Great deep dive from @birnbaum_e & @swillmer on how TikTok is battling a potential US ban with the signature tools of American democracy — lawyers, lobbyists and money https://t.co/uTmxtccIR9
Over a decade ago, Justice Clarence Thomas was under scrutiny for failing to report years of his wife's income. Democrats in Congress and advocacy groups urged the judiciary to investigate.
Here's the previously untold story of what happened next:
https://t.co/nkPgfLWohI
Big tech companies like EA, Block and an Apple contractor are forcing workers to sign allegedly illegal labor agreements, an SEC whistleblower claims https://t.co/gWlbtfBaKu
Grammy-winning rapper Pras Michel was driven by greed as he lobbied the US government for a financier linked to looting billions of dollars from 1MDB, a prosecutor told jurors.
Here's @swillmer's dispatch from trial day 1: https://t.co/e6DvYJ6cTZ
@swillmer What has Rob Hur been up to since AG Garland named him special counsel to investigate Biden's handling of classified docs? Here's @swillmer and I on how that office is taking shape:
https://t.co/qaptYjdt7Y
Here's @davidvoreacos the hip-hop lawyer poised for another round in the spotlight as Donald Trump's lawyer in Georgia's election fraud probe https://t.co/ZLw5mTHkJn
NEW: Trump lawyer Evan Corcoran made a grand jury appearance last month in the special counsel probe into the handling of docs at Mar-a-Lago.
Corcoran was involved early on in dealings with DOJ, and has continued to represent Trump. From @swillmer & me: https://t.co/CSG9HGNrvt
New from @swillmer: Chad Wolf, former acting homeland security secretary, sat for a four-hour recorded discussion under oath (not before a grand jury) a few weeks ago with FBI agents and DOJ lawyers in the 2020 election special counsel probe
https://t.co/ZQ8ujteozu
New: The US Supreme Court’s inconclusive report on the source of last year’s leaked draft opinion raises more big questions than it answers, including, critically: Were justices questioned and subject to the same process as staff?
From me + @swillmer:
https://t.co/gAPMiShbqN
Steve Bannon should go to prison for six months after a jury found him guilty of contempt of Congress for defying a subpoena, according to a government sentencing memorandum https://t.co/HAs9eddRUK via @swillmer & @eelarson
NEW: The night before a hearing in a high-profile Jan. 6 case this summer, police descended on the home of the judge. The "swatting" incident — a dangerous hoax that prompted a court-wide warning — illustrates the rising threats against federal judges. https://t.co/chnVZjxeTn
New: The Mar-a-Lago warrant isn't public yet but we've obtained and seen a copy, first run, being updated, on what potential criminal violations are under investigation (Espionage Act, records mishandling) and what FBI agents seized
https://t.co/mPntvV74nC
Companies contend competition will continue post- merger.
“You might as well say you are going to have a husband and wife bidding against each other for the same house. It will be very gentlemanly. It will be, ‘After you. No, after you.’”
from @swillmer
https://t.co/OXXAnJouPP
“This case is about the defendant thumbing his nose at the orderly processes of our government,” DOJ prosecutor Amanda Vaughn told the jury in opening arguments of Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress trial https://t.co/7qVRT4SUav