A senior federal judge ordered Trump administration official Kari Lake to submit to questioning under oath in ongoing litigation over her efforts to effectively dismantle Voice of America despite Congressional mandates that it be maintained.

U.S District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth said Lake was “verging on contempt of court” for failing to comply with his repeated orders to make information available about her intentions for the future of the federally funded international broadcaster.

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    4 days ago

    I’m so sick of this shit. I’m sick of hearing “verging on contempt of court”. I’m sick of hearing that judges are getting angry, when are we going to actually fucking do something about this shit?

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      4 days ago

      Never one tning that Trump administration has shown if your rich the laws don’t matter. These laws are only for us poors.

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        Wilhoit’s law: Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.