As artificial intelligence makes it easier to create explicit images of children, prosecutors and judges grapple with how to respond.
Bingkun Feng probably just got lost. Please ignore the suspicious map pin. Plus: National Security Letter, Exclamation Points Galore, ICE car chase, and Squatty Potty?
A federal investigation in Nebraska uncovered a nationwide drug operation that earned hundreds of millions of dollars. But it was there a larger untold story about the L.A. music scene, fine art, and high society.
But doesn’t admit guilt? Plus: Slushie Forgery Scandal, Trump Arch, 764, Kevin O’Leary, Kicking Flight Attendants, and 764. Also: Here for Antifa? Turn left and drive straight for 32 miles.
Just not the one it should. Meanwhile our cortisol levels spiked from PACERmaxxing so many cases this week. Plus: AI hallucinations, Fulton County Searches, 764 lawyering, and Perry Mason
On Superbowl Sunday, we look back at the intersection of crime and sports in the justice system.
Things took a surprising turn in one Tennessee arson case. Plus: Judge orders deported families returned, Biden-era Congressional warrants will stay hidden, Minneapolis U.S. Attorneys office stops investigating new federal fraud, a top DOJ lawyer quits, and SEC wins against Elon
Among the 17 counties in Georgia that don’t have a single local news source, 12 of them are in the Middle District of Georgia’s jurisdiction. This week, we sought to examine the dockets dying in the darkness.
Turns out that’s illegal. What, we thought this was America? Plus: DOJ backs down on unmasking, judges get snippy against ICE, Epstein files to come “in the near term” – just don’t ask them for an exact date, and prosecutors don’t take kindly to thinking you’re just a small time criminal.
While the former Venezuelan President faces federal charges after being captured by the U.S. military, we looked back at the stories of would-be coups by civilians that went awry and their intersection with the federal courts.
We found the only person in the world who wanted to receive a press release. Plus: Shotgun Weddings, Frosting Cakes, Seizing Reporter Records, and we may very well become a U.S. Attorney soon enough.
The Justice Department attempts the kitchen sink approach to fulfilling their legal obligation. Plus: Loomer’s lawyer in hot water, Vance Threat, Instagramming Crimes, and roadtripping with a terrorism defendant.
This week, federal judges approved lawyers who were not lawyers and disapproved of lawyers saying they are lawyers. Meanwhile, we’re just happy to exist. Plus: Government bribery, Apology letters, and Snapchat hack.
Prosecutors feverishly worked over the holidays to try to keep a Texas teenager in jail after a judge dismissed the case.
Meta files a cease and desist. Plus: Live turtles, a nativity scene, Whitney Houston AI, threats galore, and Flock lawsuit.
One Miami case brings it all together. Plus: a bad trip, James O'Keefe sued, Bill Maher deposition, Detroit elites are the worst, ATM hacks, and can you recuse every prosecutor in America?
In a rare decision, a federal judge dismissed a criminal case for lack of funding. What it reveals about the precarious state of court-appointed criminal defense in the U.S. courts.
A corruption case ends “in the interest of justice.” Plus: MAGA burgers, Ethan Klein, Tiffany Fong impersonator, Antifa, Laura Loomer and...Fish Games?
Ahmad Al Agha, one of the purported leaders of the hacker group, Syrian Electronic Army, appeared in federal court last month after being pursued by the law enforcement for eleven years.
We like the pitbulls' odds. Plus: the Prince of Darkness gets sued, a U.S. Senator settles his tax bill, drones over D.C. airport, and it wouldn’t be a roundup without at least one grenade launcher.
There has been an unprecedented rise in threats to those in the public policy arena. Our reporting fellow Peter Beck takes a deep dive into what that means for American democracy.
Canon Law Meets Federal Law. Plus: Luigi gets a suit, a congresswoman gets charged, NPR settles with Trump, AI chips smuggled to China, and has anyone checked in on the Fifth Circuit lately?
A Texas case raises important questions about online threats, offline arrests, and how to understand an increasingly radicalized internet environment.
Maybe together we can make a legal deal. Plus: Newsom’s chief arrested, French painting stolen, using PACER to track your own investigation, Hot Girl Walk, and Moroccan royalty.
It was a crazy game of poker. Assaf Waknine may lose it all.
