Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”

Subtitle holds.

“Filing a placeholder charge the defendant can’t be tried on, on the last possible day, under seal, in the third case against the same man, is not routine or ‘widely recognized.’ It is exactly what it appears to be: vindictive.” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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Jay-Z pulls a Dick Cheney www.nytimes.com/2026/10/26/a...

Just for context, the alleged conduct that the Trump administration is going after here happened a couple of days before the Access Hollywood tape emerged.

Breaking news DOJ charges former FBI Director James Comey, a longtime Trump target, for a third time via NBC News

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“James Comey charged for a third time by the Trump administration” NBC reports that the case has played out under seal in DC since Oct, 5–and Comey hasn’t been indicted there. buff.ly/BypEFNv

Man charged with mailing threatening letters with white substance to members of Congress

“They essentially made the cardinal sin of forgetting that pendulums reliably do one thing — and it swings back most of the time. They’ve got a very rough couple years ahead.”

Judge orders DOJ to reinstate former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey

Obama goes after Vivek Ramaswamy and that ad: “We all know that guy. You know, who’s just like thirsty, who wants to get attention no matter what. Willing to do anything. And in recent days we’ve seen there is no line he will not cross.”

Legal experts pan DOJ’s “hot garbage” Alaska suit: www.nbcnews.com/politics/ele...

My take at Cato on why DOJ's lawsuit against Alaska is borderline frivolous, abusive, contemptuous of federalism and more. "In the aftermath of the 2020 election, courts made clear that they would not allow meritless litigation to steal an election. They may soon have to make that clear again."

It's been a week! www.nbcnews.com/author/ryan-...

😳 WOMAN REPORTER: Do sexual abuse allegations mean nothing to you, sir? TRUMP: Wait. Wait! Wait wait wait. Slow down. Who are you with? REPORTER: NBC, sir. But they are very serious sex abuse allegations TRUMP: Quiet! Isn't she a fresh person? You're a horrible little reporter, aren't you?

NEW: DOJ charges two former FBI officials who came under criticism from Trump allies with lying to Congress.

Deep dive: Nearly 200 people granted pardons or other clemency by President Trump for Jan. 6 riot prosecutions are suing so far for millions in US payouts. More than a quarter were convicted of assaulting or impeding police, court records show. (Gift link) buff.ly/xysKWb4

Asked Todd Blanche about possible post-election litigation from DOJ today. He declined to rule out potential action, citing theoretical “doomsday” scenario. www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

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“It is now undisputed — by everyone except President Trump —that Mr. Hearn should never have been arrested and certainly should not have been indicted.”

NEW: A firm started late last year by the family of the Venezuelan banker Julio Herrera Velutini offered to pay Alina Habba $10m/year while she was an administration advisor. Weeks after she started at the company, Trump pardoned Herrera Velutini, who had been charged in a bribery case.

Read @garygrumbach.bsky.social on the growing presumption of IRregularity in federal court:

New story: In 2025, the FBI was examining the actions of Sen Lindsey Graham, Rep. Jim Clyburn, and Rep. Joe Wilson as part of a sweeping bribery probe. Then Trump’s campaign of retribution demolished public corruption investigations. www.propublica.org/article/nava...

"More than 95% of the videos, which include ads, were not educational."

A former FBI official said the Omar search “flies in the face” of Justice Department protocols. “Why didn’t they just wait three weeks for this?” www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Joined our Here’s The Scoop pod to talk about the Ilhan Omar probe: youtu.be/DBRIkYiPWy0

Just got out of You Can See Everything and I would only like to discuss this and no other topic for the next 72 hours please and thank you.

NEW: Just hours after Kash Patel's locker room hijinks, a member of his "Director’s Advisory Team" sought access to case files for the Trump classified documents case, per a new lawsuit. Within 48 hours, several FBI officials named in the case file were fired.

Feds seized Ilhan Omar's phone and subpoenaed members of her family just weeks before the 2026 midterms:

OpenAI says that the FBI arrested one of its employees in connection with a sophisticated listening device found hidden in one of the company's offices.

OOPS GOP ad buyer mixes up Portlands, spends money meant to help Maine Sen. Susan Collins in Oregon The PAC boosting Collins is "absolutely furious" at the "ridiculous error" made by the buyer, which takes blame and has refunded the money. www.nbcnews.com/politics/202...

'Furious' judge cuts down Trump administration for felling trees at East Potomac:

“The information is there, but the government is just not making him eat a conviction for that violation. So the question is why."

NEW: Harmeet Dhillon's Civil Rights Division is trying to indict former Trump White House official Cassidy Hutchinson, a star witness before the Jan. 6 Committee.

“He’s crawling around now, so I’m excited to chase him around the house and give him all the love that, that, you know —have been kind of withheld for the last 10 months. I’m so excited.”

Have some journalistic jealousy over this look into the crop of new DOJ Civil Rights Division hires from @glennthrush.bsky.social:

NEW: Justice Department tells employees to adopt Trump’s AI rebrand