Spencer Hsu
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Legal reporter for the Washington Post. Author of Forensic Science, winner of 2012 Gilbert and Ursula Farfel Prize for investigative reporting.
Joined April 2015
RIP Lally Weymouth, the daughter of Katharine Graham, who became a journalistic force in her own right interviewing heads of state and dictators around the world and was the last member of her storied family still tied to The Washington Post. @tripgabriel
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She secured hard-to-land interviews with foreign leaders but found few opportunities for a leadership role at her family’s newspaper, The Washington Post.
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Just want to take a minute to mark a huge moment in DC. The legendary @danbalz is retiring from full-time work at the @washingtonpost after 47 remarkable years. I had the great privilege of sitting next to Dan in the Post newsroom and working with him for years. He is the last of
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RIP Doug Feaver, a just-the-facts newspaperman's newspaperman who spent four decades at the @washingtonpost and brought tried-and-true values to the web as the leader of the early version of https://t.co/QEdVQKhINB. He was a mentor and inspiration to many.
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As a reporter in the 1970s and 1980s, he specialized in writing about transportation. He also was assistant Metropolitan editor and a business-desk editor.
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Welcome to Miami: If there are charges in the Trump documents case, the bulk of them will be filed in Florida, people familiar with the matter tell the Post. From @hsu_spencer @JaxAlemany @DevlinBarrett @jdawsey1
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People familiar with the matter said special counsel Jack Smith wants to base the classified documents case where most of the possible misconduct allegedly happened.
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Special counsel has focused on Trump fundraising off false election claims in recent weeks, per new subpoenas and people involved in the investigation. Unclear if they will charge, but they are casting a wide net. w/@DevlinBarrett, @PostRoz & @JaxAlemany: https://t.co/i5BGNuOaBV
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A new batch of subpoenas seeks to compare public claims of voter fraud after the 2020 election with private texts and emails.
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TODAY: More than 80 people, including police officers, allege they were shot by their SIG Sauer P320 pistols – without them having pulled the trigger. An investigation by @champebarton @tomjackmanWP reveals serious injuries to owners of a popular gun
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More than 80 people, including police officers, allege they were shot by their SIG Sauer P320 pistols. Some have lost work, live in pain after serious injuries.
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Federal prosecutors investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election have asked witnesses extensive questions about the actions of Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for former president Donald Trump.
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A Trump spokesman said the recent questioning of several of the former president's attorneys was a sign of weakness in the dual criminal investigations.
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The special counsel has focused much of its scrutiny on a coterie of lawyers representing Trump on Jan. 6 and the classified documents -- asking questions about many of them & fighting others in court to force them to testify.
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A Trump spokesman said the recent questioning of several of the former president's attorneys was a sign of weakness in the dual criminal investigations.
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NEW Trump can be sued by police over Jan. 6 riot, DOJ tells US appeals court. Public communication "is a traditional function of the Presidency," but it "does not include incitement of imminent private violence.” via @rachelweinerwp
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Two U.S. Capitol Police officers and 11 Democratic House members are seeking to hold Donald Trump liable for physical and psychological injuries they suffered during the riot.
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‘Make it a spectacle’: At sedition trial, U.S. suggests Proud Boys leader Tarrio holds key to Jan. 6, both to what the group planned that day and whether it potentially coordinated with others. w @rachelweinerwp
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Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio aligned plans with Trump ‘stop the steal’ campaign organizers, knowing by Jan. 6 that followers might explode into violence, U.S. says.
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At sedition trial, U.S. says Proud Boys leader 'Enrique' Tarrio boasted that threat of violence on Jan. 6 was part of wider scheme, before regretting, "F--k … Did I just Goebbels this thing?" w @rachelweinerwp
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Henry ‘Enrique’ Tarrio aligned plans with Trump ‘stop the steal’ campaign organizers, knowing by Jan. 6 that followers might explode into violence, U.S. says.
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FBI agents and DOJ prosecutors argued over raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago - The Washington Post
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An exclusive look at behind-the-scenes deliberations as both sides wrestled with a national security case that has potentially far-reaching political consequences.
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U.S. court blocks DOJ review of Scott Perry’s phone in Jan. 6 probe as bipartisan House leaders ask to join a secret battle over the scope of immunity by lawmakers from criminal investigation. Confirming Politico, detailing constitutional showdown.
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Speaker McCarthy, Minority Leader Jeffries throw bipartisan support to joining secret legal battle over Congress’s immunity to criminal investigation
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TODAY: A retired conservative judge helped stop Trump on Jan. 6. He wants to finish the job. J. Michael Luttig, who advised Mike Pence on Jan. 4, 2021, envisions “the beginning of the end of Donald Trump.” via @roigfranzia
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Luttig, the retired judge who advised Mike Pence on Jan. 4 and testified before the Jan. 6 committee, envisions "the beginning of the end of Donald Trump."
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Last month the Washington Post ended publication of its award-winning magazine and laid off its brilliant, irreplaceable staff. Today, on their last day at their jobs, magazine employees & @PostGuild members are bringing the magazine archives to @librarycongress for posterity.
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Dani and @dmontyjr are among a group of 11 irreplaceable journalists whose jobs at The Post officially end today. That they spent their last day doing this is a testament to their generosity, graciousness and commitment to their work. The newsroom will miss them desperately.
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TODAY The legal war over Florida's ban on medical treatment for transgender youth and adults is morphing into a confrontation between conservatives and how the U.S. medical community sets standards for care of trans people.
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American Academy of Pediatrics, Endocrine Society and others accuse the state of targeting them after they backed lawsuit by patients and families fighting Florida’s Medicaid funding ban.
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NEW For one #ProudBoys tracker, trial offers long-awaited accountability. @hannahallam reveals how a N.C. computer scientist's database uncovered the money, movements -- and danger -- posed by hate-fueled online networks.
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For years, extremism researcher Megan Squire tracked the Proud Boys as they mobilized to violence. Now, she's watching their leaders stand trial for their role in the U.S. Capitol attack.
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In quick verdict, all four Oath Keepers in second seditious conspiracy trial found guilty of that crime and other felonies. Much better verdict for government than round one.
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The verdict in the second of three seditious conspiracy cases charged in the Capitol breach comes after a jury in November found Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes guilty of plotting to keep Presid...
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He kicked back in Pelosi’s office on Jan. 6. Now he has “regrets.” Great read from @dugganwapo
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Richard “Bigo” Barnett took the stand in his own defense in a federal trial on charges stemming from the attack.
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