Senior reporter, Department of Justice @BLaw | @UMWallaceHouse alum | bpenn@bloomberglaw.com | Signal at benpenn.06
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I went long on a new form of Trump DOJ turmoil: Top Las Vegas prosecutor Sigal Chattah repeatedly bypassed Main Justice recusal orders, pushed cases for ex-clients & friends, targeted political foe & much more.
"It's charitable to call it chaos."
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SCOOP w @SamMarksReports: Internal DOJ docs obtained by @thehill and @NewsNation show the department is bleeding staff as a much diminished workforce is left with surging caseloads.
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ICYMI - SDNY US atty’s office is looking to staff up with temp JAG prosecutors next month for a law enforcement surge. This suggests Trump admin may be plotting immigration crackdown in Manhattan just before the election.
NEWS: DOJ is recruiting military lawyers for October prosecutor posts supporting immigration related law enforcement surges in Manhattan, LA, & Sacramento, per Pentagon email reviewed by @BLaw. I’m told this is unheard of for SDNY.
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A GAO report is the latest of the government's own reports criticizing ICE's detention strategy. The federal watchdog says at least $20 million was wasted due to lack of planning on several initiatives including warehouses and DoD space.
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NEWS: DOJ is recruiting military lawyers for October prosecutor posts supporting immigration related law enforcement surges in Manhattan, LA, & Sacramento, per Pentagon email reviewed by @BLaw. I’m told this is unheard of for SDNY.
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The Trump administration says it has found a replacement case for Genalo v. Black, the migrant detention case the Supreme Court dismissed earlier this month.
SG Sauer pushed for the new case to be heard in October, but the court seems unlikely to agree. news.bloomberglaw.com/busine…
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Reading @BLaw's coverage of the administration just got even more essential. Welcome to the team, Ximena!
⚡️NEW GIG ALERT: Thrilled to be joining @BLaw as Senior DHS Reporter continuing to cover the Trump administration’s immigration policies, the political ramifications and Washington happenings for this federal agency.
📧 xbustillo@bloombergindustry.com
🛜signal: ximenabustillo.77
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NEW: AG Todd Blanche’s attempt to show DOJ attorneys he has their backs got off to a bumpy start in closed-door Atlanta meeting. Prosecutors confronted him with tough questions on staff firings & low morale. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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The Justice Department’s gutted Civil Rights Division is rebuilding with lawyers steeped in conservative advocacy and Republican politics with a new mission to wage partisan fights and defend gun rights, @SuzanneMonyak and I found.
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AG Blanche, speaking in personal capacity at Republican convention, tries doing the dance of not mentioning his role at DOJ while still referencing its work, including "largest healthcare fraud takedown in American history" (which DOJ announced in June justice.gov/opa/pr/national-…)
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NEW: A DOJ prosecutor on the now-dropped case against a politically-connected Indian billionaire was fired.
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NEW: The Justice Department asked the US Supreme Court to block a lower court order disqualifying the Trump administration’s top federal prosecutor in Nevada.
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News: DOJ pushes US attorneys to ramp up rare noncitizen voting charges ahead of midterms, while some officials question how prosecutors can prove criminal intent of foreign nationals who are sometimes registered to vote accidentally by states news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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DOJ charged an ICE agent with allegedly providing false statements to federal authorities regarding a shooting during the law enforcement surge in Minnesota, a person familiar with the situation said.
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DOJ promoted Aakash Singh, an aide responsible for the aggressive overhaul of US attorneys’ offices to meet Trump priorities, to a top leadership role as PADAG, said two people familiar with the move, @benjaminpenn reports news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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SCOOP: Justice Dept. plans activating long-dormant maritime war court to streamline capture of Iranian oil tankers as US prizes. Legally uncertain plan intended to bolster blockade of Iran.
A feature of 1700s naval combat, prize courts set to return. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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NEW: Nevada county GOP chairman asks court to dismiss fraud charges, accusing Trump's top Nevada prosecutor Sigal Chattah of 'outrageous' conduct. Motion relies on Bloomberg Law's reporting that Chattah disregarded recusal from case against her rival. news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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NEW: John Sarcone, the top federal prosecutor in Albany, is barred from pursuing investigations into the New York attorney general, a federal appeals court said Friday in an order upholding a judge’s disqualification of the US attorney pick.
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If the DOJ's new FOIA chief "only focuses on certain kinds of requests/releases, and we start to see an unequal application of FOIA performance — perhaps depending on who is asking — that could be a real problem," FPF's @LaurenLeHarper told @benjaminpenn.
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