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submitted 4 months ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/politics@lemmy.world

Summary

Trump’s speech to Congress may have deepened legal troubles for Elon Musk and DOGE by publicly stating Musk runs the agency, contradicting White House claims that Amy Gleason is in charge.

The administration previously argued Musk, officially a “senior adviser,” has no formal authority over DOGE to shield it from lawsuits.

Judge Theodore Chuang already questioned this discrepancy, calling it “highly suspicious.”

Trump’s statement could trigger further legal scrutiny into Musk’s role in dismantling federal agencies and mass firings, undermining the White House’s defense against ongoing litigation.

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[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 154 points 4 months ago

If the situation wasn't so dire, it would be comedic.

[-] DokPsy@lemmy.world 68 points 4 months ago

I believe this would be a good definition for gallows humor

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 62 points 4 months ago

I just saw the part where Trump vowed to take Greenland, 'one way or the other.'

WTF?

[-] pennomi@lemmy.world 45 points 4 months ago

We’ve blown past gallows humor and have now arrived at guillotine humor.

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 17 points 4 months ago

We’ve gone past guillotine, past morgue, past burial… now we’re into illegal exhumation and vivisection humor territory.

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago

"Young Frankenstein" has entered the chat.

Where do youthink they got the brain marked A. B. Normal?

[-] PyroNeurosis 2 points 4 months ago

Hold up, how are we vivisecting corpses?

[-] Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk 7 points 4 months ago

Doh! Good question. I leave it as an exercise for the reader.

[-] notabot@lemm.ee 3 points 4 months ago

Some hefty jump leads, questionable ethics, and a some good deep macic laughter?

[-] TheEschatonSucks@sh.itjust.works 2 points 4 months ago

Time travel!

[-] Glifted@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Someday someone will make a comedy about this administration

[-] Ghyste@sh.itjust.works 11 points 4 months ago

It was Idiocracy, but then that became a documentary....

[-] teamevil@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

I'm afraid to acknowledge it but I'm pretty sure reality is blown past even idiocracies most hyperbole deliciousness absurdity.

[-] Sunschein@midwest.social 9 points 4 months ago

Charlie Chaplin already did

[-] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 6 points 4 months ago

It would be redundant.

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

With what money, electricity or people?

[-] Glifted@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

I didn't say they'd make it in the US

[-] P00ptart@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago
[-] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 4 months ago

It’s like the Joker and the Riddler but they are morons.

[-] cmoney@lemmy.world 64 points 4 months ago

Can't wait to see the finger wagging musky has coming. Wake me if there are any real consequences for these morons.

[-] fluxion@lemmy.world 47 points 4 months ago

Contempt of court for us normal people

[-] dhork@lemmy.world 34 points 4 months ago

Trump's entire Presidency, this time around, is nothing but contempt for any institution that is not him. "L'État, c'est moi". And Congress is letting it happen, because Republicans are more concerned with avoiding a Musk-funded primary challenge than with exercising their constitutional checks on the Presidency.

The Courts do not seem as eager to give up all their power yet. But they move slowly, and it has yet to be seen whether they can adequately enforce their rulings if the Executive Branch simply ignores them. The Administration is actively telling the courts what they want to hear in filings, while publicly saying something different. They hate that.

The Supreme Court may have given the President himself a shield against prosecution, but other officials are not (yet) covered similarly and an angry court can (and should) jail officials on (unpardonable) civil contempt charges until they take the courts seriously.

[-] d00phy@lemmy.world 41 points 4 months ago

And yet…

Nothing.

Will.

Happen.

[-] BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 14 points 4 months ago

Exactly. Only Congress can do anything, but Republican congressional members won’t do anything because they feel safe. Even though many Republican voters are only now realizing they’ve been screwed, they will continue to vote for Rs because they can’t overcome a lifetime of being propagandized against those evil, satan-worshipping “others”. No matter how much of their face the R politicians eat, Republican voters will still consider that the lesser evil.

[-] pacology@lemmy.world 35 points 4 months ago

“I hereby pardon Mr Musk for anything past, present, future” -Big marker signature

[-] Randomgal@lemmy.ca 13 points 4 months ago

Yeo. Ez. Not sure why USAians keep getting distracted by the smoke and mirrors instead of... You know, their government.

[-] b3an@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

🖍️🖍️🖍️

[-] LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago

Yeah but that isn't what they are referring too. They are referring to judges reversing everything doge has done, because all of it would be illegal. That said, a lot of damage will still have been done in many places even if that happens.

[-] just_another_person@lemmy.world 31 points 4 months ago

This is great news. There are three judges currently embroiled in this, and I hope they throw the fucking book at the defense lawyers and anyone else who told them to lie about this. Prolonged contempt at a minimum, but let the lawsuits fly against these pieces of shit and Musk for sure.

[-] Soup@lemmy.world 25 points 4 months ago

Should ask Gleason for five bullet points aboot she does every week.

[-] CluckN@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

Nice try Canadian spy

[-] Gerudo@lemm.ee 24 points 4 months ago

What legal trouble? They've proven that they can do whatever, whenever with zero consequences.

[-] samus12345@lemm.ee 9 points 4 months ago

"We've ruled that you broke the law!"

"Okay, we'll have the guys that work for us get right on prosecuting us for it."

[-] Heikki@lemm.ee 22 points 4 months ago

Who's going to investigate the department? The GOP controls both houses and hate the federal government and views dismantling it as a good thing.

DOJ answers to Trump and won't enforce anything that could be perceived to be against him.

The SCOTUS is a GOP super majority and already granted him immunity to crime.

[-] TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world 10 points 4 months ago

Like it'll matter.

[-] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 8 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)
[-] Placebonickname@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago

“legal choas” will now be the name of my new JRPG characters

[-] AmidFuror@fedia.io 4 points 4 months ago

Was "legal chaos" taken?

this post was submitted on 05 Mar 2025
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