I Honestly Think You Have To Be A Lawyer…

I talked about this filling a bit on stream yesterday. It's kind of hard to overstate just how clownshoes this thing is.

Or how clownshoes, frankly, these lolyers really are. https://t.co/4JbIqGsHzu

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) August 27, 2022

...to appreciate how utterly atrocious and bad and stupid and inept (are you getting the idea?) this “thing” Trump is pursuing in federal court is. I don’t think anyone on Twitter or cable news has yet realized how utterly bad it is, because we all presume a certain amount of competence that seems now to be utterly lacking in Trump’s lawyers. See, e.g., Giuliani at Four Seasons, or this new entry:

Watters: Did you learn anything from this document?
Habba: Yeah, I learned that we were right.. Did you know the Presidential Records Act doesn’t even have a fine or penalty in place… pic.twitter.com/bPR7Rnf5nN

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 26, 2022

That’s not even vaguely legally relevant.

We assume licensed lawyers know what they’re doing. This is the rare case when we shouldn’t do that. At. All.

So this thread helps a bit; but at this point it would almost take Homer to describe what an epic fall this is . Barring that, we have this. Sing, O Muse!

Let's start with their discussion of service of process.

They filed their - whatever this is and believe me we're gonna get to that - on Monday. The judge issued the "no, seriously, wtf y'all" order on Tuesday, specifically inquiring, inter alia, about service on Tuesday. pic.twitter.com/luSGMIJrqk

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) August 27, 2022

In the case of the federal government, there are *literally* instructions for how to do this built into the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Those instructions don't include "email some dude at DOJ the complaint."

But what did those clowns do?

Yup. They emailed the complaint.

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) August 27, 2022

And then, even after getting a strong "better serve by Friday" vibe from the judge, they didn't bother following up their email until when?

Thursday. When they finally asked DOJ if they'd be good with email service.

Now, sure, someone can agree to accept nonstandard service.

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) August 27, 2022

So naturally DOJ responded with "I don't know, let me check." Then they had a 0.1 hour phone call, laughed for 0.2, and said "oh so sorry, no."

Only then did the Bozo Brigade have the court issue a summons.

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) August 27, 2022

The rest of the filing is similar in quality.

I'm not going to get into screenshots.

But basically:
The judge wanted to know what the basis for the court's jurisdiction is. This is an important question.

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) August 27, 2022

So the judge, very kindly attempting to take away their horns and whitewash and lead them to a place of safety, asked them to explain what this case really is.

And what the basis for the federal court's jurisdiction is.

That's kind of fed courts 101. No jurisdiction, no case.

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) August 27, 2022

Oh, and the court also asked about what effect this would have on - y'know - the actual search warrant litigation, which this is somehow miraculously separate from because clowns gonna clown.

The answer to that is basically "none, trust us."

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) August 27, 2022

In short:
It was a day ending in -y.

/fin

— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) August 27, 2022

Remember this is just the tip of the iceberg, and you begin to see what a joke is really is.

Meanwhile, remember the FBI found these documents in Trump’s office, his bedroom, and a basement. Anyone could have looked at these documents, including cleaning staff. Are there dots to connect?

“Last year, a top-secret memo sent to every C.I.A. station around the world, warned about troubling numbers of informants being captured or killed”

Trump Inquiry Fueled in Part by Concern Over Human Intelligence Sources in Documents Trump Improperly Took https://t.co/rDD2qOOMvN

— 🇺🇦Paula Chertok🗽🇺🇦 (@PaulaChertok) August 27, 2022

That is suddenly a very worrisome question.