Molly Roberts
@mollyroberts.bsky.social
senior editor at @lawfaremedia.org | ex-washington post opinions 🤐
Democracy Dies in “The Data”
Jeff Bezos' statement, his first since last week's layoffs: "The Post has an essential journalistic mission and an extraordinary opportunity. Each and every day our readers give us a roadmap to success. The data tells us what is valuable and where to focus."
February 7, 2026 at 11:20 PM
Democracy Dies in “The Data”
“I’m glad Will Lewis has been fired. I wish it had happened before he fired all my friends.”
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Washington Post C.E.O. Will Lewis Steps Down After Stormy Tenure
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February 7, 2026 at 11:04 PM
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The Washington Post—for which I wrote editorials for nearly a decade—has closed its Kyiv bureau.
@lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not.
We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.
Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving
@lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not.
We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.
Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving
February 6, 2026 at 6:55 PM
The Washington Post—for which I wrote editorials for nearly a decade—has closed its Kyiv bureau.
@lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not.
We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.
Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving
@lawfaremedia.org has not—and we will not.
We now employ more people in Kyiv than the Washington Post.
Let me tell you about what we have done in Ukraine over the past year and why we are not leaving
Everything you ever wanted to know that *we* ever wanted to know about the Fulton County search www.lawfaremedia.org/article/we-h...
We Have Questions About the FBI’s Fulton County Search
The administration continues to litigate the 2020 election more than five years later.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:37 PM
Everything you ever wanted to know that *we* ever wanted to know about the Fulton County search www.lawfaremedia.org/article/we-h...
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The DOJ indictment v Don Lemon et al was just unsealed
12 pages
12 pages
January 30, 2026 at 7:59 PM
The DOJ indictment v Don Lemon et al was just unsealed
12 pages
12 pages
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A special grand jury started sitting in Fort Pierce, Florida, this month, seemingly to investigate what has come to be known as the “Grand Conspiracy." @mollyroberts.bsky.social explains what this theory is and the consequences of trying to treat a conspiracy theory as a real legal theory.
Trump's Grand Conspiracy Delusion
The Grand Conspiracy is a conspiracy theory, not a real legal theory.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:17 PM
A special grand jury started sitting in Fort Pierce, Florida, this month, seemingly to investigate what has come to be known as the “Grand Conspiracy." @mollyroberts.bsky.social explains what this theory is and the consequences of trying to treat a conspiracy theory as a real legal theory.
and of course you know what that is…it’s my Nobel prize…I was treated very unfairly by Norway…but someone very important wanted me to have it. She said ‘sir you deserve this’ and I’ve been treated so unfairly by the media. But it’s beautiful. Gold. You can’t fake gold
January 9, 2026 at 6:08 PM
and of course you know what that is…it’s my Nobel prize…I was treated very unfairly by Norway…but someone very important wanted me to have it. She said ‘sir you deserve this’ and I’ve been treated so unfairly by the media. But it’s beautiful. Gold. You can’t fake gold
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We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
January 8, 2026 at 1:19 AM
We cannot be more clear. Leave us the fuck alone.
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A lot happened in 2025–from the deployment of National Guard in cities across the country to airstrikes in the Caribbean to DOGE's incursion into executive agencies to the weaponization of the Justice Department—and we covered it all.
Lawfare contributors reflect back on the year that was:
Lawfare contributors reflect back on the year that was:
The Year That Was (2025)
The issues—and Lawfare coverage—that kept our editors up at night in 2025.
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January 1, 2026 at 3:01 PM
A lot happened in 2025–from the deployment of National Guard in cities across the country to airstrikes in the Caribbean to DOGE's incursion into executive agencies to the weaponization of the Justice Department—and we covered it all.
Lawfare contributors reflect back on the year that was:
Lawfare contributors reflect back on the year that was:
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December 31, 2025 at 11:59 PM
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Lindsey Halligan and her colleagues at the Eastern District of Virginia keep attempting, in vain, to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James. @mollyroberts.bsky.social compares the recent unsuccessful indictments to the original prosecution to understand the failures of this prosecution.
Why the Government Keeps Failing to Re-Indict Letitia James
Prosecutors are satisfying the definition of insanity—doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
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December 19, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Lindsey Halligan and her colleagues at the Eastern District of Virginia keep attempting, in vain, to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James. @mollyroberts.bsky.social compares the recent unsuccessful indictments to the original prosecution to understand the failures of this prosecution.
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In 1 hour, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, @mollyroberts.bsky.social, and Loren Voss to discuss the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody, domestic deployments litigation, and more. youtube.com/live/L_l4sKB...
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Dec. 12
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December 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
In 1 hour, @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org will sit down with @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, @annabower.bsky.social, @mollyroberts.bsky.social, and Loren Voss to discuss the release of Kilmar Abrego Garcia from ICE custody, domestic deployments litigation, and more. youtube.com/live/L_l4sKB...
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org is on yesterday’s hearing in NPR’s 1st Amendment lawsuit against Trump—where the government didn’t really even bother to deny it was discriminating based on viewpoint. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/hear...
Hearing Dispatch: NPR Fights Trump on the First Amendment
The plaintiffs argue the government is disfavoring speech it disagrees with. The government barely disputes that.
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December 5, 2025 at 6:35 PM
My latest for @lawfaremedia.org is on yesterday’s hearing in NPR’s 1st Amendment lawsuit against Trump—where the government didn’t really even bother to deny it was discriminating based on viewpoint. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/hear...
Confirmation that Letitia James is *not* a ham sandwich. (On a more serious note, this failure to get a true bill is a pretty remarkable indictment of the would-be indicters.)
Reports that the EDVA grand jury has declined, at least for today, to reindict NY AG Tish James.
December 4, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Confirmation that Letitia James is *not* a ham sandwich. (On a more serious note, this failure to get a true bill is a pretty remarkable indictment of the would-be indicters.)
Per MS NOW, the Trump DOJ is expected to seek to re-indict Letitia James tomorrow in Norfolk. www.ms.now/news/prosecu...
Prosecutors expected to seek re-indictment of Letitia James this week
After Lindsey Halligan found unlawfully appointed, Trump's DOJ expected to seek re-indictment of Letitia James, with Comey's fate uncertain.
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December 4, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Per MS NOW, the Trump DOJ is expected to seek to re-indict Letitia James tomorrow in Norfolk. www.ms.now/news/prosecu...
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December 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
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Lindsey Halligan's appointment as interim U.S. attorney invalid and dismissed the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James. Screenshot from order in the latter below:
November 24, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Lindsey Halligan's appointment as interim U.S. attorney invalid and dismissed the indictments against James Comey and Letitia James. Screenshot from order in the latter below:
Amusing exchange ahead of John Bolton status conference. Lawyers confabbing in the courtroom, and Abbe Lowell tried to ask the counsel for the government about the Martin/Pulte drama. He wouldn’t bite, jokingly asked whether Lowell had a mole in his office, because “you seem to know more than I do.”
November 21, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Amusing exchange ahead of John Bolton status conference. Lawyers confabbing in the courtroom, and Abbe Lowell tried to ask the counsel for the government about the Martin/Pulte drama. He wouldn’t bite, jokingly asked whether Lowell had a mole in his office, because “you seem to know more than I do.”
It is usually really hard to get a case dismissed for vindictive prosecution! But thanks to President Trump, James Comey and Letitia James have unusual cases. Read all about it in my latest for @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/come...
Comey, James, and ‘Animus Through a Megaphone’
Claims of vindictive prosecution are usually hard to win. But James Comey and Letitia James both have unusual cases.
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November 20, 2025 at 7:27 PM
It is usually really hard to get a case dismissed for vindictive prosecution! But thanks to President Trump, James Comey and Letitia James have unusual cases. Read all about it in my latest for @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/come...
This morning’s hearing in the James Comey case was a doozy. Was supposed to be about vindictive prosecution—but ended with the government admitting the full grand jury never had a chance to see the operative indictment.
November 19, 2025 at 4:43 PM
This morning’s hearing in the James Comey case was a doozy. Was supposed to be about vindictive prosecution—but ended with the government admitting the full grand jury never had a chance to see the operative indictment.
Latest motion to dismiss by Letitia James, this one for "Outrageous Government Conduct," says criminal referral could have been based on "exclusively on a single fringe blogger's 'evidence'" or unlawfully accessed Fannie Mae loan files. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71601...
November 18, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Latest motion to dismiss by Letitia James, this one for "Outrageous Government Conduct," says criminal referral could have been based on "exclusively on a single fringe blogger's 'evidence'" or unlawfully accessed Fannie Mae loan files. www.courtlistener.com/docket/71601...
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Fitzpatrick also says that either Halligan is wrong about the grand jury minutes being complete or we are in "uncharted territory" because the indictment returned in open court is not the same as the one presented to & deliberated upon by the grand jury. (h/t @emptywheel.bsky.social )
November 17, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Fitzpatrick also says that either Halligan is wrong about the grand jury minutes being complete or we are in "uncharted territory" because the indictment returned in open court is not the same as the one presented to & deliberated upon by the grand jury. (h/t @emptywheel.bsky.social )
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On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @nkorpett.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social discussed the week's news, including the end of the government shutdown, President Trump pardoning individuals accused of attempting to subvert the 2020 election, and more.
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @nkorpett.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social discussed the week's news, including the end of the government shutdown, President Trump pardoning individuals accused of attempting to subvert the 2020 election, and more.
feel like not nearly enough people are talking about this — apparently the democratic “yes” votes have effectively agreed to having the u.s. government write 6 republican senators $500k checks?
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
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November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
feel like not nearly enough people are talking about this — apparently the democratic “yes” votes have effectively agreed to having the u.s. government write 6 republican senators $500k checks?