Tom Jackman
@TomJackmanWP
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Running the True Crime blog for The Washington Post, focus on crime, policing and courts. Devotee of live music, late nights, lazy Sundays. Proud Guild member.
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Joined May 2009
Congrats Tom Boswell! π Well deserved! π DC sports fans are lucky to have had @ThomasBoswellWP at the @washingtonpost for so long. @officialBBWAA @baseballhall
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BREAKING NEWS: GHISLAINE MAXWELL LIST RELEASED BY TRUMP DOJ
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New on True Crime: John Huffington was on death row for 10 years and wrongly imprisoned for 32 years. Now heβs suing the men who put him there. Gift link:
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John Huffington served 32 years, 10 on death row, before he was released in 2013 and later pardoned. Now he wants damages from the police and prosecutors who handled his case.
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Another great time hanging out with the future stars of journalism at George Masonβs annual Washington Journalism and Media Conference. Excellent questions and engagement from the reporters of tomorrow. #WJMC
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Top 10 revelations from todays WaPo story on George Joannides: 1) Domestic spying was illegal in 1963. CIA did it anyway. 2) CIA lied to Warren Commission and HSCA about the existence of Howard Gebler. 3) CIA lied to ARRB about the existence of Howard, saying in a memo that
π¨The @washingtonpost with a history altering blockbuster β The CIA was LYING for 62 years about its pre JFK assassination knowledge of Lee Harvey Oswald. Incredible reporting on George Joannides by @TomJackmanWP & work by @jeffersonmorley + @RepLunaππΌ https://t.co/UGOsYYqgNl
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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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New on True Crime: Defense lawyer for Brendan Banfield argues Fairfax commanders silenced detectives in au pair murder case (gift link)
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The lead homicide and digital forensics detectives were transferred out of their units after the arrest of Brendan Banfield last year, and they said they sometimes disagreed with commandersβ theory...
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Nationals GM Mike Rizzo confirms that Mark Lerner and Lerner Sports COO Alan Gottlieb informed he and Dave Martinez that they have been fired.
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Breaking on True Crime: Army Ranger Jonathan Batt sentenced to 53 years in prison for numerous sex assaults. Gift link
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In a three-week trial, a military jury heard testimony from 15 women who accused Maj. Jonathan Batt of raping, strangling and tying them up against their will
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New on True Crime: Army Ranger Jonathan Batt convicted of rape, multiple sex assault charges in Ft Meade military trial. Sentencing hearing now. Gift link:
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In a three-week trial, a military jury heard testimony from 15 women who accused Maj. Jonathan Batt of raping, strangling and tying them up against their will
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New on True Crime: Fairfax prosecutors want to use interview of 4-year-old daughter in au pair murder case where her mother was slain and father is charged:
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The daughter of victim Christine Banfield and suspect Brendan Banfield was in the car with her au pair, and then taken inside while the two killings were committed.
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Breaking on True Crime: Army Ranger Maj. Jonathan Batt, accused of strangling, raping women testifies in his court-martial at Ft. Meade: (no paywall)
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Fifteen women testified that Maj. Jonathan Batt either strangled or tied up or had nonconsensual sex with them. Batt said every act was consensual.
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New on True Crime: Army Ranger Maj. Jonathan Batt accused of raping, assaulting women he met on dating apps, no paywall:
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Maj. Jonathan Batt has pleaded not guilty to multiple counts of rape and sexual assault, and he claims that the encounters with over a dozen women were consensual.
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Phenomenal reporting on how D.C.βs failure to curb truancy fueled a surge in youth crime, by @newsbysamuels @laurenlumpkin11 and @Jdharden no paywall:
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District leaders linked school attendance to crime, but failure to reduce absenteeism in middle schools yielded the biggest youth crime surge in a generation.
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One big caveat in the May jobs report = a big decline (-625,000) in the labor force. It appears many people suddenly left work and the labor force entirely. That's a bit odd. We'll have to see what the coming months show.
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Officially in my Rogue Radical Professor era. Columbia canceled my class on Race and Media, but I'm teaching it anyway this summer. 500 spaces sold out in 48 hours. 40+ scholarships. I will be teaching at the iconic Martin Luther King Jr. Library. https://t.co/ujN5r2CDcJ
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Some judges reject DOJ claim that Jan. 6 pardons apply to other crimes β via β¦@TomJackmanWPβ©
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Some judges have deferred to prosecutors and erased charges or convictions stemming from cases discovered during the Jan. 6 investigation, but others refused.
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New: as DOJ joins some J6 defendants in claiming pardons extend to other crimes, some judges push back:
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Some judges have deferred to prosecutors and erased charges or convictions stemming from cases discovered during the Jan. 6 investigation, but others refused.
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The murdered Israeli Embassy staffers were coming out of an event about humanitarian causes across the Middle East, including Gaza
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Thread 1/9 Well worth reading this π₯ππ¨π¨ππ π€ππ πππ©π¨ πππ£βπ¨ ππ§π©πππͺπ‘ππ©π π©ππ π. Source: Facebook account of Steve Rosenthal. https://t.co/hDXT2dlcr5
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