
Devlin Barrett
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Devlin Barrett
@DevlinBarrett
NYTimes reporter covering Department of Justice and FBI. Author, "The Department of Revenge: How Trump Took Control of American Justice" signal (202) 617-6330



Trump's go-to justification for contentious decisions: national security. Story w/ @DevlinBarrett nytimes.com/2026/04/15/us/…

BREAKING: Judge rules that Trump admin acted illegally, again, by installed triumvirate to run U.S. Attorney's office in NJ after Habba's acting appointment was ruled illegal. Judge Matthew Brann doesn't immediately void actions by the trio, though. Doc: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.usco…

My ex-work husband (it's ok, we're still friends and share custody of @jdawsey1) has a book coming out, and you should definitely read it. @DevlinBarrett knows this beat better than anyone. axios.com/2026/03/04/sne…






Noem on Alex Pretti: I did not call him a domestic terrorist. I said it appeared to be an incident of.

Polk Award winners announced: nytimes.com/2026/02/18/bus…

For the record: It’s been widely reported that the @washingtonpost laid off the equivalent of a third of its newsroom last week. Terrible enough, but this appears to understate what happened. More…


