Mike Scarcella
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US Justice Department stumbles in retribution campaign against Trump foes www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
US Justice Department stumbles in retribution campaign against Trump foes www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US DOJ's misconduct complaint against judge in transgender military ban case gets tossed www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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November 25, 2025 at 12:44 AM
US DOJ's misconduct complaint against judge in transgender military ban case gets tossed www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
November 24, 2025 at 5:56 PM
DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter www.reuters.com/world/us/dog...
US judge tosses case against ex-FBI chief Comey, rebuking Trump prosecutor www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:55 PM
US judge tosses case against ex-FBI chief Comey, rebuking Trump prosecutor www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
Trump administration cannot expand rapid deportations, US appeals court rules www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
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November 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Trump administration cannot expand rapid deportations, US appeals court rules www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege www.reuters.com/sustainabili... from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social
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November 23, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Meta buried 'causal' evidence of social media harm, US court filings allege www.reuters.com/sustainabili... from @jeffhorwitz.bsky.social
US judge revives contempt proceeding against Trump officials www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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November 19, 2025 at 9:50 PM
US judge revives contempt proceeding against Trump officials www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US judge orders DOJ to turn over Comey grand jury materials, citing 'misconduct' www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM
US judge orders DOJ to turn over Comey grand jury materials, citing 'misconduct' www.reuters.com/world/us-jud...
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Sometimes, even when you basically know what's been going on, seeing it all in one place is pretty striking -> www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
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November 17, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Sometimes, even when you basically know what's been going on, seeing it all in one place is pretty striking -> www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
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DOJ has been abandoning a truly incredible share of the criminal cases it filed in D.C. this year.
Today, it asked a judge to dismiss yet another, this one involving a man charged with illegally possessing a gun "in light
of legal and evidentiary issues."
Today, it asked a judge to dismiss yet another, this one involving a man charged with illegally possessing a gun "in light
of legal and evidentiary issues."
November 15, 2025 at 2:37 AM
DOJ has been abandoning a truly incredible share of the criminal cases it filed in D.C. this year.
Today, it asked a judge to dismiss yet another, this one involving a man charged with illegally possessing a gun "in light
of legal and evidentiary issues."
Today, it asked a judge to dismiss yet another, this one involving a man charged with illegally possessing a gun "in light
of legal and evidentiary issues."
US Justice Department targets judicial 'obstacles' in immigration, antifa cases, email shows www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:49 PM
US Justice Department targets judicial 'obstacles' in immigration, antifa cases, email shows www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
DOJ drafts legal opinion backing immunity for US troops involved in boat strikes www.reuters.com/world/us/doj...
November 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
DOJ drafts legal opinion backing immunity for US troops involved in boat strikes www.reuters.com/world/us/doj...
Patel has taken only about a dozen personal trips since assuming the role of FBI director in February, a spokesperson told WSJ www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
Kash Patel’s ‘Effin Wild’ Ride as FBI Director
In just one week in October, he ticked off his bosses with premature comments about a terror investigation squeezed in a trip to the ‘Boondoggle Ranch’ on the bureau jet.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Patel has taken only about a dozen personal trips since assuming the role of FBI director in February, a spokesperson told WSJ www.wsj.com/politics/pol...
US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right www.reuters.com/world/us-sup...
US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right
The U.S. Supreme Court rejected on Monday a bid by a former Kentucky county official to overturn its landmark 2015 ruling legalizing same-sex marriage nationwide, as the justices steered clear of the contentious case some 3-1/2 years after its conservative majority reversed abortion rights.
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November 10, 2025 at 3:31 PM
US Supreme Court rejects bid to overturn same-sex marriage right www.reuters.com/world/us-sup...
New: US judge rules Trump illegally ordered National Guard to Portland, Oregon www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Ruling - storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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November 8, 2025 at 1:11 AM
New: US judge rules Trump illegally ordered National Guard to Portland, Oregon www.reuters.com/legal/govern... Ruling - storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
US judge rejects government's riot claims, restricts federal agents' use of force in Chicago www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
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November 6, 2025 at 9:57 PM
US judge rejects government's riot claims, restricts federal agents' use of force in Chicago www.reuters.com/legal/govern...
US won’t ask Supreme Court to hear lawsuit over pandemic ban on evictions - billions in damages sought www.reuters.com/legal/govern... #SCOTUS
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November 6, 2025 at 9:56 PM
US won’t ask Supreme Court to hear lawsuit over pandemic ban on evictions - billions in damages sought www.reuters.com/legal/govern... #SCOTUS
"I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything happening," Sean Dunn said outside the DC federal courthouse. "That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants." www.reuters.com/world/washin...
November 6, 2025 at 8:57 PM
"I am so happy that justice prevails in spite of everything happening," Sean Dunn said outside the DC federal courthouse. "That night I believe I was protecting the rights of immigrants." www.reuters.com/world/washin...
Washington sandwich-thrower cleared of assaulting US agent www.reuters.com/world/washin... from @agoudsward.bsky.social
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November 6, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Washington sandwich-thrower cleared of assaulting US agent www.reuters.com/world/washin... from @agoudsward.bsky.social
Border patrol agent who shot Chicago woman boasted about it in text messages www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
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November 6, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Border patrol agent who shot Chicago woman boasted about it in text messages www.reuters.com/world/us/bor...
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Tesla's auto insurance unit was sued in federal court in Arizona over allegations that it has systematically underpaid millions of dollars in claims by withholding required coverage for uninsured and underinsured motorists @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/4olRSJ3
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Tesla's auto insurance unit was sued in federal court in Arizona over allegations that it has systematically underpaid millions of dollars in claims by withholding required coverage for uninsured and underinsured motorists @mikescarcella.bsky.social reut.rs/4olRSJ3
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NEW: Even the FBI thinks unidentified masked ICE agents is a bad idea. @dell.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social with the scoop. No paywall bc FOIA: www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves
In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to distinguish real operations from fakes.
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November 4, 2025 at 7:31 PM
NEW: Even the FBI thinks unidentified masked ICE agents is a bad idea. @dell.bsky.social and @carolinehaskins.bsky.social with the scoop. No paywall bc FOIA: www.wired.com/story/fbi-wa...
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JUST IN: Unusual filing in Tish James case. DOJ says it isn't complying with judge's order to turn over discovery on selective prosecution issue. Usual procedure would be move to reconsider the order but prosecutors file 'notice' telling judge no. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
#46 in United States v. James (E.D. Va., 2:25-cr-00122) – CourtListener.com
NOTICE Of Reasons for Not Providing Pre-Vindictive/Selective Prosecution Motion Related Discovery by USA as to Letitia A. James (Keller, Roger) (Entered: 11/04/2025)
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November 4, 2025 at 7:11 PM
JUST IN: Unusual filing in Tish James case. DOJ says it isn't complying with judge's order to turn over discovery on selective prosecution issue. Usual procedure would be move to reconsider the order but prosecutors file 'notice' telling judge no. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Sandwich-hurling man on trial for 'throwing stuff' at federal agent in Washington reut.rs/47nt39J
Sandwich-hurling man on trial for 'throwing stuff' at federal agent in Washington
The trial of a former U.S. Justice Department staffer who hurled a sandwich at a federal agent during President Donald Trump’s police crackdown in Washington D.C. began on Tuesday with a federal prosecutor telling a jury, “You can’t go around throwing stuff."
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November 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Sandwich-hurling man on trial for 'throwing stuff' at federal agent in Washington reut.rs/47nt39J
US judge praises prosecutors who were suspended after referring to January 6 'mob' www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...
October 30, 2025 at 10:08 PM
US judge praises prosecutors who were suspended after referring to January 6 'mob' www.reuters.com/legal/litiga...