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Now
we
move
on
to
part
the
second
part
of
our
annual
bracket.
If
you
just
arrived,
we’re
voting
to
determine
which
of
the
administration’s
ethically
challenged
attorneys
are
most
in
need
of
a
swift
kick
in
the
law
license.
Courts
have
already
documented
multiple
instances
of
government
lawyers
lying
to
courts,
failing
to
comply
with
orders,
and
breaching
statutory
requirements.
The
specifics
vary
by
lawyer,
but
anyone
in
a
leadership
position
has,
at
this
point,
taken
or
approved
an
action
that
should
at
least
warrant
a
disciplinary
investigation.
You
can
check
out
the
already
released
Roy
Cohn
Region
here.
So
tuck
in
your
pants,
because
here
we
go
with
the…
THE
RUDY
GIULIANI
REGION
Rudy
Giuliani
was
disbarred
in
both
New
York
and
D.C.
for
making
false
statements
about
the
2020
election.
He
went
from
“America’s
Mayor”
to
filing
for
bankruptcy
after
a
$148
million
defamation
judgment.
He
is
simultaneously
the
cautionary
tale
and
the
template
for
this
whole
bracket.
(1)
Lindsey
Halligan
vs.
(4)
Drew
Ensign
1.
Lindsey
Halligan,
former
Pretend
U.S.
Attorney,
E.D.
Va
(University
of
Miami)
Where
do
we
even
start?
Halligan
is
an
insurance
lawyer
with
zero
—
zero
—
criminal
law
experience.
Nonetheless,
she
was
installed
as
the
top
federal
prosecutor
in
the
Eastern
District
of
Virginia
after
Donald
Trump
posted
what
was
almost
certainly
a
DM
intended
for
Pam
Bondi
complaining
that
no
one
had
indicted
his
enemies
yet
and
flagging
Halligan
as
the
sort
of
willing
participant
who
could
make
it
happen.
The
existing
interim
U.S.
Attorney
was
then
fired,
career
prosecutors
who
objected
were
sidelined,
and
Halligan
got
to
work
on
criminal
cases
against
former
FBI
Director
James
Comey
and
NY
Attorney
General
Letitia
James.
What
followed
was
a
masterclass
in
how
not
to
practice
law.
She
made
ran
face
first
into
a
pile
of
rakes
from
the
start,
apparently
suggesting
Comey
had
no
Fifth
Amendment
rights.
She
submitted
an
indictment
that
the
full
grand
jury
never
voted
on!
A
federal
judge
ruled
her
appointment
was
illegal
and
she
possessed
“no
more
authority
than
any
private
citizen
off
the
street.”
She
then
continued
using
the
title
anyway,
until
another
federal
judge
penned
what
can
only
be
described
as
an
“Order
To
Explain
What
The
Hell,
Lady?”
After
trying
to
claim
that
court
decisions
don’t
apply
generally,
she
got
benchslapped
out
of
a
job.
4.
Drew
Ensign,
Deputy
Assistant
Attorney
General
for
the
Office
of
Immigration
Litigation
of
the
Civil
Division
(NYU
School
of
Law)
According
to
whistleblower
Erez
Reuveni’s
disclosure,
Ensign
told
Judge
James
Boasberg
that
he
didn’t
know
whether
deportation
flights
were
leaving
that
weekend
—
despite
having
attended
the
meeting
where
Emil
Bove
told
senior
DOJ
lawyers
the
planes
would
take
off
“no
matter
what.”
The
gap
between
what
he
knew
and
what
he
told
the
court
is,
if
the
allegations
are
accurate,
a
candor
violation
with
a
neon
sign
on
it.
Ensign
also
reportedly
called
Reuveni
after
the
Abrego
Garcia
hearing
to
demand
to
know
why
he
hadn’t
argued
that
Abrego
Garcia
was
a
“terrorist.”
Spoiler…
it
was
because
there’s
no
evidence
to
suggest
he’s
a
terrorist.
(2)
Alina
Habba
vs.
(3)
Steven
Vandervelden
2.
Alina
Habba,
former
Pretend
U.S.
Attorney,
D.
NJ
(Widener
University)
Tough
battle
of
fake
prosecutors
for
that
1
seed.
Halligan
managed
to
rack
up
more
impressively
embarrassing
losses
to
snatch
the
top
rung,
but
Habba
is
a
fierce
competitor.
One
of
Trump’s
personal
attorneys,
Habba’s
primary
professional
achievement
was
flopping
in
the
E.
Jean
Carroll
case
so
spectacularly
that
the
judge
had
to
explain
basic
trial
procedure
to
her.
And
then
Trump
installed
this
parking
garage
lawyer
as
the
top
prosecutor
for
New
Jersey.
Except
that
didn’t
work
out
because
—
as
is
a
trend
—
Trump’s
DOJ
can’t
figure
out
how
to
appoint
people
in
line
with
the
Constitution.
Habba
also
quit
the
job
she
never
legally
held,
but
the
chaos
carries
on
with
a
federal
judge
deeply
perturbed
at
the
possibility
that
she’s
still
secretly
running
the
show
over
there.
3.
Steven
Vandervelden,
AUSA,
D.C.
When
the
DOJ
wanted
to
convince
a
grand
jury
to
indict
six
Democratic
lawmakers
for
filming
a
video
accurately
restating
the
Uniform
Code
of
Military
Justice,
the
regular
staff
apparently
couldn’t
or
wouldn’t
pursue
a
facially
frivolous
criminal
case
and
D.C.
U.S.
Attorney
Jeanine
Pirro
brought
in
a
veteran
prosecutor
from
her
Westchester
County
days
to
get
the
job
done.
At
the
time,
he
was
retired
and
running
a
dance
photography
studio.
The
grand
jury
did
not
buy
it.
Vandervelden
is
far
from
a
decision-maker,
but
he
definitely
made
a
professional
choice
when
he
came
out
of
retirement
to
pursue
a
case
that
no
one
else
thought
had
merit.
At
least
he
has
something
to
fall
back
on
if
he
loses
his
license.
Polls
are
open
now.
Voting
will
continue
through
Monday
at
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