Sarah Fitzpatrick
@sfifz787.bsky.social
Staff Writer at The Atlantic covering DOJ and National Security
Sfitzpatrick@theatlantic.com
Sfitzpatrick@theatlantic.com
NEW: Does the Trump administration have a plan for what happens next in Venezuela? We investigate: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Trump Knows What He Wants, Just Not How to Get There
Mystery surrounds planning for what happens if Maduro falls.
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December 14, 2025 at 4:59 PM
NEW: Does the Trump administration have a plan for what happens next in Venezuela? We investigate: www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...
Some personal news! Today is my first day at The Atlantic, where I’ll be covering DOJ and national security. Send tips and story ideas!
December 1, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Some personal news! Today is my first day at The Atlantic, where I’ll be covering DOJ and national security. Send tips and story ideas!
I joined John Berman and @jeffreytoobin
last night on CNN to discuss how the White House’s efforts to lobby republicans on Capitol Hill re: Epstein files appears to be backfiring
last night on CNN to discuss how the White House’s efforts to lobby republicans on Capitol Hill re: Epstein files appears to be backfiring
November 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I joined John Berman and @jeffreytoobin
last night on CNN to discuss how the White House’s efforts to lobby republicans on Capitol Hill re: Epstein files appears to be backfiring
last night on CNN to discuss how the White House’s efforts to lobby republicans on Capitol Hill re: Epstein files appears to be backfiring
The archives made one thing clear: once the journalists, lawyers and professors were silenced, everything accelerated at scale. I left even more committed to reporting fearlessly, loudly, with urgency. I recommend all journalists apply for the seminar, details here: www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/ne...
November 7, 2025 at 4:48 PM
The archives made one thing clear: once the journalists, lawyers and professors were silenced, everything accelerated at scale. I left even more committed to reporting fearlessly, loudly, with urgency. I recommend all journalists apply for the seminar, details here: www.auschwitz.org/en/museum/ne...
Last week I was in Poland for “History, Memory and Responsibility"seminar for Journalists at Auschwitz. I'm grateful to the historians, curators, and conservators whose historical rigor, moral clarity and understanding of human complexity anchor the lessons of the past in the crises of the present.
November 7, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Last week I was in Poland for “History, Memory and Responsibility"seminar for Journalists at Auschwitz. I'm grateful to the historians, curators, and conservators whose historical rigor, moral clarity and understanding of human complexity anchor the lessons of the past in the crises of the present.
“For this reason, we reject the notification Dr. Monarez has received as legally deficient and she remains as CDC Director. We have notified the White House Counsel of our position” her lawyers said
LATEST: Lawyers for CDC Director say she was notified tonight by a WH personnel office *staffer* that she was fired. “As a presidential appointee, senate confirmed officer, only the president himself can fire her” they said in a statement
August 28, 2025 at 5:31 AM
“For this reason, we reject the notification Dr. Monarez has received as legally deficient and she remains as CDC Director. We have notified the White House Counsel of our position” her lawyers said
LATEST: Lawyers for CDC Director say she was notified tonight by a WH personnel office *staffer* that she was fired. “As a presidential appointee, senate confirmed officer, only the president himself can fire her” they said in a statement
August 28, 2025 at 5:28 AM
LATEST: Lawyers for CDC Director say she was notified tonight by a WH personnel office *staffer* that she was fired. “As a presidential appointee, senate confirmed officer, only the president himself can fire her” they said in a statement
I joined @andersoncooper4.bsky.social last night to discuss the Epstein documents that Congress will receive today - and the *many* unanswered questions that remain
August 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I joined @andersoncooper4.bsky.social last night to discuss the Epstein documents that Congress will receive today - and the *many* unanswered questions that remain
Reposted by Sarah Fitzpatrick
Why was Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to a prison camp w/low level security after meeting with Trump's Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche? My discussion w/ @jimsciutto.bsky.social @sfifz787.bsky.social @cnn.com
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Why Was Ghislaine Maxwell Transferred to Low-Level Minimum Security Camp?
YouTube video by Under Color of Law with Shan Wu
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August 2, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Why was Ghislaine Maxwell transferred to a prison camp w/low level security after meeting with Trump's Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche? My discussion w/ @jimsciutto.bsky.social @sfifz787.bsky.social @cnn.com
youtu.be/uEzVU1sjKhI?...
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Reposted by Sarah Fitzpatrick
NEW: DHS request for thousands of National Guard troops includes plan for them to search for unaccompanied children in some cases and transport them between states, three sources briefed on the plan told NBC News.
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DHS wants National Guard to search for and transport unaccompanied migrant children
Democrats in Congress and some military and law enforcement officials expressed concern about the plan, which Defense Department officials have not yet approved.
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June 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
NEW: DHS request for thousands of National Guard troops includes plan for them to search for unaccompanied children in some cases and transport them between states, three sources briefed on the plan told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
NEW: DHS request for thousands of National Guard troops includes plan for them to search for unaccompanied children in some cases and transport them between states, three sources briefed on the plan told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
DHS wants National Guard to search for and transport unaccompanied migrant children
Democrats in Congress and some military and law enforcement officials expressed concern about the plan, which Defense Department officials have not yet approved.
www.nbcnews.com
June 8, 2025 at 12:16 PM
NEW: DHS request for thousands of National Guard troops includes plan for them to search for unaccompanied children in some cases and transport them between states, three sources briefed on the plan told NBC News.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
www.nbcnews.com/politics/imm...
New story: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Secret Service agents question Comey about his Trump social media post
Democrats and Republicans have both used the term “86,” which means to ban, reject or get rid of something, dictionaries say. Trump administration officials say it means to assassinate.
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May 17, 2025 at 3:17 PM
New story: www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Joined MSNBC this morning to talk about the latest developments in the high stakes battle between Trump and Big Law: www.msnbc.com/way-too-earl...
May 2, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Joined MSNBC this morning to talk about the latest developments in the high stakes battle between Trump and Big Law: www.msnbc.com/way-too-earl...
NEW: The latest development in the high-stakes battle between Trump and the legal community, prominent DC defense attorney Abbe Lowell and two of the most vocal critics of Big Law firms’ deals with Trump mount a more aggressive response to Trump’s pressure campaign. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
Critics of law firms' deals with Trump are starting a firm of their own
The move seems to be one reflection of larger tensions within the legal community during a pressure campaign from the White House.
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May 2, 2025 at 10:55 AM
NEW: The latest development in the high-stakes battle between Trump and the legal community, prominent DC defense attorney Abbe Lowell and two of the most vocal critics of Big Law firms’ deals with Trump mount a more aggressive response to Trump’s pressure campaign. www.nbcnews.com/politics/nat...
NEW: Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide her family tells NBC News.
Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
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Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
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Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide
Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
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April 26, 2025 at 1:12 AM
NEW: Virginia Giuffre, one of Jeffrey Epstein's most prominent abuse survivors, dies by suicide her family tells NBC News.
Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Other Epstein victims credited Giuffre with giving them the courage to speak out.
www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
NEW: Tate brothers may be under federal investigation in the U.S., court filing suggests. This would represent a significant development in the brothers’ expanding legal troubles. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Tate brothers may be under federal investigation in the U.S., court filing suggests
The possibility of a federal investigation in the U.S. would represent a significant development in the brothers’ expanding legal troubles.
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April 5, 2025 at 8:49 PM
NEW: Tate brothers may be under federal investigation in the U.S., court filing suggests. This would represent a significant development in the brothers’ expanding legal troubles. www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...
Our story on @NBCNightlyNews: “Like a horror movie”: A Michigan couple’s family says they have been detained in a prison in Mexico for nearly three weeks over “a kidnapping and extortion attempt” stemming from a contract dispute related to a timeshare. www.nbcnews.com/news/mexico/...
'Like a horror movie.' Michigan grandparents detained in Mexico over timeshare dispute.
Palace Elite Resorts alleges the couple defrauded the company through $117,000 of chargebacks on their American Express card.
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March 27, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Our story on @NBCNightlyNews: “Like a horror movie”: A Michigan couple’s family says they have been detained in a prison in Mexico for nearly three weeks over “a kidnapping and extortion attempt” stemming from a contract dispute related to a timeshare. www.nbcnews.com/news/mexico/...
New: One group chat of D.C. parents noted that a Senate Republican staffer had children at their school and there was a movement to corner her. Other parents have been working to figure out which staffers had children in public schools: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
D.C. parents protest Congress' funding bill over a $1B cut to the city's budget
Parents are mobilizing to persuade senators to reject the Republican funding bill, which would leave the budget for the city's public schools vulnerable.
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March 13, 2025 at 9:27 PM
New: One group chat of D.C. parents noted that a Senate Republican staffer had children at their school and there was a movement to corner her. Other parents have been working to figure out which staffers had children in public schools: www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
DOJ office that prosecutes public corruption (often politicians!) slashed in size.
Only a small fraction of the Public Integrity Section’s employees — roughly a half-dozen — will remain in an office that had dozens of employees and oversaw cases nationwide.
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Only a small fraction of the Public Integrity Section’s employees — roughly a half-dozen — will remain in an office that had dozens of employees and oversaw cases nationwide.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Justice Department office that prosecutes public corruption slashed in size, sources say
Only a small fraction of the Public Integrity Section’s employees — roughly a half-dozen — will remain in an office that had dozens of employees and oversaw cases nationwide.
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March 12, 2025 at 6:27 PM
DOJ office that prosecutes public corruption (often politicians!) slashed in size.
Only a small fraction of the Public Integrity Section’s employees — roughly a half-dozen — will remain in an office that had dozens of employees and oversaw cases nationwide.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Only a small fraction of the Public Integrity Section’s employees — roughly a half-dozen — will remain in an office that had dozens of employees and oversaw cases nationwide.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
DOJ official says she was fired after opposing the restoration of Mel Gibson's gun rights.
Gibson, a supporter of Trump, lost his right to purchase or own a handgun after a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Gibson, a supporter of Trump, lost his right to purchase or own a handgun after a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
DOJ official says she was fired after opposing the restoration of Mel Gibson's gun rights
Gibson, a supporter of Trump, lost his right to purchase or own a handgun after a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction.
www.nbcnews.com
March 12, 2025 at 6:25 PM
DOJ official says she was fired after opposing the restoration of Mel Gibson's gun rights.
Gibson, a supporter of Trump, lost his right to purchase or own a handgun after a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...
Gibson, a supporter of Trump, lost his right to purchase or own a handgun after a 2011 domestic violence misdemeanor conviction.
www.nbcnews.com/politics/jus...