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Peter BeckReporting Fellow at Court Watch
Peter Beck

Apr 19, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: Meet the Peckerwoods

The Rabbit Hole: Meet the Peckerwoods

With hundreds of members, a white supremacist prison gang operated a sophisticated and sometimes not-so-sophisticated criminal syndicate.

Apr 17, 2026

#171: SantaCON?

#171: SantaCON?

25,000 poorly dressed drunks in NYC may have gotten fleeced. Plus: DOJ Lawyer sanctioned, 438 pounds of explosives, and OpenAI is making up things about the attack against its CEO. And The Gang Updates Our Favorite Website.

Apr 12, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: The (Un)Making of Americans

The Rabbit Hole: The (Un)Making of Americans

As the Trump Administration dramatically ramps up efforts to revoke the citizenship of convicted felons, we look at the century-long evolution of the law enforcement and immigration tactic.

Apr 3, 2026

#170: The Opinion No One Wrote About

#170: The Opinion No One Wrote About

The Fourth Estate falls down on the job. Plus: BigLaw Tries to Delete News Story Link.

Mar 29, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: A 600 Million Dollar Heist

The Rabbit Hole: A 600 Million Dollar Heist

Hundreds of U.S. companies have been tricked into hiring North Korean remote workers for sensitive corporate and government jobs.

Mar 27, 2026

#169: Us 🤝 Fifth Circuit

#169: Us 🤝 Fifth Circuit

A scrappy news org influences the courts. Plus: Muslim Charity Sues Muslim Charity, Epstein Survivors Survive Legal Challenge, and Ric Grennell is Not Legally Defamed.

Mar 22, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: Saints and Killers

The Rabbit Hole: Saints and Killers

A rising number of mass shootings can be traced back to a young and violent online community obsessed with death.

Mar 20, 2026

#168: An Aspiring Saint Gets Charged

#168: An Aspiring Saint Gets Charged

DOJ says Eric Byrd was obsessed with mass shooters. He’s not the only one this week. Plus: Bank Robberies, East Wing Tours, and Devil Emojis

Mar 15, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: Iran’s Reach in the United States

The Rabbit Hole: Iran’s Reach in the United States

While the war’s reverberations are largely felt outside the borders of the United States, the ramifications may soon begin here.

Mar 13, 2026

#167: A Week of Harbingers

#167: A Week of Harbingers

Terrorism is having another moment. We should probably try to focus. Plus: a Republican gubernatorial candidate might lose his Tesla, Ballot Selfies, Mr. Beast settles, former ICE lawyer runs for Congress, and jumping out of police cars.

Mar 6, 2026

#166: "Good Luck Reading This”

#166: "Good Luck Reading This”

A federal judge trolls about font sizes. Plus: Judicial walls closing in on DOGE, Tariff refunds, U.S. Attorney’s office can’t do tables, and the State Department’s $20,000 payment to a news organization.

Mar 1, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: Exploiting A.I. to Exploit Children

The Rabbit Hole: Exploiting A.I. to Exploit Children

As artificial intelligence makes it easier to create explicit images of children, prosecutors and judges grapple with how to respond.

Feb 27, 2026

#165: Chinese Tourist Visit U.S. Airbase

#165: Chinese Tourist Visit U.S. Airbase

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?

Feb 22, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: Drugs, Death, and Rock Roll

The Rabbit Hole: Drugs, Death, and Rock Roll

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.

Feb 20, 2026

#164: Epstein Estate Settles for Millions

#164: Epstein Estate Settles for Millions

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.

Feb 13, 2026

#163: Exclusive (!): CBS Protects it Flagship Television Programming

#163: Exclusive (!): CBS Protects it Flagship Television Programming

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

Feb 8, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: 4th & Felony

The Rabbit Hole: 4th & Felony

On Superbowl Sunday, we look back at the intersection of crime and sports in the justice system.

Feb 6, 2026

#162: Nazis 🤝Hezbollah

#162: Nazis 🤝Hezbollah

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

Feb 1, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: Dockets Die in Darkness

The Rabbit Hole: Dockets Die in Darkness

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.

Jan 30, 2026

#161: Base Jumping Yosemite

#161: Base Jumping Yosemite

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.

Jan 25, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: When Overthrowing A Government Goes Wrong.

The Rabbit Hole: When Overthrowing A Government Goes Wrong.

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.

Jan 23, 2026

#160: Hacking For Press Release?

#160: Hacking For Press Release?

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.

Jan 16, 2026

#159: Jeffrey Epstein gets 80 New Lawyers

#159: Jeffrey Epstein gets 80 New Lawyers

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.

Jan 9, 2026

#158: The Existential Crisis of Being A Lawyer.

#158: The Existential Crisis of Being A Lawyer.

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.

Jan 4, 2026

The Rabbit Hole: A Texas Criminal Case Tests a Decades-Old Statute

The Rabbit Hole: A Texas Criminal Case Tests a Decades-Old Statute

Prosecutors feverishly worked over the holidays to try to keep a Texas teenager in jail after a judge dismissed the case.

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