Jordan Fischer
@jordanonrecord.bsky.social
Senior reporter at @bloomberglaw.com covering the Supreme Court. Previously, courts & investigations at WUSA. Hot sauce enthusiast. Opinions my own.
The Supreme Court has asked for supplemental briefing in the Trump administration's request to lift the injunction currently blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois amid an immigration enforcement surge in Chicago.
October 29, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The Supreme Court has asked for supplemental briefing in the Trump administration's request to lift the injunction currently blocking the deployment of the National Guard in Illinois amid an immigration enforcement surge in Chicago.
NEW: James Comey's attorneys say they plan to file their motion to disqualify interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan as unlawfully appointed on Monday.
As in similar challenges in New Jersey and Nevada, an out-of-district judge will be tapped to decide that.
As in similar challenges in New Jersey and Nevada, an out-of-district judge will be tapped to decide that.
October 14, 2025 at 3:16 PM
NEW: James Comey's attorneys say they plan to file their motion to disqualify interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan as unlawfully appointed on Monday.
As in similar challenges in New Jersey and Nevada, an out-of-district judge will be tapped to decide that.
As in similar challenges in New Jersey and Nevada, an out-of-district judge will be tapped to decide that.
BREAKING: Following OMB Director Russ Vought's tweet today announcing RIFs, AFGE has filed an emergency motion seeking a TRO. They argue the RIFs violate the Antideficiency Act by requiring unlawful work during a government shutdown.
Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 10, 2025 at 6:00 PM
BREAKING: Following OMB Director Russ Vought's tweet today announcing RIFs, AFGE has filed an emergency motion seeking a TRO. They argue the RIFs violate the Antideficiency Act by requiring unlawful work during a government shutdown.
Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Schultz also says ICE has considered Ghana as a third-country destination, although Ghana's foreign minister has already publicly announced the country won't take Abrego Garcia.
October 10, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Schultz also says ICE has considered Ghana as a third-country destination, although Ghana's foreign minister has already publicly announced the country won't take Abrego Garcia.
Ben Schrader, who had been criminal division chief for the U.S Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, posted this on LinkedIn following his resignation in June.
As chief, Schrader would have had to sign off on any prosecution of Abrego Garcia the office filed.
As chief, Schrader would have had to sign off on any prosecution of Abrego Garcia the office filed.
October 9, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Ben Schrader, who had been criminal division chief for the U.S Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Tennessee, posted this on LinkedIn following his resignation in June.
As chief, Schrader would have had to sign off on any prosecution of Abrego Garcia the office filed.
As chief, Schrader would have had to sign off on any prosecution of Abrego Garcia the office filed.
NEW: DOJ says it will turn over the resignation letter of the criminal division chief who resigned the same day Kilmar Abrego Garcia was indicted.
It argues it shouldn't have to turn over any comms by high-level admin officials about the case. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It argues it shouldn't have to turn over any comms by high-level admin officials about the case. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 9, 2025 at 4:25 PM
NEW: DOJ says it will turn over the resignation letter of the criminal division chief who resigned the same day Kilmar Abrego Garcia was indicted.
It argues it shouldn't have to turn over any comms by high-level admin officials about the case. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
It argues it shouldn't have to turn over any comms by high-level admin officials about the case. Link: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
The government has responded to Sidney Reid's motion, saying officers didn't think there was much of anything on the video and that it was never really in their possession.
October 8, 2025 at 6:42 PM
The government has responded to Sidney Reid's motion, saying officers didn't think there was much of anything on the video and that it was never really in their possession.
A better view of the handful of protesters who showed up today. There's also at least one former J6 defendant livestreaming across the street.
October 8, 2025 at 1:43 PM
A better view of the handful of protesters who showed up today. There's also at least one former J6 defendant livestreaming across the street.
In Alexandria this morning, where former FBI director Jim Comey is scheduled to be arraigned at 10 a.m. Lots of media here along with a few folks protesting the case.
October 8, 2025 at 1:22 PM
In Alexandria this morning, where former FBI director Jim Comey is scheduled to be arraigned at 10 a.m. Lots of media here along with a few folks protesting the case.
As promised, U.S. Attorney Pirro's office has now refiled misdemeanor charges against attorney Paul Bryant in D.C. Superior Court.
He was sent a citation to appear next month. Prosecutors had previously fought for pretrial detention.
He was sent a citation to appear next month. Prosecutors had previously fought for pretrial detention.
October 7, 2025 at 7:34 PM
As promised, U.S. Attorney Pirro's office has now refiled misdemeanor charges against attorney Paul Bryant in D.C. Superior Court.
He was sent a citation to appear next month. Prosecutors had previously fought for pretrial detention.
He was sent a citation to appear next month. Prosecutors had previously fought for pretrial detention.
Reid says an officer showed her the video -- which allegedly captured another angle of her arrest -- while she was in a squad car. The video was uploaded to Instagram by someone, but is no longer available on the link provided by prosecutors, her attorneys say.
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Reid says an officer showed her the video -- which allegedly captured another angle of her arrest -- while she was in a squad car. The video was uploaded to Instagram by someone, but is no longer available on the link provided by prosecutors, her attorneys say.
A new wrinkle in the Sidney Reid case: Judge Sooknanan has scheduled an evidentiary hearing Thursday after Reid's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss today. They allege the government failed to to preserve potentially exculpatory video of the incident.
October 7, 2025 at 7:08 PM
A new wrinkle in the Sidney Reid case: Judge Sooknanan has scheduled an evidentiary hearing Thursday after Reid's attorneys filed a motion to dismiss today. They allege the government failed to to preserve potentially exculpatory video of the incident.
Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan appears to have gone outside of the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) for help in the Comey prosecution. She's brought in two assistant U.S. attorneys from North Carolina — Nathaniel Tyler Lemons and Gabriel Diaz.
October 7, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Interim U.S. Attorney Lindsey Halligan appears to have gone outside of the Eastern District of Virginia (EDVA) for help in the Comey prosecution. She's brought in two assistant U.S. attorneys from North Carolina — Nathaniel Tyler Lemons and Gabriel Diaz.
BREAKING: Dominion Voting Systems has reached a stipulated agreement to resolve its defamation lawsuit against One America News (OAN) and its owners. Motion comes days after Dominion reached a settlement in a similar suit against Rudy Giuliani.
October 3, 2025 at 9:50 PM
BREAKING: Dominion Voting Systems has reached a stipulated agreement to resolve its defamation lawsuit against One America News (OAN) and its owners. Motion comes days after Dominion reached a settlement in a similar suit against Rudy Giuliani.
BREAKING: The judge overseeing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case in Tennessee has ordered an evidentiary hearing, saying his attorneys have shown there is a "realistic likelihood of vindictiveness" in his prosecution.
Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
October 3, 2025 at 8:33 PM
BREAKING: The judge overseeing Kilmar Abrego Garcia's criminal case in Tennessee has ordered an evidentiary hearing, saying his attorneys have shown there is a "realistic likelihood of vindictiveness" in his prosecution.
Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Opinion: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal prosecutors, who've already made it very clear they're worried about jury nullification when Sidney Reid goes on trial later this month, wants to ask potential jurors specifically about their feelings on ICE and the federal surge (even though the charges pre-date it).
October 1, 2025 at 9:29 PM
Federal prosecutors, who've already made it very clear they're worried about jury nullification when Sidney Reid goes on trial later this month, wants to ask potential jurors specifically about their feelings on ICE and the federal surge (even though the charges pre-date it).
Judge Amy Berman Jackson has vacated the sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday for Timothy Martin, the North Carolina man convicted of conspiracy to deface a Degas exhibit at the National Gallery of Art, after he filed a sealed neuropsychological report today.
October 1, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Judge Amy Berman Jackson has vacated the sentencing hearing scheduled for Friday for Timothy Martin, the North Carolina man convicted of conspiracy to deface a Degas exhibit at the National Gallery of Art, after he filed a sealed neuropsychological report today.
It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.
October 1, 2025 at 5:35 PM
It's like a Choose Your Own Hatch Act Violation.
Lots of stay requests popping up on the federal docket as lawyers for government agencies enter furlough.
The federal courts can continue to operate for now on court fees and, if needed, can keep going even without new funds under the Anti-Deficiency Act.
The federal courts can continue to operate for now on court fees and, if needed, can keep going even without new funds under the Anti-Deficiency Act.
October 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Lots of stay requests popping up on the federal docket as lawyers for government agencies enter furlough.
The federal courts can continue to operate for now on court fees and, if needed, can keep going even without new funds under the Anti-Deficiency Act.
The federal courts can continue to operate for now on court fees and, if needed, can keep going even without new funds under the Anti-Deficiency Act.
In a lengthy minute order last night, Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied convicted former DC Police Lt. Shane Lamond's latest request for a stay on his prison report date.
She was, to put it bluntly, unimpressed and unonconvinced by the emergency filing.
She was, to put it bluntly, unimpressed and unonconvinced by the emergency filing.
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
In a lengthy minute order last night, Judge Amy Berman Jackson denied convicted former DC Police Lt. Shane Lamond's latest request for a stay on his prison report date.
She was, to put it bluntly, unimpressed and unonconvinced by the emergency filing.
She was, to put it bluntly, unimpressed and unonconvinced by the emergency filing.
Not normally all that remarkable, but... the U.S. Attorney's Office has secured an indictment against a D.C. man accused of aiming a laser pointer at Marine One while President Trump was onboard.
September 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Not normally all that remarkable, but... the U.S. Attorney's Office has secured an indictment against a D.C. man accused of aiming a laser pointer at Marine One while President Trump was onboard.
Jay Carey spoke outside of court today, saying he intended to fight the Trump administration's attempts to curtail free speech:
"When a president tries to make a law, that president has violated his oath. That attempt cannot be allowed to stand."
"When a president tries to make a law, that president has violated his oath. That attempt cannot be allowed to stand."
September 17, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Jay Carey spoke outside of court today, saying he intended to fight the Trump administration's attempts to curtail free speech:
"When a president tries to make a law, that president has violated his oath. That attempt cannot be allowed to stand."
"When a president tries to make a law, that president has violated his oath. That attempt cannot be allowed to stand."
When Sidney Reid goes on trial next month, prosecutors don't want a jury to see texts from the FBI agent she's accused of assaulting that repeatedly downplayed the incident or that referred to Reid as a "libtard."
That, they say, would be "highly inflammatory."
That, they say, would be "highly inflammatory."
September 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
When Sidney Reid goes on trial next month, prosecutors don't want a jury to see texts from the FBI agent she's accused of assaulting that repeatedly downplayed the incident or that referred to Reid as a "libtard."
That, they say, would be "highly inflammatory."
That, they say, would be "highly inflammatory."
NOW: Three former senior FBI officials, including former acting director Brian Driscoll, are suing FBI Director Kash Patel, AG Pam Bondi and the DOJ.
They argue their terminations were part of an illegal pattern of retribution by the Trump administration. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They argue their terminations were part of an illegal pattern of retribution by the Trump administration. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
September 10, 2025 at 4:52 PM
NOW: Three former senior FBI officials, including former acting director Brian Driscoll, are suing FBI Director Kash Patel, AG Pam Bondi and the DOJ.
They argue their terminations were part of an illegal pattern of retribution by the Trump administration. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
They argue their terminations were part of an illegal pattern of retribution by the Trump administration. storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Federal prosecutors filed an information last night charging Paul Bryant with two misdemeanor counts of assault and threatening bodily harm.
Biggest drop is the threats charge: Went from a 20-year felony to a 6-month misdemeanor.
Biggest drop is the threats charge: Went from a 20-year felony to a 6-month misdemeanor.
September 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Federal prosecutors filed an information last night charging Paul Bryant with two misdemeanor counts of assault and threatening bodily harm.
Biggest drop is the threats charge: Went from a 20-year felony to a 6-month misdemeanor.
Biggest drop is the threats charge: Went from a 20-year felony to a 6-month misdemeanor.