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Josh Gerstein

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Sr. Legal Affairs Reporter, @POLITICO. Priors: ABC White House & China correspondent, CNN, NY Sun 🇺🇸🇦🇺josh@joshgerstein.com. Signal: joshgerstein.46

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1Aug 4, '24NEW: Gorsuch waves caution flag at Biden #SCOTUS overhaul plan. "I'd just say: Be careful," the Trump-appointed justice tells Fox. Also refuses, in NYT interview, to address Kagan'143×5.3M4.4k1.5k297
2Jul 23, '24NEW: Justice Department discovers transcripts it previously said it did not have of Biden's chats with biographer discussed in Hur report. Also, DOJ relents and asks Hur for help i114×4.2M6.1k2.2k647
3Sep 29, '23JUST IN: DC Circuit says it will continue normal operations for several weeks even if government shuts down, but once other sources of funding run out the courts face 'serious disr28.3×1M2.6k79651
4May 9, '25ANNOUNCER: Every book gets sent to the Library of Congress. It's part of the copyright process.20.2×751k30k2.8k686
5Feb 3, '25BREAKING: 2 federal employee unions, AFGE & SEIU, file suit seeking to block DOGE access to Treasury Department payment database. Doc:20×744k21k6.2k700
6Sep 28, '23JUST IN: Feds maintain some docs in Trump classified docs prosecution are so sensitive they can't be stored in the defense SCIF w/other classified info. Unclear if even place in Fl18.4×681k4k1.4k128
7Mar 10, '25BREAKING: Judge blocks Columbia pro-Palestinian protest organizer Mahmoud Khalil's removal from US pending further action on habeas petition. Doc: Earlier:17.5×649k4.1k922240
8Dec 13, '24BREAKING: Judge orders Trump to sit for in-person deposition of up to 4 hours next week in libel suit he filed against ABC over George Stephanpoulos saying a jury found Trump raped13.8×513k11k2.7k163
9Mar 25, '25Since White House says info in the chat was not classified, seems like @JeffreyGoldberg has the all clear to lay out everything in there....13.3×495k13k1.9k161
10Sep 5, '23JUST IN: DOJ lawyers are complaining to Judge Tanya Chutkan again about Trump's barrage of social media posts about his prosecution. "Defendant’s daily extrajudicial statements tha11.9×442k3.7k1k68
11Dec 4, '23JUST IN: Sunday night opinion from Judge Beryl Howell, turning down Rudy Giuliani's belated bid to escape a jury trial on damage in libel suit brought by GA pollworkers. Many bruta11.6×430k5.4k1.5k124
12Apr 18, '25BREAKING: Judge orders return of Tufts student Rumyesa Ozturk from Louisiana to Vermont, sets bail hearing next month. Doc:6.5×241k4.3k1.1k119
13Oct 6, '19NEW: Judge orders WH to preserve records of Trump dealings w/foreign leaders. Notable because she could've just accepted DOJ pledge that WH would. Also because an injunction applie6.5×016k5.4k109
14Sep 14, '20BREAKING: 9th Circuit has given the Trump administration a green light to proceed with deportation of about 300,000 El Salvadorans by ending the 'temporary protected status' they'v6.2×09.4k5.6k252
15May 22, '23DISMISSED: In March, a federal judge in Florida threw out a suit former Rep. Devin Nunes filed against CNN re Paul Pelosi Nunes promptly appealed, but per docket his lawyers did no6.0×222k2.9k6509
16Dec 2, '19BREAKING: Judge denies Trump admin request to stay order requiring McGahn to appear for testimony. Also flays DOJ, calling its arguments 'disingenuous' & 'unacceptable mischara6.0×015k5k114
17Jan 18, '20NEW OVERNIGHT: In late-night court filing from DOJ, @RodRosenstein acknowledges he made decision to release Strzok-Page texts that have fueled many a POTUS attack on the former FBI5.9×012k4.8k119
18Nov 19, '20FLASH: Fed judge denies motion by lawyer Lin Wood to block certification of GA election results5.8×021k1.9k47
19Nov 24, '20JUST IN: Carson City, NV judge hearing election challenge filed by Trump electors has set a hearing for 12/3 at 130PM local. Will allow 15 depositions for each side between now and5.6×016k3.5k94
20Nov 16, '20UPDATE: Pennsylvania's lawyers say there's now so little left of the Trump campaign's federal lawsuit over election results there that there's no need for the argument session a ju4.4×011k2.2k89
21Sep 25, '20Just before midnight last night, Justice Department made unusual public filing airing more grievances from inside the Mueller probe: an FBI agent's complaints that the initial inqu4.4×011k3.2k49
22Mar 5, '21BREAKING/SCOOP: FBI has arrested 1st Trump appointee in connection with #Capitol Riot. Freddie Klein worked on Trump 2016 campaign then landed a 'special assistant' job at State. '4.2×09.5k3.5k148
23Apr 4, '22JUST IN: Fed judge in Atlanta sets hearing for 2PM Friday on GOP Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s effort to stay on ballot for re-election, despite drive to use state law to bar her a4.1×012k2.5k60
24Apr 16, '19NEW: Judge faults Barr for creating suspicion around disclosure of Mueller report3.8×08.8k3.3k50
25Apr 28, '22NEW: Justice Dept suing former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort for almost $3 million over unfiled reports on offshore bank accounts. Case signals DOJ sees gaps in pardon Trum3.6×09.3k2.7k71
26Oct 8, '25JUST IN: Overstock founder Patrick Byrne formally defaulted by court in libel suit Hunter Biden brought against him. Biden lawyers to propose size of default judgment in coming wee3.6×133k4k1.2k138
27Sep 22, '22TRUMP RULING BOOMERANGS ON MYPILLOW BOSS: A Trump-appointed federal judge just denied a TRO for Mike Lindell to get his phone back after it was seized by FBI at Hardee's. Judge cit3.5×011k1.9k92
28Nov 9, '20BREAKING: Missouri, other states to file amicus brief supporting petitions by PA GOP and PA Republican legislative leaders challenging 3-day extension PA Supreme Court ordered for 3.1×07.7k2.2k65
29Dec 17, '20BREAKING: 2nd GOP challenge to GA runoff procedures is dismissed on standing grounds....3.1×012k71712
30Jul 23, '19NEW: Mueller notches a pre-testimony courtroom victory as a jury convicts Trump transition adviser and Michael Flynn ex-business partner Bijan Rafiekian on foreign-agent charges af3.0×06.6k2.9k37
31Jun 15, '20BREAKING: Major win for LGBT rights at #SCOTUS with 6-3 decision that federal law bars workplace discrimination against gays, lesbian and transgender. GORSUCH writes for Dem appoin2.9×07.2k2.1k42
32Nov 3, '25JUST IN: 11th Circuit politely tells Judge Aileen Cannon to get moving on motions seeking to unseal remainder of Special Counsel Jack Smith's final report. Basically, gives her 60 2.9×106k3.7k1.2k153
33Jun 20, '19Trump admin tells incredulous appeals court panel that judge erred by insisting that 'safe and sanitary' conditions for detained immigrant children means they must have access to s2.9×04k3k78
34Sep 20, '22NEW: Special master in Trump Mar-a-Lago docs case chides Trump lawyers for declining to produce evidence of declassification. Judge Dearie: 'You can't have your cake and eat it, to2.6×06.6k1.8k115
35May 3, '22EXCLUSIVE: Draft majority opinion obtained by POLITICO shows Supreme Court poised to overturn Roe v. Wade. Alito draft, dated Feburary, signals plan to end half century of federal 2.6×03k2.1k148
36Mar 4, '17President has authority to declassify any classified information in the federal government. Your move @realDonaldTrump2.6×05.4k2.7k0
37Aug 29, '22FLASH/ BUST BUST BUST: Judge grants Justice Department's page-length motion in Trump Mar-a-Lago search fight. Feds get whopping 40 pages to lay out their position and what's happen2.5×08.5k98950
38Jan 11, '22JUST IN: Justice Department National Security Chief Matt Olsen is setting up DOJ ‘unit' to focus on domestic terrorism2.4×07.3k1.2k21
39Feb 4, '19White House is entirely free to publish details of those 'hundreds of calls and meetings' Trump is said to take daily. In fact, if they were on the record, a story like the Axios o2.4×07.3k1.4k14
40Mar 5, '20BREAKING: Judge won't take DOJ's word on deletions from Mueller report. Orders that he get unredacted copy to review. Doc:2.4×06.7k1.7k32
41Aug 20, '21BREAKING: 5th Circuit panel, in 3-0 ruling, leaves in place order requiring Biden administration to restore Trump’s Remain-in-Mexico policy starting FRIDAY. Doc:2.4×06.3k1.8k61
42Oct 14, '20Sen. Tillis just urged every registered voter to vote on Nov. 11. The election is on Nov. 3.2.4×05.9k1.5k10
43Feb 12, '21Wow. Trump lawyers have no explanation of what Trump knew on day of Capitol riot or what he did to stop it beyond a single tweet. Stunning.2.4×07.5k1.1k36
44Jan 25, '21BREAKING: DOJ Inspector General launches probe into potential election interference by DOJ officials2.3×07.9k1k14
45Jun 15, '21Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.), at House hearing, says Capitol police officer was ‘lying in wait’ for Ashli Babbitt before shooting her. Again says Babbitt was “executed” by police, dem2.3×04.1k1.2k80
46Nov 9, '19LATE NIGHT NEWS FROM THE COAST: Manafort's ex-son-in-law Jeff Yohai gets 9+ years for 'horrific' series of frauds, including scam 'sober living' homes. Sentence is about year-and-a2.3×05k2.2k41
47Mar 29, '21ATTN UKRAINOPHILES: Judge Amy Jackson is gonna release some OMB docs on the Trump/ Ukraine aid hold. Some info Trump admin officials gave abt the docs wasn't right, she said....2.1×05.7k1.5k65
48Feb 22, '20NEW: A federal judge has tossed @RepDevinNunes $9.9M racketeering suit against Trump-Russia dossier firm Fusion GPS & its founder. Liam O'Grady, a GW Bush apptee, said it lacke2.0×04.6k1.6k37
49Jan 3, '21TIP: If you think someone is trying to involve you in a crime and may lie about it later, it may be a good idea to record that person to avoid any dispute about precisely what was 2.0×07.4k60226
50Nov 14, '19NEW NOW: Judge is requiring government lawyers to explain to him privately why they abruptly shifted legal stance in litigation over McCabe records. Says he's concerned DOJ manipul2.0×04.5k1.9k82
51Dec 29, '19This tweet from yesterday still nagging at me. Don't remember a president talking publicly about hating anyone since Nixon warned about such thoughts in his farewell speech2.0×05k1.4k45
52Jan 15, '21BREAKING: Magistrate judge plans to release man who sat at Pelosi office desk while allegedly having stun-gun on his hip. Court will require "very, very restrictive" conditions on 2.0×03.9k1.1k38
53Mar 9, '21JUST IN: Judge Amit Mehta, an Obama appointee, draws @ericswalwell suit against Trump, Giuliani & others over Jan. 6 attack on Capitol2.0×06.5k98912
54Feb 14, '20NEW: DOJ decision to drop McCabe probe came on deadline to release docs in related #FOIA case. They show the judge said he feared Trump comments about McCabe prosecution were turni2.0×04.1k1.8k78
55Mar 10, '19Good lord. Would anyone say because someone wears a yarmulke or a Sikh turban he/she doesn't support the Constitution?1.9×04.8k96315
56Feb 17, '18BREAKING: Special Counsel Mueller's prosecutors level new bank fraud allegations at Manafort, including 'conspiracies' w/others. No more charges yet1.9×03.6k1.9k0
57Jan 4, '21JUST IN: Another brutal opinion dismissing suit seeking to overturn 2020 election results. Argument 'lies somewhere between a willful misreading of the Constitution and fantasy,' J1.8×04.1k1.4k80
58Aug 11, '20BREAKING: Acting SG Wall says Barr had secret, undisclosed reasons for dismissing Flynn case.1.8×03.5k1.6k73
59Feb 21, '21JUST IN: AG Nominee Merrick Garland opening statement for confirmation hearing Monday. Calls 1-6 "a heinous attack" and says he'll prosecute "white supremacists & others" invol1.7×04.4k1.2k65
60Jun 24, '20JUST IN: Judge Amy Berman Jackson making super clear to US Atty's office in DC that she wants to know if acquiesence in Roger Stone's request to delay prison is a special favor or 1.7×04.1k1.5k30
61Jan 24, '21JUST IN: Chief judge of DC dist court blocks release of Eric Munchel, photographed in Senate gallery during Capitol riot carrying zip-tie cuffs and taser. On Friday, a magistrate j1.7×04.3k1.2k41
62Aug 2, '22BREAKING: Judge rejects bid to delay Oath Keepers #Jan6 trial scheduled for Sept. 26. Mehta: 'I can’t move this trial and I’m not going to move this trial…It would quite literally 1.7×05.4k89010
64Apr 19, '18BREAKING: Embattled Trump attorney Michael Cohen drops libel suits against BuzzFeed & Fusion GPS1.7×03.4k1.4k10
65Aug 22, '19BREAKING: Rick Gates just testified that he told both Tony Podesta and Vin Weber that the the pro-Ukrainian organization they represented was actually a front group for the Ukraini1.6×03k1.8k51
66Feb 17, '22JUST IN: Judge orders ‘very limited’ deposition of indicted ex-CFO of Trump Org, Allen Weisselberg, in DC AG lawsuit over alleged waste of funds by Trump Inaugural Committee1.6×05.1k85721
67Jan 13, '21BREAKING: Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen takes to YouTube just as president is removed from it. In 1st on camera appearance since Capitol riot, Rosen vows 'no tolerance whatsoe1.6×03k1k114
68Oct 25, '19Cipollone letter comes back to bite in judge's decision to grant House access to Mueller grand jury materials. Judge calls it stonewalling1.6×03.8k1.2k30
69Jul 8, '18Giuliani just confirmed that Trump said to Comey about Flynn: "Can you give a man a break." Here's what Trump told @peterbakernyt last May:1.5×03k1.5k25
70Aug 14, '20BREAKING: DC Circuit panel, 3-0, overturns order requiring Hillary Clinton to sit for deposition related to her private email account. Ruling: Earlier:1.5×03.6k94429
71Dec 3, '21JUST IN: Feds locate ‘alternative’ Mueller report mentioned by Andrew Weissmann in his book. Parts of the compendium could go public soon. First review should be done next month, f1.4×02.9k1k114
72Nov 16, '20She WAS a lawyer for the Trump campaign because this was recorded over an hour ago.1.4×05k336114
73Sep 20, '22In Brooklyn for 1st appearance of Trump lawyers and prosecutors before special master in Trump Mar-a-Lago docs fight. Senior US District Court Judge Ray Dearie1.4×04.1k600183
74Jul 23, '20BREAKING: Judge says he's 'leaning in direction of issuing' restraining order prohibiting federal agents in Portland from interfering with journalists or legal observers. Obama app1.4×03.9k90616
75Aug 24, '22BREAKING: Federal judge rules for Justice Dept in its 1st challenge to a state abortion law post-Dobbs. Clinton appointed Judge B. Lynn Winmill says federal law guaranteeing emerge1.3×03.3k1.1k38
76Sep 3, '19BREAKING: Judge restores press pass Trump White House revoked from Playboy reporter Brian Karem following Rose Garden altercation with Seb Gorka. Ruling: Earlier:1.3×03.4k99810
77Oct 22, '19NEW: Indicted Giuliani associate Igor Fruman will be reprsented by....wait for it....Paul Manafort's current defense attorney1.3×02.6k1.1k29
79Oct 28, '20NEW: DC fed judge issues unusual highly detailed directive to Postal Service to inform supervisors and workers about retraction of overtime changes. Plans daily hearings on complia1.2×03k92344
80Nov 17, '20NEW: The Trump campaign's lawsuit seeking to throw out the PA election results descended into farce Monday night. The campaign moved to replace its whole legal team, then asked for1.2×03.1k74667
81Jan 31, '22JUST IN: ATF official says agency involved in federal response to bomb threats disrupting HBCU campuses across country this AM1.2×02.7k1.1k26
82Feb 15, '20The final, bottom-line, all-caps statement from POTUS here is false. The inspector general does not recommend disciplinary action in any case.1.2×03.1k95517
83Jun 15, '18POTUS being called a liar to his face by journos seems like an inflection point of some kind. (Not that he doesn't do the same to media virtually daily, though usually via Twitter.1.2×03.2k89814
84Feb 19, '20BREAKING: 11th Circuit upholds broad interpretation of Florida re-enfranchisement law, says state can't require fines before registering those unable to pay. Ruling:1.2×03k85811
85Oct 12, '18NEW: A judge has ordered partial release of a Watergate report that some see as a precedent for a parallel Mueller effort that could lead to Trump's impeachment1.2×02.5k1.1k44
86Nov 15, '19Judge lashes out at prosecutors for failing to fish or cut bait on McCabe prosecution: 'Not hard' decision except 'maybe politically'1.1×02.9k89130
87Nov 21, '22EXCLUSIVE: Senior Dem lawmakers give Chief Justice Roberts an ultimatum on ethics issues, in wake of reports on alleged 2014 #SCOTUS leak & lobbying of justices. You probe or C1.1×02.6k98034
88Jan 21, '21BREAKING: Federal judge in Seattle denies alt-social media site Parler's request for order forcing Amazon to keep hosting its service. Doc:1.1×03.2k61017
89Jan 6, '22Judge Beryl Howell colorfully says no to Jamaica vacation for Jan. 6 #CapitolRiot suspect Anthony Williams of Michigan1.1×03.1k52829
90Dec 17, '20HAPPENING NOW: Fed judge sounds very skeptical on GOP suit in Augusta, GA on ballot procedures. Judge Randal Hall (GWB): 'I have real concerns about whether this court..should even1.0×03.3k49015
91Jan 11, '21JUST IN: #SCOTUS declines to expedite Trump-related election matters1.0×03.1k52414
92Dec 10, '21BREAKING: DC fed judge (and Trump appointee) Dabney Friedrich issues ruling upholding prosecutors’ use of obstruction statute to cover obstruction of Congress' Electoral College ta1.0×02.7k62635
93Sep 30, '20JUST IN: DC Circuit rejects DOJ/Trump WH bid for en banc rehearing on ruling restoring @BrianKarem WH press pass. No judge (incl. 3 Trump appointees) requested en banc vote. Earlie1.0×02.8k67612
94Aug 22, '18Just about every TV story on Manafort is misleading. Why? They're all accompanied by video of him walking in or out of court. For the last two months, Trump's former campaign chair1.0×03.1k5114
96Jul 18, '22Bannon just came out as jury selection in break. I counted at least three shirts. No tie. About half a dozen jurors questioned so far0.9×03.1k2609
98Jan 1, '21NARRATOR: It's Friday.0.8×03k2048

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