Josh Russell
@jrussjruss.bsky.social
New York City courts reporter, chiefly SDNY, @courthousenews.bsky.social
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DOJ renews requests to unseal Epstein, Maxwell grand jury files @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/doj-renews-r...
DOJ renews requests to unseal Epstein, Maxwell grand jury files
Federal prosecutors say congressional legislation passed last week to make the Justice Department's Epstein files public override some of the underlying justifications for grand jury secrecy.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:20 AM
DOJ renews requests to unseal Epstein, Maxwell grand jury files @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/doj-renews-r...
NY AG Tish James statement on her federal case being dropped Monday: "I am heartened by today’s victory and grateful for the prayers and support I have received from around the country.
I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”
I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”
November 24, 2025 at 6:08 PM
NY AG Tish James statement on her federal case being dropped Monday: "I am heartened by today’s victory and grateful for the prayers and support I have received from around the country.
I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”
I remain fearless in the face of these baseless charges as I continue fighting for New Yorkers every single day.”
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A judge on Monday denied Fox’s motion to pause the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Smartmatic until newly filed federal corruption charges against the voting technology company are handled. @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/fox-loses-bi...
Fox loses bid to pause Smartmatic defamation case in wake of charges against voting machine company
Fox argues the pending federal bribery and money laundering case against Smartmatic would have had a transformative impact on the company's claims for civil damages.
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November 24, 2025 at 5:44 PM
A judge on Monday denied Fox’s motion to pause the $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit brought by Smartmatic until newly filed federal corruption charges against the voting technology company are handled. @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/fox-loses-bi...
RULING in Smartmatic Fox News case: NY state judge DENIES Fox's motion to stay Smartmatic 2020 election fraud defamation case while voting machine company's federal bribery indictment in Florida is resolved.
November 24, 2025 at 4:03 PM
RULING in Smartmatic Fox News case: NY state judge DENIES Fox's motion to stay Smartmatic 2020 election fraud defamation case while voting machine company's federal bribery indictment in Florida is resolved.
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boy they just do not make guys like dr john anymore
November 23, 2025 at 8:11 PM
boy they just do not make guys like dr john anymore
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Having been pardoned by Trump, Rudy Giuliani wants his bar license “immediately reinstated,” per his rep Ted Goodman
November 10, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Having been pardoned by Trump, Rudy Giuliani wants his bar license “immediately reinstated,” per his rep Ted Goodman
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The MAGA loyalist congresswoman condemned her Democratic opponent’s endorsement of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. @jrussjruss.bsky.social
Trump ally Elise Stefanik announces 2026 run for New York governor
The MAGA loyalist congresswoman condemned her Democratic opponent’s endorsement of New York City’s Muslim Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani.
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November 7, 2025 at 6:55 PM
The MAGA loyalist congresswoman condemned her Democratic opponent’s endorsement of New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani. @jrussjruss.bsky.social
The Second Circuit court of appeals will hear Sam Bankman-Fried's bid for a retrial this morning, on his claim that SDNY District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan gravely prejudiced him at trial by "putting a thumb on the scale to help the government and thwart the defense."
November 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Second Circuit court of appeals will hear Sam Bankman-Fried's bid for a retrial this morning, on his claim that SDNY District Court Judge Lewis Kaplan gravely prejudiced him at trial by "putting a thumb on the scale to help the government and thwart the defense."
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NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
November 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
NYMag blew up its story about ICE's increased presence at 26 Federal Plaza, and pasted it on a wall a few blocks away on Broadway
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Last month, ICE injured a photographer when they shoved a reporter out of an elevator at 26 Federal Plaza.
I wrote about the woman in the elevator, a 20 y/o asylum seeker from Peru, who's been jailed in Louisiana 1000 miles away from her family ever since.
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I wrote about the woman in the elevator, a 20 y/o asylum seeker from Peru, who's been jailed in Louisiana 1000 miles away from her family ever since.
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Her ICE arrest went viral — now she’s in a ‘race against time’ fighting deportation
A month after her violent ICE arrest left a journalist hospitalized, a 20-year-old asylum-seeker is jailed a thousand miles away from her home in New York City.
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October 31, 2025 at 9:20 PM
Last month, ICE injured a photographer when they shoved a reporter out of an elevator at 26 Federal Plaza.
I wrote about the woman in the elevator, a 20 y/o asylum seeker from Peru, who's been jailed in Louisiana 1000 miles away from her family ever since.
@courthousenews.bsky.social 🔗⬇️
I wrote about the woman in the elevator, a 20 y/o asylum seeker from Peru, who's been jailed in Louisiana 1000 miles away from her family ever since.
@courthousenews.bsky.social 🔗⬇️
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In a post on TikTok, former CBS News producer Trey Sherman said CBS laid off all the people of color on his production team while white staff were reassigned. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-...
NBC and CBS cuts hit race and culture verticals
On Wednesday, CBS News parent company Paramount — newly merged with Skydance — began laying off more than 2,000 employees, including at CBS News, which recently installed Free Press founder Bari…
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October 30, 2025 at 7:31 PM
In a post on TikTok, former CBS News producer Trey Sherman said CBS laid off all the people of color on his production team while white staff were reassigned. www.niemanlab.org/2025/10/nbc-...
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In the new episode of Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social, @jrussjruss.bsky.social and Hillel Aron discuss the special accommodations Robert Stroud received as a prisoner at Leavenworth, including getting a second cell for his birds.
Full episode:
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Full episode:
open.spotify.com/episode/1Kr1...
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
In the new episode of Sidebar by @courthousenews.bsky.social, @jrussjruss.bsky.social and Hillel Aron discuss the special accommodations Robert Stroud received as a prisoner at Leavenworth, including getting a second cell for his birds.
Full episode:
open.spotify.com/episode/1Kr1...
Full episode:
open.spotify.com/episode/1Kr1...
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Feds announcing two indictments against Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and ~30 others.
Apparently, Billups played in rigged mafia-backed poker games that used "sophisticated cheating tech" like X-ray tables and shuffling machines with hidden cameras inside.
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Apparently, Billups played in rigged mafia-backed poker games that used "sophisticated cheating tech" like X-ray tables and shuffling machines with hidden cameras inside.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Feds announcing two indictments against Terry Rozier, Chauncey Billups and ~30 others.
Apparently, Billups played in rigged mafia-backed poker games that used "sophisticated cheating tech" like X-ray tables and shuffling machines with hidden cameras inside.
cc @courthousenews.bsky.social
Apparently, Billups played in rigged mafia-backed poker games that used "sophisticated cheating tech" like X-ray tables and shuffling machines with hidden cameras inside.
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New York AG Tish James has urged members of the public who have witnessed and documented ICE activity to share their videos and photos with her office through an online portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:05 PM
New York AG Tish James has urged members of the public who have witnessed and documented ICE activity to share their videos and photos with her office through an online portal ag.ny.gov/federal-acti...
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“To be perfectly honest, I’d like nothing better than to get Donald Trump and Melania Trump under oath in front of a court reporter, and actually find out all of the details of their relationship with Epstein,” Wolff said in a social media post
October 22, 2025 at 5:06 PM
“To be perfectly honest, I’d like nothing better than to get Donald Trump and Melania Trump under oath in front of a court reporter, and actually find out all of the details of their relationship with Epstein,” Wolff said in a social media post
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Michael Wolff sues Melania Trump to stave off billion-dollar libel threat over Epstein claims @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/michael-wolf...
Michael Wolff sues Melania Trump to stave off billion-dollar libel threat over Epstein claims
The
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October 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Michael Wolff sues Melania Trump to stave off billion-dollar libel threat over Epstein claims @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/michael-wolf...
Trump biographer Michael Wolff sued Melania Trump in New York state supreme court last night, pushing back under New York's anti-SLAPP law against the First Lady's billion dollar defamation threat over Wolff's Jeffrey Epstein reporting,
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October 22, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Trump biographer Michael Wolff sued Melania Trump in New York state supreme court last night, pushing back under New York's anti-SLAPP law against the First Lady's billion dollar defamation threat over Wolff's Jeffrey Epstein reporting,
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NXIVM leader accuses feds of evidence tampering in sex cult investigation @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/nxivm-leader...
NXIVM leader accuses feds of evidence tampering in sex cult investigation
The former self-help guru and convicted sex slave ringleader is seeking to vacate his convictions by accusing the FBI of planting falsified evidence of underage sexual exploitation on his computer’s h...
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October 21, 2025 at 7:20 PM
NXIVM leader accuses feds of evidence tampering in sex cult investigation @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/nxivm-leader...
NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere is challenging his criminal conviction at the 2nd Circuit court of appeals this morning, claiming feds fabricated and planted digital forensic evidence in racketeering and sex trafficking trial.
October 21, 2025 at 2:33 PM
NXIVM cult leader Keith Raniere is challenging his criminal conviction at the 2nd Circuit court of appeals this morning, claiming feds fabricated and planted digital forensic evidence in racketeering and sex trafficking trial.
"Good luck George, have a great life," Donald Trump writes in social media post on Friday evening announcing the commutation of the federal prison sentence of ex-Congressman George Santos.
October 17, 2025 at 10:29 PM
"Good luck George, have a great life," Donald Trump writes in social media post on Friday evening announcing the commutation of the federal prison sentence of ex-Congressman George Santos.
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Epstein victim accuses Bank of America of assisting sex trafficking operation @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/epstein-vict...
Epstein victim accuses Bank of America of assisting sex trafficking operation
The woman says Bank of America failed to report suspicious financial transaction until after Jeffrey Epstein’s death.
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October 15, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Epstein victim accuses Bank of America of assisting sex trafficking operation @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/epstein-vict...
NEWS: Federal judge tosses out Drake's defamation suit against record label over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."
October 9, 2025 at 7:59 PM
NEWS: Federal judge tosses out Drake's defamation suit against record label over Kendrick Lamar's diss track "Not Like Us."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."
"Because the Court concludes that the allegedly defamatory statements in “Not Like Us” are nonactionable opinion, the motion to dismiss is GRANTED."
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Key witness in Bob Menendez bribery trial sentenced to time served @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/key-witness-...
Key witness in Bob Menendez bribery trial sentenced to time served
Jose Uribe, a New Jersey businessman, testified that he bribed the Democratic senator for an agreement to pull the plug on criminal investigations into his trucking and insurance companies.
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October 9, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Key witness in Bob Menendez bribery trial sentenced to time served @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/key-witness-...
NEWS: Jose Uribe, the only cooperator in the federal bribery prosecution of ex-NJ senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine, sentenced to no prison time on his guilty pleas to seven felonies related to the Garden State corruption case.
October 9, 2025 at 4:23 PM
NEWS: Jose Uribe, the only cooperator in the federal bribery prosecution of ex-NJ senator Bob Menendez and his wife Nadine, sentenced to no prison time on his guilty pleas to seven felonies related to the Garden State corruption case.
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OpenAI asks federal judge to toss authors’ ChatGPT output copyright claims @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/openai-asks-...
OpenAI asks federal judge to toss authors’ ChatGPT output copyright claims
As part of a massive class action against the generative AI company, a group of authors, journalists and news outlets say summaries and outlines generated by ChatGPT violate their copyright.
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October 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
OpenAI asks federal judge to toss authors’ ChatGPT output copyright claims @jrussjruss.bsky.social www.courthousenews.com/openai-asks-...