Alex Mallin
@alexmallin.bsky.social
ABC News Justice Department Reporter
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NEWS - President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York AG Letitia James, sources tell ABC. Reporting w/ @alexmallin.bsky.social & Peter Charalambous
September 19, 2025 at 11:10 AM
NEWS - President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York AG Letitia James, sources tell ABC. Reporting w/ @alexmallin.bsky.social & Peter Charalambous
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NEW - Trump eyeing Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC. Reporting w/ @wsteaks.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eyi...
Trump eying Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC
President Trump is strongly considering installing Fox News host and ex-prosecutor Jeanine Pirro as interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, sources say.
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May 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
NEW - Trump eyeing Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC. Reporting w/ @wsteaks.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eyi...
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NEW -- A former law clerk to Judge Aileen Cannon -- who dismissed the classified documents case against Pres. Donald Trump -- is now serving in the Justice Department directly under Trump's former defense lawyer-turned Deputy AG Todd Blanche. W/ @alexmallin.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/former-cl...
Former clerk for judge who tossed Trump's classified docs case now in senior DOJ position
A former law clerk to Aileen Cannon, the judge who dismissed Donald Trump's classified documents case, is now serving in the DOJ under Trump's former defense lawyer.
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April 7, 2025 at 6:07 PM
NEW -- A former law clerk to Judge Aileen Cannon -- who dismissed the classified documents case against Pres. Donald Trump -- is now serving in the Justice Department directly under Trump's former defense lawyer-turned Deputy AG Todd Blanche. W/ @alexmallin.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/former-cl...
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NEWS - Elon Musk's disclosure of planned Social Security fraud arrest troubles top law enforcement officials: Sources. Story w/ @wsteaks.bsky.social & @alexmallin.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/elon-musk...
Elon Musk's disclosure of planned Social Security fraud arrest troubles top law enforcement officials: Sources
Elon Musk appeared to boast of advance knowledge of a planned arrest related to Social Security fraud, frustrating law enforcement officials, sources tell ABC News.
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April 1, 2025 at 7:18 PM
NEWS - Elon Musk's disclosure of planned Social Security fraud arrest troubles top law enforcement officials: Sources. Story w/ @wsteaks.bsky.social & @alexmallin.bsky.social abcnews.go.com/US/elon-musk...
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Federal law court clerks grapple with bullying and abuse - an NPR investigation
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In the federal court system, law clerks find little recourse for bullying and abuse
An NPR investigation finds federal judges have enormous influence with few checks on their power. Law clerks and other judicial employees are vulnerable to mistreatment and have few job protections.
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March 1, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Federal law court clerks grapple with bullying and abuse - an NPR investigation
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NEWS -- After clashes with AG's top aide, a White House liaison pushing 'loyalty' to Trump at DOJ is reassigned: Sources abcnews.go.com/US/after-cla...
After clashes with AG's top aide, a White House liaison pushing 'loyalty' to Trump at DOJ is reassigned: Sources
Efforts by a White House intermediary to push the DOJ to hire candidates with "exceptional loyalty" to Trump sparked clashes with AG Pam Bondi's top aide, sources say.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:08 PM
NEWS -- After clashes with AG's top aide, a White House liaison pushing 'loyalty' to Trump at DOJ is reassigned: Sources abcnews.go.com/US/after-cla...
New: After clashes with AG's top aide, a White House liaison pushing 'loyalty' to Trump at DOJ is reassigned: Sources
w/ @kfaulders.bsky.social and Mike Levine
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w/ @kfaulders.bsky.social and Mike Levine
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After clashes with AG's top aide, a White House liaison pushing 'loyalty' to Trump at DOJ is reassigned: Sources
Efforts by a White House intermediary to push the DOJ to hire candidates with "exceptional loyalty" to Trump sparked clashes with AG Pam Bondi's top aide, sources say.
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February 24, 2025 at 3:10 PM
New: After clashes with AG's top aide, a White House liaison pushing 'loyalty' to Trump at DOJ is reassigned: Sources
w/ @kfaulders.bsky.social and Mike Levine
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w/ @kfaulders.bsky.social and Mike Levine
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NEWS - As soon as DOJ's Public Integrity Section was informed it would be taking over Mayor Adams case, John Keller, the acting head of the unit and his boss, Kevin Driscoll, the senior most career official in DOJ's criminal division resigned, according to multiple sources.
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Danielle Sassoon resigned Thursday as the acting US Attorney for the Southern District of New York. It follows the Justice Department’s directive to drop the case against Mayor Eric Adams.
February 13, 2025 at 7:57 PM
NEWS - As soon as DOJ's Public Integrity Section was informed it would be taking over Mayor Adams case, John Keller, the acting head of the unit and his boss, Kevin Driscoll, the senior most career official in DOJ's criminal division resigned, according to multiple sources.
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New York's top federal prosecutor steps down amid tension with DOJ over Mayor Adams case
Danielle Sassoon, the acting U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, submitted her resignation Thursday, according to a source familiar with the move.
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February 13, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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New: The acting head of DOJ's Public Integrity Section, John Keller, and his immediate supervisor Kevin Driscoll -- the top career official leading the Criminal Division -- have resigned after being instructed to take over and dismiss Mayor Eric Adams' case for SDNY.
February 13, 2025 at 8:52 PM
New: The acting head of DOJ's Public Integrity Section, John Keller, and his immediate supervisor Kevin Driscoll -- the top career official leading the Criminal Division -- have resigned after being instructed to take over and dismiss Mayor Eric Adams' case for SDNY.
"No “process of national reconciliation” can begin when
poor losers, whose preferred candidate loses an election, are glorified for disrupting a constitutionally mandated proceeding in Congress and doing so with impunity." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
poor losers, whose preferred candidate loses an election, are glorified for disrupting a constitutionally mandated proceeding in Congress and doing so with impunity." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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January 22, 2025 at 8:00 PM
"No “process of national reconciliation” can begin when
poor losers, whose preferred candidate loses an election, are glorified for disrupting a constitutionally mandated proceeding in Congress and doing so with impunity." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
poor losers, whose preferred candidate loses an election, are glorified for disrupting a constitutionally mandated proceeding in Congress and doing so with impunity." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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NEW -- President Trump is preparing to issue a sweeping series of pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including commuting the prison sentences of hundreds of his supporters who have been convicted of violent attacks against law enforcement, sources tell me
January 20, 2025 at 6:35 PM
NEW -- President Trump is preparing to issue a sweeping series of pardons for defendants charged in the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, including commuting the prison sentences of hundreds of his supporters who have been convicted of violent attacks against law enforcement, sources tell me
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NEWS -- Supreme Court Justice Alito spoke to Donald Trump Tuesday to recommend a former law clerk for a job in the new admin. Call occurred hours before Trump's lawyers asked the justices to block Trump's criminal hush money sentencing. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-spe...
Trump speaks with Justice Alito amid push to halt criminal sentencing
Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito spoke to President-elect Trump Tuesday to recommend a former law clerk for a job in the new administration, ABC News has learned.
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January 8, 2025 at 10:46 PM
NEWS -- Supreme Court Justice Alito spoke to Donald Trump Tuesday to recommend a former law clerk for a job in the new admin. Call occurred hours before Trump's lawyers asked the justices to block Trump's criminal hush money sentencing. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-spe...
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LOL at the notion that the IG would’ve finished a report on 2024 already, glad Alex proved that was wrong!
The summary did not say when the alleged violations occurred or which election may have been implicated, but some of Trump's supporters and Breitbart claimed that it involved the Biden administration trying to harm Trump's most recent reelection bid. (2/3)
January 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
LOL at the notion that the IG would’ve finished a report on 2024 already, glad Alex proved that was wrong!
Last week, the DOJ Inspector General released a vague summary of a report, saying that 3 former officials had violated DOJ policies by leaking "non-public DOJ investigative information" to "select reporters, days before an election." (1/3)
January 7, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Last week, the DOJ Inspector General released a vague summary of a report, saying that 3 former officials had violated DOJ policies by leaking "non-public DOJ investigative information" to "select reporters, days before an election." (1/3)
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The report specifically pointed to a text message he sent in mid-October 2020, describing a proposed leak to a major New York-area tabloid about reviews of COVID-related deaths at nursing homes ... as "our last play on them before [the] election" via @alexmallin.bsky.social & Mike Levine
Internal watchdog found that DOJ officials under Trump may have sought to influence 2020 election through media leaks
DOJ officials during the first Trump administration may have leaked private information to media outlets in a bid to influence the 2020 election, a watchdog report says.
abcnews.go.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:21 PM
The report specifically pointed to a text message he sent in mid-October 2020, describing a proposed leak to a major New York-area tabloid about reviews of COVID-related deaths at nursing homes ... as "our last play on them before [the] election" via @alexmallin.bsky.social & Mike Levine
New: Internal watchdog found that DOJ officials under Trump may have sought to influence 2020 election through media leaks, per report I obtained via FOIA.
More: abcnews.go.com/US/internal-...
More: abcnews.go.com/US/internal-...
Internal watchdog found that DOJ officials under Trump may have sought to influence 2020 election through media leaks
DOJ officials during the first Trump administration may have leaked private information to media outlets in a bid to influence the 2020 election, a watchdog report says.
abcnews.go.com
January 7, 2025 at 8:22 PM
New: Internal watchdog found that DOJ officials under Trump may have sought to influence 2020 election through media leaks, per report I obtained via FOIA.
More: abcnews.go.com/US/internal-...
More: abcnews.go.com/US/internal-...
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THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
January 4, 2025 at 12:48 PM
THREAD: In 2023, I received an envelope with no return address. Inside was a flash drive containing tens of 1000s of secret files.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
It came from a vigilante with a tumultuous past, who'd conducted a years-long undercover operation. He didn’t tell the FBI or his family. He only told me.
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Trump Picks Key Figure in Project 2025 for Powerful Budget Role
Russ Vought has spent years building plans to rework the US structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.
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w/ @maggiehaberman.bsky.social & Jonathan Swan
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Russ Vought has spent years building plans to rework the US structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.
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w/ @maggiehaberman.bsky.social & Jonathan Swan
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Trump Picks Russell Vought, Key Figure in Project 2025, to Lead OMB
Russell Vought, who would lead the Office of Management and Budget, has spent years building plans to rework the American structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.
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November 23, 2024 at 12:17 AM
Trump Picks Key Figure in Project 2025 for Powerful Budget Role
Russ Vought has spent years building plans to rework the US structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.
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w/ @maggiehaberman.bsky.social & Jonathan Swan
nyti.ms/497Vsjd
Russ Vought has spent years building plans to rework the US structure of government in ways that would enhance presidential power.
(gift link)
w/ @maggiehaberman.bsky.social & Jonathan Swan
nyti.ms/497Vsjd