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Kyle Cheney

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Senior legal affairs reporter for @POLITICO with a focus on democracy, law and the balance of power in government. Tips: kcheney@politico.com NY ➡️ BOS ➡️ DC

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1Feb 15, '24BREAKING: DOJ has charged the informant who provided derogatory informaton about Hunter and Joe Biden with "false statements" and obstruction.29.7×8.1M14k4.8k704
2Dec 26, '22I did it. I found the single weirdest moment in the Jan. 6 committee transcripts released so far. Between witness Samuel Armes and his lawyer Anessa Santos.25.7×7M48k3k1.4k
3Oct 2, '24BREAKING: Judge CHUTKAN has unsealed Jack Smith's 165-page redacted motion re presidential immunity. Read it here:20×5.4M16k5.7k2.9k
4Mar 18, '25BREAKING: Chief Justice Roberts statement: "For more than two centuries, it has been established that impeachment is not an appropriate response to disagreement concerning a judici20×5.4M23k3.8k1k
5Apr 19, '25BREAKING: The Supreme Court has blocked the Trump administration from deporting foreign nationals under the Alien Enemies Act. Thomas, Alito dissent.16.3×4.4M39k5.9k2.3k
6Feb 6, '24BREAKING: Donald Trump is *NOT* immune from prosecution, DC Circuit rules. Details TK15.6×4.2M14k3.6k331
7Aug 27, '24BREAKING: A grand jury has returned a superseding indictment against Donald Trump in Washington, D.C. retaining the same four core charges against him for trying to subvert the ele12.4×3.4M17k4.2k663
8Dec 20, '22Jacquelyn STARER, a doctor from Ashland, Mass., literally throwing her long career away by striking a cop in the rotunda on Jan. 6. She's been arrested on felony charges, DOJ annou11.6×3.1M35k6.5k219
9Aug 3, '23JUST LEFT the courtroom where Trump was arraigned. The most interesting part? Several of the federal judges of the district court filled the back row — including Chief Judge James 11.5×3.1M17k2.4k201
10Sep 12, '23NEW: The Biden administration has a literal Trump card to play against the House GOP impeachment inquiry: In 2020, Trump’s DOJ issued a binding legal opinion that impeachment inqui10.1×2.7M20k5.8k566
11Jun 13, '25BREAKING: Judge Breyer orders Trump to return control of the National Guard back to California, saying the call-up was illegal.9.8×2.6M18k4.3k827
12Mar 26, '25JUST IN: Judge James Boasberg has been assigned to the Signalgate lawsuit.9.7×2.6M19k3k848
13Jan 9, '23JUST IN: A judge has ordered the unsealing of key excerpts of Donald Trump's deposition in E. Jean Carroll's lawsuit against him.9.5×2.6M21k3.8k247
14Jun 16, '23JUST IN: Jim TRUSTY, who dropped off of Trump's criminal defense team last week, is now withdrawing from Trump's lawsuit against CNN, citing "irreconcilable differences" with his c9.3×2.5M14k3.3k153
15Aug 4, '23Donald Trump swore in court yesterday he would not attempt to influence or intimidate witnesses, retaliate against anyone, or in any other way attempt to obstruct the administratio9.3×2.5M20k5k275
16Jun 16, '25BREAKING: A federal judge in Massachusetts (the Reagan-appointed William Young) has declared the Trump administration's cuts to NIH grants — ostensibly over Trump's EOs on gender i8.6×2.3M22k5.1k735
17Jan 20, '23JUST IN: A federal judge in Florida has sanctioned Donald Trump's attorneys *$938,000* for what he says is a pattern of abusing the court system for political purposes It's Judge M7.9×2.1M19k4k256
18Oct 17, '24BREAKING: Judge Chutkan has denied Trump's effort to block a new dossier of Jack Smith's evidence from becoming public. She says she will unseal it tomorrow.7.3×2M28k5k569
19Nov 5, '24HAPPENING NOW: A federal judge in Georgia has thrown out the RNC's claim that Georgia counties broke the law by accepting absentee ballots over the weekend. The judge says their co7.1×1.9M30k4.3k700
20Jan 4, '24JUST IN: Proud Boy Christopher Worrell has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for spraying police on Jan. 6 and then fleeing for 45 days ahead of sentencing. But it was far from 6.5×1.8M19k1.9k362
21Feb 25, '25HAPPENING NOW: A federal judge who ordered the unfreezing of USAID contract spending is voicing frustration as a Trump administration lawyer repeatedly refuses to say whether they 5.9×1.6M21k3.3k672
22Aug 28, '20BREAKING: The House Foreign Affairs Committee has announced contempt proceedings against POMPEO5.7×080k14k232
23Feb 6, '25Pardoned J6er re-arrested in Texas for nine-year-old "solicitation of a minor" warrant:5.4×1.5M20k4.2k813
24Feb 3, '25JUST IN: A federal judge in Washington says she's concerned that the White House is still implementing the spending freeze that she and a Rhode Island judge have ordered temporaril5.4×1.5M33k6.7k923
25Feb 18, '25Quite an exchange here between Judge Reyes and DOJ attorney on how "pronoun usage" affects military readiness.5.3×1.4M23k2.6k1.9k
26Mar 20, '23JUST IN: Judge Amy Berman JACKSON just chewed out Jan. 6 defendant Gabrial Garcia for lying about his recent trip to DC — attending CPAC despite claiming he was in DC to attend tri5.3×1.4M22k3.1k78
27Oct 18, '24HAPPENING NOW: Judge Chutkan has just ordered Jack Smith's evidence docketed publicly. Should go live any moment.5.2×1.4M15k1.9k305
28Apr 3, '25HAPPENING NOW: Judge Boasberg says he believes the Trump administration "acted in bad faith" on the day of the Alien Enemies Act deportations. Boasberg says his impression is that 5.0×1.4M19k3.8k1.1k
29Mar 5, '25THAT DIDN'T TAKE LONG: Plaintiffs in one lawsuit against DOGE have alerted the court to President Trump's remarks tonight calling Elon Musk the "head" of the office.4.9×1.3M38k8.2k1.5k
30Nov 1, '24JUST IN: A federal judge has rejected Elon MUSK's bid to move the Philadelphia lawsuit to federal court.4.8×1.3M15k3.1k296
31Jan 7, '21! PELOSI says the acting Secretary of Defense "has to answer for where the National Guard was yesterday."4.7×075k8k194
32Jul 2, '25JUST IN: Edward Kelley, a pardoned Jan. 6 defendant, gets life in prison for plotting to assassinate the FBI agents and police who investigated him. He contended Trump’s pardon ext4.6×1.3M20k4.3k1.4k
33Jul 25, '24JUST IN: Bad look for AG Barr here. Inspector general finds that he authorized release of "selective details" about a PA vote fraud probe in 2020 that supported Turmp's narratives 4.2×1.1M15k6.3k922
34Mar 25, '25JUST IN: American Oversight is suing Hegseth, Gabbard, Ratcliffe et al, saying their messaging via Signal is a violation of the Federal Records Act.3.9×1.1M26k6k686
35Mar 20, '25BREAKING: A federal judge in Maryland has just barred DOGE from accessing Social Security systems, saying the group is on a "fishing expedition" that jeopardizes people's personal 3.7×993k23k6.3k558
36Oct 23, '25A man was arrested for playing Darth Vader's theme music, "The Imperial March," behind National Guard troops walking through Logan Circle. Now the ACLU is suing on his behalf.3.6×976k18k4.2k835
37Sep 24, '25BREAKING: A federal judge has ordered the University of South Dakota to reinstate a professor who posted criticism of Charlie Kirk on his Facebook page the day of the shooting, fin3.5×956k24k4.6k765
38Oct 1, '25JUST IN: A U.S. citizen from Alabama who has been detained twice by ICE while working at a construction site, has filed a class action suit claiming ICE's broad warrantless arrest 3.5×947k39k8.3k1.2k
39Mar 24, '25JUST IN: A federal judge in Texas (George HW Bush appointee) has barred Texas A&M's board from canceling a drag show on campus. Trump's executive order "cannot override First A3.0×820k17k2.3k468
40Jun 8, '23JUST IN: After an 8 month delay, a federal judge has cleared the way for DC bar authorities to continue disciplinary proceedings against former Trump DOJ attorney Jeffrey CLARK.2.9×777k14k2.7k75
41Jul 11, '25HAPPENING NOW: Judge Xinis comes in hot this morning after DOJ fails to produce the ICE detainer to keep Kilmar Abrego Garcia locked up. She won't take DOJ's word for it that it ex2.9×774k19k3.4k529
42Oct 16, '24JUST IN: Judge Chutkan has issued a 50-page ruling that largely rejects Trump's demands for more discovery from the federal government. She notes that Trump could bear responsibili2.7×735k17k5.5k505
43Aug 14, '20NEWS: GAO has concluded that Acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf and Acting Deputy Secretary Ken Cuccinelli were invalidly appointed and are *ineligible* to serve in their2.6×024k11k350
44Aug 31, '22NEWS: DOJ's new filing includes. photo of the classified documents found at Mar-a-Lago on Aug. 8.2.5×024k6.8k929
45Apr 21, '20JUST IN: The Senate Intelligence Committee affirms the intelligence community's conclusion that Russia acted to aid Trump in 2016 — and explicitly breaks with the House GOP. "The I2.5×023k9.9k519
46Jun 16, '22NEWS: Liz CHENEY agrees that it's time for the Jan. 6 select committee to talk to Ginni Thomas, per an aide.2.4×039k3.8k47
47Dec 7, '20BREAKING: Federal judge in Georgia rules from the bench. Kraken lawsuit dismissed.2.3×037k3.2k71
48Jan 30, '24Just popped into the trial for Jan. 6 defendant John Todd of Missouri. First witness: A woman who met him at a martini bar after she overheard him bragging about being at the Capit2.1×580k15k2k98
49Jul 27, '19Don’t forget: Cummings just received this week the authority to subpoena Ivanka and Jared’s email / communications >>>2.0×025k6.7k59
50May 19, '22BREAKING: The Jan. 6 select committee says it has obtained evidence that Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) led a tour through the Capitol on Jan. 5, 2021 — contradicting earlier denials2.0×026k5.6k209
51Mar 3, '22BREAKING: The Jan. 6 select committee says it believes Donald Trump violated multiple laws in his quest to overturn the 2020 election — including obstruction of Congress and defrau2.0×024k5.3k425
52May 24, '22JUST IN: A federal appeals court has ruled that the 14th Amendment's bar on insurrectionists holding office may be applied to current/future political candidates.1.9×025k5.2k193
53Apr 19, '21BREAKING: Federal judge orders Proud Boys leaders Ethan NORDEAN and Joseph BIGGS *detained* pending trial, reversing earlier rulings.1.9×028k4k72
54Jul 31, '20PELOSI exiting election security briefing this morning says administration is “withholding” evidence of foreign election interference, per pool.1.9×021k7.3k84
55Dec 29, '19NYT reports that Pompeo, Bolton, Esper met with Trump in late August to plead with him to release military aid. He rebuffed their effort.1.9×017k7.9k264
56Jun 21, '22Officer Dunn greets Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman after their testimony about the impact of smears by Trump/Giuliani.1.9×029k3.2k101
57Dec 15, '21Don't think this one has fully sunk in yet: A member of Congress suggested that GOP-controlled states anoint Trump electors **before those states were even called.** This wasn't ov1.8×020k6.6k433
58May 14, '21Proud Boy leader Ethan Nordean lashed out at Trump on Jan. 20, when it dawned on him that he’d likely be going to jail for the ex-president, according to new messages revealed by p1.6×015k4.2k436
59Nov 13, '19???: This is wild. As many have pointed out, the first letter in each of the top 23 tweets on @RepGosar's account spell "Epstein Didn't Kill Himself."1.6×017k5k373
60Oct 30, '21EXPLOSIVE late-night court filing fomr National Archives details what Trump is trying to block the Jan. 6 committee from obtaining. They include "daily presidential diaries, schedu1.6×018k5.2k322
61Feb 11, '21TUBERVILLE tells reporters tonight that when Trump called him on Jan. 6, he informed the president that security had just taken Pence out of the chamber for safety. "I said ‘Mr. Pr1.6×020k4.4k315
62Aug 17, '20INBOX: Top House Dem Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Ted Lieu are urging the FBI “to evaluate whether Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, or Members of the Board of Governors of the U.S. Post1.6×020k5.1k66
63Sep 22, '22! TRUMP to Hannity on declassifying documents: There doesn’t have to be a process, as I understand it. If you’re the president of the United states, you can declasify ... **even by1.6×017k2.7k293
64Jan 14, '21DOJ makes clear that if you had a cell phone on inside the Capitol on Jan. 6, you will get caught.1.5×016k4.9k286
65Jan 6, '21Not a joke: The loudspeakers at the "Overturn the Election" rally are playing the Titanic theme song.1.5×022k2.7k101
66Sep 24, '21PSAKI says Biden has decided he will NOT invoke executive privilege on Trump's behalf to shield any of his White House records from the Jan. 6 committee.1.5×022k3k68
67Mar 18, '18WOW. Trey GOWDY addresses Trump's lawyer this AM: "if you have an innocent client Mr. Dowd, act like it.”1.5×019k4.9k11
68Oct 25, '19BREAKING (!): Judge rules the House is entitled to Mueller grand jury material. Huge win for Judiciary Committee / Dems.1.5×017k5k94
69Jun 9, '20Even if members of Congress don't "read Twitter," it would seem to be a pretty basic responsibility of governing to know what the president of the United States is communicating to1.4×020k3.3k28
70Sep 9, '20.@PressSec just now: "The president never downplayed the virus." Trump to Woodward in March: "I wanted to always pay it down."1.4×017k4.2k64
71Oct 17, '22JUST IN: DOJ recommends a six month jail sentence and $200,000 fine for Steve BANNON for defying a Jan. 6 select committee subpoena1.4×020k2.8k79
72Jul 26, '22JUST IN: Judge Tanya Chutkan has sentenced Jan. 6 defendant Mark PONDER to 63 months in prison for assault, one of the stiffest sentences handed down yet, and steeper than DOJ's re1.4×019k3.2k36
73Aug 6, '19INBOX: FBI Agents Association calls on Congress to make "domestic terrorism" a federal crime.1.4×017k4.2k35
74Aug 25, '20NEW: NY AG Letitia James has filed suit to block Postal Service changes by the Trump administration.1.3×018k3.9k46
75Jun 11, '19BREAKING: The House votes to hold AG Barr and Don McGahn In civil contempt. Party line vote was: 229-191.1.3×018k3.5k38
76Sep 15, '21A 40-year friend of a Capitol Police officer reported the officer for disclosing the secure location he evacuated lawmakers to on Jan. 6. The friend believed the officer was aligne1.3×014k4.6k430
77Jun 22, '22NEWS: Bennie Thompson tells us that after Thursday, the select committee will resume hearings in July. The panel is reassessing its schedule after significant new tranches of evide1.3×017k3.6k101
78Jun 30, '22CHENEY at Reagan Library tonight: "At this moment, we are confronting a domestic threat we have never faced before– a former president who is attempting to unravel the foundations 1.3×017k3.2k118
79Feb 4, '22HAPPENING NOW: Jan. 6 defendant Richard Barnard, facing sentencing for a misdemeanor charge, tells a judge he lost a "six figure job," his retirement and his credit rating. "There’1.2×013k1.6k108
80Aug 3, '20BREAKING: House Democrats have subpoenaed four top aides to Secretary POMPEO, citing resistance to appearing for depositions about the firing of inspector general Steve LINICK.1.2×016k3.9k50
81Mar 28, '22BREAKING: Judge orders John Eastman to release emails he attempted to withhold from the Jan. 6 committee. "Trump’s plan had worked, it would have permanently ended the peaceful tra1.2×013k4.1k264
82Sep 20, '22HAPPENING NOW: I have dialed in to Judge Dearie's courtroom, and apparently the system has left every single caller unmuted -- so it sounds roughly like midtown at rush hour, but w1.2×018k1.6k227
83Sep 21, '22BREAKING: Appeals Court panel *grants* DOJ request for a stay of parts of Judge Cannon’s ruling.1.2×014k3.3k192
84Jan 4, '21NEW: DC Police chief at a briefing with Mayor Bowser on Jan. 5-6 protests: "We have received some information that there are individuals intent on bringing firearms into our city. 1.2×016k3.2k61
85Jul 15, '19CUMMINGS says he'll hold KELLYANNE CONWAY in contempt on July 25, if she doesn't tesify before then.1.1×015k2.5k14
86Sep 19, '22TO RECAP: Trump demanded a special master and won. He asked for Raymond Dearie and won. Now his legal team is upset that Dearie is asking for evidence of what he claims to have dec1.1×014k3.3k215
87Dec 18, '19JUST IN: Pelosi names Reps. Katie Porter and Deb Haaland to the Oversight Committee to fill spots previously held by Elijah Cummings and Katie Hill.1.1×016k2.6k25
88Nov 15, '19A story in two acts:1.1×016k2.5k144
89Oct 19, '21Good news for the Jan. 6 Committee: The Trump executive privilege lawsuit has been assigned to Judge Tanya Chutkan, who has expressed horror about the Jan. 6 attack and extended se1.1×016k2.6k51
90Nov 17, '22Extremely bad luck for Trump. He filed a lawsuit against NYAG Letitia James in Florida state court. James yesterday removed the case to federal court and it landed before ... Judge1.1×015k2.7k110
91Jun 15, '22HAPPENING NOW: Judge in Bannon criminal contempt case has rejected his motion to dismiss the indictment. He's going through his reasoning now.1.1×017k2k54
92Jan 25, '19World-record humblebrag about getting in an AM workout:1.1×018k1.6k31
93Jan 7, '21Rep. LOFGREN, who chairs the House Administration Committee, says the Capitol Police chief incorrectly told her that the National Guard was at the ready ahead of the Jan. 6 session1.0×016k2.2k109
94Aug 7, '19BREAKING: Pelosi confirms in letter that Judiciary Committee will go to court TODAY to force Don McGahn to testify.1.0×014k2.9k17
95Oct 23, '19NEW: Defense Department directed Laura COOPER not to appear for her deposition today. Dems issues a subpoena and she is testifying anyway, per an official working on the impeachmen1.0×014k3k34
96Feb 25, '22HAPPENING NOW: A federal judge preparing to sentence a Jan. 6 rioter says the US is headed in a dangerous direction. "That’s what we see in countries, like what we’re experiencing 1.0×014k2.3k86
97Sep 30, '22JUST IN: DOJ is moving to expedite its appeal of Judge Cannon's order appointing a special master. Details TK1.0×015k1.9k54
99Mar 9, '22HAPPENING NOW: Heated sentencing hearing in case of Jan. 6 defendant James Bonet. DEFENSE LAWYER: Our president was inciting some people to do this. JUDGE SULLIVAN: But that’s not 0.9×014k2k97
100Jul 20, '22HAPPENING NOW: The Bannon trial has resumed with DOJ arguing that Bannon is improperly injecting politics into the jury's mind. DOJ wants to limit the questions his lawyers can ask0.9×014k1.8k41

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