Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray”

BREAKING: JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EATS A LOSS IN 'SANDWICH GUY' CASE AS JURORS FIND DEFENDANT NOT GUILTY www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Jury acquits D.C. 'sandwich guy' charged with chucking a sub at a federal agent

Sean Dunn faced single misdemeanor offense after federal grand jurors refused to indict him on the felony charge sought by prosecutors.

"ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps."

ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina

As the U.S. continues to fight the war in Iran, the Marine Corps has boosted protection measures on bases, requiring everyone to present REAL IDs, passports or birth certificates to access any sites.

The guy overseeing USAID was identified two years ago as a Jan. 6 participant who entered the Capitol through a broken window.

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Marco Rubio empowers State Department official Pete Marocco to run USAID

Marocco held several national security positions during the first Trump administration, including at USAID, where he tried to consolidate power and slash funding.

Art depicting “Sandwich Guy” now at the scene of the alleged misdemeanor.

Just to underscore the tension at DOJ at the moment, here's what one federal law enforcement official told me about the acting deputy attorney general:

"I, along with other career FBI and DOJ personnel that I’ve spoken with, really have one message for him and that is, “go fuck yourself, traitor.'"

Trump’s feared DOJ enforcer has a secret: He, too, investigated Jan. 6

The acting DOJ official behind a potential witch hunt against prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated the Capitol riot worked on Jan. 6 cases himself.

A former federal agent after watching the New York Times breakdown of the ICE shooting:

Sarah Beckstrom's ex-boyfriend told NBC News she dreamed of becoming an FBI special agent.

She didn't want to deploy to D.C.

"She hated it. She cried about it."

But she started visiting monuments and museums and started enjoying it.

May she rest in peace.

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National Guard member killed in D.C. shooting remembered for 'heart of gold'

The slain soldier’s former boyfriend recalled her empathy and generosity. “She doesn’t even have to know you and she’ll do anything for you,” he said.

Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'

Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'

The president cast a mail ballot in an upcoming Florida special election, according to county records.

Just spoke with former Officer Mike Fanone about the Biden pardon that covers him and other officers who testified before the Jan. 6 committee.

“This is a different kind of American exceptionalism. It’s exceptionally fucked up.”

NEW: Career DOJ spokesman — a Marine Corps vet — is resigning, saying “basic decency” has come to an end and there’s a “hostile and toxic work environment” inside DOJ.

Reporting from NBC News:

DOJ declined to bring charges against two people who threatened to kill @ericswalwell.bsky.social this year, @nbcnews.com reports: www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

BREAKING EXCLUSIVE MUST CREDIT: Lunch for jurors in the “sandwich guy” trial are a variety of sandwiches, according to a source familiar with lunch.

FBI director Chris Wray, in his 60 Minutes interview, mentioned the Jan. 6 defendant convicted of plotting to murder the FBI agents who investigated the rioter on J6 charges.

Generously, at maximum, I think maybe 3% of Americans are aware of that conviction.

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Jan. 6 rioter is convicted of plotting to murder FBI agents who investigated him

Edward Kelley, a Donald Trump supporter and anti-abortion extremist, was among the first rioters to breach the U.S. Capitol.

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol

Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police quietly erected overnight at Capitol

The memorial honoring officers who defended the Capitol was required by law to be installed by March 2023.

“Hanging that banner should put to rest any doubt that Donald Trump has hijacked the independence of the Justice Department. He — not the American people — is the only client DOJ’s current leadership serves." www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...

Large banner of Trump unfurled at Justice Department headquarters

The DOJ has traditionally operated with a degree of separation from the White House to prevent the department's powers from being abused for political purposes.

SCOOP: Mike Johnson's chief-of-staff was arrested on a DUI charge after Trump's speech at the Capitol last night.

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Speaker Mike Johnson's chief of staff arrested on DUI charge after Trump speech

Hayden Haynes is a longtime top aide to Mike Johnson, both in the speaker's office and his personal office.

Fired Jan. 6 prosecutors were told they were terminated "based upon your actions in the prosecution of persons relating to events that occurred at or near the United States Capitol on January 6, 2021," and cited Trump calling it a "grave national injustice."

Was not particularly interested in seeing Wicked, and then my wife gave it a Media Studies framing and said it’s actually about how a gullible and ill-informed public is easy to manipulate with misinformation and I was all in, great movie, 10/10 so far.

The head-smacking bureaucratic snafu that left the FBI flying blind in the lead up to Jan. 6 was happening on this very day four years ago, and honestly it was dumber than you probably imagined.

From SEDITION HUNTERS, the book: www.publishersweekly.com/9781541701809

"...NPR has identified dozens of defendants with prior convictions or pending charges for crimes including rape, sexual abuse of a minor, domestic violence, manslaughter, production of child sexual abuse material and drug trafficking."

@tomdreisbach.bsky.social:

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Criminal records of Jan. 6 rioters pardoned by Trump include rape, domestic violence

Dozens of Jan. 6 defendants who received pardons from President Trump had past criminal convictions for charges including rape, manslaughter, domestic violence and drug trafficking.

BREAKING: A Donald Trump supporter who was among the first rioters to breach the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, has been convicted of plotting to kill FBI special agents who investigated him over his crimes at the Capitol.

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Jan. 6 rioter is convicted of plotting to murder FBI agents who investigated him

Edward Kelley, a Donald Trump supporter and anti-abortion extremist, was among the first rioters to breach the U.S. Capitol.

Andrew Johnson — a Jan. 6 rioter who went by "Am🇺🇸rican T🇺🇸rrorist” on Elon Musk’s platform — has been arrested on child molestation charges, with police saying he used the promise of a taxpayer-funded payout from Trump's DOJ to try and keep one of the victims silent.

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Pardoned Capitol Rioter Tried to Hush Child Sex Victim With Promise of Jan. 6 Reparation Money, Police Say

Pardoned Capitol rioter Andrew Johnson tried to keep a child sex abuse victim quiet with claimed $10 million Jan. 6 reparations, police say.

“This case, ladies and gentleman of the jury, is about a sandwich.”

Closing arguments from the defense in the DC sandwich guy case are now underway.

Five years ago, this great moment was captured on video:

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