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Seamus Hughes

1 year

“The federal court system produces thousands of pages of documents every single week. The indictments, detention memos and criminal complaints can reveal plenty of important information. But the problem is, almost no one reads them. Seamus Hughes does.”

How an academic uncovered news about Assange, a kickback scheme and an ISIS commander

Almost no one reads a trove of revealing federal court documents. Seamus Hughes does.

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Seamus Hughes

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1 year

That awkward moment you’re trying to explain QAnon to a federal judge.

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A Texas city with 250 people has 50 sworn police officers — half of which had been suspended, demoted or fired from their previous jobs — and they wrote tickets worth more than $1 million last year, Jeremy Rogalski reported.

This Texas town has about 250 people. It has 50 sworn police officers. | Part 1

KHOU 11 Investigates discovered more than half of the cops in the Coffee City Police Department had been suspended, demoted or fired from their previous jobs.

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4 months

A few days after allegedly telling a roomful of reporters they need to do more local stories about corruption, the Baltimore Suns rolls out two stories about the new boss’s local political donations.

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24 days

The FBI has arrested a Kansas woman for threatening Bill Clinton and Joe Biden.

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9 months

I came across an interesting unreported case in Texas today. The great reporting crew at BLaw wrote it up. (Also has my first Bloomberg contribution line too, very excited)

Federal Judge Overseeing Trump D.C. Criminal Case Threatened (1)

A Texas woman has been charged with threatening the federal judge overseeing the criminal case in Washington that accuses former President Donald Trump of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election...

news.bloomberglaw.com

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@SeamusHughes

4 months

The Justice Department has charged an Arizona man, David Hanson with making death threats to President Biden and VP Harris. Also allegedly threatening a mass shooting at the University of New Mexico.

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@SeamusHughes

3 months

Any new organization that picks up LaPorta in the next month, I’ll provide a free PACER training for your newsroom, PACER story support for the newsroom for two weeks, and at least one court record scoop.

Jim LaPorta

@JimLaPorta

3 months

I just got laid off. One would expect to learn this news from their employer but instead, @TheMessenger employees learned of it via @nytimes and @semafor - there is no severance. Healthcare will cease. I have to go clean out my desk from the DC office.

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Husband and wife gun shop owners in Utah allegedly took donations for Ukraine to buy night goggles and body armor and instead spent it on parties and shopping.

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5 months

Court Watch Exclusive: FBI Arrests Head of Neo Nazi Child Exploit Cult Kalana Limkin, a purported member of Order of the Nine Angels, 764, and founder of splinter group 'Cultist' was arrested on Friday on possession of child pornography

Exclusive: FBI Arrests Head of Neo Nazi Child Exploit Cult

Kalana Limkin, a purported member of Order of the Nine Angles, 764, and founder of splinter group 'Cultist' was arrested on Friday on possession of child pornography.

www.courtwatch.news

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3 months

He’s gonna hate this thread but I’m not being dramatic when I say Noah is the only reason I’m a journalist. 5 years ago, I sent him a DM asking if a backwater terrorism academic could write for his publication about something that had nothing to do with terrorism. / 🧵

Noah Shachtman

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After two and a half amazing years at Rolling Stone, I’m stepping down as editor-in-chief as of March 1. It’s the right decision, one Gus Wenner and I made after many discussions about the direction of the brand. (1/3)

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10 months

It’s been relatively quietly flying under the radar but Jan 6th investigators have arrested dozens of individuals in the last two weeks. As of tonight, at least 1,066 people have been arrested publicly for crimes related to Jan 6th

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@SeamusHughes

3 months

MAKING PACER COURT RECORDS SYSTEM FREE WOULDN’T ADD TO THE DEFICIT, CBO SAYS.

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@SeamusHughes

9 months

That’s hope for philosophy professors everywhere.

Robert Snell

@robertsnellnews

9 months

This FBI agent in Detroit has this many degrees

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There was a previously unreported arrest in California. The charging documents paint a wild picture of law enforcement impersonations, bomb threats that shut down city halls, spoofed Congressman's phones, & phony search warrants filed in districts around the country. A thread

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22 days

Have you guys in New York thought of just bringing Juror #0254 from Virginia? He seemed very competent and fair.

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5 months

The FBI has arrested the founder of a Neo-Nazi online community that has systematically targeted minors for abuse.

Exclusive: FBI Arrests Head of Neo Nazi Child Exploit Cult

Kalana Limkin, a purported member of Order of the Nine Angles, 764, and founder of splinter group 'Cultist' was arrested on Friday on possession of child pornography.

www.courtwatch.news

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@SeamusHughes

19 days

Turns out it’s possible to not charge the public $3.65 a page for public records

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NEW: NY Courts will release daily transcripts of Donald Trump's criminal trial.

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The FBI has arrested Kevin Buchanan for threats made towards a Palestinian rights organization.

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@SeamusHughes

4 months

I tried three news sites in Montana looking for a byline on a story related to the fire department to give a local reporter a tip. No luck. Anyway, your fire chief got arrested for Jan 6th charges. Also the Seattle reporters may recognize the name

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@SeamusHughes

4 months

Let’s do this: If you were a reporter laid off by the far too many cuts in the last month, shoot me a DM for a free hour training on how to find stories on PACER. Let’s add a training bullet to the resume to make it slightly stronger for the places you apply in the future.

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@SeamusHughes

8 months

Reporters, I’m begging you, get Taylor on the record supporting free PACER legislation.

Goodable

@Goodable

8 months

In the 24 hours since Travis Kelce was spotted waving to Taylor Swift at the Kansas City Chiefs game: - He's gained 300k followers - Increased merch sales by 400% - Now has the #5 best selling jersey in the NFL - Chiefs viewership went up by 63% for women aged 18-49 🏈 ❤️

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A Montana fire chief who helped lead the charge against COVID vaccine mandates for firefighters has been arrested for assaulting police officers and trespassing on Capitol Hill grounds on January 6th

Anti-Vax Mandate Fire Chief Arrested For Jan 6

Frank Dahlquist, Fire Chief for West Valley Fire Rescue in Montana was charged with federal crimes related to January 6

www.courtwatch.news

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@SeamusHughes

10 months

Buried a bit in here, after 1,059 arrests related to Jan 6th, DOJ says they’re still looking for 323 additional people to charge

30 Months Since the Jan. 6 Attack on the Capitol

www.justice.gov

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@SeamusHughes

3 months

Checking in on Jacob Wohl news.

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@SeamusHughes

9 months

Speaking of unreported threats to public officials cases, last week the FBI arrested a woman for threatening President Trump’s son, Barron, by way of an email to his school’s headmaster.

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@SeamusHughes

7 months

Flying under the radar: 289 pages of the FBI records for Turner Diaries author/white supremacist leader William Pierce were released yesterday as part of a FOIA request.

William Pierce Part 01

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3 months

Exclusive: FBI Arrests Would-Be Border Convoy Member Authorities say Paul Faye wanted to bring explosives and weapons to border. A common federal gun charge of Tennessee man reveals an extensive FBI investigation into border militias.

Exclusive: FBI Arrests Would-Be Border Militia Member

Authorities say Paul Faye wanted to bring explosives and weapons to border. A common federal gun charge of Tennessee man reveals an extensive FBI investigation into border militias.

www.courtwatch.news

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@SeamusHughes

5 months

The Justice Department has found its new favorite statute to address domestic extremism. In the last 30 days, DOJ has arrested at least 25 individuals for threats. To put it in context, it’s usually just a few a month. A thread of why & the implications

Section 875 Is Having Its Moment

The Justice Department has found its new favorite statute to address domestic extremism.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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@SeamusHughes

1 year

But the number always seemed confusing to me. Because it both never changes and then changes so dramatically. So I dove in. Page 24 of a Government Accountability Office report released last week said that the FBI had 9,049 domestic terrorism cases.

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@SeamusHughes

3 months

Honestly, there are no words for an owner that takes down a site before reporters can archive their work.

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@SeamusHughes

22 days

A Court Watch scoop — authorities have arrested a North Carolina woman in Utah for alleging laundering 92 million dollars in drug money for cartels through a Chinese money laundering operation. Sign up for to get the details in the coming days.

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@SeamusHughes

6 months

The Justice Department have charged Arther Graham in Alaska of threatening a US Senator. “He admitted that he had stated in his email to United States Senator 1 that he would take her flesh off, use it as a coat, and live inside of her.”

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@SeamusHughes

5 months

I’m begging you local TV reporters, put your email on your bio. After searching in vain for a tip line of three local stations, I’ve given up trying to tell any Montana reporter about a new federal charge that would lead their news broadcast

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@SeamusHughes

9 months

Another unreported one was the threat against a Texas congressional member by a Qanon supporter back in May.

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4 months

If you were a LATimes reporter laid off today, a reminder that Court Watch is commissioning paid reporting pieces. Use it as a bridge till you land at more permanent gig. Details in screenshots and link below.

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@SeamusHughes

9 months

And since Congressman Santos is in the news again, worth bringing up another unreported case of an arrest regarding alleged bigoted death threats to Mr. Santos

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@SeamusHughes

4 months

After the latest buyouts, the Washington Post has only three people in their research department. I legitimately don’t know how a national paper can operate with that number. It’s just not possible.

‘Washington Post’ Newsroom Is Rattled by Buyouts

Top reporters have urged executive editor Sally Buzbee and publisher Will Lewis to address the gutted research department, a casualty of the paper’s roughly 10% staff reduction. The buyouts, they...

www.vanityfair.com

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@SeamusHughes

10 months

Comedian Sarah Silverman is suing ChatGPT.

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@SeamusHughes

17 days

The full story of the arrest, which is being reported on first by Court Watch, is here: /end thread

Fake Badges, Bomb Threats, Phony Search Warrants

Authorities say Anton Iagounov impersonated multiple law enforcement agencies and sought to investigate his own crimes. Iagounov is said to have made bomb threats, spoofed elected official's phone.

www.courtwatch.news

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@SeamusHughes

4 months

Welcome to balmore, hun where you come at the king, you best not miss.

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A man allegedly masquerading as an FBI agent, ATF agent, NSA agent, DEA agent, NASA agent, and DoD agent was arrested for impersonating law enforcement, calling in bomb threats, attempting to investigate with actual law enforcement those same bomb threats

Fake Badges, Bomb Threats, Phony Search Warrants

Authorities say Anton Iagounov impersonated multiple law enforcement agencies and sought to investigate his own crimes. Iagounov is said to have made bomb threats, spoofed elected official's phone.

www.courtwatch.news

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@SeamusHughes

7 months

We live in the absolute dumbest timeline.

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1 month

Last message I got from Senator Lieberman summed him up perfectly as a boss. He gave a lot of us a shot on Capitol Hill that we didn’t deserve and took a chance, even if he never thought he did. May has memory be a blessing.

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@SeamusHughes

3 months

One last note. My experience is the reason why I respond to every reporter (big or small outlets) request for help. Someone took the time to help me when they didn’t have to. I have an obligation to pay it forward.

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3 months

Just filed: "A Chinese-American defense lab manager was charged with stealing thousands of secret files from a US military contractor that develops sophisticated infrared sensors vital to the country’s ability to detect and track incoming...missiles"

Chinese-American Accused of Stealing Missile-Sensor Secrets (1)

A Chinese-American defense laboratory manager was charged with stealing thousands of secret files from a US military contractor, according to a criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.

news.bloomberglaw.com

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3 months

Guess it’s a thousand talents investigation day.

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Scooplet: Law enforcement has arrested Florida man Michael Shapiro for threatening to kill @RepSwalwell this is the second him Shapiro has been charged with threatening congresspeople in the last five years. I’ll have more about this in this week’s

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3 months

Didn’t see this reported but could have missed it — Six days ago, 17 FBI offices got bomb threats. Two days later, the FBI had an arrest in Brooklyn.

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@SeamusHughes

4 months

I had a very untraditional path into reporting. I never went to j school but pushed my way into journalism in the last five years by having a unique skill set (PACER). I’ve worked with news organizations big and small. Some takeaways 🧵

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@SeamusHughes

1 year

The story is here. And it’s one of the proudest bylines I’ve had in my career. News deserts are happening too often in America. Stories are not seeing the light of day. If you can pitch in to inform the public, you have a responsibility to.

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10 months

My Hunter Biden conspiracy theory is they charged him under two seperate dockets in order to collect more PACER fees from the public.

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4 months

Update on update.

allie conti

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update: the fbi has contacted me about this article. i still haven't been able to have a meaningful conversation with a human being at @airbnb , though.

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According to a criminal complaint first filed in the Eastern District of California, Anton Iagounov spent years impersonating various law enforcement agencies.

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@SeamusHughes

1 year

Using a Sunday dispensation to tweet about a front page story. While I was honored to assist @hannahdreier in her piece that ran A1 today ( ) I want to talk about another front page story today I helped on in a small newspaper in Chatham County, NC🧵

Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S. (Published 2023)

Arriving in record numbers, they’re ending up in dangerous jobs that violate child labor laws — including in factories that make products for well-known brands like Cheetos and Fruit of the Loom.

www.nytimes.com

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@SeamusHughes

7 months

New for @lawfare Pete Simi & I looked at 500+ criminals cases of threats against public officials Unless we act, increasing threats will normalize political violence and stymie civic engagement Our piece on the ‘The Slow Burn Threatening Our Democracy’

The Slow Burn Threatening Our Democracy

Unless policymakers act, increasing threats to public officials will normalize political violence and stymie civic engagement and democratic processes.

www.lawfaremedia.org

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Seamus Hughes

@SeamusHughes

10 months

I’m excited to join @NCITE_COE , an academic research center I’ve long admired. Gina & her team have been doing some cutting edge work on terrorism in US. I hope to add to it. A short thread on what I’m looking at (& a scoop on a previously unreported domestic terrorism plot).🧵

NCITE - A DHS Center of Excellence

@NCITE_COE

10 months

Welcome to the team, @SeamusHughes ! Seamus is joining our full-time @UNOmaha team as NCITE's senior research faculty and policy associate. He'll remain based in Washington, D.C., leading new research efforts and connecting our work directly with partners in the capital.

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Iagounov first came on law enforcement’s radar when he allegedly called in bomb threats to INTERPOL. Authorities say he used a spoofed phone number and then followed up with the FBI and ATF claiming to be an employee from the “intelligence community” w/ tips on cracking the case

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@SeamusHughes

10 months

“What you do on your deployment?” “I carefully laid out 2,999 guns in a row on a boat for some guy in DC to file a court document.”

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A search of his electronics revealed that he allegedly made multiple bomb threats to Saddleback Memorial Hospital in California, U.S. Senator Cynthis Lummis’ office, the city hall offices of Temple, Texas, Luxor Casino in Nevada, an Albany airport, a Walmart in Albany...

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FBI: Oregon Nazi Supporter Charged With Communicating Threat A workplace violence threat posted to a transgender woman support group led authorities to a woman with dozens of guns, history mental health concerns, & Nazi, racist, & antisemitic online posts

FBI: Oregon Nazi Supporter Charged With Communicating Threat

A workplace violence threat posted to a transgender woman support group led authorities to a woman with dozens of guns, history mental health concerns, & Nazi, racist, & antisemitic online posts

www.courtwatch.news

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@SeamusHughes

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He went viral when he posted on YouTube a bodycam video of his arrest while creating a false representation of a purported FBI agent (himself) being arrested by local cops. The video has millions of views and a legion of commenters disparaging police for arresting him

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In 2022, Iagnounov was stopped by Nevada police for an obstructed license plate and a search of his car found a fake FBI badge. Iagounov told authorities he was with the National Security Agency and provided a phone number of an NSA officer to call.

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and city hall in Boston. The later bomb threat was made on the ninth anniversary of the Boston marathon and resulted in the evacuation of city hall. Iagnounov spoofed the phone number of Congressman Eugene Wu’s office to call in the threat at the Nevada airport.

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When contacted, the NSA officer denied knowing Iagnounov and the FBI believes he got her contact information from an NSA code breaker challenge email she sent to students.

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6 months

Doing this for two decades, I know I’ll now have students that weren’t alive during 9/11 and will have to explain the significance but the thought of having students where I have to explain why bin Laden is bad is next level.

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@SeamusHughes

1 year

I’m now gonna be insufferable at D.C. cocktail parties.

Program On Extremism

@gwupoe

1 year

Congratulations to our Deputy Director @SeamusHughes for being named one of @washingtonian most influential people on national security issues

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Court records say he also filed a freedom of information act request to the FBI, falsely stating it was from Carson City Sheriff Kenneth Furlong. The sheriff was in charge of the law enforcement agency that arrested Iagnounov & the forged FOIA document requested FBI visitor logs

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10 months

“But what I do have are a very particular set of skills, skills I have acquired over a very long career…”

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Authorities say he registered a site, usoig dot us to file. It is not clear if some of those attempts were successful, but FBI says that in at least 2 instances, a federal clerk’s office was able to prevent the false filings by doing due diligence on discrepancies in the docs

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The new arrest of an alleged ISIS supporter in Idaho is interesting, but also there an fascinating line about an investigation into the Islamic State funding through cryptocurrency, using someone in Gaza

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6 months

A CourtWatch scoop: The DOJ have charged Ryan Jacobs with threats to @JGreenblattADL and ADL. Jacobs allegedly sent a series of violent tweeting including saying he was “intent on a real Holocaust. Gas Chambers and all”

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11 months

Let’s talk about a North Carolina man who got a federal charges yesterday for “interference of federally protected activities” which was a unique way to charge someone for essentially hate crime activities. A unreported thread about trucks, racial epithets, and guns. 🧵

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3 months

Any other editor would have ignored my original message. Noah didn’t it. The result is helping breaking hundreds of national stories since that random DM. Noah did that. I’ll forever be grateful / end 🧵

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The FBI domestic terror squad has arrested Leo Oladimu aka Leo Fenton for felon in possession of a gun. Fenton spent nearly 20yrs in jail for a white supremacist bomb plot in Boston. Fenton was the subject of a lengthy 2003 NYT piece about his background

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3 months

For the last 15 years, dozens of folks in Texas and Florida have been running a large-scale operation to trick immigration officials into approving citizenship for sham marriage. It’s starting to unravel with a first arrest in a still sealed docket.

Court Watch #62: Drones Over Classified Navy Ships

Chinese Student Takes Pictures, Massive Unreported Immigration Marriage Fraud, Lobbyist Lobbies Hard, FBI Office Bomb Threats, DeadSpin Sued over BlackFace, Cuba Money, Plus: 9/11 Victim Fraud

www.courtwatch.news

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So subscribe to your local paper. And if you’re the rest of North Carolina media or wires now chasing this story, I’ll be here waiting in the tall grass making sure you cite that @ChathamNR had it right and first and calling you out if you don’t. Support local news.

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5 months

A newly unsealed arrest warrant in Fat Leonard’s case gives a tik tok of his 2022 escape to Venezuela

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A few months after that, the FBI says Iagnounov faxed letters purportedly being from other local law enforcement departments announcing the death of Furlong and a fake FBI wanted poster of the sheriff.

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Reporter: I just wrote the perfect lede American ISIS guy sentencing memo: <hold my beer>

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In July 2022, court filings say Iagnounov created and attempted to file federal search warrants under the name of real federal law enforcement agents in federal court districts in Georgia, California, Virginia, Florida, Indiana, Utah, and New York.

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Since Noah took a chance of an academic who slid into his DMs, I’ve worked for the NYTimes, Bloomberg, rolling stone, messenger. I’ve helped reporters in literally every news room in America. I did it because Noah believed in me.

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Just an update on this. Five folks were indicted and arrested as part of this 92 million dollar money laundering operation for drug cartels that spanned multiple states and included high quality fake ids and accounts at @jpmorgan @Chase @BankofAmerica & @WellsFargo

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@SeamusHughes

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A Court Watch scoop — authorities have arrested a North Carolina woman in Utah for alleging laundering 92 million dollars in drug money for cartels through a Chinese money laundering operation. Sign up for to get the details in the coming days.

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The DOJ just filed charges against a California man who allegedly repeatedly threatening FBI agents, came to their LA headquarters to do surveillance and referred to himself as the next unabomber.

Seamus Hughes

@SeamusHughes

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The Justice Department has found its new favorite statute to address domestic extremism. In the last 30 days, DOJ has arrested at least 25 individuals for threats. To put it in context, it’s usually just a few a month. A thread of why & the implications

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My first piece after that DM was published shortly

He Put a Résumé Online and Got Tricked Into Exporting Weapons to Russia

Douglas Glover went looking for work and fell into a legal nightmare.

www.thedailybeast.com

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A student has filed a federal lawsuit against Columbia University about the 'Gaza Solidarity Encampment' arguing that the university is failing to protect Jewish students.

Complaint – #1 in C.S. v. The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York (S.D.N.Y.,...

COMPLAINT against The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York. (Filing Fee $ 405.00, Receipt Number ANYSDC-29280739)Document filed by C.S...(Goldberg, Carrie) (Entered: 04/29/2024)

www.courtlistener.com

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Despite taking 145 million dollars from the public every year to run a suboptimal site, PACER is down due to the traffic. For Court Watch readers interested in the newly unsealed Epstein documents, our partners at 404 Media have the Epstein documents here

Here's the Epstein Court Records

Congress should fix PACER.

www.courtwatch.news

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6 months

Today the Feds have charged Christian Beyer, a former military guy, with threatening to kill multiple people at Fort Irwin. He posted a series of YouTube videos this week and brandished a knife at a group of elderly folks. According to the filing, He remains at large.

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Court Watch Exclusive: One of the most senior MS-13 leaders has been arrested on terrorism charges. A FBI’s Most Wanted, Fredy Jandres-Parada, is currently being transferred from California to New York to face federal charges.

Exclusive: Senior MS-13 Leader Arrested on Terror Charges

One of FBI's Most Wanted Caught. Authorities say Fredy Ivan Jandres-Parada was a “board of director” for MS-13, one of the most senior leaders in the violent gang.

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This is a good example of what happens when you don’t have a domestic terrorism charge. Feds searched far and wide for something to stick.

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@SeamusHughes

3 months

FBI arrests Redwood Falls man identified as alleged member of 'Aryan Freedom Network' Nazi group

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The FBI arrested a 26 year old Venice, Florida man, Alexander Lightner, who authorities say made a series of online threats of committing a mass shooting to further white supremacist and accelerationist ideologies.

FBI: White Supremacist Accelerationist Threatened Mass Murder

FBI arrests Alexander Lightner of Florida for making online threats and having an unregistered silencer. FBI raid found guns, ammo, & white supremacist propaganda.

www.courtwatch.news

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10 months

Judge just denied Biden Admin request to stay his order barring Feds from talking to social media companies.

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Five Patriot Front members found guilty of criminal conspiracy to riot

COUER D'ALENE, Idaho -- A jury has found five members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front guilty of criminal conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanor.

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4 months

In the last 24 hours, 27 journalists from places like Messenger, LATimes, and many local news reporters have signed up for a free training so far. We can all do our small part to help journalists get their footing in an unsteady market.

Seamus Hughes

@SeamusHughes

4 months

Let’s do this: If you were a reporter laid off by the far too many cuts in the last month, shoot me a DM for a free hour training on how to find stories on PACER. Let’s add a training bullet to the resume to make it slightly stronger for the places you apply in the future.

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For the next year he teamed me up with seasoned journalists such as @arawnsley @pbmelendez @KELLYWEILL who took my random court records finds and taught me how to actually report. They held my hand as I called sources, editted my writing, and generally had my back.

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3 months

Not so sure about your odds on this one, DOJ.

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9 months

Dee’s Nuts is suing @MrBeast ‘s Deez Nutz over who owns the trademark.

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10 months

Not all @Tom_Winter wear capes.

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11 months

Every year a cub reporter asks me what the attire is for #ire23 Half the crowd is print journalists so heavily disheveled over slept the alarm sorry about the coffee stains outfit Other half is TV journalists so do all your makeup & wear the fanciest outfit you own. Godspeed

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4 months

I’m year 3 of being on an email chain from a guy who sends antisemitic emails every few days. On the email it’s me, John Kasich, & the mayor of New Albany, Ohio. Then every few months he includes updates on his home improvement project. I’m too vested in his new patio to block it

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There was federal gun trafficking case in Texas had an interesting stat, that 30% percent of all foreign sourced Canadian gun crime recoveries have originated with purchases in Texas. “As such, Texas is the #1 foreign source of Canadian crime guns.”

Court Watch #56: Drunk Train

Guy with 6 DUIs gets handsy on a bunch of train brake systems. Plus: Bro'ing for ISIS, U-Hauling with Fat Leonard, The new Unabomber, Stolen Zippos, and.... Court Watch AF?

www.courtwatch.news

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