Trump DOJ in for BRUTAL SMACKDOWN as They TAUNT Trump Judge
January 13, 2026
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as posted by the channelLindsey Halligan and the rest of the senior leadership of the DOJ, inched closer to being found in contempt by Trump appointed Judge Novack, for openly defying his Court order to have Halligan explain why she shouldn't have her license to practice in his courtroom pulled for her continuing to impersonate a US Attorney. Popok explains that instead the DOJ attacks Novack, and says out loud that they alone can choose to follow a federal court's order or not, and they choose not to abide by the order that fired Lindsey Halligan from her position as US Attorney, citing to cases involving Special Counsel Jack Smith of all things for maximum political theater.
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