and so it begins. they have told the judge they will not honor the order for the OPM director to appear to testify what now brown cow. just strike any information from him and they lose the case they were going to lose anyway? this admin continues to show contempt for the rule of law and lose legal case after legal case with no concern or respect for the rulings law and order my ass 'Do not intend to produce': Trump admin says OPM head will defy court order to testify in mass firings case The Trump administration on Tuesday told a federal judge that an administrative agency head intends to defy a court order in an ongoing lawsuit over the mass-firing of thousands of government workers. In the underlying litigation, the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) and other labor unions accuse the Office of Personnel Management (OPM) of embarking upon an “illegal program” that ordered several federal agencies to fire employees via “standardized notices of termination, drafted by OPM, that falsely state that the terminations are for performance reasons.” .................................. In an order issued on March 10, Alsup rejected the government’s request to cancel the evidentiary hearing. The judge also rejected a request to keep Ezell from testifying and previewed a road map for sanction should Ezell decline to testify. “The Court’s order that he appear or be deposed will not be vacated, nor will the hearing on March 13,” the judge wrote. “If Ezell does not appear in violation of that order, then the Court will have to decide the sanction, including whether or not to strike or limit his sworn declaration.”
No surprise. In fact, an absence of criminality, or respect for the law, would be the surprise. This administration is led by a criminal who is the only sitting President in US history to attempt to not peacefully transfer power. Under no circumstances can that be overlooked or forgotten. This administration is led by a criminal.
As I said in another thread, ignoring the courts is something we all knew would happen. The only question is what is anyone going to do about it? Congress seems to be rolling over. The courts are either on board or increasingly ignored if not playing ball. The opposing party is entirely rudderless. Bureaucracies are gutted and feckless. What force is going to help steer this away from the realization of a unitary executive - because any sane observer will recognize it's not gonna end there.
It seems to be a critical flaw in the system when the branch of government responsible for enforcing court orders is the party defying the orders.
