"Seems like it is more blame-shifting." Jeanine Pirro is defending the DOJ investigation into Fed Chair Jerome Powell, despite mounting backlash from across the political spectrum. @aliciamenendez.bsky.social discusses the latest with @kristygreenberg.bsky.social and @bharatramamurti.bsky.social.

@aliciamenendez.bsky.social @peterbakernyt.bsky.social @lbarronlopez.bsky.social @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @jcollins.bsky.social @andreaflores.bsky.social @kristygreenberg.bsky.social @bharatramamurti.bsky.social @davidrohde.bsky.social

Trump claimed the power to send U.S. forces abroad to kidnap foreign leaders. He broke the law in plain sight - and no one stopped him. Not the UN. Not Congress. Not the courts. Now it’s up to us to claim our power. Tell the truth. Stand up to injustice. Vote out those who fail us.

Bondi keeps flagrantly breaking court rules banning extrajudicial comments that prejudice a defendant’s right to a fair trial. Judges in the Mangione and Abrego Garcia cases warned her to stop. Maduro’s judge will too. How many people’s rights must she trample on before she’s sanctioned?

TONIGHT: Venezuela's President makes his first court appearance in NYC. Plus, President Trump makes it clear what he has in store for Venezuela. @lukebroadwater.bsky.social @sbg1.bsky.social @davidrohde.bsky.social @kristygreenberg.bsky.social @jeffsonnenfeld.bsky.social @nickkristof.bsky.social

Tonight on The Briefing, beginning at 8pm ET! 8pm ET: @ericswalwell.bsky.social @kristygreenberg.bsky.social @draperrobert.bsky.social Bharat Ramamurti 9pm ET: @robertgarcia.bsky.social @michael-feinberg.bsky.social @agrobbonta.oag.ca.gov @jamestalarico.bsky.social

Here’s to a year where the good guys win. Happy New Year! 🥂

Here’s an easy way for DOJ to cut time redacting the Epstein files: waive any claims that information in the files is privileged. Stop hiding behind attorney/client, deliberative process, and work product privileges. Protect the victims. Release the rest of the files.

Me after that Lions loss

BREAKING NEWS: Trump pardons the Wet Bandits Merry Christmas! 🎄🎁🎅

Watching Die Hard and FBI Agents Johnson & Johnson are giving Kash Patel energy

🎄 Christmas came early this year. Trump’s Chief of Staff Susie Claus delivered gifts: exonerating Clinton on Epstein and exposing Trump’s retribution against Tish James and Jim Comey. Trump got coal — his revenge fantasies crushed. Welcome to Trump’s Nightmare Before Christmas.

Todd Blanche wants us to believe that Ghislaine Maxwell - a high profile inmate he says faced numerous death threats - was moved to a less secure prison for her own safety. That makes no sense. Don’t buy what he’s selling.

Deputy AG Todd Blanche told Congress that it would take two more weeks to review, redact and release all of the Epstein materials. @kristygreenberg.bsky.social: "I don't understand why this is so impossible."

Wrong. Trump’s own chief of staff said land strikes in Venezuela require congressional authorization because “then it’s war.” She also exposed Trump’s real goal: regime change. (Vanity Fair)

“Being President of this country is entirely about character.” - Rob Reiner’s The American President

DOJ told us there wasn’t evidence to investigate others in Epstein’s network. But victims’ lawyers say there were other abusers - and hundreds of victims DOJ never interviewed. That’s not lack of evidence. That’s lack of will. Why? Who is DOJ protecting?

The DOJ just admitted what insiders already knew: the Epstein files aren’t anywhere near ready. They’re still being contacted by — yes — new victims. I explain why the December 19 deadline is impossible on The Tara Palmeri Show and The Red Letter with @kristygreenberg.bsky.social

EXPOSED: Dozens of Epstein victims say Trump’s DoJ revealed their names in docs sent to Congress and made public - many believe on purpose. Yet DoJ told 1000+ staff on 24-hour shifts to flag Trump’s name. His name was redacted. Theirs weren’t. DoJ protected Trump, not them.

Today an appeals court benched Alina Habba from the top NJ prosecutor gig like she was Justin Fields

Happy Thanksgiving! 🍁🦃🍽 Go Lions! 🏈

I prosecuted sex trafficking cases at SDNY. Without Epstein survivors’ voluntary cooperation, there is no SDNY investigation of Trump’s enemies. And no excuse to hide the Epstein files. Survivors have no reason to trust Trump’s DOJ. Here are 3 questions for SDNY to answer. ⬇️

JUDGE TO HALLIGAN: YOU’RE FIRED. A new prosecutor can indict James, but NOT Comey. Time’s up on his charges. And no real prosecutor would bring that clown show case against James. Great day for Comey, James, Eastern District of Virginia prosecutors, and the rule of law.

Lindsey Halligan in court today:

BOMBSHELL: Rep. Raskin says DOJ killed SDNY’s active investigation of Epstein’s sex trafficking ring IN 2025! Instead of pursuing 20+ traffickers, Trump ordered a political hit job disguised as an investigation to block the release of the Epstein files. PSA to SDNY: Don’t do it.

Kim Kardashian’s new tv legal drama All’s Fair was panned as brain dead. Yet Trump’s DoJ drama is worse. Kim as a lawyer in a thong suit is more believable than Lindsey Halligan as an independent top prosecutor. Judges should toss her vindictive cases - and leave the bad lawyers to trashy tv.

“I think they will be successful on that motion” @kristygreenberg.bsky.social discusses why James Comey has a strong case for his vindictive prosecution motion to dismiss charges, especially with the appointment of Trump’s personal lawyer with no prosecutorial experience who brought the indictment.

Canada, We know you're mad. We don’t blame you. But before you cut us off, just remember that Trey Yesavage came from us. —The USA

In 2025, MN Dem State Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, PA Dem Gov Josh Shapiro’s home was set on fire, and a pardoned Capitol rioter was arrested for threatening to kill House Minority leader Hakeem Jeffries. Condemning all political violence shouldn’t be hard.

Alina Habba’s got the only losing record in New Jersey worse than the Jets. Lindsey Halligan’s DOJ debut makes the Hunting Wives look sane. Trump wants unqualified loyalist prosecutors like them across the country to fight for him, not us. If that doesn’t scare you, it should.

“I don’t think there is a question that Donald Trump is weaponizing the Department of Justice.” @kristygreenberg.bsky.social reacts to Trump’s Oval Office event with top DOJ leaders or, as she calls them, the “Three Stooges” where Trump rattles off more names of political enemies to be prosecuted.

Glad he spared us Magic Mike

Tish James won a $500M fraud case vs. Trump. His payback? A $18K fraud case so bogus that his own top VA prosecutor left, his own AG said they can’t convict, and he sent in the clowns - an insurance lawyer, a wannabe Columbo, and a guy who isn’t a lawyer but plays one on X - to make the case.

Bondi’s DOJ closed the Homan investigation. She claims not to know if a tape exists of Homan taking cash. If true, she’s wildly incompetent. If she’s lying, she’s facing perjury and obstruction charges for a future DOJ to prosecute.

Diddy got 4 years for over a decade of violent sex crimes. Below what prosecutors wanted. Below what Probation wanted. Below the Guidelines of 6-7 years. The judge called it substantial. I call it a betrayal.

NEW: Diddy sentenced to 50 months in prison. Less than the 11 years prosecutors requested. Less than the 5 years Probation requested. More than the time served defense request.

Normal sentencing: 1 hr, 1 defense counsel speaks. Victims speak; defense character witnesses can’t. Diddy’s sentencing: 6+ hours, 6 kids, 5 lawyers, reverend, and rehab director spoke. Diddy’s team bullied a victim not to speak. What a difference money, power and fame makes.

NEW: Diddy’s team is trying to bully the judge into a time served sentence. The documentary last night. The public appearances for next week in Miami before sentence is imposed. It won’t work. They overplayed their hand and it’s a bad look. No shot he’s getting time served.

DIDDY NEWS: Judge said the Guidelines range is 70-87 months. It’s rare for judges to impose sentences below the Guidelines range for convicted trial defendants. I cannot imagine a judge doing so where the defendant denies that there are any victims to his crimes, as Diddy has done here.

“Victims and survivors will never be safe.” That’s what Cassie Ventura told the judge before Diddy’s sentencing. Her words are a brutal reminder of sex crime victims’ pain and suffering. Today when Diddy is sentenced, the judge must deliver justice for Cassie.

It’s giving Jeter’s “The Dive” 20 years later - also vs. Red Sox

“No more dudes in dresses” - says the dude who installed a makeup studio at the Pentagon. Can’t run a War Department without a glam squad.

MAGA: Why didn’t you complain when Biden didn’t release the Epstein files? For good reason. Releasing the files could’ve jeopardized DOJ’s case vs. Maxwell. But in September 2024, Maxwell lost her appeal. A retrial is unlikely. Nothing stops Trump from releasing the files now.

@msnbc.com legal analyst @kristygreenberg.bsky.social to DOJ prosecutors: Do not follow Trump’s orders “like a minion"

I tried a federal sex trafficking case with 1 victim. Trafficker got 20 yrs in jail. Acosta knew of 50+ Epstein victims. Federal charges carry 15 yrs - life, but Acosta cut a deal: state case and 16 months in jail. How many victims did Acosta need to bring a federal case?

Trump is torching the First Amendment. His AG wants to prosecute hate speech, his Deputy AG thinks heckling is a RICO crime, and his FCC Chair sounds like mob muscle. Hot newsflash: the Government can’t punish views it doesn’t like.

Patel: Court orders block releasing the Epstein files. Court order: The Government is the logical party to completely disclose the Epstein files to the public. That’s a green light. Release the Epstein files.

Kash Patel turned his Senate hearing into the Jerry Springer show. In 2023, Patel told Congress: “Put on your big boy pants and let us know who the pedophiles are.” Now he’s part of the cover-up. Time’s up - Patel needs to suit up and do his job. Release the Epstein files.

What a clown show. Congress served a subpoena on the Epstein estate for the birthday book, but Patel says a subpoena wouldn’t obligate the estate to provide it to the FBI. Huh? Also Maxwell recalled the book from discovery, so the FBI must already have the book. 🤦‍♀️

Patel’s testimony that a court order prevents DOJ from releasing interview reports isn’t true. The Epstein court order said interviews aren’t secret and DOJ “is the logical party to make comprehensive disclosure to the public of the Epstein Files.” Release the Epstein files.