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@msnbc legal correspondent & recovering litigator; former: off-air legal analyst @maddow, @wagnertonight. Don’t let the pearls fool ya.

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RT @KlasfeldReports: BREAKING:. A federal judge issues an injunction BLOCKING the Trump admin from freezing Harvard's funding, calling the….
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RT @AaronBlake: How rare is it for a grand jury not to indict?. "Federal prosecutors pursued over 160,000 cases against defendants in 2009-….
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This Swiftie loved celebrating @taylorswift13 & @tkelce on @msnbc (and getting to shout out my Swiftie daughters and husband)!.
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It's a Love Story!. Global superstar Taylor Swift and three-time Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce announced their engagement today on Instagram. @ChrisJansing shares more details on the "Enchanted" day.
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RT @MSNBC_reports: It's a Love Story!. Global superstar Taylor Swift and three-time Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce announced their engage….
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Global superstar Taylor Swift and three-time Super Bowl champion Travis Kelce announced their engagement today on Instagram. Chris Jansing shares more details on the "Enchanted" day.
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One more note: At this point, McIver has NOT moved to dismiss her case on the basis that Acting U.S. Attorney Alina Habba was not properly appointed to that role or to that of a “special attorney.” But she says she could depending on how other motions of that nature go. FIN.
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And although those videos are not yet publicly accessible through electronic court filings, her brief supporting the selective/malicious prosecution motion suggests that her version of events relies on the government’s own video evidence produced in discovery: 5/
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You might be asking what evidence McIver has in support of these contentions. One of her lawyers submitted a declaration that attaches several videos produced by the Justice Department in discovery. 4/.
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McIver also represents she was “shoved” by a federal officer and that she told that officer she would be filing a complaint about his assault. It was only days later that anyone from HSI, ICE, or “any other agency” suggested that McIver was the one who committed an assault. 3/
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The biggest is that V-1, the HSI agent Rep. McIver allegedly assaulted, was heard on the phone announcing he would be arresting Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, despite the fact that Baraka had “stepped out,” because the Deputy Attorney General directed as much. 2/
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NEW: Rep. LaMonica McIver moved to dismiss her indictment late last night. The general thrust of her motions is hardly shocking—but her legal team’s retelling of her visit to Delaney Hall, as informed by discovery received from DOJ, contains some big surprises. 1/.
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But perhaps newsier than the order itself are the multiple admissions about the conditions at 26 Federal Plaza, as made by the longtime head of SDNY's civil division (h/t @kyledcheney). The transcript reflects his concessions:.
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Transcript of Oral Argument held on 8/12/2025.(Mohan, Andrew) (Entered: 08/12/2025)
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Also orders detainees have rights to request and promptly receive bottled water, feminine hygiene products, clean clothing, and their own prescription medication, whether on their person when arrested or brought to ICE by their family or lawyers. 2/.
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ORDER granting 9 Motion for TRO. (Signed by Judge Lewis A. Kaplan on August 12, 2025) (Kaplan, Lewis) (Entered: 08/12/2025)
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NEW: SDNY Judge Lew Kaplan issues TRO forbidding ICE detention at NYC facility without minimum floor space, sleeping mats, hygiene supplies and privacy for attorney calls. 1/.
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Administration's brief argues that in the country's most populous judicial district of 20 million people, where 1 of every 10 people is allegedly undocumented, the challenged order "threatens to upend immigration officials’ ability to enforce the immigration laws.".
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NEW: Trump administration asks SCOTUS to stay lower court order prohibiting ICE from detaining people solely on the basis of race/ethnicity, language, or occupation. 1/.
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RT @DilanianMSNBC: Brian Driscoll, the former acting FBI director who refused to carry out Trump administration plans for mass firing of J6….
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