Eric Ferkenhoff

Investigative Reporter. Tips to [email protected]. Signal: ericferk.75

[ProPublica @propublica]

ProPublica obtained a vast cache of IRS information showing how billionaires like Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk pay little in income tax compared to their massive wealth — sometimes, even nothing.

(Pub. 2021)
https://t.co/pXC3KxEHyP

[James Queally @JamesQueallyLAT]

NEW: The ICE agent who killed Keith Porter Jr. in Los Angeles allegedly told his girlfriend's ex-husband ICE would criminally prosecute the man for leaking his identity, according to court records and a recording. Latest w/ @liborjany https://t.co/ftydopFH5F

[Scott MacFarlane @MacFarlaneNews]

Justice Dept is attempting to erase Jan 6 history, by literally deleting its news releases & web pages

But... the internet is forever!

On the left is what Trump Admin posted

On the right is the actual record on Jan 6 rioter who was found guilty of confronting police

(MORE)

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

Breaking NYT:

CBS News declined to renew its contract with '60 Minutes' correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi — six months after her segment on torture in Salvadoran prisons was pulled off the air abruptly by Bari Weiss. https://t.co/ZZfmDrg8Se

[Qasim Rashid, Esq. @QasimRashid]

BREAKING: Adam Hoffman has been released from jail for "good behavior."

Hoffman is the 49-year-old Waco, TX attorney who faced life without parole for repeatedly raping a young boy, until Texas AG Ken Paxton offered him 1 day in jail and no need to register as a sex offender. A judge increased his sentence to a whopping 60 days. He got out in 30 days.

This is MAGA's vision for the USA. Full story: https://t.co/cU1WnZKAfr

[Peter Baker @peterbakernyt]

.@AGSNYT calls out media owners that have settled flimsy lawsuits and transformed their coverage to placate the president: "Such capitulation, even seemingly small instances of it, serves only to embolden the administration to keep attacking the press." https://t.co/T9MG958MYi

[Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand]

Prior to publication of this story, CNN presented the CIA with extensive details of its reporting. The CIA declined to comment. After publication, CIA spokesperson Liz Lyons released a statement to CNN saying, “This is false and salacious reporting that serves as nothing more than a PR campaign for the cartels and puts American lives at risk,” without specifying what aspect of the reporting is false.
https://t.co/TLvK5cTEFr

[Zach Montellaro @ZachMontellaro]

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Application will close in ~2 weeks, don't delay!

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[Marianne LeVine @marianne_levine]

The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general has launched a probe into the $38 billion warehouse-to-detention program championed by former Secretary Kristi Noem from @tparti @MHackman @shaneshifflett https://t.co/32pKHYqC7T via @WSJ

[Josh Meyer @JoshMeyerDC]

Check out this story from USA TODAY: Canada’s fentanyl czar sounds alarm on next wave of synthetics

In exclusive interview with USA TODAY, Kevin Brosseau says US-Canada effort has alleviated fentanyl crisis but that nitazenes and others pose threat.

https://t.co/5KIVNCjYIO

[Natasha Bertrand @NatashaBertrand]

Exclusive: Earlier this spring, a mysterious explosion blew up a car carrying an alleged cartel operative in broad daylight, on one of Mexico’s busiest highways, just outside of its capital city.

It was a targeted assassination facilitated by CIA ops officers on the ground.

Since last year, CIA operatives inside Mexico have directly participated in deadly attacks on several, mostly mid-level cartel members—a lethal campaign that's gone largely unnoticed.

Me with @ZcohenCNN @evanperez and Mauricio Torres:

https://t.co/tRd27b5JJE

[Nick Penzenstadler @npenzenstadler]

They sent their teens away for treatment. Then, everything unraveled. https://t.co/MDaN96Ufit via @usatoday

[CNN @CNN]

Fired FBI chief tells CNN that FBI director Kash Patel tied job security to purging agents linked to Trump probes. https://t.co/CriOHkXlIy

[Jason Meisner @jmetr22b]

A federal judge has issued an injunction finding ex-Attorney General Pam Bondi and DHS Secretary Kristi Noem effectively threatened Apple and Facebook with prosecution if they didn’t block two web pages that monitor ICE activity in Chicago.
https://t.co/fXWgumGE29

[Grace Hauck @grace_hauck]

Thanks to @STLonAir, Elaine Cha and @D_Towski for having me, @TheVoiceofJosh and Tony Ohlhausen of @namiillinois on the show last week to discuss our @IllinoisAnswers / @mindsitenews investigation into mental health courts! https://t.co/vtSuokyhBJ

[Kyle Griffin @kylegriffin1]

FLAG: The Wall Street Journal says it has received subpoenas for the records of its reporters — an exceedingly rare move by Trump's DOJ that prompted concerns the admin is impinging on press freedom.

The subpoenas were issued in connection with a Feb. 23 article describing Pentagon officials' warnings to Trump about the risks of a military campaign against Iran
https://t.co/qAAxGEi0iH

[Mike Sisak @mikesisak]

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[Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project @OCCRP]

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[Siobhán O'Grady @siobhan_ogrady]

Three months later, this is my last @washingtonpost story — delayed because nearly everyone involved in it was laid off. I am very grateful to newsroom friends who made sure it published anyway, and to brave Roman Mongold and his family for their time.
https://t.co/PMxJxiaMcg

[Juliet Eilperin @eilperin]

EXCLUSIVE: ICE detainees asked for water -- and got pepper sprayed. Using secret records, @dmac1 @abtran @DreaCornejo and Luis Melgar lay out how violence in detention is up nearly 40 percent under Trump https://t.co/Geo8r5R955