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Ocelot II

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8. The client is the government, technically.

Reply to Skittles (Reply #7)

Thu Jul 17, 2025, 05:02 PM

Jul 17

A criminal case in federal court is captioned "United States vs. (Defendant)." "The government" is the people, or the representative of the people, of course, but as the entity that is the legal party, it's the government, represented specifically by the DoJ - which is why the capture of DoJ by Trump's goons is getting to be such a problem, because this DoJ doesn't represent the interests of the people.

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A question I don't know the answer too... [View all] Enter stage left Jul 16 OP

The attorney-client privilege is permanent - it doesn't go away Ocelot II Jul 16 #1

Thank you Ocelot II... Enter stage left Jul 17 #3

I too appreciate this stuff Skittles Jul 17 #10

if false stuff was released Skittles Jul 17 #5

That would depend on whether correcting the false information Ocelot II Jul 17 #6

I guess what I don't understand is Skittles Jul 17 #7

The client is the government, technically. Ocelot II Jul 17 #8

ahhhhhhhhh OK Skittles Jul 17 #9

I am sure she is still bound. hamsterjill Jul 16 #2

I'm sure what's said is above is correct given the intelligent sources we have at our disposal on DU AZJonnie Jul 17 #4