Katherine Faulders
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Washington Managing Editor covering politics & investigations for @ABC News. @UVA. Signal: KFaulders.54 // [email protected]
Washington, D.C.
Joined August 2010
Breaking News: The developer of an app that tracks ICE raids sued Trump officials, saying that they pressured Apple to remove it.
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The developer of ICEBlock, which notifies users of ICE agent sightings, said Attorney General Pam Bondi censored his free speech.
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NEWS - A federal grand jury in Norfolk, Virginia, refused to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James for alleged mortgage fraud on Thursday, sources said, rejecting DOJ's attempt to refile the case just ten days after a federal judge dismissed an earlier case based on the
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The grandmother of Brian Cole Jr. tells ABC’s @lizzkatherine_ that the family is “completely shocked” by his arrest. She said that the family is in disbelief at his arrest saying that they haven’t gotten much information from authorities. “We don’t know anything,” his
NEWS - Federal authorities have arrested a Virginia man in connection with the placement of two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the RNC & DNC the night before the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, sources tell me @MLevineReports @PierreTABC @alex_mallin @JackDate
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NEWS - Federal authorities have arrested a Virginia man in connection with the placement of two pipe bombs outside the headquarters of the RNC & DNC the night before the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, sources tell me @MLevineReports @PierreTABC @alex_mallin @JackDate
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Fascinating read from .@WSJ Ousted SOUTHCOM Commander Admiral Holsey “had initial concerns about the legality of lethal strikes on alleged drug boats in the Caribbean, according to former officials aware of the discussions.” Shortly after taking over Southern Command, Hegseth
EXCLU: Hegseth asked Adm. Alvin Holsey to step down, a de facto ouster that was the culmination of months of discord between Hegseth and the Southcom chief. W @VeraMBergen @alexbward
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The National Guard shooting suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, came to the United States in 2021. Lakanwal applied for asylum in 2024 and it was granted by the Trump admin in April 2025, under the Trump administration, law enforcement sources tell @MLevineReports @LukeLBarr & me
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Extremely rare leak of a phone call transcript between Putin's senior foreign policy-adviser and Steve Witkoff via Bloomberg. Witkoff advises Putin's aid on how to pitch Trump on backing a Gaza-style peace plan for Ukraine
EXCLUSIVE: US presidential envoy Steve Witkoff advised Russia on how to pitch Ukraine plans to Trump, in audio files reviewed by Bloomberg
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NEW: James Fishback, right wing rising star, just announced campaign against Trump-backed Byron Donalds in FL Deep dive: claims he created buzz he was up for Fed role sources say never existed, questions re DOGE ties & business record & turmoil he caused in Vivek’s 2024 campaign
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The start of the Ed Martin/Bill Pulte probe when FBI agents working on the Schiff case sought to interview a witness who expressed confusion about why federal investigators wanted to speak with her again, telling agents that she had repeatedly spoken with a man she believed
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The DOJ is probing the conduct of at least two top administration officials for possibly jeopardizing the criminal investigations of Trump's political foes, sources say.
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This could lead to the foreperson being called to testify and answer a couple of simple questions: 1) How many votes did the GJ take? (Probable answer given the circumstances: 1) 2) Did prosecutors re-present the revised indictment w/only 2 counts, not 3? (Probable answer: no)
🚨 NEW from US Attorney Lindsey Halligan: “[A]ny assertion that the grand jury ‘never voted on the two-count indictment’ is CONTRADICTED by the official transcript” 👉 Foreperson confirmed the vote 👉 Court acknowledged the vote 👉 Court docketed the 2-count true bill
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In what would be an extraordinary breach of DOJ protocol, Ed Martin is believed to have shared sensitive grand jury info about the Letitia James case with at least one unauthorized individual as well as worked w/ another person outside the federal gov to examine potential
NEWS -- Read our deep dive about why the Department of Justice is probing two top Trump admin officials for interfering with and potentially jeopardizing the ongoing criminal investigations of the president's political adversaries. W/ @PCCharalambous & @alex_mallin
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In what would be an extraordinary breach of DOJ protocol, Ed Martin is believed to have shared sensitive grand jury info about the Letitia James case with at least one unauthorized individual as well as worked w/ another person outside the federal gov to examine potential
NEWS -- Read our deep dive about why the Department of Justice is probing two top Trump admin officials for interfering with and potentially jeopardizing the ongoing criminal investigations of the president's political adversaries. W/ @PCCharalambous & @alex_mallin
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NEWS -- Read our deep dive about why the Department of Justice is probing two top Trump admin officials for interfering with and potentially jeopardizing the ongoing criminal investigations of the president's political adversaries. W/ @PCCharalambous & @alex_mallin
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The DOJ is probing the conduct of at least two top administration officials for possibly jeopardizing the criminal investigations of Trump's political foes, sources say.
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Our previous exclusive reporting on the declination memo in the Comey case -->
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In a memo this week, prosecutors in Virginia recommended against potential plans by the new U.S. attorney there to charge ex-FBI Director James Comey, sources say.
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AUSA Tyler Lemons told Judge Nachmanoff that he hasn’t gotten permission to disclose what could be considered “privileged” or “work product” material. He did say he asked to review and possible declination memo and has seen “drafts.”
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Could Trump ban Islamists from the U.S.? The left panicked when he called terrorism by its name. The biggest threat we face from foreigners is Islamist terrorism. Can it be stopped?
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BREAKING: Prosecutors in the Comey case just told the judge that they’re under orders from the Deputy Attorney Generals’s office not to disclose whether career prosecutors wrote a memo recommending *against* indicting Comey prior to Halligan going to the grand jury.
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President Trump has been focused on war with Venezuela for a long, long time. In “Front Row at the Trump Show,” I reported Trump angrily demanded a war plan during an Oval Office meeting in fall 2017 — a request that was thwarted by then chief of staff John Kelly.
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The president has now told them to investigate. So they are.
Remember what DOJ & FBI explicitly stated in July — that the department could find no evidence that would warrant predicating an investigation or charges against additional individuals. https://t.co/TDKEZt1OXz
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"We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties,” according to DOJ & FBI’s July letter. Now AG Bondi has announced she has tapped Jay Clayton, the current U.S. attorney for SDNY, to lead the Trump-ordered investigation of
Remember what DOJ & FBI explicitly stated in July — that the department could find no evidence that would warrant predicating an investigation or charges against additional individuals. https://t.co/TDKEZt1OXz
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