Apparently Judge Dearie's staff doesn't know how to mute the call in line

[Nevilledog]

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HAPPENING NOW: I have dialed in to Judge Dearie's courtroom, and apparently the system has left every single caller unmuted -- so it sounds roughly like midtown at rush hour, but with the added benefit of dozens of people screaming at each other to shut up.
10:41 AM · Sep 20, 2022

The whole thread is hilarious.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

1. I predicted yesterday that the system would collapse. This is worse. :)

[Nevilledog]

2. People singing, dogs barking, yelling to shut up.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. To fit "stupid director tricks", you must have crying babies and phones ringing.

Hollyweird directors always have barking, crying, ringing phones, and sometimes horns honking when they want to increase tension.

[TlalocW]

4. A man selling ice creeeam

Singing Italian songs!

[regnaD kciN]

8. You win the Internet for today.

[LastDemocratInSC]

11. It's Tuesday, not Saturday.

[TlalocW]

14. I will NOT standby

And let you cancel that nice man's selling ice cream while singing Italian songs no matter what day!

[Baitball Blogger]

5. Heh-heh. Can this be included as a Florida fuck-up?

I call dibs.

[MissB]

6. .

[33taw]

7. How old is the judge who thought this would work? He needs to work with their

tech department to set this up.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

9. I listened to a bankruptcy hearing in the Alex Jones case where they had not muted everyone

I could not get onto the call in for the special hearing and evidently the people who were on the call were not muted. One person wat at the hearing and here is their report

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https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/20/trump-special-master-judge-mar-a-lago-00057805

NEW YORK — The senior federal judge tasked with reviewing the materials seized by the FBI from Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate sharply questioned the former president’s attorneys Tuesday during their first hearing before his courtroom.

Judge Raymond Dearie pushed Trump’s lawyers repeatedly for refusing to back up the former president’s claim that he declassified the highly sensitive national security-related records discovered in his residence.

“You can’t have your cake and eat it too,” said Dearie, the “special master” picked by U.S. District Court Judge Aileen Cannon to vet Trump’s effort to reclaim the materials taken by federal investigators.

Trump has argued that the 11,000 documents taken from Mar-a-Lago were rightfully in his possession, including about 100 bearing classification markings that suggest they contain some of the nation’s most closely guarded intelligence.

[yellowcanine]

10. They may be using outdated software which doesn't allow it.

Some of the early meeting software depended on individuals muting themselves. No it did not go well which is why most organizations got rid of that shit asap.

[Pinback]

13. Are the Feds still using

OS/2 computers with WordPerfect? There’s probably some Stone Age precursor to Skype in their arsenal as well.

[BumRushDaShow]

15. A number of agencies including mine before I retired

were usually using Cisco products (like WebEx) although we had a few offices using Adobe Connect. Some also might have a contract with some audio conferencing service that is managed by that service's host/operator who is supposed to monitor and troubleshoot any issues with the lines, and who usually do a global mute of audio dial-ins.

Now with Zoom out there, some might have been testing/trying that too although I haven't bothered to check if it was on GSA schedule.

Before I retired, I think DOJ was still using WordPerfect for their docket templates (although nowadays it's owed by Corel).

[Meowmee]

12. Lol