Jimmy Jenkins

Arizona Lawmaker Turns Over 2020 Election Data to Trump’s FBI The president of the Arizona State Senate said he had provided records to the Federal Bureau of Investigation related to a review by Republican lawmakers into the 2020 presidential election.

“It is the weaponization of federal law enforcement in service of crackpots and lies.” Arizona Lawmaker Turns Over 2020 Election Data to Trump’s FBI
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Maryland Sues DHS to Stop ‘Massive’ ICE Detention Facility The state of Maryland is suing to stop the Department of Homeland Security from turning a warehouse into an immigration detention facility.

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DOJ Seeks to Drop 2021 Contempt Case Against Steve Bannon Federal prosecutors took steps to end a long-running criminal case against conservative activist Stephen Bannon, who had continued to challenge his conviction for defying a congressional subpoena afte...

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Trump Quest for Voter Data Spurs Lawsuits, a Raid and Jail Risk The recent FBI raid of a Georgia county election office is a precursor to battles ahead as President Donald Trump’s administration steps up efforts to obtain sensitive voter information from states.

"It’s just stunning to think that killings in Minnesota are being linked to the state not turning over its unredacted voter files." bit.ly/4r0MFYK

Democratic Senator Blasts ‘Secret’ ICE Policy to Enter Homes US Senator Richard Blumenthal is demanding answers from the Department of Homeland Security after whistle blowers disclosed a new policy that he claimed would let immigration agents enter homes withou...

Whistleblowers disclose ICE memo detailing secret policy for agents to enter homes without a judicial warrant. Gift link: bit.ly/3Ny0fUr

Jack Smith Says Trump Allies Were Willing to Testify Against Him Political allies of Donald Trump were willing to testify against him in cases brought by the US Justice Department, according to former Special Counsel Jack Smith.

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Story updated: DHS says it plans to detain Kilmar Abrego Garcia again if federal judge allows it
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Top DOJ Officials Possibly Involved in Abrego Garcia Prosecution A federal judge has found evidence that high-level Department of Justice officials may have played a role in the government’s push for criminal charges against Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, a Salvador...

Top DOJ Officials Possibly Involved in Abrego Garcia Prosecution

Abrego Garcia Can Remain Free at Least Through End of the Month Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia will remain free at least through the end of the month after a federal judge sought more information on whether the US plans to detain or deport him again.

Kilmar Abrego Garcia will remain free through the holidays. His attorneys say the government is "desperately flailing" and will try anything to detain him again. Judge tells DOJ attorneys shes tired of their "misrepresentations" in the case. bit.ly/495yrh9

Judges Are Getting Fired as Trump Pursues Immigration 'Purge' The Trump administration is slashing the ranks of immigration judges in a drive to extend its broader crackdown to the administrative courts where they serve and speed up deportations.

"If we don’t have a court system where people feel like they will be treated fairly, then we are not the America I thought we were." bit.ly/3Yuk8Oj

Trump Administration Ditches Protections for Transgender Inmates President Donald Trump’s campaign against expanded rights for transgender people has taken a new turn as the US Justice Department rewrites policies intended to protect vulnerable prison inmates from ...

Predators in federal prisons are already feeling emboldened after the Trump administration ditched protections for incarcerated transgender people bit.ly/48tshZt

FBI Agents Who Kneeled at Floyd Protest Sue for Wrongful Firing A dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in Washington following the police killing of George Floyd.

Wrongful termination/retaliation lawsuits are stacking up -- a dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in DC following the police killing of George Floyd. From @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social: buff.ly/81hSIag

FBI Agents Who Kneeled at Floyd Protest Sue for Wrongful Firing A dozen FBI agents sued the Trump administration over their firing in September for having taken a knee during a 2020 demonstration in Washington following the police killing of George Floyd.

FBI Agents Who Kneeled at Floyd Protest Sue for Wrongful Firing bit.ly/4q0nLre

Trump Pledges Strict Immigration Curbs as Details Remain Scarce President Donald Trump threatened a slew of aggressive actions to curtail legal migration to the US in response to one National Guard member dying after being ambushed near the White House, though the...

Trump Pledges Strict Immigration Curbs as Details Remain Scarce bit.ly/4ahSBGX

Trump Want Ad Seeks ‘Deportation Judges’ to Aid in Crackdown The Trump administration is advertising for “deportation judges” in its ongoing push to fill jobs to aid its mass deportation campaign.

The Trump administration is advertising for "deportation judges” in its ongoing push to fill jobs to aid its mass deportation campaign. Applicants are told they can “help write the next chapter of America” and “define America for generations.” bit.ly/4icNNom

Epstein File Fight Has ‘Ripped’ Apart Trump’s MAGA, Greene Says Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene excoriated Donald Trump’s protracted resistance to releasing investigative files on Jeffrey Epstein as damaging to the populist Republican movement the president help...

Epstein survivors return to the Capitol demanding transparency and justice:

"This is not an issue of a few corrupt Democrats or a case of a few corrupt Republicans. This is a case of institutional betrayal." bit.ly/49XmgoH

GEO Group Sees Ankle Monitor Growth in Trump Immigration Push GEO Group Inc., one of the largest private prison operators, said President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown eventually will fill up detention facilities and force the government to use more elect...

Private prison company GEO Group is planning to capitalize on the government's rapidly expanding electronic monitoring program for immigrants. The company just signed a BILLION dollar deal with ICE to track hundreds of thousands of people. bit.ly/3JSuzYp

‘Catastrophic’ Hack Underscores Public Defender Security Gaps Recent cyberattacks on public defenders’ offices in multiple Western US states have spotlighted the technological vulnerabilities of an often overlooked but critical part of the US judicial system.

New: ‘Catastrophic’ Hack Underscores Public Defender Security Gaps

A must-read deep dive from @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social and @jamietarabay.bsky.social:
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‘Catastrophic’ Hack Underscores Public Defender Security Gaps Recent cyberattacks on public defenders’ offices in multiple Western US states have spotlighted the technological vulnerabilities of an often overlooked but critical part of the US judicial system.

A ransomware attack nuked 60 years of case files at the Federal Public Defender's office in Arizona earlier this year, highlighting the technological vulnerabilities of an often overlooked but critical part of the U.S. judicial system. bit.ly/49nkJrJ

Survivors of Epstein Abuse Call for Release of All Secret Files Survivors of deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring called on Congress to pass legislation requiring the Trump administration to release all unclassified material gathered in a fede...

Survivors of Epstein Abuse Call for Release of Secret Files
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I'm excited to join the incredibly talented team at Bloomberg News as a Washington legal reporter focusing on the Department of Justice. Help me expand my source network so I can hit the ground running in D.C.

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Jimmy

Dear Arizona,

Today was my last day with @azcentral.com I am very grateful to have worked at The Republic and @kjzz.org for the past decade.

I have accepted a new reporting job in Washington D.C. I'll have details and new contact info to share soon. Until then, thank you.

Tempe woman called police for help with ICE, was arrested the next day "ICE officers are trying to invade my home," said Linet Vartanians after a Tempe police dispatcher asked the nature of her emergency call.

"Anybody tries to invade my home, I'm going to shoot them," Linet Vartanians told the 911 operator as ICE agents surrounded her house. "I'm a United States citizen and I'm defending my rights." www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Judge grants request to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention A federal judge has granted a request from the government to force-feed an Iranian asylum seeker on a hunger strike while in ICE detention in Arizona.

Breaking: The brother and sister-in-law of an Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody have been arrested and indicted on federal charges. Attorney believes they were targeted for helping her with detained relative's case www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Judge grants request to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention A federal judge has granted a request from the government to force-feed an Iranian asylum seeker on a hunger strike while in ICE detention in Arizona.

Update: Judge grants request to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Asylum seekers deported without proper assessment, Arizona court records say The U.S. government is deporting asylum seekers without following the process outlined in federal law, according to a recent Arizona court filing.

New: The U.S. government admitted to deporting asylum seekers without following the process outlined in federal law in a recent Arizona federal court filing www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...

Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody Mehrad Asadi Eidivand's first hunger strike lasted from June 6 to June 13, resulting in an acute kidney injury diagnosis, according to the government.

Breaking: Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody Mehrad Asadi Eidivand's first hunger strike lasted from June 6 to June 13, resulting in an acute kidney injury diagnosis, according to the government.

Breaking: Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...

Trump administration evading judicial review of disputed immigration practice, judge says The government is using a method to remove people from the country that is likely unlawful and is doing so by evading judicial review, a judge said.

NEW: The Trump administration is using a method to remove asylum seekers from the country that is likely unlawful and is doing so by evading judicial review, according to an Arizona federal judge www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...