Jim Mustian

@AP Investigations 📝| Wise🪑 @NSULA | 🎙Co-host of @sonymusic's Betrayal on the Bayou, the fall of the South's most notorious DEA agent | Signal: mustian.76

[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

“Every now and then you dig up a story that feels dangerous to keep in your notebook

… this was one of those stories”

Episode 1 of Smoke Screen: Betrayal on the Bayou is now streaming

@faimon @SonyPodcasts

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[Joshua Goodman @APjoshgoodman]

NEW: The Trump administration has quietly instructed prosecutors in Miami to avoid criminally investigating Venezuela’s acting President @delcyrodriguezv, a longtime target of the DEA, in the latest sign of warming relations with the oil-rich nation.
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[Mike Sisak @mikesisak]

WASHINGTON (AP) — Emails show FBI Director Kash Patel's Hawaii trip included a 'VIP snorkel' session at a Pearl Harbor memorial.

Another banger by @JimMustian @etuckerAP @NewsDudeAP
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[Eric Tucker @etuckerAP]

FBI Director Kash Patel received a 'VIP Snorkel' at the Pearl Harbor memorial in Hawaii last year while returning from a work trip to Australia and New Zealand, according to emails obtained by The Associated Press.

More here w/@JimMustian @NewsDudeAP

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[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

NEW: FBI Director Kash Patel went on a "VIP Snorkel" at USS Arizona on Hawaii stopover, military emails show

“It's like having a bachelor party at a church" Marine veteran tells @AP

w/@etuckerAP @NewsDudeAP

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[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

Ronald Greene’s mother, Mona Hardin, told me last night she was “trembling in anger” over the abrupt conclusion of this case.

It’s far from where she started — being told, falsely, that Greene died in a traffic crash. But the lawsuit represented her last potential day in court

[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say w/ @jack_brook96
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[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

$4.8M settlement reached over Louisiana traffic stop death, AP sources say w/ @jack_brook96
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[Joshua Goodman @APjoshgoodman]

The denaturalization complaint filed in Miami would complete ex Ambassador Rocha’s fall from grace, stripping the Colombian-born diplomat of the US citizenship he obtained in 1978 — five years after throwing himself at the mercy of Cuba's spy agency.
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[Alanna Durkin Richer @aedurkinricher]

The Justice Department is seeking to revoke the U.S. citizenship of diplomat-turned-Cuban spy as part of aggressive denaturalization push @JimMustian @APjoshgoodman

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[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

Gillum’s family told law enforcement he had a gun and “expressed recent threats to harm ‘Black people,’” per police bulletin obtained by @AP

w/@jack_brook96 @KathyMcCormack1

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[The Associated Press @AP]

Weapons-grade chemical carfentanil surges as dangerous substitute for fentanyl https://t.co/gEX3LRbx9b

[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

"If the world thinks we had a problem with fentanyl, that’s minute compared to what we’re going to be dealing with with carfentanil"

@DEAHQ records viewed by @AP reveal surge of weapons-grade chemical 100 times stronger than fentanyl

w/@HallieGolden4

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[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

NEW: A confidential informant for @DEAHQ failed to pay taxes on more than $4M he earned for undercover work from Lima to Los Angeles

Now he's cooperating in the misconduct investigation into the DEA's infamous "world debauchery tour"

w/@APjoshgoodman

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[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

“It’s hard being in here for something I didn’t do,” K9 commander Paul Kovacich told @AP from a California prison. “But if we can prove all the misconduct in this case, this will have all been worth it. It’s going to open a can of worms.”

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[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

Paul Kovacich had two K-9s, Fuzz and Adolph. He was long suspected of kicking Fuzz to death in 1982 — a significant part of the FBI’s circumstantial case that he also killed his wife

But the suppressed bone testing showed there were actually no signs the dog was stomped to death

[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

The FBI exhumed Fuzz, a K-9 commander’s German shepherd, to solve a California cold case murder

But new evidence shows an agent used his Hotmail account to arrange — and suppress — critical forensic testing, alleged misconduct that could upend the case

https://t.co/ETNbbM0ILB

[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

NEW: The DEA has labeled Colombian President Gustavo Petro a 'priority target,' per docs viewed by @AP

w/ @APjoshgoodman @aedurkinricher

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[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

“Hoping for leaks can’t be the system here”

@iamjohnoliver on how the death of Ronald Greene in @LAStatePolice custody shows body-worn cameras alone don’t prevent police violence

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[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

The Full-Body Restraint Prohibition Act would bar @DHSgov from using the WRAP

People confined during deportation flights told me and @JHDearen it was akin to torture

It's also been tied to several in-custody deaths involving local law enforcement

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[Jim Mustian @JimMustian]

An @AP investigation identified 43 deaths in the U.S. involving the WRAP, a straitjacket-like restraint also used on @ICEgov deportation flights. Some call it "the burrito"

"I don't even think they strap animals like that"

w/ @JHDearen @DoranyPineda90

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[Alanna Durkin Richer @aedurkinricher]

A 12-time convicted felon was set to stand trial next month on drug charges in Minnesota but the case was dropped and he was released after the prosecutor handling it left

@rjfoley & @JimMustian on the impact of the gutting of MN's US attorney's office:
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[Joshua Goodman @APjoshgoodman]

The message was sent by a music promoter: Instead of a years-long wait for a 🇺🇸 visa, an appointment at the Embassy in the Dominican Republic could be had in two weeks. All it took was $10,000 in cash—and a trusted DEA agent.

⁦w/⁦@JimMustian⁩
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