There's now "more antisemitism on the right than at any time in my life," Sen. Ted Cruz told the Federalist Society today — urging conservatives to "stand up" to bigotry after Tucker Carlson interviewed white nationalist Nick Fuentes on his podcast. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Federal agencies' independent litigation powers may be next in President Trump's sights if SCOTUS agrees he has the right to fire executive branch employees at will, DOJ's Civil Division head said today. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

The D.C. federal prosecutor's office is on a roll, with back-to-back losses in closely watched assault on a federal officer cases. More surge-era cases grand juries refused to indict are still pending in Superior Court. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

The Supreme Court has asked for supplemental briefing in the Trump administration's request to lift the injunction currently blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois amid an immigration enforcement surge in Chicago.

Justice Brett Kavanaugh's chambers have emerged as a big talent pipeline for President Trump's second-term judicial nominations. Three of his four confirmed appellate court nominees clerked for Kavanaugh on the D.C. Circuit. news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

My first at @bloomberglaw.com: 31 former federal judges today signed on to an amicus brief urging the U.S. Supreme Court to reject President Trump's sweeping tariffs. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/...

Some (slightly belated) personal news: I began a new job this week at @bloomberglaw.com reporting on the U.S. Supreme Court. Add me to your SCOTUS-related media/mailing lists and keep an eye out for my byline soon!

An extraordinarily embarrassing case for the line prosecutors forced to pursue it, who spent two weeks getting yelled at from the bench over missing/incomplete evidence and evasive witnesses -- including at least one whose testimony was flatly contradicted by video evidence.

NOW: Three grand juries declined to indict Sidney Reid, and today a petit jury came to the same conclusion in less than 2 hours -- finding her NOT GUILTY of assaulting an FBI agent during an ICE arrest. (via @sophrosenthal) www.wusa9.com/article/news...

UPDATE: Judge Ana Reyes has set an April 12, 2027, trial date for the first wrongful death lawsuit filed in connection with the Flight 5342 disaster.

NEW: James Comey's attorneys say they plan to file their motion to disqualify interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan as unlawfully appointed on Monday. As in similar challenges in New Jersey and Nevada, an out-of-district judge will be tapped to decide that.

MORE: Attorneys for Kilmar Abrego Garcia say affirmatively if DHS decided to remove him to Costa Rica tomorrow he would go. That the Trump administration isn't trying to deport him there, they say, shows they're trying to punish him.

NEW: A senior ICE official testified today the WH Homeland Security Council — and not the State Department — informed him Uganda was the deportation target for Abrego Garcia. DOJ then asserted presidential privilege over any other details about the call. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

BREAKING: Following OMB Director Russ Vought's tweet today announcing RIFs, AFGE has filed an emergency motion seeking a TRO. They argue the RIFs violate the Antideficiency Act by requiring unlawful work during a government shutdown. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

During an evidentiary hearing now for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, ICE Deputy Assistant Director for Removal Management John Schultz says Eswatini has not yet agreed to take him: “We’ve had initial conversations with Eswatini and we haven’t gotten to a ‘yes,’ but discussions are continuing.”

NEW: DOJ says it will turn over the resignation letter of the criminal division chief who resigned the same day Kilmar Abrego Garcia was indicted. It argues it shouldn't have to turn over any comms by high-level admin officials about the case. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The government has responded to Sidney Reid's motion, saying officers didn't think there was much of anything on the video and that it was never really in their possession.

Former FBI director Jim Comey pleaded not guilty today to lying to Congress. In a rare move, his defense has laid out their strategy. They'll argue the case is politically motivated and that interim U.S. Attorney Lindsay Halligan was unlawfully appointed. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Former FBI director James Comey pleaded not guilty this morning to two counts for alleged false statements to Congress. Jury trial set for Jan. 5. Before that: Motions from the defense to dismiss for vindictive prosecution and disqualify interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan.

In Alexandria this morning, where former FBI director Jim Comey is scheduled to be arraigned at 10 a.m. Lots of media here along with a few folks protesting the case.

As promised, U.S. Attorney Pirro's office has now refiled misdemeanor charges against attorney Paul Bryant in D.C. Superior Court. He was sent a citation to appear next month. Prosecutors had previously fought for pretrial detention.

A new wrinkle in the Sidney Reid case: Judge Sooknanan has scheduled an evidentiary hearing Thursday after Reid's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss today. They allege the government failed to to preserve potentially exculpatory video of the incident.

Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan appears to have gone outside of the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) for help in the Comey prosecution. She's brought in two assistant U.S. attorneys from North Carolina — Nathaniel Tyler Lemons and Gabriel Diaz.

Former FBI director Jim Comey's arraignment has been moved up to 10 a.m. on Wednesday before Judge Michael Nachmanoff. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

This case has been assigned to Judge Beryl A. Howell, an Obama appointee who granted a previous PI seeking to block one of the Trump executive orders targeting a biglaw firm. Howell has ordered the parties to come up with a briefing schedule by tomorrow.

The Justice Department says in a release tonight it intends to appeal Roske's 8-year sentence, which it calls "woefully inadequate." Prosecutors asked today for 30 years in prison.

BREAKING: Dominion Voting Systems has reached a stipulated agreement to resolve its defamation lawsuit against One America News (OAN) and its owners. Motion comes days after Dominion reached a settlement in a similar suit against Rudy Giuliani.

BREAKING: Sophie Roske, the woman who traveled across the country with a plan to kill Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh — but ultimately turned herself in before acting — has been sentenced to 8 years in prison. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

BREAKING: The judge overseeing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case in Tennessee has ordered an evidentiary hearing, saying his attorneys have shown there is a "realistic likelihood of vindictiveness" in his prosecution. Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Heading to Greenbelt this morning for the Sophie Roske sentencing. Prosecutors are expected to call at least one witness. Roske submitted a letter to the court last month, but uncertain if she will speak today.

Tomorrow prosecutors will ask a judge for three decades in prison for Sophie Roske, who pleaded guilty earlier this year to the attempted assassination of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. The DOJ says the plot was "terrorism at its highest order." www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Federal prosecutors, who've already made it very clear they're worried about jury nullification when Sidney Reid goes on trial later this month, wants to ask potential jurors specifically about their feelings on ICE and the federal surge (even though the charges pre-date it).

Judge Amy Berman Jackson has vacated the sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday for Timothy Martin, the North Carolina man convicted of conspiracy to deface a Degas exhibit at the National Gallery of Art, after he filed a sealed neuropsychological report today.

NEW: D.C.'s federal courts hit pause today on all civil suits involving the govt. during the shutdown. That includes dozens of suits challenging the Trump administration and a suit filed by police officers trying to get the Jan. 6 plaque hung in Congress. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.

Lots of stay requests popping up on the federal docket as lawyers for government agencies enter furlough. The federal courts can continue to operate for now on court fees and, if needed, can keep going even without new funds under the Anti-Deficiency Act.

Lamond was sentenced earlier this year to 18 months in prison for obstructing an investigation into Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio and lying to investigators about their relationship. His report date had already been delayed several times. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

In a lengthy minute order last night, Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied convicted former DC Police Lt. Shane Lamond's latest request for a stay on his prison report date. She was, to put it bluntly, unimpressed and unonconvinced by the emergency filing.

NEW: An FBI agent called the woman accused of assaulting her a "libtard" — and described her own injuries as "boo boos." Today, a judge said jurors will get to see those texts in a trial that will test the viability of APO charges during the surge. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

NOW: Federal workers unions sue to block the mass firings the Trump administration has threatened if the government shutdown happens, arguing they are illegal and exceed OMB Director Russ Vought's statutory authority. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: U.S. Attorney Pirro's office is asking a judge to dismiss the federal case entirely against Paul Bryant, the D.C. lawyer it accused of assaulting National Guardsmen. Pirro's office says they will instead seek to refile misdemeanors in local court. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

NOW: Pres. Trump signs EO directing D.C. prosecutors to file all death penalty-eligible offenses in federal court (they would have anyway) and to seek it in every case factors justify. But, they'll need juries to agree. History suggests they won't. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

NEW: Immigrant rights groups have filed a class action lawsuit seeking to block the Trump administration's surge of warrantless arrests in D.C. The suit says the policy has led to "blatant and explicit" racial profiling in the city.

Not normally all that remarkable, but... the U.S. Attorney's Office has secured an indictment against a D.C. man accused of aiming a laser pointer at Marine One while President Trump was onboard.

BREAKING: Rachel Crafton, the widow of Flight 5342 victim Casey Crafton, has filed the first wrongful death lawsuit today against the airlines and the government. Crafton says they "utterly failed" to keep her husband and other passengers safe. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

NEW: During sentencing today, a former D.C. official ID'd the CHS who gave her a $10K bribe — Allieu Kamara Jr. Kamara, who ran several nonprofits, also served as the FBI's key informant in the bribery investigation into Ward 8 Councilman Trayon White. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

A magistrate judge released Jacob Winckler on minimal conditions this afternoon, calling it "a big if" whether the U.S. Attorney's Office will be able to get an indictment on this one. As they now do with essentially all felony cases, USADC sought detention.

BREAKING: Federal prosecutors have charged a D.C. man with aiming a laser pointer at Marine One while it was taking off from the White House grounds over the weekend with President Trump aboard. www.wusa9.com/article/news...

Jay Carey spoke outside of court today, saying he intended to fight the Trump administration's attempts to curtail free speech: "When a president tries to make a law, that president has violated his oath. That attempt cannot be allowed to stand."

Jay Carey, the North Carolina veteran facing criminal charges for burning an American flag near the White House last month, says President Trump violated his oath by trying to restrict free speech. "Our First Amendment rights are sacrosanct," Carey said. www.wusa9.com/article/news...