Same!

The hearing isn’t even over yet

Maybe she’ll hold an emergency hearing on a federal holiday including compelling witnesses to come and testify in real time such as would be needed to make the factual findings necessary to support a finding of contempt

Before she can do that, she needs to make specific findings of bad faith, with particularity. Those findings require inquiry, and that inquiry is what the currently ongoing hearing is doing.

She’s certainly regretting it now.

Friend, the hearing isn’t even over yet.

And now she has rectified that error by issuing a TRO. She *absoutely* should have done it earlier, as she acknowledged today on the record.

Maybe, if they can show standing

The hearing isn’t even over yet.

That punishment requires findings of fact, and those findings of fact require inquiry. That inquiry is *what is currently happening*

She’s literally in the middle of a hearing about it

She only has jurisdiction over parties

Sure. She’s criticizing herself for it, too, and she has now rectified the error.

I dunno, maybe she’ll hold a factfinding hearing in which she hales witnesses into court in real time to determine who, precisely, knew what when, as is required under the law to issue the very sanctions you contemplate

This hearing — which isn’t over — is doing the factfinding necessary to throw violators in jail

Couldn’t tell ya.

There’s a high bar for contempt. Not just for the DOJ, either.

Based on the facts before the court, which specific individuals can be proved beyond a reasonable doubt to have violated a court order, and by what conduct?

She’s doing the inquiry to discover precisely who lied *right now.* That’s what this hearing, which is ongoing, is about.

He’s represented by DOJ if he’s being questioned in his official capacity. As to whether or not he should retain qualified independent counsel? I couldn’t say; I’m not authorized to give legal advice.