Admiring the artwork on this Economist story, entitled "Donald Trump's Gutting of the DOJ." (Sorry I can't give you a gift version.) www.economist.com/leaders/2026...

In his nomination questionnaire, Todd Blanche says Trump's ballroom case is among the 10 most significant cases he's personally handled. Much of the April brief he cites sounds suspiciously like Trump. www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/do... storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Correction/clarification: NYT now says 5 g.j. subpoenas were prepared, but only 3 have been served. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/15/b...

The @nytimes.com has filed a motion to quash the grand jury subpoenas to several of its reporters. The motion was actually filed 7/10 but is still sealed. NYT says it's trying to have it unsealed. Statement of David McCraw, Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel below:

After Trump's interim US Atty passed 120d mark & Trump failed to nominate anyone for post, the WD Wash bench appointed Roger Rogoff. Then White House fired him within hours. Rogoff "considering all [his] legal options." Per @benjaminpenn.bsky.social news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and...

Attys for Reflecting Pool defendant David Hearn say govt witness told govt that photos Hearn took showing damaged liner (published in WaPo, e.g.) were taken *before* he touched the water—drawing into question how he could’ve damaged it. … 1/3

Judge Kaplan in 2023: "The proof convincingly established, and the jury implicitly found, that Mr. Trump deliberately and forcibly penetrated Ms. Carroll's vagina with his fingers, causing immediate pain and long lasting emotional and psychological harm." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

E Jean Carroll's atty has $5.62M for the Carroll II verdict. ...

Today's Lawfare Daily is the June 10 livestream where @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @annabower.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social discussed litigation against the Trump administration. youtube.com/live/WVO2m0P...

Given no choice, Judge Kelly ends Proud Boys case. He says J6 was an attack on police officers, on Congress—given primacy by the framers—& what Reagan called the miracle of the "peaceful transfer of power." Judge calls for the nation to "defend that miracle through our constitutional framework."

The @aclu.org & others have filed a cert petition with SCOTUS seeking review of the 5th Circuit case that upheld Trump's mandatory immigration policy. (I believe it's the 2d petition raising the question. Also raised in 6th Cir case Raycraft v Lopez-Campos. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Lafware Live: The Trials of the Trump Administration, July 10 - YouTube with @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org , @annabower.bsky.social . @rparloff.bsky.social , @mollyroberts.bsky.social and @ericcolumbus.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=WVO2...

Best law geek podcast I've heard, another detailed thoughtful episode www.youtube.com/live/WVO2m0P... @annabower.bsky.social @mollyroberts.bsky.social @rparloff.bsky.social @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org

Join @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org, @annabower.bsky.social, @mollyroberts.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social & @rparloff.bsky.social today at 4pm ET for a roundup of the latest Trump administration litigation: E. Jean Carroll case updates, the Kennedy Center name fight, and more.

From @seamushughes.bsky.social :

Final line from Judge Kaplan's explanation last night of his order okaying release of Trump's $5+M security deposit with the court clerk to E Jean Carroll's atty: "[D]efendant has been stalling this case for years. ... It's time for him to 'do equity' and pay the judgment."

Does E Jean Carroll have the money yet? My understanding is that it can take a few days for funds to be transferred out of the court's acct & for the bank to process a wire transfer into the atty's client acct. So Carroll's atty might not have the funds in her client acct till beginning of next week

The arraignment in USA v David Hearn (Olympian charged with felony destruction of property relating to incident at Reflecting pool) just concluded at DC Superior Court. Next status hearing 8/5. Released own recognizance. Judge declined to issue order to stay away from Reflecting Pool. ... /1

Last night, in a one-sentence order, the Second Circuit denied Trump's emergency motion for an administrative stay of Judge Kaplan's order, which has already released $5+M from court clerk to E Jean Carroll's atty. ... 1/2

Here's is Trump's emergency motion in the Second Circuit seeking an administrative stay of Judge Kaplan's order, which has already authorized the clerk to release $5+M to E Jean Carroll from escrow. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

And now Trump is appealing Judge Kaplan's order, earlier today, releasing $5 M+ in funds to E. Jean Carroll.

Here it is.

Breaking: Judge Lewis Kaplan has ordered the release of $5 million+ in damages owed to E. Jean Carroll by Donald Trump. Trump failed to convince the judge to delay the payment. This comes more than three years after he was found liable for sexual assault.

DC Circuit panel unanimously denies Trump's attempt to stay removal of his name from Kennedy Center pending appeal. Judges Millett (Obama), Wilkens (Obama), Katsas Trump. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump has now filed a new SCOTUS petition for rehearing in Carroll II, which has been accepted for filing. H/T @lylden.bsky.social

Roger: Trump has now filed a fresh version of the rehearing petition at SCt. Only significant changed is that it adds a word-count ctf. and a notice to opposing counsel. Neither was included in 1st version. This may clear it for filing activating new filing b4 J. Kaplan. Lyle Denniston

Trump's belated argument for holding Carroll II until the Carroll I cert petition is decided, below, is not crazy. Fact that SCOTUS rescheduled Carroll II 15x before denying cert might mean one of them knew this was coming, but didn't have the votes to wait longer. Attn: @stevevladeck.bsky.social

Trump's unaccepted-for-now SCOTUS petition for rehearing in Carroll II (tried 1st) raises an issue that, AFAIK, he has never raised before. So he would presumably have waived it--if it's waivable. It goes like this. ... 1/2 storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Trump asks Judge Kaplan not to release $5.8M from court escrow to E Jean Carroll claiming his "petition for rehearing [of cert denial!] remains pending before SCOTUS." But SCOTUS docket shows his petition was "not accepted for filing" on July 6. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"Everyone ... should be concerned about the DOJ's ability to utilize the power of the grand jury to appropriate your private information without a legitimate purpose." (Quashing grand jury subpoena seeking personal info on thousands of Fulton Co election workers.)

NEWS: Federal judge in Georgia quashes DOJ grand jury subpoena seeking information about election workers who volunteered or worked during the 2020 election in Fulton County. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

NEW: DOJ settled a second lawsuit with Trump ally Michael Flynn, resolving his claim that the Army wrongly withheld $38K in retirement pay after concluding he accepted money from a Russia-controlled entity for a 2015 speech without approval; source says payout is a sum below $75K buff.ly/0Jh9HOf

New suit alleges that, since March 2025, govt has been sharing confidential info of Iranian asylum seekers—dissidents, Christians, LGBTQ—with Iranian govt in efforts to deport them. (Suit brought by @Public_Citizen Litigation Grp for Iranian American LDF) ... 1/2 www.npr.org/2026/07/07/g...

BREAKING: Eleventh Circuit, on a 2-1 vote, upholds injunction blocking Florida from enforcing its 2022 Stop WOKE Act in the university context. The majority opinion is from Judge Britt Grant, a Trump appointee: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Tension between Trump & the Smithsonian's chief began on a museum tour, as they passed an exhibit on the Dutch role in the slave trade, & Trump's only comment was, "You know they love me in the Netherlands." By Maggie Haberman & @jonathanswan.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2026/07/06/u...

From 10/1/25 to 5/31/26, refugees admitted to the US were overwhelmingly white Afrikaners—likely 6,665 out of 6,668. (Other 3 were Afghans. Detail from Judge Marbley’s ruling yesterday, enjoining DHS’s “pause” in processing immigration applications from disfavored countries. ) 1/2

JUST IN: A federal judge in Ohio, describing hostility toward nonwhite immigrants expressed by President Trump/VP Vance, becomes the latest judge to order the administration to unfreeze immigrant benefit applications frozen by USCIS. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

"Trump is cultural heroin. . . . Trump’s promises are the needle in America’s collective vein." By JD Vance. @theatlantic.com re-runs Vance's 2016 article. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc...

Judge Kaplan denies Trump's request for more time. His brief arguing why he shouldn't release the $5.8M to E. Jean Carroll right now remains due Tues., 7/7.

According to his recent financial disclosures (& assuming past is prologue), it would take Trump less than a day to replenish the $5.8M he owes E. Jean Carroll for the verdict that's now final. (He took in at least $2.2B in 2025, so more than $6M per day.)

Trump asks Judge Kaplan for more time before paying E Jean Carroll $5.8M, even tho cert’s been denied. Trump says his new atty needs time to get up to speed. Carroll says no. Trump’s known for 5 mos that his lede atty was leaving & has co-counsel who’s been on case since day one. ... 1/2

Former DOJ pardon atty Liz Oyer says then Dep AG Todd Blanche "fired me for doing my job, then subjected me and my family to months of retaliation." www.lawyeroyer.com/p/my-letter-...

Here's the Davey Hearn Reflecting Pool indictment. Not exactly a speaking indictment. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

Statement from counsel for David Hearn, the just indicted ex-Olympian, charged with felony destruction of property, in connection with something he did at the Reflecting Pool.

SCOTUS has denied a stay to former Fox News reporter Catherine Herridge (and has lifted an administrative stay), leaving her under a civil contempt order to pay $800 a day until she reveals the name of a source who provided info about an FBI probe into Yanpeng Chen. Kavanaugh would've granted. 1/2

Praising SCOTUS for standing up to Trump on tariffs/Cook/birthright is like "praising the arsonist who shows up with a fire extinguisher: the ... blazes he ... puts out cannot be weighed in isolation from the far larger ones he set." By @stevevladeck.bsky.social www.stevevladeck.com/p/bonus-236-...

John O Brennan sues DOJ in DC asking court to order preservation of documents & records relevant to building constitutional challenge to his vindictive prosecution. www.documentcloud.org/documents/28...

E. Jean Carroll asks court to order Trump to pay the $5,779,783 he owes for Carroll II verdict for sex abuse & defamation ($5M plus interest). Trump’s atty wants time to weigh asking SCOTUS to “reconsider” its cert denial. She says fuhgeddaboudit. “This is the end of the line.” ... 1/3

(This one's unanimous: Biden, Obama, Reagan.)

E. Jean Carroll asks court to order Trump to pay the $5,779,783 he owes for Carroll II verdict for sex abuse & defamation ($5M plus interest). Trump’s atty wants time to weigh asking SCOTUS to “reconsider” its cert denial. She says fuhgeddaboudit. “This is the end of the line.” ... 1/3