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Benjamin S. Weiss
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Congress reporter for @CourthouseNews. Prev: @EMPublications; “Mustache” - Sen. Chuck Schumer | Capitol Hill’s motorsport & games journo 🎮 🏎️ (he/him)
Washington, DC Katılım Nisan 2013
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Trump: "Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor?"
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New: The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to advance Colin McDonald, Trump’s pick to lead the new DOJ division tasked with fraud enforcement.
Critics worry about the section’s independence from the WH and its executive branch anti-fraud task force. @CourthouseNews
courthousenews.com/senate-moves-f…
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The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday voted to advance President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the Justice Department’s new “fraud enforcement” division, rising above concerns from some lawmakers that it would be used to punish political opponents. @BenjaminSWeiss courthousenews.com/senate-moves-f…
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The tight vote came just a day after Mullin faced tough questions from both Democrats and Republicans at a hearing in which lawmakers criticized his temperament and scrutinized his allusions to military service. @BenjaminSWeiss courthousenews.com/senate-panel-a…
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INBOX: @HouseJudiciary Dems demand AG Bondi make reforms to Epstein files review process.
- Provide Congress w/ all withheld files
- Ensure files given to Congress fully unredacted
- Bring Epstein files computers to Capitol
- Give some staff file access
- No monitoring searches
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New: @HSGAC_GOP on Thursday voted to advance @SenMullin's nomination for DHS secretary to the Senate floor with the support of one Dem - PA Sen. John Fetterman - and without the backing of the panel's Republican chairman.
More @CourthouseNews: courthousenews.com/senate-panel-a…
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Democrats have worried about the fraud AAG's independence from the WH and its own fraud task force, which will include an "appropriate representative" from DOJ. They pressed McDonald on whether he'd resist political pressure during his nomination hearing last month: courthousenews.com/trump-nominee-…
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HAPPENING NOW(ISH): Senate Judiciary is voting to advance Colin McDonald's nomination to become DOJ's assistant attorney general for fraud enforcement, a new role created by the Trump admin.
Comes as the WH this week formally announced its own fraud task force led by VP Vance.
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A 300-slot Partiful for a pop-up bar sponsored by a partially-regulated prediction market at a bar on lobbyist row. Critical mass DC moment.
Spencer Allan Brooks@SpencerSays
It only took hours for DC to figure out what the deal was with the @Polymarket bar
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Senate Homeland votes to advance Mullin's nomination to the Senate floor. 8-7.
Sen. Fetterman votes YES along with committee Republicans. Sen. Paul, the chairman, votes NO.
Benjamin S. Weiss@BenjaminSWeiss
HAPPENING NOW: The Senate Homeland Security Committee is voting on Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to replace Kristi Noem as DHS secretary. Says @SenGaryPeters: "Throughout this nomination process, he has failed to be forthright and transparent." More on his nom hearing: courthousenews.com/articles/dhs-n…
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HAPPENING NOW: The Senate Homeland Security Committee is voting on Sen. Markwayne Mullin's nomination to replace Kristi Noem as DHS secretary.
Says @SenGaryPeters: "Throughout this nomination process, he has failed to be forthright and transparent."
More on his nom hearing: courthousenews.com/articles/dhs-n…
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If you missed tonight’s stream, you missed @Uebey giving me and @ryan_knappy the inside baseball on how he ended up on the phone with a Malian man detained by ICE who said he’d been targeted last year after being featured in a Nick Shirley video:
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… Senator John Kennedy is a fan of KPop Demon Hunters
Eric Michael Garcia@EricMGarcia
Kennedy has also been big on K-Pop: Demon Hunters.
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COURTHOUSE NEWS & VIEWS | MULLIN MELTDOWN | ICE AGENT NICK SHIRLEY | BALLROOM BLUES-ER | & MORE x.com/i/broadcasts/1…
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🚨STARTING SOON: Our faithful DC court reporter is finishing the docket report for the day and then we will be LIVE talking all the things you need to know in DC and NYC news this week.
Tune in here or on Twitch, link in the below thread!
Benjamin S. Weiss@BenjaminSWeiss
🚨👾TOMORROW @ 7:30P EST: Come thru for a special edition of the @CourthouseNews & Views stream — @ryan_knappy and I are hitting the pitch to play Rocket League 3v3s and talk shop with CNS’ own NYC courts reporter @Uebey. Drop by to chat on here or on Twitch, link below:
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