DOJ asks a New York federal judge on Tuesday to unseal grand jury documents in the criminal case of Tova Noel and Michael Thomas – the two correctional officers on duty in August 2019 when Jeffrey Epstein died in federal custody.

Scenes from outside Maduro’s arraignment. Inside, Maduro got in a spat with a critic in the gallery, who called him an “illegitimate” president. His wife’s face was covered in bandages — her lawyer says she may have fractured ribs.

Nicólas Maduro declared “I am still president of my country,” as he pleaded not guilty to U.S. narco-trafficking conspiracy charges. @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/maduro-arrai...

Good morning from the Manhattan federal courthouse where captured Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro and his wife will make their first appearances before a U.S. federal judge on international drug trafficking charges unsealed Saturday.

how the japanese music industry has resisted being totally hollowed-out by streaming.

Michael Wolff's civil defamation suit against Melania Trump has been docketed as a removal to Manhattan federal court, where it has been assigned to U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil, a 2019 Donald Trump appointee.

we're all drawn towards the void, but each day we continue to exist & try to do good for our friends & culture is worth celebrating. so let's raise a toast to US as well as those who are gone, vowing to continue our fight to bend the arc of society in the direction of ecstasy rather than despair.

Martin Rev had a birthday party at a sold out Pianos and this is what it looked like.

Eight Jane Doe victims of Jeffrey Epstein sued the U.S. federal government on Friday afternoon over the FBI's negligent failure to investigate credible reports it received in 1996 and 2005 of Epstein’s sexual misconduct involving minors.

Ghislaine Maxwell on Wednesday filed a self-represented petition to overturn criminal convictions for recruiting and coordinating underage girls for sexual abuse by Jeffrey Epstein. @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/representing...

GHISLAINE MAXWELL self-represented pro se motion to vacate sex trafficking conspiracy conviction and sentence has hit the SDNY docket.

The anti-immigration organization has pushed back against subpoenas from the New York attorney general’s probe into the far-right group’s financial affairs and self-dealing. @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/second-circu...

FTX insider/SBF co-defendant Caroline Ellison, a key cooperating witness at SDNY trial, has been quietly moved out of prison to community confinement, having served about 11 months of her two-year prison sentence, per @businessinsider.com www.businessinsider.com/caroline-ell...

Convicted NXIVM founder Keith Raniere loses bid for an en banc panel review of his appeal.

On Monday, the Second Circuit upheld the dismissal of an antitrust class action brought by former college basketball players who say the NCAA illegally coerced hoopers to sign away their publicity rights. @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/second-circu...

attention sportswriters: yo la tengo's 1st hanukkah shows were in 2001, but they've taken a few years off. if i'm counting correctly, this year is #17.

New York federal judge orders DOJ to unseal Jeffrey Epstein case files @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/new-york-fed...

New York judge greenlights unsealing of Ghislaine Maxwell grand jury files @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/new-york-jud...

Ex-college hoopers press Second Circuit to revive NCAA antitrust case over name, likeness use @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/ex-college-h...

Trump loyalist Alina Habba steps down as top New Jersey federal prosecutor @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/trump-loyali...

New York City Comptroller Brad Lander pleaded not guilty Friday to a federal misdemeanor after protesting the Trump administration’s arrest tactics at a controversial immigration holding facility in Manhattan. @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/nyc-comptrol...

Brad Lander, after pleading not guilty to petty offense: "So what I will say is someone was unreasonably obstructing the usual use of the tenth floor of 26 Federal Plaza on the 18th of September, but it was not me. It was ICE agents. And if anyone is guilty of that offense...that's who it is."

Brad Lander, the New York City comptroller and recent mayoral candidate, is scheduled for a court appearance in New York City federal court on Friday related to his arrest by federal agents at an immigration court in the controversial 26 Federal Plaza building in lower Manhattan.

Former federal prosecutor Maurene Comey is back in Manhattan federal court this afternoon for a hearing in her civil case against the Trump administration over her “politically motivated” July firing from the Southern District of New York prosecutors’ office.

In court watching footage of Luigi Mangione’s arrest in PA last December. Cops made small talk with him about the McDonald’s breakfast menu as he finished his sandwich and handcuffed him when Bing Crosby’s "I'll Be Home for Christmas" came on the radio. An American canto, you might say…

Another SDNY prosecution to be upended by Trump pardon: Trump announced Friday he plans to pardon former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, who was convicted of narco-conspiracy charges at criminal trial and sentenced to 45 years in prison. www.courthousenews.com/ex-honduran-...

DOJ renews requests to unseal Epstein, Maxwell grand jury files @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/doj-renews-r...

NY AG Tish James statement on her federal case being dropped Monday: "I am heartened by today’s victory and grateful for the prayers and support I have received from around the country. I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”

A judge on Monday denied Fox’s motion to pause the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Smartmatic until newly filed federal corruption charges against the voting technology company are handled. @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/fox-loses-bi...

RULING in Smartmatic Fox News case: NY state judge DENIES Fox's motion to stay Smartmatic 2020 election fraud defamation case while voting machine company's federal bribery indictment in Florida is resolved.

boy they just do not make guys like dr john anymore

Having been pardoned by Trump, Rudy Giuliani wants his bar license “immediately reinstated,” per his rep Ted Goodman

The MAGA loyalist congresswoman condemned her Democratic opponent’s endorsement of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. @jrussjruss.bsky.social

The Second Circuit court of appeals will hear Sam Bankman-Fried's bid for a retrial this morning, on his claim that SDNY District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan gravely prejudiced him at trial by "putting a thumb on the scale to help the government and thwart the defense."

NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway

Last month, ICE injured a photographer when they shoved a reporter out of an elevator at 26 Federal Plaza. I wrote about the woman in the elevator, a 20 y/o asylum seeker from Peru, who's been jailed in Louisiana 1000 miles away from her family ever since. @courthousenews.bsky.social 🔗⬇️

In a post on TikTok, former CBS News producer Trey Sherman said CBS laid off all the people of color on his production team while white staff were reassigned. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-...

In the new episode of Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social, @jrussjruss.bsky.social and Hillel Aron discuss the special accommodations Robert Stroud received as a prisoner at Leavenworth, including getting a second cell for his birds. Full episode: open.spotify.com/episode/1Kr1...

Feds announcing two indictments against Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and ~30 others. Apparently, Billups played in rigged mafia-backed poker games that used "sophisticated cheating tech" like X-ray tables and shuffling machines with hidden cameras inside. cc @courthousenews.bsky.social

New York AG Tish James has urged members of the public who have witnessed and documented ICE activity to share their videos and photos with her office through an online portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...

“To be perfectly honest, I’d like nothing better than to get Donald Trump and Melania Trump under oath in front of a court reporter, and actually find out all of the details of their relationship with Epstein,” Wolff said in a social media post

Michael Wolff sues Melania Trump to stave off billion-dollar libel threat over Epstein claims @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/michael-wolf...

Trump biographer Michael Wolff sued Melania Trump in New York state supreme court last night, pushing back under New York's anti-SLAPP law against the First Lady's billion dollar defamation threat over Wolff's Jeffrey Epstein reporting, PDF: www.courthousenews.com/wp-content/u...

NXIVM leader accuses feds of evidence tampering in sex cult investigation @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/nxivm-leader...

NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere is challenging his criminal conviction at the 2nd Circuit court of appeals this morning, claiming feds fabricated and planted digital forensic evidence in racketeering and sex trafficking trial.

"Good luck George, have a great life," Donald Trump writes in social media post on Friday evening announcing the commutation of the federal prison sentence of ex-Congressman George Santos.

Epstein victim accuses Bank of America of assisting sex trafficking operation @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/epstein-vict...

NEWS: Federal judge tosses out Drake's defamation suit against record label over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us." "Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."

Key witness in Bob Menendez bribery trial sentenced to time served @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/key-witness-...