Jacob Shamsian
@jayshams.bsky.social
Legal Correspondent at Business Insider. Author of zero books. Jayshams.substack.com
NEW: Trump's SullCrom lawyers scored a win at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
They ordered a district court judge to reconsider whether appeals of Trump's criminal conviction should play out in federal — not state — courts.
They ordered a district court judge to reconsider whether appeals of Trump's criminal conviction should play out in federal — not state — courts.
November 6, 2025 at 2:36 PM
NEW: Trump's SullCrom lawyers scored a win at the Second Circuit Court of Appeals.
They ordered a district court judge to reconsider whether appeals of Trump's criminal conviction should play out in federal — not state — courts.
They ordered a district court judge to reconsider whether appeals of Trump's criminal conviction should play out in federal — not state — courts.
NEW: John Mulaney attended today's SCOTUS argument while developing a TV show with Neal Katyal, who argued Trump's tariffs are illegal.
Mulaney is a huge Constitutional law nerd, their mutual friend Akhil Reed Amar told me:
www.businessinsider.com/john-mulaney...
Mulaney is a huge Constitutional law nerd, their mutual friend Akhil Reed Amar told me:
www.businessinsider.com/john-mulaney...
November 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
NEW: John Mulaney attended today's SCOTUS argument while developing a TV show with Neal Katyal, who argued Trump's tariffs are illegal.
Mulaney is a huge Constitutional law nerd, their mutual friend Akhil Reed Amar told me:
www.businessinsider.com/john-mulaney...
Mulaney is a huge Constitutional law nerd, their mutual friend Akhil Reed Amar told me:
www.businessinsider.com/john-mulaney...
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@jayshams.bsky.social is one of the best legal writers in the biz. Lately, he's focused on the intersection of law and business, here walking up to this week's Scotus hearing on Trump's tariffs.
The Supreme Court could strike down Trump's tariffs — or expand his power instead
The Supreme Court will decide whether Trump's tariffs under the IEEPA were legal, a ruling that could expand or limit presidential trade authority.
www.businessinsider.com
November 2, 2025 at 11:38 PM
@jayshams.bsky.social is one of the best legal writers in the biz. Lately, he's focused on the intersection of law and business, here walking up to this week's Scotus hearing on Trump's tariffs.
Devastating. That well-dressed guy photographed after the Louvre heist may not be a French detective after all.
apnews.com/article/louv...
apnews.com/article/louv...
October 25, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Devastating. That well-dressed guy photographed after the Louvre heist may not be a French detective after all.
apnews.com/article/louv...
apnews.com/article/louv...
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Via @jayshams.bsky.social, Michael Wolff is suing Melania for SLAPP and demanding subpoenas, including of Trump.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
October 22, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Via @jayshams.bsky.social, Michael Wolff is suing Melania for SLAPP and demanding subpoenas, including of Trump.
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/26...
The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
October 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
The Wall Street Journal reports that Ghislaine Maxwell had a meeting with an unknown person in her new prison camp, during which the entire prison was on lockdown.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
Inmates say she's getting unusually favorable treatment by the prison.
I accidentally got my toddler into Edward Gorey books and now his favorite animals are things like the Ampoo and the Ombledroom
October 12, 2025 at 9:58 PM
I accidentally got my toddler into Edward Gorey books and now his favorite animals are things like the Ampoo and the Ombledroom
If you ever feel like you've accomplished a lot in your life, just remember that a teenage girl invented France
October 12, 2025 at 9:57 PM
If you ever feel like you've accomplished a lot in your life, just remember that a teenage girl invented France
Robert Jackson — the former Supreme Court justice, Solicitor General, and Nazi war crimes prosecutor — gave a speech in 1940 titled "The Federal Prosecutor" that is considered a must-read for people who join the DOJ.
This passage has been circulating a lot lately:
This passage has been circulating a lot lately:
October 10, 2025 at 8:45 PM
Robert Jackson — the former Supreme Court justice, Solicitor General, and Nazi war crimes prosecutor — gave a speech in 1940 titled "The Federal Prosecutor" that is considered a must-read for people who join the DOJ.
This passage has been circulating a lot lately:
This passage has been circulating a lot lately:
The new Dan Brown book has a brief cameo from @NormEisen, the attorney and former US Ambassador to the Czech Republic.
October 10, 2025 at 2:37 PM
The new Dan Brown book has a brief cameo from @NormEisen, the attorney and former US Ambassador to the Czech Republic.
Business Insider has a nifty new feature that'll update you whenever I publish a new story.
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October 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Business Insider has a nifty new feature that'll update you whenever I publish a new story.
Try it here: www.businessinsider.com/author/jacob...
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I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
October 9, 2025 at 6:55 PM
I've been wondering why Dominion Voting Systems suddenly reached settlements with Rudy Giuliani, Sidney Powell, and One America News.
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
Turns out, it's been purchased by a Republican-owned election tech firm that insisted on it, per Axios.
www.axios.com/2025/10/09/d...
In legal arguments, Lisa Cook's lawyers have leaned on the 9-0 Supreme Court decision called Humphrey's Executor to argue for Fed independence.
But while it technically remains the law of the land, the Supreme Court has signaled it'll soon be dead.
www.businessinsider.com/supreme-cour...
But while it technically remains the law of the land, the Supreme Court has signaled it'll soon be dead.
www.businessinsider.com/supreme-cour...
A 90-year-old Supreme Court precedent protecting Fed independence is on its deathbed
A Supreme Court case called "Humphrey's Executor" has shielded independent agency leaders from political influence. In the Trump era, that's changing.
www.businessinsider.com
September 16, 2025 at 8:16 PM
In legal arguments, Lisa Cook's lawyers have leaned on the 9-0 Supreme Court decision called Humphrey's Executor to argue for Fed independence.
But while it technically remains the law of the land, the Supreme Court has signaled it'll soon be dead.
www.businessinsider.com/supreme-cour...
But while it technically remains the law of the land, the Supreme Court has signaled it'll soon be dead.
www.businessinsider.com/supreme-cour...
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I don’t litigate so I don’t know whether this is the case, but I would think that if you did this in discovery you would have a very rough time with the judge
The House Oversight made each individual page its own TIF file, making it extremely hard to search through.
Look at this. It's a page of Todd Blanche's interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, already released last month.
Each page counts as one file. That's how they got to 33,295.
Look at this. It's a page of Todd Blanche's interview with Ghislaine Maxwell, already released last month.
Each page counts as one file. That's how they got to 33,295.
September 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
I don’t litigate so I don’t know whether this is the case, but I would think that if you did this in discovery you would have a very rough time with the judge
So the House Oversight Committee just released 33,295 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents.
Nearly all of it was already public. The committee hasn't said what's new.
If I wanted to obscure new info about Epstein from the public while pretending to be transparent, this is exactly what I'd do.
Nearly all of it was already public. The committee hasn't said what's new.
If I wanted to obscure new info about Epstein from the public while pretending to be transparent, this is exactly what I'd do.
September 2, 2025 at 11:41 PM
So the House Oversight Committee just released 33,295 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents.
Nearly all of it was already public. The committee hasn't said what's new.
If I wanted to obscure new info about Epstein from the public while pretending to be transparent, this is exactly what I'd do.
Nearly all of it was already public. The committee hasn't said what's new.
If I wanted to obscure new info about Epstein from the public while pretending to be transparent, this is exactly what I'd do.
the latest season of sesame street features elmo as a degen gambler who gradually comes to realize he's destroying the lives of the people who love him
August 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
the latest season of sesame street features elmo as a degen gambler who gradually comes to realize he's destroying the lives of the people who love him
I don't understand how this is legal but I'm excited to try my new shampoo
August 12, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I don't understand how this is legal but I'm excited to try my new shampoo
I don't understand how this is legal but I'm excited to try my new shampoo
August 12, 2025 at 11:24 PM
I don't understand how this is legal but I'm excited to try my new shampoo
I joined @lauracoates.com's CNN show with the great Sarah Krissoff and @willsommer.bsky.social to talk about what's happening with the Trump administration and the Epstein files
It's an important case, and I hope we will all get to see these files soon.
www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
It's an important case, and I hope we will all get to see these files soon.
www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
July 31, 2025 at 3:59 AM
I joined @lauracoates.com's CNN show with the great Sarah Krissoff and @willsommer.bsky.social to talk about what's happening with the Trump administration and the Epstein files
It's an important case, and I hope we will all get to see these files soon.
www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
It's an important case, and I hope we will all get to see these files soon.
www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
NEW: I spoke to four people who've seen the Epstein files.
They say there are no signs in there that Jeffrey Epstein worked for intelligence. Nothing the US government wanted to be classified. No interest from intelligence agencies. Nada.
www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
They say there are no signs in there that Jeffrey Epstein worked for intelligence. Nothing the US government wanted to be classified. No interest from intelligence agencies. Nada.
www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
July 29, 2025 at 7:43 PM
NEW: I spoke to four people who've seen the Epstein files.
They say there are no signs in there that Jeffrey Epstein worked for intelligence. Nothing the US government wanted to be classified. No interest from intelligence agencies. Nada.
www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
They say there are no signs in there that Jeffrey Epstein worked for intelligence. Nothing the US government wanted to be classified. No interest from intelligence agencies. Nada.
www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epst...
As a person who covered Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial, and who has read through pretty much every single Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit, I find the current discourse to be in bizarro land.
July 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
As a person who covered Ghislaine Maxwell's criminal trial, and who has read through pretty much every single Jeffrey Epstein lawsuit, I find the current discourse to be in bizarro land.
Rudy Giuliani's legal problems are far from over.
Accuser Noelle Dunphy is keeping up her sexual assault lawsuit, despite Giuliani's motion to dismiss.
Accuser Noelle Dunphy is keeping up her sexual assault lawsuit, despite Giuliani's motion to dismiss.
July 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Rudy Giuliani's legal problems are far from over.
Accuser Noelle Dunphy is keeping up her sexual assault lawsuit, despite Giuliani's motion to dismiss.
Accuser Noelle Dunphy is keeping up her sexual assault lawsuit, despite Giuliani's motion to dismiss.
Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for $787 million, alleging it failed to learn the lessons of the lawsuit from Dominion, to which it paid $787.5 million 2 years ago.
www.businessinsider.com/gavin-newsom...
www.businessinsider.com/gavin-newsom...
June 27, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Gavin Newsom is suing Fox News for $787 million, alleging it failed to learn the lessons of the lawsuit from Dominion, to which it paid $787.5 million 2 years ago.
www.businessinsider.com/gavin-newsom...
www.businessinsider.com/gavin-newsom...
likely place for him to be
June 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
likely place for him to be
The former CEO of Barclays bank lied when he told financial regulators he had only a "purely professional" relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a British court ruled.
businessinsider.com/jes-staley-b...
businessinsider.com/jes-staley-b...
Ex-Barclays CEO lied about having a 'purely professional' relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, court rules
Former Barclays CEO Jes Staley failed to overturn a British regulator's ban on his involvement in the financial industry.
businessinsider.com
June 26, 2025 at 4:37 PM
The former CEO of Barclays bank lied when he told financial regulators he had only a "purely professional" relationship with pedophile Jeffrey Epstein, a British court ruled.
businessinsider.com/jes-staley-b...
businessinsider.com/jes-staley-b...