Dhruv Mehrotra
@dmehro.bsky.social
Data Journalism and Investigations at Bloomberg. Previously: WIRED, Center for Investigative Reporting, Gizmodo, eyebeamnyc.
Tips: dmehrotra11@bloomberg.net or securely @dmehro.89 on Signal
Tips: dmehrotra11@bloomberg.net or securely @dmehro.89 on Signal
These are among 62 current and former officers the department itself decided couldn’t be trusted…cops so compromised that the department believes their involvement in cases could jeopardize prosecutions.
Some stayed on the job for years. Some were promoted
Some stayed on the job for years. Some were promoted
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
These are among 62 current and former officers the department itself decided couldn’t be trusted…cops so compromised that the department believes their involvement in cases could jeopardize prosecutions.
Some stayed on the job for years. Some were promoted
Some stayed on the job for years. Some were promoted
Gregg Dorsett once threw a shoe at a moving car, shattering its mirror and injuring the driver.
He was fired, then quietly reinstated.
Years later, his name appeared on a leaked Oath Keepers list.
Today, he’s a captain at KCKPD.
He was fired, then quietly reinstated.
Years later, his name appeared on a leaked Oath Keepers list.
Today, he’s a captain at KCKPD.
November 3, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Gregg Dorsett once threw a shoe at a moving car, shattering its mirror and injuring the driver.
He was fired, then quietly reinstated.
Years later, his name appeared on a leaked Oath Keepers list.
Today, he’s a captain at KCKPD.
He was fired, then quietly reinstated.
Years later, his name appeared on a leaked Oath Keepers list.
Today, he’s a captain at KCKPD.
Maxwell told the DOJ she stepped away from Epstein around 2003.
But the emails show that they were emailing almost every day, even as he prepared to serve his 2008 jail sentence.
But the emails show that they were emailing almost every day, even as he prepared to serve his 2008 jail sentence.
September 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
Maxwell told the DOJ she stepped away from Epstein around 2003.
But the emails show that they were emailing almost every day, even as he prepared to serve his 2008 jail sentence.
But the emails show that they were emailing almost every day, even as he prepared to serve his 2008 jail sentence.
One email attachment, a spreadsheet, tracked nearly $2 million in spending:
• A $71K Lexus for Alan Dershowitz
• A $35K watch for a top Clinton aide
• Lingerie and wire transfers to teenage girls
• A $71K Lexus for Alan Dershowitz
• A $35K watch for a top Clinton aide
• Lingerie and wire transfers to teenage girls
September 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
One email attachment, a spreadsheet, tracked nearly $2 million in spending:
• A $71K Lexus for Alan Dershowitz
• A $35K watch for a top Clinton aide
• Lingerie and wire transfers to teenage girls
• A $71K Lexus for Alan Dershowitz
• A $35K watch for a top Clinton aide
• Lingerie and wire transfers to teenage girls
He and Maxwell tried to have a baby in secret.
She helped distribute $1.8 million in gifts and wire transfers to underage girls and powerful men.
They coordinated efforts to discredit women who came forward.
And she nurtured Epstein’s ties to the world’s elite.
She helped distribute $1.8 million in gifts and wire transfers to underage girls and powerful men.
They coordinated efforts to discredit women who came forward.
And she nurtured Epstein’s ties to the world’s elite.
September 11, 2025 at 10:36 AM
He and Maxwell tried to have a baby in secret.
She helped distribute $1.8 million in gifts and wire transfers to underage girls and powerful men.
They coordinated efforts to discredit women who came forward.
And she nurtured Epstein’s ties to the world’s elite.
She helped distribute $1.8 million in gifts and wire transfers to underage girls and powerful men.
They coordinated efforts to discredit women who came forward.
And she nurtured Epstein’s ties to the world’s elite.
If I were president I’d call in the national guard to fix the oig.dc.gov subdomain, because clearly it was hijacked.
August 13, 2025 at 7:13 PM
If I were president I’d call in the national guard to fix the oig.dc.gov subdomain, because clearly it was hijacked.
ICE published a document showing that from April to mid-June, two detained people on hunger strike were subjected to either force-feeding, forced urinary catheterization, or involuntary blood draws.
www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...
www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...
July 7, 2025 at 7:37 PM
ICE published a document showing that from April to mid-June, two detained people on hunger strike were subjected to either force-feeding, forced urinary catheterization, or involuntary blood draws.
www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...
www.ice.gov/doclib/deten...
thoughts and prayers to this injured officer - "forcibly assaulted" and "intimidated" by this representative.
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May 20, 2025 at 2:23 PM
thoughts and prayers to this injured officer - "forcibly assaulted" and "intimidated" by this representative.
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For weeks a Predator drone has been routinely flying around near the US-Mexico border by the Yuma Proving Grounds. Tail number is N361HK.
Anyone know anything about it?
Some flight data quickly thrown on a map: public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
Anyone know anything about it?
Some flight data quickly thrown on a map: public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
May 1, 2025 at 9:10 PM
For weeks a Predator drone has been routinely flying around near the US-Mexico border by the Yuma Proving Grounds. Tail number is N361HK.
Anyone know anything about it?
Some flight data quickly thrown on a map: public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
Anyone know anything about it?
Some flight data quickly thrown on a map: public.flourish.studio/visualisatio...
As Trump’s presidency began, the DOGE brain trust broke camp at SpaceX headquarters in DC. An employee who was there says they left a men’s bathroom “trashed.” One of the urinals was “filled with gum and Zyn.”
Incredible and horrifying illustrations of Zin in a urinal by Sam Lyon.
Incredible and horrifying illustrations of Zin in a urinal by Sam Lyon.
March 13, 2025 at 7:37 PM
As Trump’s presidency began, the DOGE brain trust broke camp at SpaceX headquarters in DC. An employee who was there says they left a men’s bathroom “trashed.” One of the urinals was “filled with gum and Zyn.”
Incredible and horrifying illustrations of Zin in a urinal by Sam Lyon.
Incredible and horrifying illustrations of Zin in a urinal by Sam Lyon.
ICYMI: On Tuesday, GSA published a list of hundreds of federal properties to be sold. Hours later, 123 buildings were removed from the list. By Wednesday, the entire list had disappeared completely from the GSA website.
We made a searchable map of those properties: www.wired.com/story/map-fo...
We made a searchable map of those properties: www.wired.com/story/map-fo...
March 6, 2025 at 1:54 PM
ICYMI: On Tuesday, GSA published a list of hundreds of federal properties to be sold. Hours later, 123 buildings were removed from the list. By Wednesday, the entire list had disappeared completely from the GSA website.
We made a searchable map of those properties: www.wired.com/story/map-fo...
We made a searchable map of those properties: www.wired.com/story/map-fo...
What do we think Vance did to his carpet
February 26, 2025 at 8:24 PM
What do we think Vance did to his carpet
The DOGE website claims it was last updated on February 17. But in the past 24 hours, they apparently quietly removed two USAID contracts worth $655M a piece. The site still claims $55B in savings.
Contracts:
www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
Contracts:
www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
February 20, 2025 at 10:46 PM
The DOGE website claims it was last updated on February 17. But in the past 24 hours, they apparently quietly removed two USAID contracts worth $655M a piece. The site still claims $55B in savings.
Contracts:
www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
Contracts:
www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_I...
Love it when my lightbulb app asks for microphone access.
February 19, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Love it when my lightbulb app asks for microphone access.
Story by metimtoriandleah
February 4, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Story by metimtoriandleah
But it would take the FBI months to make an arrest. Even after the agency knew Torswats’ name, the swatting continued. One school. Then another. And another. “I am never going to be caught,” Torswats bragged in one call. “I am invincible.”
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
But it would take the FBI months to make an arrest. Even after the agency knew Torswats’ name, the swatting continued. One school. Then another. And another. “I am never going to be caught,” Torswats bragged in one call. “I am invincible.”
Brad ( @cafrozed.bsky.social ) isn’t your typical PI. A former hacker turned detective, he got involved in the case when Torswats targeted his clients—prominent Twitch streamers. Brad went undercover, set traps, and eventually unmasked the identity of America’s worst school swatter.
January 9, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Brad ( @cafrozed.bsky.social ) isn’t your typical PI. A former hacker turned detective, he got involved in the case when Torswats targeted his clients—prominent Twitch streamers. Brad went undercover, set traps, and eventually unmasked the identity of America’s worst school swatter.
We took it a step further. For devices on each base, we extracted even more granular data—tracking their precise movements over time. We knew where they slept, where they ate, and where they partied. Four were tracked to nearby brothels, including a place called SexWorld.
November 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
We took it a step further. For devices on each base, we extracted even more granular data—tracking their precise movements over time. We knew where they slept, where they ate, and where they partied. Four were tracked to nearby brothels, including a place called SexWorld.
We started by locating devices that appeared at one or more of 11 different US military and intelligence sites. That included Buchel Airbase, where US nuclear weapons are reportedly stored, and several NSA sites.
In total, our analysis revealed granular location data from up to 12,313 devices.
In total, our analysis revealed granular location data from up to 12,313 devices.
November 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
We started by locating devices that appeared at one or more of 11 different US military and intelligence sites. That included Buchel Airbase, where US nuclear weapons are reportedly stored, and several NSA sites.
In total, our analysis revealed granular location data from up to 12,313 devices.
In total, our analysis revealed granular location data from up to 12,313 devices.
Last year reporters from BR and netzpolitik.org got a free sample of data likely sourced from SDKs in phone apps. It contains BILLIONS of coordinates from millions of devices.
They developed a custom tool that enabled us to query the dataset by geofencing areas and exporting the data for analysis.
They developed a custom tool that enabled us to query the dataset by geofencing areas and exporting the data for analysis.
November 20, 2024 at 6:24 PM
Last year reporters from BR and netzpolitik.org got a free sample of data likely sourced from SDKs in phone apps. It contains BILLIONS of coordinates from millions of devices.
They developed a custom tool that enabled us to query the dataset by geofencing areas and exporting the data for analysis.
They developed a custom tool that enabled us to query the dataset by geofencing areas and exporting the data for analysis.
Datastream Group, the data broker that tracked U.S. military movements inside suspected nuclear vaults, has taken its website offline and vanished from the internet. It did not respond to multiple requests for comments for our story.
November 20, 2024 at 3:41 PM
Datastream Group, the data broker that tracked U.S. military movements inside suspected nuclear vaults, has taken its website offline and vanished from the internet. It did not respond to multiple requests for comments for our story.
This depts drones have cameras and zoom lenses powerful enough to capture faces clearly. They routinely flew over backyards, schools, homeless shelters, and social services.
One man we spoke to went to the ER with severe anxiety and exhaustion from the perceived surveillance.
One man we spoke to went to the ER with severe anxiety and exhaustion from the perceived surveillance.
November 14, 2024 at 2:50 PM
This depts drones have cameras and zoom lenses powerful enough to capture faces clearly. They routinely flew over backyards, schools, homeless shelters, and social services.
One man we spoke to went to the ER with severe anxiety and exhaustion from the perceived surveillance.
One man we spoke to went to the ER with severe anxiety and exhaustion from the perceived surveillance.
You can explore some of the data in the piece
September 6, 2024 at 6:44 PM
You can explore some of the data in the piece
A company called Latent Wireless is already doing Wi-Fi signal tracking for police.
The device scans Wi-Fi signals in an area searching for specific devices. If a match is found, officers can use a directional antenna to locate the signal’s source.
The device scans Wi-Fi signals in an area searching for specific devices. If a match is found, officers can use a directional antenna to locate the signal’s source.
September 5, 2024 at 11:55 AM
A company called Latent Wireless is already doing Wi-Fi signal tracking for police.
The device scans Wi-Fi signals in an area searching for specific devices. If a match is found, officers can use a directional antenna to locate the signal’s source.
The device scans Wi-Fi signals in an area searching for specific devices. If a match is found, officers can use a directional antenna to locate the signal’s source.