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BumRushDaShow

(172,979 posts)
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 04:33 PM Feb 2026

Trump 'undoubtedly furious' as lawyers call 'emergency meeting' to control him: Ex-aide

Source: Raw Story

February 3, 2026 11:55AM ET


A coalition of prosecutors from across the nation are flying to Washington, D.C. this week to develop an action plan for holding the Trump administration accountable amid its ongoing immigration raids, Ex-White House official Miles Taylor exclusively reported Tuesday.

Those prosecutors are part of the new organization Fight Against Federal Overreach, first revealed last week and established to put together a strategy for holding federal immigration officials accountable for their sometimes violent and arguably unconstitutional actions.

“This week, something unusual is happening in the nation’s capital,” Taylor wrote Tuesday on his Substack “Defiance News.”

“Local prosecutors from across the United States are flying to Washington, D.C. for an emergency meeting about a simple idea that shouldn’t be controversial: No federal agent is above the law. Yet the Trump administration will undoubtedly be furious to know the gathering is taking place, as the organizers are readying efforts to hold its agents accountable for misconduct.”

Read more: https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2675072598/



Link to "Defiance.News" article - EXCLUSIVE: America's prosecutors are coming to D.C. with a message for Trump: F-A-F-O.

(author is Miles Taylor, former DHS official under 45's first term and who was the "Anonymous" Op-Ed writer to the NYT)
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Trump 'undoubtedly furious' as lawyers call 'emergency meeting' to control him: Ex-aide (Original Post) BumRushDaShow Feb 2026 OP
FAFO I like it. underpants Feb 2026 #1
Yeah, I cackled. eppur_se_muova Feb 2026 #3
Me too! Talitha Feb 2026 #5
I'm from the MW67 Feb 2026 #25
Been wonderig that too 🤔 Clouds Passing Feb 2026 #43
Good T-shirt: NJCher Feb 2026 #48
I totally missed that! electric_blue68 Feb 2026 #38
Support 1000%. nt in2herbs Feb 2026 #2
They'll be happy to hear it BaronChocula Feb 2026 #37
Excellent news! sheshe2 Feb 2026 #4
Call the men in the white suits and grab a straitjacket Blue Owl Feb 2026 #6
Repurpose those ICE detention centers. Grokenstein Feb 2026 #11
I hear Guantanamo is nice this time of year.. BattleRow Feb 2026 #14
Lol it is...but inly because Repoblicans wouldnt allow Obama to close it, if memory serves... Volaris Feb 2026 #20
yes creon Feb 2026 #24
He belongs in maximum security federal detention center. returnee Feb 2026 #42
1st grade treatment Maninacan Feb 2026 #7
Bring in the babysitters ... it's time to shut him up! FakeNoose Feb 2026 #8
Silence is golden evolves Feb 2026 #13
He will be furious if his duct tape isn't golden! RockCreek Feb 2026 #16
Something tells me that republicans slightlv Feb 2026 #9
It's impossible to substitute a wishbone for a backbone. BattleRow Feb 2026 #23
maybe he'll get so mad he'll have a heart attack nt orleans Feb 2026 #10
I joined defiance.org when it was first announced pat_k Feb 2026 #12
Thanks for the link. Pinback Feb 2026 #19
Me too, barbtries Feb 2026 #21
Miles Taylor knows his stuff. yellow dahlia Feb 2026 #28
How long before the FBI/DOJ/Tulsi Gabbard/etc. raid their organization. progressoid Feb 2026 #46
One thing I haven't found in the article I would bronxiteforever Feb 2026 #15
One of the founders is the guy who wrote the article I linked to in the comments BumRushDaShow Feb 2026 #17
Thank you! bronxiteforever Feb 2026 #26
Link to FAFO littlemissmartypants Feb 2026 #18
thanks NJCher Feb 2026 #49
We are seeing the literal demonstration of "cutting off your nose to spite your face." Ford_Prefect Feb 2026 #22
Sometimes I wonder, if the a coalition of States will just come out and say - Dan Feb 2026 #27
I keep thinking maybe there is some super secret method and plan yellow dahlia Feb 2026 #29
Wouldn't it be fantastic to see a declaration that names the usurpations and abuses signed by EVERY pat_k Feb 2026 #34
The time to act was yesterday, and every day before...but I'll take NOW. yellow dahlia Feb 2026 #35
We need all 24 Democratic State Governors to stand together in opposition. pat_k Feb 2026 #31
Exactly. progressoid Feb 2026 #47
Oops, They're coming to take him away. usonian Feb 2026 #30
I applaud their courage and wish them well. We will need to have many different prongs of attack to bring down the Trump Martin68 Feb 2026 #32
I do love this! liberalla Feb 2026 #33
I love how they're standing up to the 🍊🐖💩 and staying I don't think so ! kimbutgar Feb 2026 #36
Blow a gasket, Piggy orangecrush Feb 2026 #39
Oh come on Rawstory, they're not "arguably" unconstitutional actions. They are BLATANTLY unconstitutional. SunSeeker Feb 2026 #40
They're just worried about him shitting in his pants more in front of camera fujiyamasan Feb 2026 #41
K& a huge R WestMichRad Feb 2026 #44
Hope to live to see the end of all this criminal activity in high places of government Attilatheblond Feb 2026 #45
Are they bringing a straight jacket? milestogo Feb 2026 #50

eppur_se_muova

(42,804 posts)
3. Yeah, I cackled.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 04:49 PM
Feb 2026

Especially trenchant since "Federal overreach" was always the wingnuts' bugbear.

MW67

(226 posts)
25. I'm from the
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:01 PM
Feb 2026

Government and here to help, No thanks ! Where are they now? " Small government Conservatives nowhere to be found ? Wonder what happened ? Suggestion, never believe a word any right winger says ,,they stand for nothing and fall for everything, most of them have proven they are not trustworthy or reasonable, they are of a certain mindset , not a coherent political party/ movement

NJCher

(43,707 posts)
48. Good T-shirt:
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:19 PM
Feb 2026

from MW67, above:

MAGA: they stand for nothing and fall for everything

or

Republicans: they stand for nothing and fall for everything

Blue Owl

(59,838 posts)
6. Call the men in the white suits and grab a straitjacket
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 05:14 PM
Feb 2026

Throw him in a padded -- nah, make that an unpadded cell!

Grokenstein

(6,445 posts)
11. Repurpose those ICE detention centers.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:03 PM
Feb 2026

Treat him and his co-conspirators to the same conditions they subject others.

Volaris

(11,830 posts)
20. Lol it is...but inly because Repoblicans wouldnt allow Obama to close it, if memory serves...
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:32 PM
Feb 2026

returnee

(992 posts)
42. He belongs in maximum security federal detention center.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 09:39 AM
Feb 2026

He needs intense debriefing on his secret arrangements with multiple foreign leaders. I’m ok with waterboarding for info.

slightlv

(8,107 posts)
9. Something tells me that republicans
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 05:45 PM
Feb 2026

have been reading the tea leaves of special elections and other elections that have occurred since the criminal put himself back into the Oval. They're scared they may have to actually work for a living, rather than living off of our largesse, because of the orange tyrant.

It's good to see some movement from those who've been under his thumb for so long... and it could probably only have come from them, just like it took Nixon's inner circle to tell him to leave. But I don't have a hell of a lot of hope these "men" will have enough backbone to make anything happen FOR the people.

pat_k

(14,303 posts)
12. I joined defiance.org when it was first announced
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:15 PM
Feb 2026

It's early days, but I think it is becoming an effective group.

https://www.defiance.org/about

bronxiteforever

(11,212 posts)
15. One thing I haven't found in the article I would
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 06:36 PM
Feb 2026

like to know. is this a bipartisan group or just Ds and will we know who is in the group?
Maybe I missed it but if someone knows I would appreciate knowing.

BumRushDaShow

(172,979 posts)
17. One of the founders is the guy who wrote the article I linked to in the comments
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:06 PM
Feb 2026

I.e., Miles Taylor, who was a former Republican and served in Shrub's administration and 45's (as DHS Chief of Staff) first administration.

He was the writer of that "Anonymous" OP-Ed to the NYT titled “I Am Part of the Resistance Inside the Trump Administration,” - https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142151316

The "About" - https://www.defiance.org/about

I expect this is a "Lincoln Project"-like group but probably picking up bipartisan support.

NJCher

(43,707 posts)
49. thanks
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 02:32 PM
Feb 2026

I donated.

Awesome prosecutors: Larry Krasner, for one. But many others.
So happy to see this post today!!

Ford_Prefect

(8,686 posts)
22. We are seeing the literal demonstration of "cutting off your nose to spite your face."
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 07:46 PM
Feb 2026

Whomever the White House troll behind all this is should figure out how to get out of town fast. This will backfire on them hugely, everywhere.

Dan

(5,323 posts)
27. Sometimes I wonder, if the a coalition of States will just come out and say -
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 09:56 PM
Feb 2026

That there is more than enough evidence to indicate that Trump and his Cabinet are working for Putin and deliberately trying to harm the U.S. with the consent of the members in the GOP Congress.

yellow dahlia

(6,734 posts)
29. I keep thinking maybe there is some super secret method and plan
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 10:30 PM
Feb 2026

....in some founding document or something - to take our country back.

pat_k

(14,303 posts)
34. Wouldn't it be fantastic to see a declaration that names the usurpations and abuses signed by EVERY
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:02 AM
Feb 2026

...Democratic member of the House and Senate, all 24 Democratic Governors and AG's, and any Republican Governor or member who have a single bit of moral fiber left.

A declaration that not only names the crimes against our human rights, our constitution, our body of laws, our treaties, and against our allies, but that is a statement to the people of this nation, and the people of the world, that there is a powerful block of U.S. States and members of the U.S. House and Senate who are united in doing everything in their power to protect their constituents and the residents of their states against the intolerable abuses being perpetrated by the corrupt forces that have co-opted our executive branch.

I know that herding Democrats is harder than herding cats, but this crisis demands an unprecedented show of unity and solidarity. If our leaders can't figure how how to stand together, united, behind a single powerful declaration of wrongs, how can they expect us to believe they'll figure out how to stand together to not just right those wrongs, but enact reforms that make it possible to get back on the path to a more perfect union that SERVES us??? (e.g., put an end to gerrymandering, ensure truly free and fair elections, put an end to citizens united, for starters, wealth tax, tax capital gains higher than labor, progressive income tax)

yellow dahlia

(6,734 posts)
35. The time to act was yesterday, and every day before...but I'll take NOW.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:07 AM
Feb 2026

Isn't there something about violating the Constitution from all directions? Get creative Congress critters!

pat_k

(14,303 posts)
31. We need all 24 Democratic State Governors to stand together in opposition.
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:10 PM
Feb 2026

A joint appearance and statement listing the usurpations and violations and their steadfast resolution to stand together in opposition with a review of actions they have taken in their individual states and an announcement of agreements among the states to protect their people .. with more to come. Make it clear that the free states of this nation have the courage to do what they must to stay free.

In this crisis, the DGA needs to do a hell of a lot more than work to elect Democratic Governors. It needs to take the lead in the sort of coordinated, effective, unprecedented, response that this unprecedented crisis demands.

https://democraticgovernors.org/governors/

Beshear is the Chair. Write, Call, Schedule meetings to ask what they plan to do as a group -- and if nothing, lobby for coordinated action.

The Attorneys General have taken some coordinated action. It's time for the Governors to get visible as a force standing in solidarity.

progressoid

(53,457 posts)
47. Exactly.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 01:55 PM
Feb 2026

I know they have a lot going on (like ICE invading their states, etc) but now is the time to strike. Trump is weakened and on the defensive.

Plus make all of the Repub elected officials state publicly that they either support the Constitution or they support their Orange God.

Martin68

(28,176 posts)
32. I applaud their courage and wish them well. We will need to have many different prongs of attack to bring down the Trump
Tue Feb 3, 2026, 11:12 PM
Feb 2026

administration.

kimbutgar

(27,668 posts)
36. I love how they're standing up to the 🍊🐖💩 and staying I don't think so !
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:25 AM
Feb 2026

This song comes on in my head sometimes when I think “enough about the overreach we’re experiencing now.”..

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SunSeeker

(58,408 posts)
40. Oh come on Rawstory, they're not "arguably" unconstitutional actions. They are BLATANTLY unconstitutional.
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 03:10 AM
Feb 2026

Attilatheblond

(9,391 posts)
45. Hope to live to see the end of all this criminal activity in high places of government
Wed Feb 4, 2026, 12:36 PM
Feb 2026

Hope to see the huge parades when the band Miles and the Truth Tellers does a national tour and is showered with the love and gratitude they so richly deserve.

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