Lisa Rubin

Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch was on Fox & Friends this morning

As Trump turns the Justice Department into an instrument of political retribution, more than a quarter of its lawyers have been fired or quit. Some 3,402 lawyers out of a total of 12,955 left the department since the beginning of last year. @kayewiggins ft.com/content/a1316a…

If this makes you laugh, you are my people.

NEW: All six of the Supreme Court's conservatives went to Tuesday night's state dinner at the White House. Is that a problem? Analysis from me @MSNOWNews: ms.now/news/news-anal…

NEW: Who is Ted Waitt, the person House Oversight is interviewing today in its ongoing Epstein investigation? Read me @MSNOWNews: ms.now/news/tedd-wait…

NEW: Déjà vu in Alexandria as Former FBI Director made his first court appearance in the second criminal case the Trump DOJ has brought against him. Here's a dispatch from the seven-minute court proceeding for @MSNOWNews with @RachelVanD ms.now/news/comey-sur…

NEWS: Former AG Pam Bondi will testify on May 29 in front of the House Oversight Cmte, as part of their investigation into the Jeffrey Epstein files, according to a cmte spox.

NEW: Indicting James Comey again is hardly the only thing Trump’s DOJ did today—and collectively, the day’s events highlight that acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is moving aggressively and fast. ms.now/news/the-comey…

The Hilton donated the ~2600 dinners that went unserved at WHCD. They freeze dried the steak and lobster for longer shelf life before giving them to 2 shelters for abused women and children. HUGE thank you to the staff that worked through the night under terrible circumstances.

New: Todd Blanche makes splashy moves to land AG job permanently ms.now/news/todd-blan…

Really interesting interview by the outstanding @alivitali.

NEW: A Virginia county circuit court has enjoined VA election officials from certifying yesterday's election results and from implementing the referendum. That means the status quo is frozen in place--unless and until overturned by a higher court. AG Jay Jones has vowed to appeal ASAP.

NEWWS -- Prosecutors hit the brakes in Trump's long-sought prosecution of those who opened probe of him and Russian help to his campaign: subpoenas issued this weekend are withdrawn as team reconsiders its rush plan to question witnesses before a grand jury ms.now/news/subpoenas…

once and forever my karaoke go-to

A really remarkable firsthand account of how Dani Bensky, a ballet-loving 17 year-old, came to be manipulated and then abused by Jeffrey Epstein.

SantaCon has long plagued NYC--but this is next level.

New: @RepRoKhanna is out with a letter to Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche asking a series of questions about the Epstein files, including what documents have been withheld and information about redactions.

(Fodor, a content creator/influencer, has said publicly that with another influencer, Cheyenne Wolf, she helped facilitate the Swalwell survivors’ sharing their allegations with the media.) 2/

NEW: Arielle Fodor, known here as @ms_frazzled, told MS NOW tonight, “Suspending a campaign does not suspend accountability. If Eric Swalwell believes this issue will fade with time, he is mistaken. Resign from your congressional seat next.” 1/