi was a normal nominee would make them all sound more even-handed and pure.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
How one of Trump's most controversial allies became one of his safest Cabinet picks
Four years ago, Democrats scorned Pam Bondi as a threat to democracy. Now, many Senate Democrats are taking a softer stance towards President-elect Donald Trump's former personal lawyer, who is on a g...
www.politico.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:10 PM
It felt to me like a calculation that pretending Bondi was a normal nominee would make them all sound more even-handed and pure.
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
www.politico.com/news/2025/01...
“You understand that WE don’t prosecute, right Ms. Bondi?”
February 11, 2026 at 6:43 PM
“You understand that WE don’t prosecute, right Ms. Bondi?”
In Fulton County, there had been a mystery as to what the evidence that the magistrate used to find probable cause would it look like. Now there’s a new mystery: how in the world did the magistrate approve this bunch of recycled and discredited allegations to find probable cause?
February 11, 2026 at 6:37 PM