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Matthew Russell Lee for/as Inner City Press covers SDNY, UN Gate, banks & IMF. books https://t.co/xHL0pGID4n https://t.co/VTEqaLISDB
New York, USA: SDNY & UN Gate
Joined May 2008
After 10 years reporting on the #UN, ICP was thrown out on 2 hrs notice, Banned. Now this petition:
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We demand the UN restore Inner City Press' access to the UN as a Resident Correspondent
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Thanks. That is how I try to cover courts- what is said, blow by blow, & the filings. The books Amazon KDP has taken down are just that- & most of them not cases like Ghislaine Maxwell or Diddy, but political (Eric Adams, Guiliani), financial (SBF, Sudan BNP etc)
Censorship in full force. The only thing @innercitypress writes is what actually happened IN COURT. He’s the most UNBIASED journalist I have ever seen.
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Trump UNcensored Amazon Blues By Matthew Russell Lee Censorship cutting / Away at all sides Corporate monopolies / Their power abides Book about Maxwell / At first they missed it Crack down on free speech / We must resist it [Books? Downed by Amazon KDP 10/24/25]
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Exactly. To understand a trial, the reader needs to hear / read what the jury heard. Of course, in US v. Sean Combs for example the juror were shown things the press and public did not see. But Amazon KDP has taken down my book on recent Sudan genocide trial...
@innercitypress How can one report on a trial that includes testimony that includes “offensive” language… …without including the offensive language? 🧐 If censorship wins, we all lose.
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Thanks. Not that it would provide a rationale for censorship, but the books are hardly "pro-offender" - the Ghislaine Maxwell book reports in detail on what the victims said, including about Epstein, and noted that the UN gave Maxwell a presser & a board member
@innercitypress @MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @rcfp @1stForAll @IFEX_NI @DCNorg @FreeToChooseNet @fairforall_org @BannedBooksWeek @ncacensorship So these books are self-published via Kindle, and probably pro-"offender?" Still on your side
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Thanks for asking. Amazon's KDP has provided no explanation beyond calling "offensive" my reporting on what was said in the trials of US v. Ghislaine Maxwell, and of Kevin Spacey. On that basis they took down all my books on other trials, from SBF to JOH to Combs
@innercitypress @MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @rcfp @1stForAll @IFEX_NI @DCNorg @FreeToChooseNet @fairforall_org @BannedBooksWeek @ncacensorship girl this is awful! Can I ask -- did you plagiarize, or commit book crime? What's the rub? And this question isn't trying to blame you I just want to understand the rationale???
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On Amazon KDP early on I published a book about the UN, "Belt and Roadkill," including about SG @AntonioGuterres not disclosing his links to CEFC China Energy, convicted of UN bribery in SDNY. This last week a book about Sudan genocide, BNP - & the UN. All down
@innercitypress My blind guess would be UN related. I don't see celebrities having that level of power.
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One of the many problems with Amazon's KDP taking all the books down without notice is it makes it hard to know which / whose PR could be behind it. One book is about Blake Lively v. Baldoni; tje UN "owns" Big Tech. BNP has big PR about its stock price. Hmm.
@innercitypress @MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @rcfp @1stForAll @IFEX_NI @DCNorg @FreeToChooseNet @fairforall_org @BannedBooksWeek @ncacensorship Because you were PR'd.🥶😉
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Thanks. Yesterday, right after receiving the censorship email from Amazon's KDP, I wrote them back asking among other things how they could suddenly disappear all of my 20-plus books including about SBF, Eric Adams, Sudan, Tornado Cash & the UN. No answer so far.
@innercitypress @MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @rcfp @1stForAll @IFEX_NI @DCNorg @FreeToChooseNet @fairforall_org @BannedBooksWeek @ncacensorship You should find that, it’s bullshit
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Yes - meanwhile, my book about Tekashi #6ix9ine and the Nine Trey Blood trial, and Kay Flock, previously https://t.co/H0ADDTt8LH has been removed by Amazon KDP, citing "offensive" content in book about trials of Ghislaine Maxwell & Kevin Spacey. #AmazonCensorship
@innercitypress @antonioguterres So is 69’s sentence date moved to Nov20?
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Thanks - I have a Substack https://t.co/dhxR0nl86T? but I've never thought of publishing books there. Right now I am just outraged that with no notice, citing 2 books about Ghislaine Maxwell/Epstein and Kevin Spacey, they took down all of my 20+ books, Eric Adams+
@innercitypress @MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @rcfp @1stForAll @IFEX_NI @DCNorg @FreeToChooseNet @fairforall_org @BannedBooksWeek @ncacensorship Publish them on Substack
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For now, I have sent an email reply to Amazon's KDP. They: "After we research your question within one business day, we'll respond to this email address with additional information." But within any notice they took down all of my books - all of them
@innercitypress @MatthewLeeICP @sdnylive @rcfp @1stForAll @IFEX_NI @DCNorg @FreeToChooseNet @fairforall_org @BannedBooksWeek @ncacensorship Truth is so inconvenient for their bottom line. Tell us where you will be selling them?
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Censorship Alert: I published a book about Ghislaine Maxwell trial, and another on Kevin Spacey's trial- this evening I got an email from Amazon's KDP saying they are inappropriate and there all of my books are being taken down, including on Sudan, SBF, Eric Adams
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Update: Liberia says it is accepting Kilmar Abrego Garcia - by October 30? Inner City Press on the cases, from Xinis in the Greenbelt down to Nashville (also, v Pinnacle - Synovus there in Nashville: https://t.co/fJYbqjzmRl ]
Trump CECOT Blues by Matthew Russell Lee Planes on hold / 1 AM ruling Boasberg stood down / 5th Circuit dueling Maryland judge / 6 depositions Electeds line up / Go south on missions Van Hollen in jungle / Gun-toting greeta Kilmar sit-down / With fake margarita
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Update: today October 24 US imposes sanctions on Petro, saying he “has allowed drug cartels to flourish and refused to stop" it. Sanctions target Petro, his wife, son & other Colombian officials. Meanwhile UN Mission in Columbia is corrupt:
UNGA CIRCUS: Colombia's Petro Drops H bomb, says Tren de Aragua is not criminal. Meanwhile, story in series: Petro of Colombia Says Tren de Aragua Not Criminal No Answer on UN Censorship by @AntonioGuterres - Inner City Press story: https://t.co/9C605phmPe
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Defense: He moved in with a trafficker, he's social media photos with cash were childish. Judge: The defense minimizes. Please stand. I sentence you to 87 months. Story later
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Thanks, including for the spell-check. I'm typing fast, but will correct to @SpencerBosma and @ltrd_ and @experquisite (mea culpa on all three) in the book version of this trial, as did after Roman Storm / Tornado Cash trial
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They put sanctions on Tornado Cash. And then they took them off. Still the prosecution of Roman Storm proceeded, right into trial in the Southern District of New York. I was there in Judge Failla's...
PS @innercitypress has done great work covering crypto trials over the past few years, you should donate to him here —
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AUSA: He was caught illegally entering the US in April 2024 and was released, told to check in during September 2025. Instead he joined the conspiracy
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AUSA: He brought drugs from NY to NC, and took guns back. Judge: He was not a planner, though an enthusiastic participant. AUSA: Within weeks of entering the US illegally, he trafficked firearms. Show the gun [Photo on screen]
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OK - now at sentencing in case of gun trafficking from NC to NY. This defendant made 3 trips and wants less than 5 years https://t.co/uAN5AngGkb As only media hete, Inner City Press will live tweet, thread below
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