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Eric Columbus

@EricColumbus

Senior editor @lawfare. Obama appointee at DOJ/DHS. Litigator for @SpeakerPelosi @January6thCmte. @YankeeStadium 🌭 vendor. Wannabe historian. Dad joker.

Washington, DC | NYC diaspora Katılım Ekim 2012
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Eric Columbus
Eric Columbus@EricColumbus·
Last week, with the change in House control, I left a great job. I was Special Litigation Counsel in the House Office of General Counsel, litigating on behalf of Congressional committees and @SpeakerPelosi, and handling special projects. A long, self-indulgent thread follows. 1/
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Eric Columbus
Eric Columbus@EricColumbus·
1. The "they" was a contractor working for first Trump admin. Biden's DOJ prosecuted him. 2. Another victim, Ken Griffin, sued and got only an apology, no audit amnesty, no $1.776B slush fund! 3. Read @AnnaBower's and my deep dive in @lawfare for much more, link below.
Aaron Rupar@atrupar

US attorney for SDNY Jay Clayton defends Trump's taxpayer-funded J6 slush fund: "I don't think we're gonna be talking about this issue in a week because the American people are gonna say, 'Look, they leaked his tax returns, they tried to destroy him. Okay, we resolved that.'"

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U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.
U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D.@SenBillCassidy·
People are concerned about paying their mortgage or rent, affording groceries and paying for gas, not about putting together a $1.8 billion fund for the President and his allies to pay whomever they wish with no legal precedent or accountability. This is adding to our national debt. If there needs to be a settlement, the administration should bring it to Congress to decide.
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legalnerd
legalnerd@alegalnerd·
A must read, deep-dive, analysis of Trump's self-serving, taxpayer-funded, blatantly corrupt so-called "settlement" and patently absurd plan to pay insurrectionists who killed and maimed law enforcement officers and who desecrated our Capitol Building. TY @AnnaBower @EricColumbus
Roger Parloff@rparloff

"Trump has once again done something that is obviously corrupt but may prove impossible to unravel—unless a Congress controlled by his party finds the rare gumption to buck him." By colleauges @AnnaBower & @ericcolumbus lawfaremedia.org/article/the-pr…

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Anna Bower
Anna Bower@AnnaBower·
NEW: Trump has once again done something that is obviously corrupt but may prove impossible to unravel—unless a Congress controlled by his own party finds the rare gumption to buck him. Me and @ericcolumbus on the president who sued himself: lawfaremedia.org/article/the-pr…
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Lawfare
Lawfare@lawfare·
Senior Editors @AnnaBower and @EricColumbus offer a broad-strokes primer on Trump’s settlement agreement, the legal framework for the so-called “Anti-Weaponization Fund,” and what—if anything—can be done to challenge it.
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Tyler McBrien
Tyler McBrien@TylerMcBrien·
BLANCHE: "The United States...is hereby FOREVER BARRED and PRECLUDED from prosecuting or pursuing...examinations or similar or related reviews" against Trump "or related or affiliated individuals," including family members or related companies and trusts.
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Josh Gerstein@joshgerstein

FLASH: DOJ expands settlement in Trump-IRS leak suit to cover audits of all tax returns filed by Trump, family members, companies and trusts. Waiver of IRS' claims contained in addendum signed by AAG Blanche that was not in agreement released Monday politico.com/news/2026/05/1…

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Eric Columbus@EricColumbus·
@KlasfeldReports I'm not so sure about that. They don't need her permission to enter into a settlement agreement.
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Adam Klasfeld
Adam Klasfeld@KlasfeldReports·
NEWS A federal judge closes Trump's lawsuit against the IRS, noting there's "no settlement of record" because DOJ never mentioned one on the docket. We'll see if that upends the $1.776B fund to Trump's allies. @MuellerSheWrote found this during our livestream today. Order buff.ly/L2P50aF
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Drew Savicki
Drew Savicki@DrewSav·
Tom Kean Sr. gave a little more information in an interview with NJ.com. He acknowledged his son is in some kind of facility and could be out in 2-3 weeks. nj.com/politics/2026/…
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Eric Columbus@EricColumbus·
@BenStiller Nah — all else being equal it’s better to give OG another two days to get healthier
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Ben Stiller@BenStiller·
Realized I’m rooting for Cleveland purely cause i want to see Knicks play Sunday
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Glenn Thrush
Glenn Thrush@GlennThrush·
I know there have been more consequential days in Trump II - but for sheer velocity, WTF and wildness today is one of the top three bonkers-est
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Charles C. W. Cooke
Charles C. W. Cooke@charlescwcooke·
Grotesque. If the president had to respond, which he did not, the answer is “no, we’re not.”
The White House@WhiteHouse

"When President Xi very elegantly referred to the United States as perhaps being a declining nation, he was referring to the tremendous damage we suffered during the four years of Sleepy Joe Biden... But now, the United States is the hottest Nation anywhere in the world" - President Donald J. Trump 🇺🇸

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Aaron Fritschner
Aaron Fritschner@Fritschner·
Does anyone have a good cliff notes explanation of what is going on with Luna and Tulsi and the CIA? The search feature on here sucks and I don't see real stories about it, but I am curious
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Jay Nordlinger
Jay Nordlinger@jaynordlinger·
I don't think a U.S. president should side with a Communist dictator and denigrate a former president. There was a time when most Republicans and conservatives would have agreed with this. I remember.
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J-L Cauvin
J-L Cauvin@JLCauvin·
Went to Ragtime solo tonight. Met Salieri.
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