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Trump SNEAKY PLAN gets EXPOSED as DOJ CRUMBLES
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October 19, 2025
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12:33Now PlayingAttorneys Brian Kabateck and Shant Karnikian expose how the Trump administration is attempting to install an illegitimate US attorney in California's Central District—the largest federal district with 20 million people—as the Federal Public Defender's Office challenges Bill Essayli's appointment in court. The hosts reveal how the Federal Vacancies Reform Act requires Senate confirmation within 120 days or the appointee becomes statutorily ineligible, yet Essayli’s service ended by statute on July 30th, 2025, after which he told the Los Angeles Times "we've got some tricks up our sleeve" and the administration simply changed his title from "interim" to "acting" US attorney to circumvent the law. They detail how this is the same illegal tactic used in New Jersey with Alina Habba and Nevada, where courts ruled the appointments illegitimate, and note the irony that Essayli, a Muslim whose parents fled Lebanon during the civil war, now serves an administration with anti-Muslim officials while ordering federal agents to ignore California's unmasking law and pushing indictments against immigration protesters despite securing only 7 out of 38 grand jury indictments.
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