The Trump Cabinet and key post thread (3 Viewers)

[superchuck500]

Surely to be a clown show. We know that RFK certainly thinks he’s getting nominated for HHS, which includes FDA.

 

[MT15]

Senate Confirmations Slow to a Crawl

The process takes almost three times as long as it did during the Reagan administration As President Donald Trump plans to enter the White House for the second time, a major responsibility will be to fill the more than 1,300 political appointee positions that require Senate confirmation. As...

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The senate snail pace.

Yet the Bove nomination is moving at lightning speed. Huh. Quite the contradiction. The people in power behind Trump know that Habba is an incompetent fool. But Bove provides them a willing tool to dismantle our system of checks and balances. Our system of laws.

 

[cuddlemonkey]

The judges did have the option of extending Habba’s role until the senate vote.

28 U.S. Code § 546 - Vacancies​

• U.S. Code

(a)
Except as provided in subsection (b), the Attorney General may appoint a United States attorney for the district in which the office of United States attorney is vacant.
(b)
The Attorney General shall not appoint as United States attorney a person to whose appointment by the President to that office the Senate refused to give advice and consent.
(c)A person appointed as United States attorney under this section may serve until the earlier of—
(1)
the qualification of a United States attorney for such district appointed by the President under section 541 of this title; or
(2)
the expiration of 120 days after appointment by the Attorney General under this section.
(d)
If an appointment expires under subsection (c)(2), the district court for such district may appoint a United States attorney to serve until the vacancy is filled. The order of appointment by the court shall be filed with the clerk of the court.

So what you are saying is that the judges followed the law and Pam Bondi subverted the law in order to nullify the judges' legal obligations. Sounds like Bondi is a radical activist and should be decried as such. Wanna join me in calling for her immediate termination?

 

[Sendai]

So what you are saying is that the judges followed the law and Pam Bondi subverted the law in order to nullify the judges' legal obligations. Sounds like Bondi is a radical activist and should be decried as such. Wanna join me in calling for her immediate termination?

I’m saying they could have extended Habba’s term and waited for the Senate to vote on confirmation. Instead they have a pissing contest.

 

[MT15]

I’m saying they could have extended Habba’s term and waited for the Senate to vote on confirmation. Instead they have a pissing contest.

This is the take of someone who thinks Habba is qualified for her position. Is that your take?

Also, to characterize the judges’ following the law as written, and Bondi trying to skirt the legal appointment by the judges as a “pissing contest” is seriously partisan. Like unbelievably so.

This is just one more case where you are siding with Trump admin circumventing the law and showing contempt for our legal process.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

I’m saying they could have extended Habba’s term and waited for the Senate to vote on confirmation. Instead they have a pissing contest.

You say this while ignoring this administration's obvious attempt to, ONCE AGAIN, circumvent our democratic procedures. The GOP has repeatedly employed the tactic of appointing interim officials with questionable qualifications during both of this President's term and yet, you question a Judge that is upholding the law while performing their Article III duties?

 

[Sendai]

You say this while ignoring this administration's obvious attempt to, ONCE AGAIN, circumvent our democratic procedures. The GOP has repeatedly employed the tactic of appointing interim officials with questionable qualifications during both of this President's term and yet, you question a Judge that is upholding the law while performing their Article III duties?

I’m not questioning the judges. Their choice. But likely fruitless. And this is a legit procedure. There was an appointment that is good for 120 days. Now Habba has been nominated. So up to the senate. 120 day runs out. Judges appoint someone else. Someone else is remove by the attorney general. Rinse repeat. Just let the senate decide. All of this part of the democratic process. As defined by statute and the constitution.

 

[Sendai]

This is the take of someone who thinks Habba is qualified for her position. Is that your take?

Also, to characterize the judges’ following the law as written, and Bondi trying to skirt the legal appointment by the judges as a “pissing contest” is seriously partisan. Like unbelievably so.

This is just one more case where you are siding with Trump admin circumventing the law and showing contempt for our legal process.

This is the take of someone who understands what is legal in the process. I have no idea if she’s qualified. Apparently she passed the bar.

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

I’m not questioning the judges. Their choice. But likely fruitless. And this is a legit procedure. There was an appointment that is good for 120 days. Now Habba has been nominated. So up to the senate. 120 day runs out. Judges appoint someone else. Someone else is remove by the attorney general. Rinse repeat. Just let the senate decide. All of this part of the democratic process. As defined by statute and the constitution.

And the reason why the AG fired the deputy should be ignored? You continue to ignore the obvious intentions here! Habba was nominated 3 weeks ago, why was she not nominated 90 days prior?

 

[MT15]

This is the take of someone who understands what is legal in the process. I have no idea if she’s qualified. Apparently she passed the bar.

What is legal is that it’s up to the judges to appoint someone once the 120 days runs out and no confirmation has taken place. Firing a duly appointed person in a fit of pique is not so much part of the legal process.

And lots and lots of people pass the bar. I would like to think a US attorney needs something more than that laughable standard.

Also, why not read up on Habba, before you rush to her defense? She’s a joke.

 

[MT15]

 

[DJ1BigTymer]

Useful Idiot says what???


edit: They have just blatantly resorted to gaslighting the American people.

 

[Sendai]

What is legal is that it’s up to the judges to appoint someone once the 120 days runs out and no confirmation has taken place. Firing a duly appointed person in a fit of pique is not so much part of the legal process.

And lots and lots of people pass the bar. I would like to think a US attorney needs something more than that laughable standard.

Also, why not read up on Habba, before you rush to her defense? She’s a joke.

Not a defense. Just what is legal. While the Attorney General can’t fired a senate approved U.S. Attorney the rest of the staff is fair game. The someone appointed by the judges aren’t senate approved so pretty sure removing the someone from the appointment is within the AG’s power.

 

[MT15]

Not a defense. Just what is legal. While the Attorney General can’t fired a senate approved U.S. Attorney the rest of the staff is fair game. The someone appointed by the judges aren’t senate approved so pretty sure removing the someone from the appointment is within the AG’s power.

Can you even admit that the firing was done to circumvent a legal appointment?

 

[MT15]

Let’s revisit Habba, famous for being general counsel for a parking garage owned by her husband. Here are her career highlights before Trump, from her Wiki page. ( that she even has a Wiki page).

“Habba is licensed to practice law in New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut.[10][17]She has served as lead counsel for three cases, including a federal class action suit against a New Jersey nursing home accused of various negligent acts and consumer fraud violations.[15] Habba has also held the position of general counsel for her second husband's parking garage company.[18] She has represented clients in various legal cases including a man suing a nursing home in New Jersey,[19] and a student seeking a refund for college tuition after University of Bridgeport moved classes to an online format.[20][21]

In July 2021, Habba represented Siggy Flicker, a former member of The Real Housewives of New Jersey who alleged that Facebook had disabled her account for wishing Melania Trump a happy birthday.[18][22][23] Habba wrote a letter to Facebook, which Facebook appeared to ignore.[24] Also in July 2021, Habba represented Caesar DePaço, a vitamin supplement entrepreneur, in a federal court case where she filed a lawsuit against Portuguese journalists for revealing his close connections to the far-right Chega party in Portugal.[25][26]”

 

[MT15]

Here’s another case where she has distinguished herself. She settled this lawsuit, as did the club.

“In 2019, Habba joined the Trump National Golf Club Bedminster in New Jersey, which is an eight-minute drive from her law firm, that she formed in 2020.[6][25][27]There, she and Donald Trump became acquainted.[6][27]

In a lawsuit filed in December 2023 aimed at referring Habba to the New Jersey Office of Attorney Ethics, a Trump National Golf Club Bedminster employee alleged that in the second half of 2021, Habba induced the employee into entering an illegal non-disclosure agreement when the employee intended to accuse a club manager of workplace sexual misconduct (New Jersey banned non-disclosure agreements for workplace harassment).[28] The employee alleged that Habba tried to befriend her, encouraged the firing of the employee's lawyer, provided the non-disclosure agreement with penalties for disclosure, and warned the employee not to publicize the workplace sexual misconduct accusation.”

 

[MT15]

She was sanctioned for her work for Trump, bold italics except for links are mine:

“In September 2022, U.S. District Court Judge Donald M. Middlebrooks dismissed a 2022 suit brought by Habba for Trump against Hillary Clinton, John Podesta, Jake Sullivan, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, and numerous other public officials, private citizens, and private entities against whom Trump sought damages for alleged conduct surrounding the 2016 presidential election.[42] Dismissing all of Trump's claims, Middlebrooks concluded that Trump's complaint was not just inadequate in any respect, but in all respects, and expressly reserved the right to consider sanctions against Trump's attorneys at a later date.[42][43]

Two months after issuing that decision, Middlebrooks sanctioned the Trump lawyers, including Habba, Michael T. Madaio, Peter Ticktin, and Jamie Alan Sasson. They were assessed $50,000 penalties, plus $16,000 to cover the legal fees paid by one of the defendants.[44] Later in January 2023, Middlebrooks ordered Trump, Habba, and her firm to pay $938,000 in legal costs for 31 defendants, including the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton, and former FBI director James Comey.[45][46] The judge wrote about the lawsuit brought by Habba: "No reasonable lawyer would have filed it. Intended for a political purpose, none of the counts of the amended complaint stated a cognizable legal claim."[47]“

 

[MT15]

There’s just so much more - she is a joke.

Habba served as lead attorney for the E. Jean Carroll v. Donald J. Trump trial that began on January 16, 2024.[57] Over the course of three days, presiding federal judge Lewis Kaplan repeatedly reprimanded Habba for her methods of cross-examining Carroll and introducing evidence.[58] A jury awarded Carroll $83.3 million in damages against Trump on January 26, 2024.[59]

In January 2025, Alina Habba came under fire for appearing on a show as a guest and telling Andrew Tate, who is accused of rape, human trafficking, and other charges, that she is a "big fan".

 

[MT15]

I’m going to stop - even though there is plenty more. I find it very difficult to believe Sendai is being truthful when he claims to not know if she is qualified to be US Attorney. He wants us to think he follows court cases, always chiming in. How could he be unaware of her past exploits?