Irony Alert! In New Jersey, Tangerine/Noem Lawyers Seek A Two Day Extension On Filing Papers... Because They Had To Travel From DC To NJ -- By Car(!?)

I. Cannot. Even.

You may think this trivial, but on Friday afternoon, the Kristi Noem lawyers sought a two day delay in deadlines -- whilst their client holds the petitioner, Mr. Khalil, in a privately-owned, privately-funded (but government contract beneficiary) prison -- in deeply rural LOUISIANA. They whined on and on, about the difficulty of having to drive up from the DC Beltway, to Newark -- and said that they lost over a half day of. . . work time. R-iiiiii-ght. [Ever heard of the. . . choo choo?! "You can keep working, while the miles, and two hours. . . melt away." Ugh.]

Now do recall though, that these same people had Mr. Khalil yanked out of Manhattan, and into Elizabeth, New Jersey, in the dead of night -- and then flown to Louisiana without telling his lawyers. AND... these same lawyers seek to move all the proceedings to... Baton Rogue.

They are willing to "give" Mr. Khalil's counsel an extra day or two to reply to their latest BS, since they want to delay showing their own cards. But seriously -- here's a crazy idea: why (if these logistics are vexing) wouldn't Kristi Noem have him moved to DC -- make it all "local"?

Almost comically, the as filed two-page letter is riddled with typos and sentence fragments -- claiming that "some OIL members experienced a widespread IT issue that left some team members." That's where this particular nonsense non-sentence ends. "Left" some members. . . what? How? Where? When?

As it is, she wants Mr. Khalil's NYC based counsel to rent hotel rooms for a few weeks in Louisiana, along with her lawyers doing the damn same?!? So much for government efficiency. Yes, a fairly small matter in the grand scheme of Tangerine's lawlessness -- and Noem's -- but there is zero chance that a green card holding Columbia U. grad student is a danger to this nation. Zero. This is simply abuse of process.

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