Bondi's former chief of staff Chad Mizelle: "Part of the reason the weaponization work has been difficult is that you need people who are MAGA and who are really competent." From @paulareidcnn.bsky.social and other @cnn.com folks:

On Lawfare Daily, @klonick.bsky.social interviewed @ronanfarrow.bsky.social and Andrew Marantz about their @newyorker.com article on Sam Altman, the products he's building at OpenAI, and how he's selling them to investors and the public, and also to regulators and world leaders. youtu.be/O2GNrY63_2c

On Lawfare Daily, @tylermcbrien.com spoke to @qjurecic.bsky.social and @annabower.bsky.social about the life and times of the Justice Department’s current head of the civil rights division, Harmeet Dhillon and the hallmarks of her tenure at the Justice Department thus far. youtu.be/wWGp8yRpyV0

Tucker Carlson: I’ll be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. We’re implicated in this. I misled people.

You have got to be kidding me with this. What?? C’mon. blog.dividedargument.com/p/court-leak...

That sound you hear in the background is Robert Jackson rolling in his grave

Ironically, that clip begins with DiGenova’s wife and law partner Victoria Toensig attacking Peter Strzok for investigating Trump despite his “vile animus” toward the man. rumble.com/v6864s-joe-d...

Jamie Raskin has filed briefs supporting his motions for the court to appoint an amici to contest vacating the convictions of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers. Here's the Proud Boys version ... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Somewhere out there, in a law firm office far, far away, an associate on the defense team for John Brennan just started updating the exhibit list for his draft selective or vindictive prosecution motion

My "No, the FBI did not have to send a SWAT team because I was passed-out drunk behind a locked door" shirt is raising questions...

Disappointingly, the actual malice section of Patel’s complaint does not contain a subhead entitled “Actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up”

Here’s a list of the allegations that Patel claims are false and defamatory:

Here’s FBI Director Kash Patel’s complaint against the Atlantic regarding the magazine’s reporting about his drinking habits: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Happy Monday from Lucy the beagle She’s wishing you a week full of treats

SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...

Ok, I couldn’t decide so I went with a third option: Belle Burden’s “Strangers” My three-word review: Men are unbelievable!

I agree! Everybody see Nirvanna The Band Etc!

This is an extremely funny tweet if you’ve seen “Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie” Which reminds me that I’ve been meaning to tell everyone to go watch “Nirvanna The Band The Show The Movie” It’s so funny and genuinely delightful

NEW: We obtained the government’s settlement agreement with Michael Flynn. As previously reported, DOJ agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle Flynn’s claims that he was wrongfully prosecuted. But docs suggest a separate settlement could be in the works: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/u.s....

WOW: Jodi Kantor & Adam Liptak have the memos that describe the origins of SCOTUS shadow docket - the 2016 order halting Obama’s Clean Power Plan @jodikantor.bsky.social @adamliptak.bsky.social @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/04/18/u...

ACTUAL MALICE STANDARD IS NOW WHAT SOME WOULD CALL A LEGAL LAYUP

WHO IS THE ADMINISTRATOR OF LEGAL LAYUPS

ACTUAL MALICE STANDARD IS NOW WHAT SOME WOULD CALL A LEGAL LAYUP

“actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up.” “actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up.” “actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up.” “actual malice standard is now what some would call a legal lay up.”

Wow I had no idea

extremely millennial dilemma: do i read the new lena dunham first or the new patrick radden keefe first?

Kash Patel advisor Erica Knight says a “lawsuit is being filed” over The Atlantic’s article alleging that the FBI director’s drinking has been “a recurring source of concern across the government.” Patel retweeted the post.

Gift article: www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...

👀👀👀 “Patel’s drinking has been a recurring source of concern across the government. They said that he is known to drink to the point of obvious intoxication….On multiple occasions in the past year, members of his security detail had difficulty waking Patel because he was seemingly intoxicated…”

I watch Lawfare live just to see @annabower.bsky.social puppy lucy..

OAH peeps: it appears my book is not at the Oxford University Press booth. But you can go by and order Migration and the Origins of American Citizenship by scanning the QR code for 40% off.

Meanwhile…. A new filing in Trump’s $10 billion dollar civil case against his own IRS signals that the parties are in settlement discussions. Trump sued over prior disclosure of his tax returns. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

If you appreciate the publication of primary source documents like this one, I hope you’ll consider donating to support our non-profit journalism and analysis. givebutter.com/journalism/a...

Nice (and infuriating) FOIA win from @annabower.bsky.social and @lawfaremedia.org!

The Trump administration gave $1.25 million of our tax dollars to Michael Flynn to "settle" a bogus lawsuit for wrongful prosecution in a case WHERE HE PLED GUILTY. Now, as Anna points out, the government might be gearing up to shovel even more money at him to settle another equally frivolous case.

We obtained the Flynn settlement through a FOIA lawsuit filed in federal court earlier this year. We’re seeking records related to settlement agreements executed by Trump’s DOJ. Many thanks to our lawyers at the Civil Service Law Center LLP for their assistance! bsky.app/profile/anna...

NEW: We obtained the government’s settlement agreement with Michael Flynn. As previously reported, DOJ agreed to pay $1.25 million to settle Flynn’s claims that he was wrongfully prosecuted. But docs suggest a separate settlement could be in the works: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/u.s....

Yeah, I think one of the most incredible things about the pope-off is that when previous popes have done similar things, it had to go through a translation barrier, but no nuance and no shade is lost when the American pope is being bitchy [complimentary]

The one in which @ericcolumbus.bsky.social takes up the “Hey, Ed!” mantle bsky.app/profile/anna...

As someone who was in the FBI while the investigations were ongoing, and who now works at @lawfaremedia.org I cannot overemphasize how thorough the site’s coverage of the events truly was — and is.

I wonder if, in my lifetime, DOJ will ever recover the integrity that it once held, to whatever extent it held it.

I’m especially proud of our work at @lawfaremedia.org because we’ve produced what is likely the most detailed contemporaneous reporting on J6 legal cases. Even as I watch history be rewritten in real time, I still hope it will serve future historians seeking truth. givebutter.com/journalism/a...

“The past was erased, the erasure was forgotten, the lie became the truth.”

The individuals referenced here are adjudicated terrorists. They were found guilty of conspiring to use force against their own government to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. A conservative, Trump-appointed judge applied terrorism enhancements to their sentences.

Days after the president blasted the Pope as “weak on Crime,” his own DOJ moved to dismiss criminal cases against individuals convicted of conspiring to use force to prevent the peaceful transfer of power. Some of the conduct for which Rhodes was convicted: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/oath...

JD Vance/Turning Point USA event in Athens, Georgia

In which I finally got tired of DOJ passing off "we did XYZ super duper complicated sounding thing that we swear made sense trust us" and had an actual honest to God cyber expert beat them senseless. Legally speaking. @muellershewrote.com

JD Vance/Turning Point USA event in Athens, Georgia