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Minnesota leaders push for the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension to be included in the FBI's investigation into the killing of Renee Nicole Good in Minneapolis. DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s federal indictment of the alleged pipe bomber may have come too late to be within the federal statute of limitations. As expected, a federal judge has ruled that the Trump-appointed US Attorney in the Northern...

Jack Smith testified for 8 hours to House Judiciary. Allison picked some of the key moments to talk about. You can watch the video here: https://www.youtube.com/live/6a1TCDYI4cE?si=5noQnlq3M-REYTaf Check out other MSW Media podcasts https://mswmedia.com/shows/   Follow AG Mueller, She Wrote Substack Mueller She Wrote on Bluesky https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote https://twitter.com/dailybean...

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Lawyers for former CIA Chief John Brennan have written to the Chief Judge in the Southern District of Florida accusing the Justice Department of forum shopping. The Supreme Court has ruled that Trump does not have the authority to deploy the National Guard under title 10 USC section 12406. The Justice Department issues a memo asking assistant US Attorneys to work through the holidays to redact the...

The Department of Justice has announced that it will not be releasing all of the Epstein files as required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, but will instead release them on a rolling basis. Jack Smith testified for 8 hours behind closed doors in front of the House Judiciary Committee, saying that he amassed powerful evidence beyond a reasonable doubt that Trump violated the law. Co-Deputy Di...

The Department of Justice has failed to indict New York attorney Letitia James for a third time, as Daniel Richman wins a motion blocking his emails from being accessed by the government. Main Justice has filed a motion to block the testimony of whistleblower Erez Reuveni and DOJ lawyer Drew Ensign in the Alien Enemies Act contempt proceedings before DC District Judge Boasberg.  Judge Xinis accuse...

The Department of Justice failed to re-indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on mortgage fraud charges.  The FBI has arrested and charged a suspect for the pipe bombs placed at the DNC and RNC on January 5th, 2021. Jim Jordan has subpoenaed Jack Smith to appear behind closed doors after rejecting the Special Counsel’s request to testify before the House Judiciary Committee publicly. Kash...

The cases against Jim Comey and Letitia James have been dismissed by a judge who found that Interim US Attorney Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed. News outlets are reporting that President Trump is weighing removing Kash Patel from his position as director of the FBI, but the administration denies those claims. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals upholds the dismissal of Trump's 2022 lawsuit...

Judge Nachmanoff is tying up loose ends in the Jim Comey case by asking for final briefs on handing all the grand jury materials over to defense counsel after Judge Fitzpatrick laid out the particularized grounds that could topple the government’s case. A Department of Defense JAG lawyer was overruled by the Department of Justice over the legality of the lethal boat strikes in the Caribbean. Attor...

The judge reviewing the legality of Lindsay Halligan's appointment in the Comey and James cases said that a chunk of the grand jury transcripts and recordings are missing. The Department of Justice WCADAGPA Ed Martin announced pardons for all the co-conspirators and electors in the 2020 fraudulent elector scheme. The Continuing Resolution to fund the government includes a provision allowing the 8...

The South Carolina Judge weighing the legality of the appointment of Lindsey Halligan has demanded the Lindsey Halligan grand jury tapes after DOJ withheld large portions of them. A different judge in the Comey case berates Halligan for her “indict now, investigate later” approach after the DOJ failed to produce communications seized between Comey and Daniel Richman.  The 11th Circuit orders Judge...

Jim Comey alleges that the single FBI agent’s testimony to the grand jury in his case was tainted by privileged information, and asks the court for the grand jury transcripts.  Comey has also filed a bill of particulars asking the government to clarify the charges, and has filed a motion to dismiss under the Bronston literal truth doctrine. Two assistant US attorneys have been placed on administra...

We’ve had so much news to cover that we haven’t gotten to as many listener questions as we would like. So we have gathered some of your most frequent and most pertinent questions for this Q&A bonus episode. F.B.I. Plans to Lower Recruiting Standards, Alarming Agents - The New York Times Do you have questions for the pod?  Check out other MSW Media podcasts https://mswmedia.com/shows/   Follow...

Jim Comey and his legal team have filed their motions to dismiss his charges on selective and vindictive prosecution grounds, and Comey and Letitia James have filed motions to disqualify Lindsey Halligan. Marco Rubio gave El Salvador US government cooperators in exchange for use of their CECOT Prison. Jack Smith goes to paper in a letter to Chuck Grassley and Jim Jordan about potential Congression...

Trump’s former National Security Advisor John Bolton has been indicted on 18 felony counts of transmitting and retaining national defense information under the Espionage Act. The judge in Comey’s case has denied the government’s motion to restrict the sharing discovery with Comey himself and other witnesses, and sets a blisteringly fast classified materials process. Jack Smith speaks out about his...

Trump’s hand picked US Attorney Lindsay Halligan has secured an indictment of New York Attorney General Leticia James on two felony counts of fraud. Jim Comey has pled not guilty to both counts during his arraignment and indicated he’d be filing multiple motions to dismiss, including a challenge to Lindsay Halligan's appointment as US Attorney. Republican Senators have denounced Jack Smith over ph...

The purge of career prosecutors at the Department of Justice continues as the regime fired a US Attorney in Sacramento hours after she reminded a Border Patrol Chief to abide by court-ordered restrictions on immigration raids. President Trump sharply escalated his attacks on the Bureau this week by falsely accusing the FBI of fomenting the violence at the Capitol on January 6th. Attorney General P...

The Department of Justice installed one of Trump's personal lawyers, Lindsay Halligan as the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia, and, four days later, she obtained a two-count indictment against former FBI Director Jim Comey for lying to Congress and Obstruction.  The Trump Administration continues to imperil criminal cases with extrajudicial statements as a federal judge finds multip...

Former Special Counsel in the Trump investigations, Jack Smith, speaks at length about the weaponization of the department of justice at an event at George Mason University. Trump Administration officials push to fire the US Attorney in the Eastern District of Virginia over his refusal to indict NYAG Tish James and former FBI Director Jim Comey. A trial jury finds a Los Angeles protestor not guilt...

The suspect in the shooting of Charlie Kirk has surrendered himself to authorities as more details emerge about him and his family. Three former top FBI officials sue the government alleging they were terminated for political reasons, and outlining the problems with purging the FBI of experts. More cases are dropped as Department of Justice prosecutors continue to fail to return indictments. The D...

The American Civil Liberties Union files a motion for an en banc re-hearing of Judge Boasberg’s criminal contempt opinion after a three-judge panel stayed his ruling. Attorney General Pam Bondi continues her assault on the Department of Justice by sidelining career attorneys causing every member of the Sanctuary Cities Working Group to resign. The DC US Attorney’s office fails to return indictment...

The Department of Justice was unable to secure three high profile indictments from federal grand juries against people accused of assaulting federal agents.  Congressional Democrats have launched an investigation into the Trump administration’s retreat from public corruption cases. Trump’s clash with the courts over the legitimacy of Alina Habba as the US Attorney in New Jersey is grinding crimina...

The FBI searched former National Security Adviser John Bolton's home in Maryland on Friday in search of classified records. More details have emerged about the purge of top officials at the FBI as the agency lowers recruiting standards and the Trump Administration appoints a Co-Deputy Director to assist Dan Bongino. The Department of Justice misses the deadline to hand over Epstein files to the Ho...

Attorney General Pam Bondi has purportedly removed the District of Columbia police chief and replaced her with the head of the DEA as an emergency police commissioner. The DC Attorney General has filed suit against this takeover. DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office has admitted it’s having a hard time securing grand jury indictments against DC protesters for interfering with immigration and cust...

The Department of Justice ratchets up Trump's revenge tour by launching investigations into Leticia James, Adam Schiff, Jack Smith, and the 2016 Russia investigation. Several former justice department attorneys are seeking elected office. CIA officials worried that the release of a House report on 2016 Russian election meddling could reveal top-secret spying techniques and sources, but the Directo...