Lawyers for James Comey and Letitia James are arguing the interim U.S. attorney prosecuting them was unlawfully appointed. @falgallagher and @lawofruby join @AnaCabrera with more details from outside the courthouse. https://t.co/fPBCRb2Gvs

Today, lawyers for Letitia James and James Comey are aruging why Lindsay Halligan is unlawfully serving as interim U.S. attorney and therefore the indictments against them should be thrown out. @lawofruby, Greg Brower and @Kgfeden join @AnaCabrera. https://t.co/VT6f9gxrBY

A good synopsis of what the emails released yesterday tell us about Epstein himself—and perhaps how he cultivated & maintained his social currency.

By turns gossipy, scathing and scheming, the messages show influential people pressing Epstein for insight into Trump. The messages hint that Epstein or his advisers believed they had inside — and potentially damaging — knowledge of Trump’s far-flung properties and business

NEW: Lawyers for Alexander Smirnov, in a statement to MSNBC, suggest that he is receiving medical treatment outside prison medical centers. Smirnov is not due to be released until Feb. 2029:

Who are those similarly situated people? Prominent GOP officials who each have allegedly obtained primary residence mortgages on multiple properties: TX AG Ken Paxton, Sen. Roger Wicker, and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, for starters. 10/

Separately, James is moving to dismiss the indictment against her for selective prosecution, which is an argument that similarly situated people in similar circumstances were not prosecuted. 9/

And they lead Lowell and team to this: "Prosecutors seldom provide defendants with a 'smoking gun' that spells out their improper motivations. But here, the Executive has shouted six years of direct evidence of genuine animus through a megaphone." 8/

The brief continues to trace public statements by Trump and DOJ leaders and public reports of political interference with prosecutors through the James indictment and beyond. Those first 20 pages pack a punch. 7/

He further contends that the letter does not conceal Martin's "plain intention: resign from office or face criminal prosecution—all this despite DOJ’s firm policies against using investigations and prosecutorial power for achieving political ends such as forcing a public official

Lowell argues in his brief that "[t]he reference to 'proceeding' can only have meant going forward with his investigation and criminal prosecution." 5/

In that letter, Martin urges James to resign--and suggests her doing so would be interpreted by him as "an act of good faith" that would give New Yorkers "more peace than proceeding." 4/

That exhibit reflects a LOT of work but everything in it was already public. What I don't recall seeing before is Exhibit G, an August 2025 letter to Lowell from DOJ's "special attorney for mortgage fraud" Ed Martin. 3/

Enter Tish James (and her legal team, led by Abbe Lowell). Their brief tonight cites to an Exhibit A, a 112-page compilation of 360 of Trump's public statements dating back to the day after she opened her investigation of the Trump Org and him. 2/ Brief:

NEW: In order to prove vindictive prosecution, a defendant has to show they have been charged due to a genuine animus toward them on account of their exercise of constitutional or statutory rights. That's usually a very tough road to hoe. 1/

NEW: You've heard about lots of furloughed or unpaid federal employees. But did you know nearly 700 of them are court reporters on whom we rely to transcribe proceedings--and protect our constitutional rights? https://t.co/giJ0bADB51

New: The Justice Department is preparing to issue a series of grand jury subpoenas as part of its investigation into former CIA Director John Brennan and the probes by the CIA and FBI into Russian interference in the 2016 election, MSNBC has learned. The investigation is being

NEW: I’ll be on @msnbc at 10 am as the Supreme Court hears oral argument in the tariffs cases. But what’s this case really about and what’s at stake? I got you covered here:

NEW: When prominent political figures are threatened, DOJ's reaction isn't always the same. The question is why. My latest for @msnbc here: https://t.co/uu6x2xnQAC

New: Two federal prosecutors have been placed on leave at the direction of the White House after they filed a sentencing memo seeking 27 months in prison for a pardoned January 6th rioter who brought illegal guns and ammunition to former President Obama’s house in 2023. Two