Fallon Gallagher

@MSNOWNews legal affairs reporter | former @nbcnews | @MedillSchool alum | signal: fallongallagher.14

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

Big news day to hard launch some personal news…
After seven wonderful years with NBC News, I recently began covering legal affairs for ⁦@MSNBC⁩ and ⁦@VersantMedia⁩. I’m honored to join this smart team and continue to cover important stories. DM me tips!

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

In appeals court fight over the White House ballroom, DOJ says the federal government could quickly bulldoze the statute of liberty and no one would have standing to sue over the changes once the demolition is done.

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

JUST IN: DOJ apparently for the first time indicates in writing that it is not moving forward with the "anti-weaponization fund."
In a new court filing, the DOJ says the Court should not grant a bid to block the fund-- "not because the Fund will continue (it will not), but to protect the government’s institutional interests in the proper application of Article III limitations on judicial review." @MSNOWNews

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

Here's a dispatch from inside the appeals court as the Trump administration argues the ballroom is critical for national security @MSNOWNews

[MS NOW Reports @MSNOW_Reports]

An appeals court is now weighing a decision on whether construction should be allowed to continue on President Trump's controversial White House ballroom project.

@falgallagher shares more on what she heard inside the courtroom.
https://t.co/9Ec3sO4dyd

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

Joining my friend @alivitali on @WayTooEarly soon to talk ballroom, Bolton, Blanche, and more!

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

Ballroom blitz: The battle over Trump’s White House ballroom returns to a federal courtroom Friday as the government hopes tapping into fears after recent attempts on the president’s life can help support its case for the project’s construction. @msnownews https://t.co/Xr4GRaFbSA

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

Ballroom blitz: The battle over Trump’s White House ballroom returns to a federal courtroom Friday as the government hopes tapping into fears after recent attempts on the president’s life can help support its case for the project’s construction. @msnownews https://t.co/Xr4GRaFbSA

[Ali Vitali @alivitali]

It’s finally Friday w/ @WayTooEarly & the Senate is still awake (for now!) working on reconciliation:
☀️ @stephen_neukam
⛅️ @moses_small
☕️ @falgallagher
🌞 Ashley Davis
🌅 @JesseLehrich

Why are YOU awake? Email [email protected] or reply here. #waytooearly

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

Todd Blanche's name appears 96 times in Pam Bondi's House interview about the Epstein files. Variations of telling the committee that he was in charge of the entire effort. https://t.co/8JORBrxG8h

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

NEW: The Supreme Court has indicated next Thursday (June 11) will be its next decision day. After this morning's decisions, the Court still has 23 cases to hand down. It's going to be a busy few weeks! @MSNOWNews

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

MORE: Bolton is expected to enter his guilty plea on June 26 in federal court in Maryland.

[Ken Dilanian @KDilanianMSNOW]

New: Former Trump National Security advisor John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information related to a diary entry. Under the agreement, he faces up to 60 months in jail and a $2.25 million fine. The plea deal would settle a massive indictment that carry decades in prison and millions of dollars in legal fees.

[Ken Dilanian @KDilanianMSNOW]

New: Former Trump National Security advisor John Bolton has agreed to plead guilty to a single count of retaining classified information related to a diary entry. Under the agreement, he faces up to 60 months in jail and a $2.25 million fine. The plea deal would settle a massive indictment that carry decades in prison and millions of dollars in legal fees.

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

The Supreme Court is set to release opinions at 10am. Here’s what you need to know about the most important cases still on the docket. https://t.co/bjkpWL8UC3

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

It’s June, but there’s no summer recess yet for the Supreme Court justices — they are about to go into a marathon month, handing down a flurry of decisions in cases that will affect many Americans, covering issues including immigration, guns, elections and transgender rights.

Joining @Morning_Joe shortly to break this all down.

@MSNOWNews

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[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

The majority opinion is per curiam (unsigned), but the three liberal justices write a scathing dissent, calling the court's ruling "unconscionable."

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

BREAKING: SCOTUS grants Alabama's emergency bid to use its never-before-used Congressional map, which cuts one of the state's two majority-Black districts.
This 6-3 ruling comes after the district court recently ruled this map intentionally discriminated against Black voters. @MSNOWNews

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

BREAKING: During House subcommittee hearing, Blanche says, “We’re not moving forward with the fund. Period.”
The acting attorney general appeared to catch Rep. Grace Meng, D-N.Y., off guard with his repeated disavowal of the $1.776 billion “anti-weaponization” fund that has drawn fire from Democrats and Republicans alike.
Meng pushed the attorney general to clarify whether he meant only until the temporary injunction lifts on June 12. Blanche affirmed, “We’re not moving forward with the fund.”
Blanche’s testimony appears to mark the first time the administration is publicly dropping its plans for the fund in a definitive way. @MSNOWNews

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

LIVE: Acting AG is back on the Hill to testify before a House subcommittee. He already made news when he said definitively the DOJ is "not moving forward" with the $1.776 billion "slush fund" -- despite a court order that has temporarily blocked it.
Follow along on @MSNOWNews for more
https://t.co/hMO1krws9o

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

Folks the court did NOT rule that the fund is dead. She only ruled that for a two-week period the fund would be on pause while the judge could sort through the legal issues. Abiding by the court order does not mean killing the fund.

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

In a 2-1 ruling, the DC Circuit says the Pentagon's transgender ban is based on animus and likely unconstitutional for service members who have already enlisted. The ruling does not apply to transgender individuals who may enlist in the future.

[MS NOW Reports @MSNOW_Reports]

BREAKING: An appeals court ruled that the Pentagon's ban on transgender service members is likely unconstitutional.

@falgallagher joins @ChrisJansing with more details.
https://t.co/JbwEnPM3HB

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

JUST IN: In Comey adjacent news, a federal judge in Washington is allowing protesters to continue to fly "8647" flags on the National Mall. Judge Ross said these signs do not represent a "true threat on the life or physical wellbeing" of POTUS.

This ruling comes as Comey has been charged with threatening the president for posting a photo of sea shells arranged to spell "8647" on the beach. @MSNOWNews

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

Petracca's replacement is a prosecutor named Timothy Severo. He appears to have decades of prosecutorial experience-- at both the state and local level.
But most of his work seems to focus on drug trafficking crimes. Back in 2006, when he was in the DA's office, he was cross-designated as a Special AUSA specifically to go after drug offenders.
https://t.co/C6SSEH3gGO

[Fallon Gallagher @falgallagher]

JUST IN: EDNC informs the judge overseeing the Comey "sea shells" case that it is removing Matthew Petracca as the government's counsel for the case.
Petracca is the AUSA who secured the indictment against Comey.
They are substituting him with another AUSA. No reason was given for the substitution.
@MSNOWNews