Washington Law and Lobbying Reporter at @politico // Former @nbcnews // [email protected] // Signal: danielbarnes.13
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Did your company donate to Trump’s ballroom project? Call your lawyer. politi.co/4Bw5wAv
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Truly wild quotes in here!
New: A lawyer’s misconduct complaint against US District Judge Ada Brown stemmed from a hearing during which she repeatedly directed racial insults at him, according to documents reviewed by Bloomberg Law.
news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
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Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Tuesday came as close to the campaign trail as he’s been all year. And even then, he tried to stay just offshore.
w/ @nahaltoosi @dnlbrns politico.com/news/2026/10/27…
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Exclusive: The Justice Dept. is examining allegations that Corey Lewandowski profited off his top position at the Department of Homeland Security on.wsj.com/4i904uj
Boris Epshteyn's (almost) bald spot catching a stray from the process server in the subpoena fight stemming from the American Bar Association's lawsuit related to Trump admin law firm deals
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Look at these numbers for lobbying in the last quarter, via Politico influence. Brian Ballard’s firm is at $35 million for the quarter, almost doubling anyone else in Washington.
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HAPPENING NOW: An absurd number of lawyers — for plaintiffs and DOJ — are crammed into Judge Reyes' courtroom for a hearing on the effort by President Trump to convert East Potomac golf course into a PGA-level championship course.
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Ed Martin, former interim U.S. attorney for DC, pardon attorney and director of the weaponization working group, has launched a consulting group:
Big day. I'm launching Ed Martin Consulting Group.
I've spent my life around courtrooms. And a lot of cases get decided in public long before a judge ever rules.
So we help good people win in the court of public opinion. Only clients I believe in.
emcg-edmartin.surge.sh
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Every other law enforcement agency is playing checkers while the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (@USPIS_HQ ) investigators are playing chess.
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BREAKING: I got the first look on Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro's petition to the Supreme Court seeking review of his contempt of Congress conviction.
"If a White House adviser can go to prison for honoring what he believed was the president’s claim of executive privilege, then no adviser will ever again give a president candid advice,” @RealPNavarro told @dcexaminer
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New/exclusive: Delaware Sens. Chris Coons and Lisa Blunt Rochester submitted a formal complaint against Trump-appointed federal judge Jennifer Mascott after @dnlbrns and I reported she spent months running a Washington PR firm while on the bench.
politico.com/news/2026/10/06…
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Former GOP Rep. David Rivera sentenced to 10 years for secret Venezuela lobbying politi.co/4xZxSQu
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GOP megadonor Thomas Klingenstein announces he's funding "Project Oversight Law Firm," a public interest firm focused on combatting "Lawfare on the Left"
Jeff Clark will lead the firm
For too long, the Right has chosen to simply take the Left’s lawfare on the chin.
As @TomKlingenstein writes, “Leaving Lawfare to the Left has been a big mistake. It’s time to return fire.”
@JeffClarkUS and @ItsYourGov’s new firm will return fire. And it’s why they merit your support. A new ethos has been born on the legal Right.
Tom’s words, below 👇
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New: In late 2024, FBI investigators had enough evidence to launch a sweeping bribery probe that could ensnare top lawmakers, including Sen. Susan Collins. Then Trump was reelected and eviscerated the FBI and DOJ teams handling public corruption probes. propub.li/4yLLwaF
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BREAKING: POLITICO, CNN & MS NOW announce suit v. Trump & top aides, arguing ban he imposed on the news organizations' reporters' access to White House violates First Amendment. w/@kyledcheney politico.com/news/2026/09/21…
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SCOOP: The Department of Health and Human Services today cancelled two multimillion-dollar contracts it gave this year to Foley Hoag, which represents numerous clients suing the Trump administration, including over the WH ballroom and the Kennedy Center. politico.com/newsletters/pla…
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JUST IN: An American who worked for state news agencies in China, Tom Pauken, sentenced to 2 years in prison for acting as unregistered agent for PRC in US. Pauken admitted attempting to connect his Chinese handler with an unnamed Trump admin official politico.com/news/2026/09/01…
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JUST IN: AG Blanche, at presser in PR, says he doesn't advise POTUS on pardons. 'I do not talk to President Trump about pardons....The president takes his own counsel when he determines whether to to grant a pardon or a commutation...That's what I expect he'll continue to do.'
Interesting footnote
👀 Judge Nichols has *declined* DOJ's request to dismiss Steve Bannon's contempt of Congress conviction. He says prosecutors have failed to adequately explain the rationale.
s3.documentcloud.org/documen…
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A man is accused of forging Chief Justice John Roberts' signature to get an Indiana court to dismiss a criminal case against him (and, separately, impersonating an NSA agent).
He now faces six counts in federal court. (w/ assist from @SeamusHughes). news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law…
