The phony threats targeted polling places in Georgia, Michigan and Wisconsin, an FBI official told Reuters. reuters.com/world/us/fake-…

From colleague @holmeslybrand: The Philadelphia Police Department told CNN they were not aware what Trump was referring to and did not know of any issues with voting that required a law enforcement response.

A sign of how easily some Senate Rs might cave on Gaetz. Mullin has previously accused Gaetz of sleeping with an underaged girl, showing off videos of girls he slept with on the House floor, and bragging about taking ED meds to "go all night."

Guys, Jack Smith won't go to prison for prosecuting Donald Trump, no matter who the attorney general is.

Trump names three of his personal lawyers as top DOJ officials: Todd Blanche as Deputy AG; John Sauer as SG, and Emil Bove as Principle Associate Deputy AG. (So much for the old common wisdom that representing Trump did no favors for your career.) cnn.com/2024/11/14/pol…

US judge strikes down Biden overtime pay rule - reuters.com/world/us/us-ju…

Isn't this a case of the AP reporting the conclusions the military formed, rightly or wrongly, during the first Trump administration?

Those who think it was a hoax should really read the report produced by the (Republican-led) Senate Intel Committee. The gov't never proved a conspiracy, but there was lots of very unusual stuff going on, including a campaign chair tied to a Russian spy. intelligence.senate.gov/sites/default/…

House Ethics Committee deadlocks on whether to release a report about sexual misconduct and illicit drug use allegations against Gaetz, setting up a possible constitutional clash between the House and the Senate. Annie Karni Maya C. Miller nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/…

Last week, DOJ ordered the DEA to stop hitting up travelers at airports and train stations to search thier bags looking for suspicious cash. The "consensual encounters" can continue only if tied to a particular case or with the director's approval. oig.justice.gov/sites/default/…

This didn't start today. Mexico has been more aggressively stopping people from reaching the U.S. border all year. See, e.g., reuters.com/world/americas…

X has thoughts about who owns your account. And it's not you. From the company's effort to block the transfer of InfoWars accounts to The Onion.

New filing: "TikTok Inc. v. Merrick Garland (TikTok and Bytedance challenge the Tiktok 'ban' law.)" Doc #2088316: Judgment w/Opinion Filed (Merits Panel) PDF: courtlistener.com/docket/6850689… #CL68506893

Read the next sentence: "None of these FBI CHSs were authorized to enter the Capitol or a restricted area, or to otherwise break the law on January 6, nor was any CHS directed by the FBI to encourage others to commit illegal acts on January 6."

BREAKING: Justice Merchan says he will sentence Donald Trump on Jan. 10:

NEW from Brad Heath Andrew Goudsward and me: reuters.com/world/us/top-t…

NEW: The interim U.S. attorney in Washington put his name to a motion dismissing Jan. 6 charges against a person he represented as a defense lawyer, likely violating a swath of conflict rules. "You can't do that," one ethics expert told us. reuters.com/world/us/top-t…

A day after Brad Heath Andrew Goudsward and I reported about interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin's motion to dismiss charges against a J6 defendant whom he represented, the 65 Project announced it has filed a bar complaint: reuters.com/world/us/top-t…

NEW: Law firms have scaled back pro bono work, diversity initiatives + litigation that could place them in conflict w/ Trump, a Reuters investigation found. Brad Heath Kristina Cooke Joe Tanfani Dave Thomas Sara Merken Mike Scarcella Chris Prentice reuters.com/investigations…

Big Law firms have pulled back sharply from litigation against the US government, Reuters found in an analysis of court dockets — a departure from Trump’s first term, when the nation’s largest firms were often involved in challenges to his directives reut.rs/3GSt37j