T. Christian Miller
@tchristianmiller.bsky.social
Investigative reporter @ProPublica. Likes data. And tips. And bacon. Pulitzer winner. Currently examining the health insurance industry.
10/ The building was not a nice place. Some occupants engaged in criminal activity, flashing guns and selling drugs. One Venezuelan was killed in an apartment in June. But nobody interviewed by ProPublica said they knew of Tren de Aragua members living in the building.
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
10/ The building was not a nice place. Some occupants engaged in criminal activity, flashing guns and selling drugs. One Venezuelan was killed in an apartment in June. But nobody interviewed by ProPublica said they knew of Tren de Aragua members living in the building.
5/ Federal prosecutors have filed no charges or warrants in connection with the raid. The DHS told us that the agents had arrested two “confirmed” Tren de Aragua members, including one on a terrorist watch list. Here's the full statement.
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
5/ Federal prosecutors have filed no charges or warrants in connection with the raid. The DHS told us that the agents had arrested two “confirmed” Tren de Aragua members, including one on a terrorist watch list. Here's the full statement.
3/ Stephen Miller, Trump’s immigration adviser, said the building was “filled” with members of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang. He called the raid “one of the most successful law enforcement operations that we’ve seen in this country.”
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
3/ Stephen Miller, Trump’s immigration adviser, said the building was “filled” with members of the notorious Tren de Aragua gang. He called the raid “one of the most successful law enforcement operations that we’ve seen in this country.”
2/ .@DHSgov raided a 130-unit apartment complex in late September in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. Some 300 federal agents swarmed the building. They knocked down doors, tossed in flash grenades and kicked almost everybody out.
November 13, 2025 at 11:06 PM
2/ .@DHSgov raided a 130-unit apartment complex in late September in Chicago’s South Shore neighborhood. Some 300 federal agents swarmed the building. They knocked down doors, tossed in flash grenades and kicked almost everybody out.
11/ Johnson is now Trump’s ambassador to Mexico, one of the most important diplomatic posts in Latin America. And Bukele has a new friend in Trump, whose administration paid a reported $6 million to use the CECOT prison.
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
11/ Johnson is now Trump’s ambassador to Mexico, one of the most important diplomatic posts in Latin America. And Bukele has a new friend in Trump, whose administration paid a reported $6 million to use the CECOT prison.
10/ Johnson joined Republican luminaries such as @TuckerCarlson, @DonaldJTrumpJr and @kimguilfoyle at Bukele’s inauguration in June 2024.
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
10/ Johnson joined Republican luminaries such as @TuckerCarlson, @DonaldJTrumpJr and @kimguilfoyle at Bukele’s inauguration in June 2024.
8/ Why is this important? Johnson helped promote Bukele in MAGA Republican circles, clearing the way for Trump’s deal earlier this year to house deportees in an infamous Salvadoran megaprison.
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
8/ Why is this important? Johnson helped promote Bukele in MAGA Republican circles, clearing the way for Trump’s deal earlier this year to house deportees in an infamous Salvadoran megaprison.
7/ Johnson and Bukele had an unusually close relationship. Johnson even posted a photo on @LinkedIn showing his family and Bukele’s family spending time at the Johnson’s Miami home around Christmas 2021.
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
7/ Johnson and Bukele had an unusually close relationship. Johnson even posted a photo on @LinkedIn showing his family and Bukele’s family spending time at the Johnson’s Miami home around Christmas 2021.
1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
September 30, 2025 at 2:34 PM
1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️
If this not the fantasy of every #archivist? The sine qua non for #librarians?
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If this not the fantasy of every #archivist? The sine qua non for #librarians?
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