Legal Reporter, Bloomberg News | Phone/Signal 812.243.5582 | [email protected]
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EXCLUSIVE: Arizona is inducing the labor of pregnant prisoners against their will — sometimes as early as three weeks before their due date. Health care experts call the policy unethical. Reproductive justice advocates say it's a human rights violation. azcentral.com/story/news/loc…
Yelling "Leopold!" like "Kobe!" every time I submit a #FOIA
NEW FOIA Files newsletter is out!
Pam Bondi’s Secret DOJ Email Address Revealed
The former AG used an email alias during her tenure. It’s a long-standing DOJ practice that can interfere with the public’s ability to access records through the #FOIA
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NEW: President Trump is pursuing extraordinary legal tactics to expand federal control over elections, testing the boundaries of Washington's power as Republicans seek to keep a majority in Congress -- and lay the groundwork for 2028.
A deep dive:
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NEW: Less than 24 hours before a key milestone for mail-in voting in the US midterm elections, states are bracing for late-breaking developments in a legal battle over federal control of the process, including possible intervention from the Supreme Court
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NEW FBI docs released via FOIA show DOJ had a "Document Flag List” when it began reviewing Epstein files last year.
There are 16 entries that are simply marked "POTUS"
NEW FOIA Files EXCLUSIVE: Internal FBI documents shed new light on the government’s review of the Jeffrey Epstein files and reveal efforts by the former Duchess of York Sarah Ferguson to connect a British socialite with FBI Director Kash Patel
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New: Acting AG Blanche shared two docs meant to assuage GOP holdouts to his nomination. They leave intact the text of the Trump settlement + audit immunity that spurred controversy, while walking back/clarifying DOJ's stance. Now what?
The Blanche docs, annotated:
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Scoop: Federal And State Officials Probing Returned Ballots in Arizona. USPS began investigating reports of more than 900 ballots not delivered to Navajo County — home to a large indigenous population — after @business contacted them this afternoon. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Asylum seekers sue ICE over a new "draconian" policy forcing them to wear ankle and wrist monitors. They allege the physical monitors — twice as expensive as an app alternative — are enriching companies like GEO Group at the expense of human rights.
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NEW: Unsealed records detail a secret court fight between Google and DOJ over what the company protested was a "grossly overbroad" warrant in 2023 to identify hundreds of users based on their search histories in connection with the 2021 DC pipe bombs investigation
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On today’s Big Take podcast, @jimmyjenkins and @zoetillman and @davidgura unpack how the US government is using a powerful legal tool against anonymous online critics of ICE.
🎙️ Listen now: link.podtrac.com/3mw4ygxn
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DEEP DIVE: The Trump administration is escalating efforts to unmask anonymous online critics, sending grand jury subpoenas to social media companies for their information. A court fight has been playing out in sealed proceedings in DC.
With Jimmy Jenkins:
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The Justice Department is escalating attempts to unmask anonymous social media accounts that criticize ICE, using grand jury subpoenas to come for the names, addresses and banking information of Reddit and X users. New reporting w/@ZoeTillman bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
DOJ OIG report on Canaan federal prison in Pennsylvania found, among other "concerning" conditions, several instances in employee-only areas of "symbols associated with designated criminal groups, as well as white supremacy and antisemitic movements" oig.justice.gov/reports/insp…
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NEW: I looked into the unprecedented sums of money flooding state-level elections from corporate-backed super PACs.
Meta, Andreessen Horowitz and the top sports gambling companies are spending tens of millions to install friends in statehouses. Most voters have no idea.
New guide from @Justice_CXN and @protctdemocracy helps whistleblowers navigate comms w/media: "Some of the most important things the public has ever learned about its own government came to light only because a public servant decided to come forward" protectdemocracy.org/wp-cont…
Justice Department Calls for Expansion of Federal Death Penalty
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Exclusive: Lawmakers probe DOJ decision to drop criminal charges against Turkish state bank accused of $20 billion fraud scheme violating US sanctions on Iran
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Trump's DOJ is taking aim at Biden’s civil rights chief, claiming in a draft report that comments before her government service showed a bias that influenced “weaponized” prosecutions of protesters blocking abortion clinics.
For @BLaw with @benjaminpenn: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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Pam Bondi Won’t Appear for Scheduled Epstein Testimony Next Week @jamietarabay @JimmyJenkins via @business
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New today: A proposed class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of at least 50 FBI employees allegedly fired "on the basis of perceived political affiliation, without being afforded due process." From Jimmy Jenkins: buff.ly/WLoUgoG
Complaint: buff.ly/9HKqiIZ
