Molly Roberts
@mollyroberts.bsky.social
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On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @nkorpett.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social discussed the week's news, including the end of the government shutdown, President Trump pardoning individuals accused of attempting to subvert the 2020 election, and more.
November 13, 2025 at 5:31 PM
On Rational Security, @sranderson.bsky.social, @nkorpett.bsky.social, @ericcolumbus.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social discussed the week's news, including the end of the government shutdown, President Trump pardoning individuals accused of attempting to subvert the 2020 election, and more.
feel like not nearly enough people are talking about this — apparently the democratic “yes” votes have effectively agreed to having the u.s. government write 6 republican senators $500k checks?
Look at this new outrage. To open govt, we're retroactively letting 8 Senators sue for $500K each over having had their J6 phone toll records looked at. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/10/u...
Spending Bill Would Pave Way for Senators to Sue Over Phone Searches
www.nytimes.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
feel like not nearly enough people are talking about this — apparently the democratic “yes” votes have effectively agreed to having the u.s. government write 6 republican senators $500k checks?
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Lawfare has a new landing page where you can find @annabower.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social's courtroom dispatches in the litigation surrounding actions from the Trump administration.
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Trump Administration Trial Coverage
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November 10, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Lawfare has a new landing page where you can find @annabower.bsky.social, @rparloff.bsky.social, and @mollyroberts.bsky.social's courtroom dispatches in the litigation surrounding actions from the Trump administration.
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Jim Comey's appendix of Trump attacks was 60 pages (tho it did not claim to be comprehensive).
Tish James' is 113 pages.
Tish James' is 113 pages.
![Appendix of Public Statements of President Donald J. Trump About or Concerning AG James or this Case 1
No. Date/Time
(ET)
Location Speaker Comment / Post Link
2019–20212
1 3/13/2019
10:26 AM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump All part of the Witch Hunt Hoax. Started by little Eric Schneiderman &
Cuomo. So many leaving New York! [Replying to @GOP statement: The
NY Attorney General called President Trump an “illegitimate president.”
She has proven to have a vendetta against @realDonaldTrump & is using
her position of power to baselessly smear the President & the work he’s done
for the American people.]
https://perma.c
c/4NS6-UGEV
2 3/13/2019
10:26 AM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump RT @DiamondandSilk: AG Letitia James of New York is abusing her power
by targeting the POTUS. Using the Attorney General office as a weapon to
deliberately target the President because of Political Bias should be against
the Law and a violation of the Hatch Act!
https://perma.c
c/553N-C2GE
3 4/29/2019
8:18 AM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump The NRA is under siege by Cuomo and the New York State A.G., who are
illegally using the State’s legal apparatus to take down and destroy this very
important organization, & others. It must get its act together quickly, stop the
internal fighting, & get back to GREATNESS - FAST!
https://perma.c
c/6RA9-DE98
4 7/1/2019
12:10 PM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump It is very hard and expensive to live in New York. Governor Andrew Cuomo
uses his Attorney General as a bludgeoning tool for his own purposes. They
sue on everything, always in search of a crime. I even got sued on a
Foundation which took Zero rent & expenses & gave away...
https://perma.c
c/Q477-7HSN
5 7/1/2019
12:10 PM
X (formerly
Twitter)
Trump ....more money than it had. Going on for years, originally brought by
Crooked Hillary’s Campaign Chair, A.G. Eric Schneiderman, until forced to
https://perma.c
c/89EZ-UP7B
1 This appendix reflects the best efforts of counsel to compile all of the President’s statements relevant to…](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:bbp2b224lro3bfnzcqwwnkfo/bafkreifytqdmsve5ggk4sft62qf7l55rkqv5wjq7zrjumzb4a3p4w73r5u@jpeg)
November 7, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Jim Comey's appendix of Trump attacks was 60 pages (tho it did not claim to be comprehensive).
Tish James' is 113 pages.
Tish James' is 113 pages.
Talking Sandwich Guy on Lawfare Live today, tune in! (My colleagues will also be talking about grave and important matters if that’s more to your taste.) youtube.com/live/zvcvF_-...
Lawfare Live: Trials of the Trump Administration, Nov. 7
YouTube video by Lawfare
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November 7, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Talking Sandwich Guy on Lawfare Live today, tune in! (My colleagues will also be talking about grave and important matters if that’s more to your taste.) youtube.com/live/zvcvF_-...
Here's my piece for @lawfaremedia.org on my experience covering the Sandwich Guy trial. Warning: longer than 280 characters!
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
Sandwich Guy, Thrower of Hoagie–Or Hero?
The trial ended in an acquittal. But the proceedings felt like a strange sort of performance art—highly amusing and highly menacing at the same time.
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November 6, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Here's my piece for @lawfaremedia.org on my experience covering the Sandwich Guy trial. Warning: longer than 280 characters!
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/sand...
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There is such a thing as a free lunch at the "sandwich guy" trial: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
November 6, 2025 at 5:13 PM
There is such a thing as a free lunch at the "sandwich guy" trial: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Good morning! Day 4 of the Sandwich Guy’s trial. He is finally wearing a suit (the rest of the week’s evidence suggests he seems to prefer pullovers in cooler weather). The jury has a note for the judge.
November 6, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Good morning! Day 4 of the Sandwich Guy’s trial. He is finally wearing a suit (the rest of the week’s evidence suggests he seems to prefer pullovers in cooler weather). The jury has a note for the judge.
Day 3 of the “no more than 2” day trial of Sandwich Guy. The prosecution intends to rest; the defense hasn’t decided yet. Dispute over jury instructions continues, a few morsels (sorry) to follow.
November 5, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Day 3 of the “no more than 2” day trial of Sandwich Guy. The prosecution intends to rest; the defense hasn’t decided yet. Dispute over jury instructions continues, a few morsels (sorry) to follow.
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NEW: “To read it is to spend 48 pages understanding the depth of corruption in the Justice Department in the second Trump administration.”
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and I break down DOJ’s response to James Comey’s vindictive prosecution motion. ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and I break down DOJ’s response to James Comey’s vindictive prosecution motion. ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
November 4, 2025 at 10:53 PM
NEW: “To read it is to spend 48 pages understanding the depth of corruption in the Justice Department in the second Trump administration.”
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and I break down DOJ’s response to James Comey’s vindictive prosecution motion. ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
@benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org and I break down DOJ’s response to James Comey’s vindictive prosecution motion. ⬇️
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
Back for Day 2 of Sandwich Guy’s trial. In government opening statement: “This case is about the fact that you can’t go around throwing stuff at people when you’re mad.”
November 4, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Back for Day 2 of Sandwich Guy’s trial. In government opening statement: “This case is about the fact that you can’t go around throwing stuff at people when you’re mad.”
I am at the so-called Sandwich Guy’s trial, where Judge Carl Nichols just called the matter “the simplest case in the history of the world.”
November 3, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I am at the so-called Sandwich Guy’s trial, where Judge Carl Nichols just called the matter “the simplest case in the history of the world.”
Trump’s ballroom-to-be may seem silly to focus on when the administration daily takes one backhoe or another wrecking ball to the rule of law itself. But the patterns of abuse here are the same. Read my latest @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...
Trump’s Demolition Derby
The president's project to build a ballroom where the White House’s East Wing once stood is an end-run around the law.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Trump’s ballroom-to-be may seem silly to focus on when the administration daily takes one backhoe or another wrecking ball to the rule of law itself. But the patterns of abuse here are the same. Read my latest @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/trum...
If you want to know EVERYTHING that happened at the Letitia James arraignment (and why wouldn’t you!) I have you covered. Read my dispatch @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...
Trial Dispatch: The Arraignment of Letitia James
A view from inside the Eastern District of Virginia courtroom where New York Attorney General Letitia James pleaded not guilty to mortgage fraud.
www.lawfaremedia.org
October 24, 2025 at 9:18 PM
If you want to know EVERYTHING that happened at the Letitia James arraignment (and why wouldn’t you!) I have you covered. Read my dispatch @lawfaremedia.org: www.lawfaremedia.org/article/tria...
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EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
EXCLUSIVE: One Saturday afternoon in October, my phone lit up with a notification.
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
I glanced down at the message.
“Anna, Lindsey Halligan here,” it began.
So began my text exchange with the woman who is prosecuting the president's perceived political enemies.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/anna...
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"[A] possible Hatch Act violation appears on the very DOJ page advising workers that they’re subject to the Hatch Act." @mollyroberts.bsky.social on all those agency home pages blaming Dems for shutdown.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
October 14, 2025 at 3:02 PM
"[A] possible Hatch Act violation appears on the very DOJ page advising workers that they’re subject to the Hatch Act." @mollyroberts.bsky.social on all those agency home pages blaming Dems for shutdown.
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
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for a closer look at the james indictment, read @mollyroberts.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
October 10, 2025 at 4:32 PM
for a closer look at the james indictment, read @mollyroberts.bsky.social www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
I wrote for @lawfaremedia.org about the Letitia James indictment -- what's actually in it, not what everyone expected to be. Spoiler: It's still very bad! www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
The Justice Department’s Dangerously Weak Case Against Letitia James
Lindsey Halligan didn't have a strong case against Letitia James. She indicted her anyway.
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October 10, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I wrote for @lawfaremedia.org about the Letitia James indictment -- what's actually in it, not what everyone expected to be. Spoiler: It's still very bad! www.lawfaremedia.org/article/the-...
New by me for @lawfaremedia.org: The possible case against Letitia James reflects Trump’s modus operandi of responding to perceived offenses against him not just tit for tat, but tat for tat. He treats others the exact same way he claims they’ve mistreated him. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...
Next Up: Letitia James
It’s hard to imagine a worse case than the one against James Comey—until you see the one against the attorney general of New York.
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October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
New by me for @lawfaremedia.org: The possible case against Letitia James reflects Trump’s modus operandi of responding to perceived offenses against him not just tit for tat, but tat for tat. He treats others the exact same way he claims they’ve mistreated him. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/next...
wake up babe the equal rights amendment is now the law of the land
January 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
wake up babe the equal rights amendment is now the law of the land
it appears every individual truly is an extremely specific type of guy
December 9, 2024 at 7:49 PM
it appears every individual truly is an extremely specific type of guy