The Justice Department and the SEC are investigating the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank, per people familiar with the matter, after the California lender was taken over by regulators last week amid a historic run on its deposits. Dave Michaels 🍨🍨 wsj.com/articles/justi…

New: Trump-appointed Judge Kyle Duncan tells me Stanford Law School should apologize after student protesters disrupted his talk on campus. 'They are idiots,' he said of the students. 'They are hypocrites and they are bullies.' ⁦Reuters Legal⁩ ⁦ reuters.com/legal/governme…

Trump tells Hannity on his radio show that he would have been willing to let Russia 'take over' parts of Ukraine while he was president (a comment edited out when later played on Fox News). ⁦Justin Baragona⁩ thedailybeast.com/fox-news-edits…

DOJ is suing to block JetBlue from merging with Spirit Airlines, arguing the deal would stifle competition and lead to higher fares.
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what I write on emails instead of “Best Wishes”

NEW: “My favorite song is ‘Shake It Off.’” Who Knew? Attorney General Merrick Garland is a longtime Swiftie, a diehard Taylor Swift fan.

Please read my first ⁦The Wall Street Journal⁩ a-hed! wsj.com/articles/merri…

Joyce Alene I know it’s been reported that a new regular grand jury will be empaneled this week in Fulton, but that’s not accurate. The term of court begins the first Monday in March, which is next week. I spoke to a clerk, who confirmed that the new grand jurors will be sworn in on March 7.

The Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a lab leak, according to a classified intelligence report - excellent scoop by ⁦Michael R. Gordon⁩ & ⁦Warren Strobel⁩ wsj.com/articles/covid…

“Top-level, inner-circle people are some of the last you’d expect to be subpoenaed,” ⁦Randall Eliason⁩ said. “When I see subpoenas to the highest-level people, that makes me think they’re close to wrapping up.” W/⁦Ryan Barber⁩ ⁦Aruna Viswanatha⁩ wsj.com/articles/speci…

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Judge Luttig is unimpressed with Pence's 'speech or debate clause' plan to fight a Jack Smith grand jury subpoena nytimes.com/2023/02/24/opi…

Speaking out for the first time, Trump’s Georgia-based legal team accused Fulton County prosecutors of running a “clown-like” investigation ajc.com/politics/trump… #gapol

AG Merrick Garland will testify before Senate Judiciary Cmte next week

Hear me out: 4-hour work week

Lawyers for Trump aide Steve Bannon sue over legal bills reuters.com/legal/governme… / Jacqueline Thomsen

For those asking whether the forewoman is allowed to discuss grand jury matters: Yes, she is. Georgia law prohibits grand jurors from discussing their deliberations, but she can talk about pretty much everything else…including what’s in the report.

When Atlanta Journal-Constitution asked the Fulton County grand jury forewoman about Trump's claim that the report totally exonerated him, she 'rolled her eyes and burst out laughing.'

'Did he really say that?' she asked. “Oh, that’s fantastic. That’s phenomenal. I love it.”

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I sat down with the foreperson of the special grand jury that was tasked with investigating whether former President Donald Trump and others illegally meddled in the 2020 election in Georgia: apnews.com/266e28c4e47e54…

A moment of appreciation for Sabrina Siddiqui who is on the ground with President Biden in Kyiv, Ukraine on behalf of the entire White House press corps.

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