Judge Blackwell:
"this hearing is really not about trying to find ways to punish individual lawyers ....
It's about institutional compliance."
Thank you to the person (perhaps
@danielsuitor.com?) who made public the transcript from yesterday's hearing in front of Judge Blackwell.
Here's a link to it:
Then-Special AUSA Julie Le seemed to think that she needed to *create* a system to enable compliance w/ court orders:
"I'm trying my very best to help to come up with a system or ... a procedure somehow so that we ... can help ... comply[] with the Court."
Le says she can't access her DOJ email.
Feb 4, 2026 21:36THE COURT:
So are you telling the Court that you were brought in brand new, a shiny, brand new penny into this role, and you received no proper orientation or training on what you were supposed to do?
MS. LE:
I have to say yes to that question, Your Honor.
drive.google.com/file/d/1FnY2...
THE COURT:
So is then each attorney within your office making up his or her own process?
MS. LE:
I don't know about that, Your Honor, but as the S[pecial] AUSAs attorney, there are four of us, and we are trying to figure out what do we need to do to handle this operation.
In one case [Tot-Choc v. Bondi, 26-CV-167 a/k/a Oscar O.T. v Bondi],
on Jan. 15, the court ordered:
- immediate release of Petitioner &
- notice to court within 48 hours confirming his release.
Le says she didn't receive that order until Jan. 17.
The govt violated several orders in this case.
Jan. 27, Voss told court: "petitioner will be transported back to Minnesota via a commercial flight today" & asked for extension on filing confirmation "due to safety concerns."
The govt blames its delay in releasing petitioner on "safety concerns"
So the court "asked for information about what the safety concerns were,"
& asked again -- twice -- "what were these safety concerns that explain this delay. And to this day, I've never gotten an answer"
He even "put that issue under seal, ... but I've gotten no responses at all"
