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Rhiannon12866

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Fri Jul 25, 2025, 09:17 PM Jul 2025

Trump RETRIBUTION Scheme Against Jack Smith FAILS BIG TIME - Legal AF



Attorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose how Trump's executive order criminalizing cooperation with the International Criminal Court was struck down by a federal judge for violating the First Amendment rights of human rights workers.

They reveal how two dedicated activists—Matthew Smith, who helped ICC prosecutors investigate genocide in Myanmar, and Akila Radhakrishnan, who worked to prosecute Taliban gender-based violence in Afghanistan—were forced to stop their life-saving work under threat of jail time and criminal penalties.

The hosts break down how Trump's blanket prohibition on working with the ICC represents a chilling effect on free speech, where the mere threat of prosecution silences constitutionally protected activity. They examine the government's embarrassing courtroom admission that they weren't "really serious" about prosecuting people, proving even Trump's own lawyers knew the order was legally indefensible.

A powerful look at how Trump's attempt to shield himself and allies from international accountability backfired spectacularly, proving that when authoritarian overreach occurs it can be struck down. - 07/25/2025.

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Trump RETRIBUTION Scheme Against Jack Smith FAILS BIG TIME - Legal AF (Original Post) Rhiannon12866 Jul 2025 OP
Law exists for patriots. Threat is only such when people are weak willed against the demented felon's enablers. ancianita Jul 2025 #1
You're more than welcome - this is good news not only for us, but for the country as well! Rhiannon12866 Jul 2025 #2

ancianita

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1. Law exists for patriots. Threat is only such when people are weak willed against the demented felon's enablers.
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:12 PM
Jul 2025
Thanks for the good news.

Rhiannon12866

(258,910 posts)
2. You're more than welcome - this is good news not only for us, but for the country as well!
Fri Jul 25, 2025, 10:17 PM
Jul 2025

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