Anna Bower

Senior Editor @lawfare. Email: [email protected] Signal username: annabower.24

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.

I glanced down at the message.

“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.

So began my text exchange with the top prosecutor for the Eastern District of Virginia.

https://t.co/nES7Y0tp5G

[Jose Pagliery @Jose_Pagliery]

Alina Habba has been charged by NJ ethics officials over the way she brokered an illegal NDA with a Trump Bedminster employee.

It's a stunning allegation against a lawyer who was NJ's unlawful acting US attorney last year.

@washingtonsun exclusive:

https://t.co/NjmklIavo5

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

@mrddmia NEW: The White House is threatening to criminally investigate Democrats for oversight demands they deem illegitimate.

But courts have afforded enormous latitude to lawmakers when it comes to "legislative purpose."

w/ @ChrisMarquette_

https://t.co/9h4filVtpE

[Patricia Murphy @MurphyAJC]

Beneath his campaign strategy and massive fundraising, Jon Ossoff spent years building relationships with Black church leaders in Georgia, who now call him a “once-in-a-lifetime” leader. This is the story of how Black churches helped turn Ossoff’s win into a rout. My @ajc column… https://t.co/fnKHKlEI3U

[@scottjshapiro.bsky.social @scottjshapiro]

I was honey-potted by an exclusive legal positivist, blackmailed into denying moral criteria of validity.

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

DHS General Counsel James Percival spoke at Yale Law School.

Students held up signs that spelled out “abolish ICE” and taped signs to the back of their laptops that read “abolish ICE & prosecute Percival.”

[James Percival @JamesHPercival]

I truly am grateful to Yale Fed Soc for inviting me. The members were great. The students holding the signs, however, were disappointing. About 10 minutes in, they disrupted the lecture for several minutes by standing up and storming out in coordinated fashion. I left 20 minutes for Q&A at the end (unscreened). But none of them were around to challenge my ideas.

[Josh Gerstein @joshgerstein]

BREAKING: Judge rejects BBC's bid to dismiss Trump's suit claiming he was defamed by editing of documentary about his actions after 2020 election. Judge Jeffrey Kuntz (Trump/FLSD) allows libel claim to proceed but boots unfair-business-practice claim. Doc https://t.co/MKPxDFFGEw

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

Eight children of the late RFK (senior) and the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, both buried at Arlington Cemetery, move to intervene as plaintiffs in the DC case to stop Trump's Arch. RFK & Ted were instrumental in creating the eternal flame to honor JFK.
https://t.co/4xKVFmDsEk

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

BREAKING: The Kennedy family has filed for an injunction against President Trump's arch, saying it would destroy the solemn memorial to the Kennedy family at Arlington National Cemetery, disrupting sightlines and casting a shadow over JFK + RFK graves. https://t.co/lLJMoXsrEN

[Grace Panetta @grace_panetta]

This, and also Gmail’s “search” function is practically unusable and has managed to go even further downhill lately. You’re going to have much better luck calling or Signaling me, because I can’t guarantee I’ll see your email

[Jason Meisner @jmetr22b]

And now we see the real end-game here.. In the latest motion, DOJ's Stan Woodward tells Judge Perry her order that Andrew Boutros and other prosecutors come in and testify is a "Catch-22" and she's better off calling off her inquiry and just leaving it to the Executive Branch:

[Jason Meisner @jmetr22b]

And now we see the real end-game here.. In the latest motion, DOJ's Stan Woodward tells Judge Perry her order that Andrew Boutros and other prosecutors come in and testify is a "Catch-22" and she's better off calling off her inquiry and just leaving it to the Executive Branch:

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

.@TheAtlantic is seeking info from FBI/DOJ on Patel's "alleged excessive drinking and performance as FBI [D]irector, including frequent absences, mishandling of high-profile investigations, impulsive decision-making, fear of losing his job, and termination of employees perceived as disloyal.”

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

in the remake the tom hanks character never shows up to meet meg ryan at that restaurant because he’s actually a rogue AI chat bot trying to scam her out of her bookstore so it can use the books for training data

the end

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

A remake of ‘YOU'VE GOT MAIL’ is in the works at Warner Bros.

(Source: Deadline)

[Anna Bower @AnnaBower]

of course i’ll watch but sorry no remake can hold a candle to the magic of the original

[DiscussingFilm @DiscussingFilm]

A remake of ‘YOU'VE GOT MAIL’ is in the works at Warner Bros.

(Source: Deadline)

[Catherine Rampell @crampell]

Whistleblowers tell Democrats documents linked to Trump’s construction projects are being destroyed https://t.co/cfgfJ0ckoi

[Roger Parloff @rparloff]

Wonder if there's any relationship here.
https://t.co/hGqlTRT5J2

[Patricia Murphy @MurphyAJC]

Sen. Jon Ossoff has gone back to his pre-campaign, low-profile habits, skipping national media interviews and avoiding gaggles of Capitol Hill reporters. If he’s running for president, he’s definitely not acting like it. More in the @ajc newsletter… https://t.co/CoDUuBb7pV

[Thomas Massie @RepThomasMassie]

I’ve heard from several members they agree with some of the Articles of Impeachment but not all of them.

If the motion to kill my resolution by referring it to committee fails, and we proceed to the Articles themselves, I’ll request a vote on each of the Articles separately.

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

JUST IN: The D.C. Circuit rejects the Trump administration's effort to unilaterally remove Voice of America head Michael Abramowitz, upholding a lower-court order keeping him in his position. https://t.co/i2Lg1WiQXI

[Dan Lamothe @DanLamothe]

Reporting on their background was and remains accurate:

1) They had paid special government employee roles in the department

2) They did not disclose that while routinely commenting on department matters and signal-boosting political leadership

3) Neither they nor the Pentagon disclosed it until after The Post reported it.

4) Even the initial Post story noted their work could be linked to the war college effort

Have a good one!