Gene Rossi
@generossi.bsky.social
“Rossi War Room”/Fmr 27-yr U.S. prosecutor (record 110 DOJ trials)/TV Analyst/Ran 4 Lieutenant Governor of Virginia/Adjunct Instructor @Harvard_Law & @GeorgeMasonU. “Levity is Life” is my motto! Shareholder in law Firm of Carlton Fields.
PTI/ICYI. Subject to change of course, I will guest on @cnn.com with hosts Laur Coates (Nov. 10 (11:00P)) &
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social (Nov. 13 (9:00P)) to discuss EDVA charges against FBI Director Jim Comey &
@newyorkstateag.bsky.social TishJames.
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social (Nov. 13 (9:00P)) to discuss EDVA charges against FBI Director Jim Comey &
@newyorkstateag.bsky.social TishJames.
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
PTI/ICYI. Subject to change of course, I will guest on @cnn.com with hosts Laur Coates (Nov. 10 (11:00P)) &
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social (Nov. 13 (9:00P)) to discuss EDVA charges against FBI Director Jim Comey &
@newyorkstateag.bsky.social TishJames.
@kaitlancollins.bsky.social (Nov. 13 (9:00P)) to discuss EDVA charges against FBI Director Jim Comey &
@newyorkstateag.bsky.social TishJames.
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia is, in my humble view, a very special place. Sadly, it is going through a storm because of allegedly illegal and vindictive indictments of Comey and James. And now? I shall hold my Mark Twain tongue. Please read article first. Enjoy.
November 1, 2025 at 8:55 PM
The U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Virginia is, in my humble view, a very special place. Sadly, it is going through a storm because of allegedly illegal and vindictive indictments of Comey and James. And now? I shall hold my Mark Twain tongue. Please read article first. Enjoy.
My Oct. 24 views--with @cnn.com host @kaitlancollins.bsky.social & fellow guest @elliotwilliams.bsky.social--about the Eastern District of Virginia ("sacred ground"), where I worked for many years. With Jim Comey & Letitia James indictments, they are tearing it down like East Wing of White House.
October 30, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My Oct. 24 views--with @cnn.com host @kaitlancollins.bsky.social & fellow guest @elliotwilliams.bsky.social--about the Eastern District of Virginia ("sacred ground"), where I worked for many years. With Jim Comey & Letitia James indictments, they are tearing it down like East Wing of White House.
PTI/ICYI. I will be on @cnn.com International today (11:00A and 12:30P) to discuss the charges against NY AG Letitia James and her arraignment in EDVA’s Norfolk Division.
October 24, 2025 at 1:45 PM
PTI/ICYI. I will be on @cnn.com International today (11:00A and 12:30P) to discuss the charges against NY AG Letitia James and her arraignment in EDVA’s Norfolk Division.
PTI/ICYI. Tonight (9:00P), I guest on @cnn.com with anchor @kaitlancollins.bsky.social to discuss Jim Comey matter in EDVA.
October 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
PTI/ICYI. Tonight (9:00P), I guest on @cnn.com with anchor @kaitlancollins.bsky.social to discuss Jim Comey matter in EDVA.
PTI/ICYI and subject to change: Today, I guest on @cnn.com with host Laura Coates (11:00P) and on @newsnation.bsky.social with host Chris Cuomo (8:00P) to discuss the 18-count John Bolton indictment.
October 17, 2025 at 4:22 PM
PTI/ICYI and subject to change: Today, I guest on @cnn.com with host Laura Coates (11:00P) and on @newsnation.bsky.social with host Chris Cuomo (8:00P) to discuss the 18-count John Bolton indictment.
PTI/ICYI. Today (6:10P), I guest on @cnn.com @cnnipr.bsky.social with host @jimsciutto.bsky.social to discuss possible indictment of John Bolton.
October 16, 2025 at 6:46 PM
PTI/ICYI. Today (6:10P), I guest on @cnn.com @cnnipr.bsky.social with host @jimsciutto.bsky.social to discuss possible indictment of John Bolton.
PTI/ICYI. Subject to vagaries of news cycles, I am penciled in for appearances on Wednesday, October 8 to discuss Jim Comey indictment & other issues: @cnn.com (Hosts Jake Tapper (5:00P or so), @kaitlancollins.bsky.social (9:00P) & @lauracoates.com (11:00P)); and @cgtnamerica.bsky.social (7:00P).
October 6, 2025 at 10:27 PM
PTI/ICYI. Subject to vagaries of news cycles, I am penciled in for appearances on Wednesday, October 8 to discuss Jim Comey indictment & other issues: @cnn.com (Hosts Jake Tapper (5:00P or so), @kaitlancollins.bsky.social (9:00P) & @lauracoates.com (11:00P)); and @cgtnamerica.bsky.social (7:00P).
On Oct. 3, I discussed 50 month sentence for #Diddy on @cnn.com @lauracoates.com. The 7 hour hearing included 5 defense attorneys speaking & playing 11 minute pro-#Diddy video. Invoking Charles Dickens' 1859 famous book, the video--compared to tawdry evidence--reminded me of "A Tale of Two People."
October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
On Oct. 3, I discussed 50 month sentence for #Diddy on @cnn.com @lauracoates.com. The 7 hour hearing included 5 defense attorneys speaking & playing 11 minute pro-#Diddy video. Invoking Charles Dickens' 1859 famous book, the video--compared to tawdry evidence--reminded me of "A Tale of Two People."
I appear on @cnn.com with @lauracoates.com on Oct. 3: (@ 11:00P) with @NadiaShihata Nadia Shihata to opine on #DiddySentencing (50 months imprisonment); & (@ 11:40P) with @mikegordonesq.bsky.social to discuss "firings"--and turmoil at best--in EDVA's "Rocket Docket," where I rolled for 20 years.
October 3, 2025 at 9:35 PM
I appear on @cnn.com with @lauracoates.com on Oct. 3: (@ 11:00P) with @NadiaShihata Nadia Shihata to opine on #DiddySentencing (50 months imprisonment); & (@ 11:40P) with @mikegordonesq.bsky.social to discuss "firings"--and turmoil at best--in EDVA's "Rocket Docket," where I rolled for 20 years.
PTI/ICYI. I will guest appear on: @courttvlive.bsky.social (October 2 @ 4:00P) with hosts Judge Ashley Willcott and Michael Ayala to discuss the "Home Invasion Hoax Murder" trial; and @cnn.com (October 3 @ 11:00P) with host Laura Coates to opine on #Diddy, #DiddySentencing, and #DiddyTrial.
October 2, 2025 at 3:59 PM
PTI/ICYI. I will guest appear on: @courttvlive.bsky.social (October 2 @ 4:00P) with hosts Judge Ashley Willcott and Michael Ayala to discuss the "Home Invasion Hoax Murder" trial; and @cnn.com (October 3 @ 11:00P) with host Laura Coates to opine on #Diddy, #DiddySentencing, and #DiddyTrial.
My September 26 comments on @courttvlive.bsky.social with hosts Judge Ashley Willcott and Matt Johnson. As my late mother Alma used to say, you can even overeat on a good Italian dish; in other words, too much dry data-driven evidence can put a jury to sleep.
September 29, 2025 at 2:32 PM
My September 26 comments on @courttvlive.bsky.social with hosts Judge Ashley Willcott and Matt Johnson. As my late mother Alma used to say, you can even overeat on a good Italian dish; in other words, too much dry data-driven evidence can put a jury to sleep.
My Sept. 26 comments on @cnn.com with host @jimsciutto.bsky.social about the @jamescomey.bsky.social indictment, the Rule of Law, and President Grant's creating in 1870 the USDOJ, which has had long history of pride and Esprit de Corps.
September 28, 2025 at 6:20 PM
My Sept. 26 comments on @cnn.com with host @jimsciutto.bsky.social about the @jamescomey.bsky.social indictment, the Rule of Law, and President Grant's creating in 1870 the USDOJ, which has had long history of pride and Esprit de Corps.
My Sept. 25 comments on the weak indictment against Jim Comey on @cnn.com with host @omarjimenez.bsky.social and fellow guest @milestaylor.bsky.social.
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‘This Case is So Weak!’ Ex-Federal Prosecutor Blasts Lindsey Halligan for Signing Comey Indictment
A former federal prosecutor with the Eastern District of Virginia expressed his outrage over the indictment of former FBI Director James Comey.
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September 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
My Sept. 25 comments on the weak indictment against Jim Comey on @cnn.com with host @omarjimenez.bsky.social and fellow guest @milestaylor.bsky.social.
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My @wsj.com views on Comey indictment: “It’s almost malpractice for a lawyer to present any indictment, let alone an indictment against Jim Comey, without having had training on how to ethically handle a grand jury, without having had some experience[.]”
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The Former Insurance Lawyer Trump Picked to Take On Comey
Lindsey Halligan, the interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, worked around the clock to secure indictment of the former FBI director.
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September 28, 2025 at 1:18 PM
My @wsj.com views on Comey indictment: “It’s almost malpractice for a lawyer to present any indictment, let alone an indictment against Jim Comey, without having had training on how to ethically handle a grand jury, without having had some experience[.]”
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Thanks for the shout-out Lowell Feld @bluevirginia.bsky.social!
Video: Former Eastern District of VA Federal Prosecutor Gene Rossi Asks, “Is Donald Trump going to be the lead counsel in that prosecution [of Jim Comey] and do the opening, closing and rebuttal? I pr...
Great analysis by Gene Rossi (who apparently is having some health challenges; definitely pulling for you, my friend!), who has "nearly three decades of criminal and civil litigation experience at the...
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September 27, 2025 at 7:13 PM
Thanks for the shout-out Lowell Feld @bluevirginia.bsky.social!
ICYI/PTI. I opine today to discuss @jamescomey.bsky.social charges, EDVA & trials on: Newsmax Media, Inc. (3:30P); Court TV (4:00P); @cbcnews.ca (5:00P); @cnn.com Jim Sciutto (6:00P); @newsnation.bsky.social (8:00P); & @cnn.com @kaitlancollins.bsky.social (9:00P). "Fear is the tool of a tyrant."
September 26, 2025 at 5:30 PM
ICYI/PTI. I opine today to discuss @jamescomey.bsky.social charges, EDVA & trials on: Newsmax Media, Inc. (3:30P); Court TV (4:00P); @cbcnews.ca (5:00P); @cnn.com Jim Sciutto (6:00P); @newsnation.bsky.social (8:00P); & @cnn.com @kaitlancollins.bsky.social (9:00P). "Fear is the tool of a tyrant."
Free advice. Every Democratic candidate for President should make the pardon of
@jamescomey.bsky.social a key platform issue. This assumes sorry indictment presented by weak U.S. Attorney, who earlier tried to wash slavery from museums, is not dismissed before trial. Justice Dept is a dumpster fire!
@jamescomey.bsky.social a key platform issue. This assumes sorry indictment presented by weak U.S. Attorney, who earlier tried to wash slavery from museums, is not dismissed before trial. Justice Dept is a dumpster fire!
September 26, 2025 at 11:24 AM
Free advice. Every Democratic candidate for President should make the pardon of
@jamescomey.bsky.social a key platform issue. This assumes sorry indictment presented by weak U.S. Attorney, who earlier tried to wash slavery from museums, is not dismissed before trial. Justice Dept is a dumpster fire!
@jamescomey.bsky.social a key platform issue. This assumes sorry indictment presented by weak U.S. Attorney, who earlier tried to wash slavery from museums, is not dismissed before trial. Justice Dept is a dumpster fire!
On September 26 (4:00P), I guest on @courttvlive.bsky.social with hosts Judge Ashley Willcott and Michael Ayala to discuss the latest in murder and other trials.
September 25, 2025 at 10:07 PM
On September 26 (4:00P), I guest on @courttvlive.bsky.social with hosts Judge Ashley Willcott and Michael Ayala to discuss the latest in murder and other trials.
Tonight (11:00P), I appear on @cnn.com @lauracoates.com Live with host @omarjimenez.bsky.social & guests @milestaylor.bsky.social & Devlin Barrett to discuss Eastern District of Virginia & controversy regarding perjury allegations against Jim @jamescomey.bsky.social--a former AUSA colleague of mine.
September 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Tonight (11:00P), I appear on @cnn.com @lauracoates.com Live with host @omarjimenez.bsky.social & guests @milestaylor.bsky.social & Devlin Barrett to discuss Eastern District of Virginia & controversy regarding perjury allegations against Jim @jamescomey.bsky.social--a former AUSA colleague of mine.
Is the U.S. Justice Department facing a crisis of confidence? As long as the top two DOJ posts (AG and DAG) are held by Trump’s former personal criminal defense attorneys, there will always be deep concerns about the independence of this great institution—and the wall between it and the White House.
September 21, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Is the U.S. Justice Department facing a crisis of confidence? As long as the top two DOJ posts (AG and DAG) are held by Trump’s former personal criminal defense attorneys, there will always be deep concerns about the independence of this great institution—and the wall between it and the White House.
Today (12:20P), I guest on @cbcnews.ca with host @aartipole to discuss the First Amendment, "Brandenburg v. Ohio," the FCC, and the suspension @jimmykimmel.com @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social.
September 18, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Today (12:20P), I guest on @cbcnews.ca with host @aartipole to discuss the First Amendment, "Brandenburg v. Ohio," the FCC, and the suspension @jimmykimmel.com @jimmykimmellive.bsky.social.
PTI/ICYI: I guest on Thursday, September 18 (4:00P) with @courttvlive.bsky.social Hosts Judge Ashley Willcott and Michael Ayala to discuss the latest high-profile trials, as well as a possible update on the charges related to the assassination/murder of Charlie Kirk (Utah v. Tyler Robinson).
September 14, 2025 at 5:40 PM
PTI/ICYI: I guest on Thursday, September 18 (4:00P) with @courttvlive.bsky.social Hosts Judge Ashley Willcott and Michael Ayala to discuss the latest high-profile trials, as well as a possible update on the charges related to the assassination/murder of Charlie Kirk (Utah v. Tyler Robinson).
"[M]my experience with criminal pro se defendants is that they are absolute buffoons engaged in self-aggrandizing theatrics--and clearly have a fool for a client," Rossi said. www.newsweek.com/ryan-routh-a...
Trump assassination attempt trial: What to know about Ryan Routh case
Jury selection began in Routh's case on Monday.
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September 9, 2025 at 5:11 PM
"[M]my experience with criminal pro se defendants is that they are absolute buffoons engaged in self-aggrandizing theatrics--and clearly have a fool for a client," Rossi said. www.newsweek.com/ryan-routh-a...
Football's back! Please enjoy the first @NFL Sunday of the fall. PTI/ICYI: Subject to change, I guest on September 9 (4:00P) with Court TV @courttvlive.bsky.social Hosts Judge Ashley Willcott & Michael Ayala to discuss "FL v. Donna Adelson" (Matriarch Mastermind Murder Trial) & maybe other matters.
September 7, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Football's back! Please enjoy the first @NFL Sunday of the fall. PTI/ICYI: Subject to change, I guest on September 9 (4:00P) with Court TV @courttvlive.bsky.social Hosts Judge Ashley Willcott & Michael Ayala to discuss "FL v. Donna Adelson" (Matriarch Mastermind Murder Trial) & maybe other matters.