Mattathias Schwartz
@schwartzesque.bsky.social
legal affairs correspondent // The New York Times
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first dot last at n y times dot com
Some useful thoughts here ... www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/b...
"To say that someone has “lied,” an active verb, or has told a “lie,” a more passive, distancing noun, is to say that the person intended to deceive."
"To say that someone has “lied,” an active verb, or has told a “lie,” a more passive, distancing noun, is to say that the person intended to deceive."
November 26, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Some useful thoughts here ... www.nytimes.com/2017/01/25/b...
"To say that someone has “lied,” an active verb, or has told a “lie,” a more passive, distancing noun, is to say that the person intended to deceive."
"To say that someone has “lied,” an active verb, or has told a “lie,” a more passive, distancing noun, is to say that the person intended to deceive."
ICYMI -- We looked at the Trump admin's Supreme Court filing arguing for the legality of deploying the National Guard to Chicago.
Turns out it has a bunch of factual errors...
w/ Devon Lum, Christoph Koettl, Ainara Tiefenthäler
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Turns out it has a bunch of factual errors...
w/ Devon Lum, Christoph Koettl, Ainara Tiefenthäler
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
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November 26, 2025 at 2:26 PM
ICYMI -- We looked at the Trump admin's Supreme Court filing arguing for the legality of deploying the National Guard to Chicago.
Turns out it has a bunch of factual errors...
w/ Devon Lum, Christoph Koettl, Ainara Tiefenthäler
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Turns out it has a bunch of factual errors...
w/ Devon Lum, Christoph Koettl, Ainara Tiefenthäler
🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Reposted by Mattathias Schwartz
Tremendous and important reporting by NYT Visual Investigations team shows that Trump administration made false or misleading statements to US Supreme Court as it attempted to federal justify intervention in Chicago. Accountability matters. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 26, 2025 at 12:35 AM
Tremendous and important reporting by NYT Visual Investigations team shows that Trump administration made false or misleading statements to US Supreme Court as it attempted to federal justify intervention in Chicago. Accountability matters. (Free link)
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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So this thing was full of errors.
The Trump administration claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show its rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
The Trump administration claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show its rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
www.nytimes.com
November 25, 2025 at 7:40 PM
So this thing was full of errors.
The Trump administration claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show its rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
The Trump administration claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show its rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call. 🎁 www.nytimes.com/2025/11/25/u...
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A Trump administration request to the Supreme Court to deploy troops in Chicago contains factual errors, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters, our Visual Investigations team found. nyti.ms/43T7qfn
Times Analysis Finds Errors in Trump’s Supreme Court Filing That Calls for National Guard in Chicago
The Trump administration has claimed the police were slow to protect federal agents on Oct. 4, but videos and audio show that their rationale conflates hours of events involving a shooting, a protest, a car crash and a police radio call.
nyti.ms
November 25, 2025 at 8:50 PM
A Trump administration request to the Supreme Court to deploy troops in Chicago contains factual errors, mischaracterizing the responsiveness of local police and the actions of protesters, our Visual Investigations team found. nyti.ms/43T7qfn
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November 25, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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NEW: The Federalist Society Is Torn Between Its Legal Philosophy and Trump’s Demands
🎁 Read to the end for Leonard Leo's take on Trump, and revelations about a bespoke judicial meme...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
🎁 Read to the end for Leonard Leo's take on Trump, and revelations about a bespoke judicial meme...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
The Federalist Society Is Torn Between Its Legal Philosophy and Trump’s Demands
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November 22, 2025 at 8:32 PM
NEW: The Federalist Society Is Torn Between Its Legal Philosophy and Trump’s Demands
🎁 Read to the end for Leonard Leo's take on Trump, and revelations about a bespoke judicial meme...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
🎁 Read to the end for Leonard Leo's take on Trump, and revelations about a bespoke judicial meme...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/22/u...
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fwiw, when the district court judge in this same case blocked trump from deploying the guard in chicago, she based her reasoning in part on several instances in which a grand jury declined to indict protestors whom ice/cbp claimed attacked them
The Trump admin's case to the Supreme Court that the situation in Chicago justifies a National Guard deployment rests partly on the actions of two motorists.
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Officials Move to Drop Case Against Drivers in Chicago Immigration Clash
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November 20, 2025 at 7:46 PM
fwiw, when the district court judge in this same case blocked trump from deploying the guard in chicago, she based her reasoning in part on several instances in which a grand jury declined to indict protestors whom ice/cbp claimed attacked them
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From the Trump administration's filing at the Supreme Court:
November 20, 2025 at 7:25 PM
From the Trump administration's filing at the Supreme Court:
The Trump admin's case to the Supreme Court that the situation in Chicago justifies a National Guard deployment rests partly on the actions of two motorists.
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Officials Move to Drop Case Against Drivers in Chicago Immigration Clash
www.nytimes.com
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
The Trump admin's case to the Supreme Court that the situation in Chicago justifies a National Guard deployment rests partly on the actions of two motorists.
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
Now, prosecutors have moved to dropped charges against them. Julie Bosman reports... www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...
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Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
November 19, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Bellingcat’s contact email has always been a magnet for people with fairly unusual views; paranoid delusions, sprawling conspiracies, the works. But recently, the pattern has shifted, we’re seeing more and more emails clearly written with ChatGPT.
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"I got a call from the general counsel at the F.B.I. about changing exceptions to the gift rules because his boss, Kash Patel, felt like he should be able to accept more expensive gifts. I reminded him that his client was not Mr. Patel, but the United States."
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"I got a call from the general counsel at the F.B.I. about changing exceptions to the gift rules because his boss, Kash Patel, felt like he should be able to accept more expensive gifts. I reminded him that his client was not Mr. Patel, but the United States."
Didn’t realize that moral bankruptcy can also be “restructured”
November 16, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Didn’t realize that moral bankruptcy can also be “restructured”
Semi-coherent, typo-filled emails could be a symptom of poor literacy.
But in many cases, they are a flex by someone who wants to display how busy and important they are.
But in many cases, they are a flex by someone who wants to display how busy and important they are.
November 13, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Semi-coherent, typo-filled emails could be a symptom of poor literacy.
But in many cases, they are a flex by someone who wants to display how busy and important they are.
But in many cases, they are a flex by someone who wants to display how busy and important they are.
Old enough to remember when folks were looking at old emails and speculating about what "pizza" might be code for
November 12, 2025 at 8:20 PM
Old enough to remember when folks were looking at old emails and speculating about what "pizza" might be code for
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CNN: In a major break, Britain has stopped sharing some intelligence about suspected drug trafficking with the US over America's deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean.
The UK does not want to be complicit in the military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
The UK does not want to be complicit in the military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
Exclusive: UK suspends some intelligence sharing with US over boat strike concerns in major break | CNN Politics
The United Kingdom is no longer sharing intelligence with the US about suspected drug trafficking vessels in the Caribbean because it does not want to be complicit in US military strikes and believes ...
edition.cnn.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
CNN: In a major break, Britain has stopped sharing some intelligence about suspected drug trafficking with the US over America's deadly boat strikes in the Caribbean.
The UK does not want to be complicit in the military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
The UK does not want to be complicit in the military strikes and believes the attacks are illegal. edition.cnn.com/2025/11/11/p...
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Mark Wolf, a federal judge, said he had stepped down and warned of an “existential threat to democracy” by President Trump, whom he accused of “using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries”🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
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November 10, 2025 at 1:23 AM
Mark Wolf, a federal judge, said he had stepped down and warned of an “existential threat to democracy” by President Trump, whom he accused of “using the law for partisan purposes, targeting his adversaries”🎁
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
Free gift link >> www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Free gift link >> www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
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November 9, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Federal Judge, Warning of ‘Existential Threat’ to Democracy, Resigns
Free gift link >> www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
Free gift link >> www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/u...
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Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 9, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Our reporters interviewed 40 of the men the Trump administration sent to a notorious prison in El Salvador: They described being beaten, sexually assaulted by guards and driven to the brink of suicide. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
this one stayed with me ... although honestly? I don't love the art ... www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
A Massacre in Jamaica
After the United States demanded the extradition of a drug lord, a bloodletting ensued.
www.newyorker.com
November 9, 2025 at 12:08 AM
this one stayed with me ... although honestly? I don't love the art ... www.newyorker.com/magazine/201...
two old scoops
November 9, 2025 at 12:04 AM
two old scoops
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November 9, 2025 at 12:01 AM
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Essential reporting www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
‘You Are All Terrorists’: Four Months in a Salvadoran Prison
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November 8, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Essential reporting www.nytimes.com/2025/11/08/w...
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If you’re baking and using brown sugar, and some of it shakes out in small clumps, here’s my go-to kitchen pro tip…
You eat them.
They’re little treats.
You deserve it.
You eat them.
They’re little treats.
You deserve it.
November 7, 2025 at 11:16 PM
If you’re baking and using brown sugar, and some of it shakes out in small clumps, here’s my go-to kitchen pro tip…
You eat them.
They’re little treats.
You deserve it.
You eat them.
They’re little treats.
You deserve it.