Scoop: DOJ Chief of Staff Chad Mizelle is working to get his wedding groomsman & law school housemate installed in a senior DOJ role overseeing white collar enforcement. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/do…

“You caught me," Mizelle said. "I associate with smart, hardworking professionals that have achieved incredible success in their careers. Perhaps I shld socialize more w/people who have spent their entire career as a beat reporter for the 46th most viewed publication in the US.”

To be clear, I've worked at other publications much lower down the list than 46 earlier in my career

Thanks, Jacob! Here's the full link to the piece: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/do…

A foreign adversary targeted sealed documents in espionage and other sensitive cases in a breach of the federal judiciary’s case management system, according to three people familiar with the matter. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/fo…

Legal team for former PR governor tried to clarify the record from our 'damaging' coverage, claiming no political intrusion in her plea deal. DOJ replies by telling judge her lawyers 'completely fabricated' their account of Main Justice meeting. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/do…

BREAKING: The Justice Department accused the legal team for former Puerto Rico governor Wanda Vázquez Garced of giving a judge a “completely fabricated” account of how prosecutors decided to settle her bribery case. Ben Penn news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/do…

News: A veteran Florida line prosecutor without supervisory experience has leapfrogged to become Trump's nominee to lead DOJ's criminal division w/ 1,100 employees--thanks in part to his ties to WH Chief of Staff Susie Wiles & two Oval Office meetings news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

Exclusive: Another Trump US attorney--and 1st one on the border--receives an "acting" appointment to sidestep judicial approval. New Mexico's Ryan Ellison gets extended as his term was to expire, following public confrontations w/ judges on deportations news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

How a veteran line prosecutor known for working alone, without much supervision, leaned on his ties to Trump chief of staff Susie Wiles to land a prestigious, powerful nomination to run DOJ’s Criminal Division news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

Scoop: Trump-nominated US Atty in rural Va. resigns & is replaced by the man he beat out for the job. Todd Gilbert arrived last month as interim US atty while awaiting confirmation. Rob Tracci was installed as his No. 2 this month & now takes over. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

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Exclusive from Suzanne Monyak & me on continued upheaval at DOJ civil rights division: - 2 probationary attorneys fired - Others forced into sections focused on voter fraud & anti-DEI probes - AAG Dhillon hires "new class of civil rights warriors" news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/do…

News from maia spoto: LA federal defenders, citing recent ruling on Alina Habba (& our reporting on Acting US Atty Essayli disregarding his own prosecutors), asks court to disqualify Essayli as chief LA prosecutor news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/jud… Background: news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…

The federal public defender’s office in Los Angeles moved to disqualify acting US attorney Bill Essayli, citing a decision that ruled NJ top prosecutor Alina Habba ineligible to serve. w/ Justin Wise news.bloomberglaw.com/litigation/jud…

Overnight scoop: the last man standing in DOJ’s sanctuary cities working group has left. The island senior career officials were exiled to - as apparent punishment - if they wanted to keep working under Trump is now deserted. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/tr…