Tag: Colleen McMahon

New York public defender Tiffany Cabán offered hope for political reform. Had she been elected as Queens District Attorney, her win would have represented success for an electoral strategy toward Government reform. Her loss, however, deals a blow to long-needed prosecutorial and judicial reform. Cabán for Queens/Fair Use

In New York, movements for reform meet barriers of entrenched machine politics, and élites survive — for now

Machine politics determined each of the outcome of the Queens District Attorney’s race, the staff of U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and rulings by Court systems, giving New York élites power to withstand demands for reform by social and economic justice movements.

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Chief U.S. District Court Judge, who sits on the same Judicial Council overseeing at least one complaint filed against U.S District Court Judge John Koeltl that also permitted Mayranne Trump Barry to resign in lieu of facing possible disciplinary action over her alleged role in an alleged tax dodge scheme benefitting her brother President Donald Trump. Chief U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon, left, in an incredited photograph. Donald Trump and Maryanne Trump Barry, right. Fair Use

Judicial Council member Colleen McMahon, who would have ruled on at least one Judge John Koeltl complaint, let First Sister Maryanne Trump Barry resign prior to potential disciplinary action

Chief U.S. District Court Judge Colleen McMahon, who remained silent to pleas for judicial intervention in a FOIA lawsuit seeking the release of speech records of Preet Bharara, sits on panel that quietly allowed President Donald Trump’s sister to resign to avoid possible disciplinary actions over alleged ethics violations.

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