@bradheath

DC reporter for @reuters on crime and justice. Ex-@usatoday. Data, documents and "convoluted KGB style back-door" stuff. 202-527-9709, [email protected]

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Exclusive: Federal drug prosecutions crater as Trump shifts focus to deportations - reuters.com/legal/government… by ⁦@bradheath⁩

EXCLUSIVE: Federal drug prosecutions fall to lowest level in decades as Trump shifts focus to...

The shift has produced a slowdown in longer-term drug investigations and prosecutions.

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@Reuters31 Jul 2025
Big Law firms have pulled back sharply from litigation against the US government, Reuters found in an analysis of court dockets — a departure from Trump’s first term, when the nation’s largest firms were often involved in challenges to his directives reut.rs/3GSt37j
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NEW: Law firms have scaled back pro bono work, diversity initiatives + litigation that could place them in conflict w/ Trump, a @Reuters investigation found. @bradheath Kristina Cooke @JTanfani @DaveThomas5150 @SaraMerken @MikeScarcella @ChrisPrentice reuters.com/investigations/t…

How Trump’s crackdown on law firms is undermining legal defenses for the vulnerable

Dozens of major law firms, wary of retaliation, have scaled back pro bono work, diversity initiatives and litigation that could place them in conflict with Trump, a Reuters investigation found.

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A day after @bradheath @AGoudsward and I reported about interim U.S. Attorney Ed Martin's motion to dismiss charges against a J6 defendant whom he represented, the 65 Project announced it has filed a bar complaint: reuters.com/world/us/top-tru…

Top Trump prosecutor in DC faces bar complaint for dismissing January 6 charges against client

President Donald Trump's top prosecutor in Washington is facing a complaint alleging he violated professional conduct rules when he asked a judge to dismiss criminal charges against his own client...

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NEW: The interim U.S. attorney in Washington put his name to a motion dismissing Jan. 6 charges against a person he represented as a defense lawyer, likely violating a swath of conflict rules. "You can't do that," one ethics expert told us. reuters.com/world/us/top-tru…
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NEW from @bradheath @AGoudsward and me: reuters.com/world/us/top-tru…

Top Trump prosecutor in DC dropped federal case against Capitol rioter he represented

As President Donald Trump moved last month to free the people who stormed the U.S. Capitol, his newly appointed top prosecutor in Washington put his name on a request that a judge drop charges...

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RT @kyledcheney: BREAKING: Justice Merchan says he will sentence Donald Trump on Jan. 10:
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Read the next sentence: "None of these FBI CHSs were authorized to enter the Capitol or a restricted area, or to otherwise break the law on January 6, nor was any CHS directed by the FBI to encourage others to commit illegal acts on January 6."
Charlie Kirk
@charliekirk1112 Dec 2024
BREAKING: An Inspector General Report confirms the FBI had 26 confidential human sources on the ground at J6 and that some of them went into the Capitol. Was this entrapment? Why did it take us four years to learn this? Criminal.
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New filing: "TikTok Inc. v. Merrick Garland (TikTok and Bytedance challenge the Tiktok 'ban' law.)" Doc #2088316: Judgment w/Opinion Filed (Merits Panel) PDF: courtlistener.com/docket/685… #CL68506893
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ALT Thumbnail of page 1 of the PDF linked above.

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X has thoughts about who owns your account. And it's not you. From the company's effort to block the transfer of InfoWars accounts to The Onion.
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This didn't start today. Mexico has been more aggressively stopping people from reaching the U.S. border all year. See, e.g., reuters.com/world/americas/m…

Mexico to stick with policies aimed at stopping migrants after Trump win

Mexico will continue pursuing measures to stop migrants from reaching its northern border with the United States, its top diplomat said on Friday, days after Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential...

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Monica Crowley
@MonicaCrowley26 Nov 2024
🚨 THE TRUMP EFFECT 🚨 Within hours of President Trump announcing that he will implement 25% tariffs on Canada & Mexico, Canadian PM Trudeau called him to talk border security & the Mexican president announced illegal alien caravans will be stopped.
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Last week, DOJ ordered the DEA to stop hitting up travelers at airports and train stations to search thier bags looking for suspicious cash. The "consensual encounters" can continue only if tied to a particular case or with the director's approval. oig.justice.gov/sites/defaul…
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House Ethics Committee deadlocks on whether to release a report about sexual misconduct and illicit drug use allegations against Gaetz, setting up a possible constitutional clash between the House and the Senate. @anniekarni @mayacmiller nytimes.com/2024/11/20/us/po…

House Republicans Block Release of Ethics Report on Gaetz (Published 2024)

Senators in both parties have demanded to see the committee’s investigative report into sexual misconduct and illicit drug use allegations against Donald J. Trump’s choice for attorney general.

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Those who think it was a hoax should really read the report produced by the (Republican-led) Senate Intel Committee. The gov't never proved a conspiracy, but there was lots of very unusual stuff going on, including a campaign chair tied to a Russian spy. intelligence.senate.gov/site…
Kristina Wong 🇺🇸
@Kristinawong20 Nov 2024
This is exactly what was used to fuel four years of the Russian collusion hoax: “Well the DOJ/FBI is investigating so there must be a reason...” The point was to distract Trump and maybe actually find something damning. After $32 million in tax dollars wasted, there was nothing.
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Isn't this a case of the AP reporting the conclusions the military formed, rightly or wrongly, during the first Trump administration?
JD Vance
@JDVance15 Nov 2024
They're attacking Pete Hegseth for having a Christian motto tattooed on his arm. This is disgusting anti-Christian bigotry from the AP, and the entire organization should be ashamed of itself.
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US judge strikes down Biden overtime pay rule - reuters.com/world/us/us-judg…

US judge strikes down Biden overtime pay rule

A federal judge in Texas on Friday permanently blocked a Biden administration rule that would have made about 4 million more salaried U.S. workers eligible for overtime pay.

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Orin Kerr
@OrinKerr15 Nov 2024
Trump names three of his personal lawyers as top DOJ officials: Todd Blanche as Deputy AG; John Sauer as SG, and Emil Bove as Principle Associate Deputy AG. (So much for the old common wisdom that representing Trump did no favors for your career.) cnn.com/2024/11/14/politics/…
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Guys, Jack Smith won't go to prison for prosecuting Donald Trump, no matter who the attorney general is.
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A sign of how easily some Senate Rs might cave on Gaetz. Mullin has previously accused Gaetz of sleeping with an underaged girl, showing off videos of girls he slept with on the House floor, and bragging about taking ED meds to "go all night."
Aaron Rupar
@atrupar13 Nov 2024
TAPPER: Are you gonna vote for Matt Gaetz? SEN. MARKWAYNE MULLIN: I completely trust President Trump's decision making on this one
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Daniel Dale
@ddale85 Nov 2024
From colleague @holmeslybrand: The Philadelphia Police Department told CNN they were not aware what Trump was referring to and did not know of any issues with voting that required a law enforcement response.
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