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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 17h

WASHINGTON (AP) — A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday. apnews.com/article/leti...

New York Attorney General Letitia James indicted on fraud charge, AP source says

A grand jury has indicted New York Attorney General Letitia James on a fraud charge, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press on Thursday.

apnews.com

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 17h

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago www.nytimes.com/2025/10/09/u...

Oklahoma’s Republican Governor Criticizes National Guard Deployment in Chicago

www.nytimes.com

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 23h

The Wall Street Journal reports Donald Trump's Truth Social post on Sept. 20 urging Pam Bondi to prosecute James Comey was meant to be a private message and that Trump was surprised to learn the message was public.

Five days later, Comey was indicted.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

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Lauren Weber @laurenweberhp.bsky.social · 1d

She left the medical mainstream and rose to be RFK Jr.'s surgeon general pick

Read my and @rachelroubein.bsky.social @washingtonpost.com deep dive on Casey Means

www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...

She left the medical mainstream and rose to be RFK Jr.'s surgeon general pick

Casey Means, the surgeon general nominee, has criticized the medical establishment. She could be put in position to change it.

www.washingtonpost.com

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 23h

Marjorie Taylor Greene on the government shutdown:

"I'm not putting the blame on the president. I'm actually putting the blame on the Speaker and Leader Thune in the Senate. This should not be happening. ... We control the House, we control the Senate, we have the White House"

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

Individuals Trump has floated jailing:

-Brandon Johnson
-JB Pritzker
-James Comey
-John Brennan
-Zohran Mamdani
-Gavin Newsom
-Jan. 6 Committee members
-Nancy Pelosi
-Chuck Schumer
-Barack Obama
-Joe Biden
-Hillary Clinton's lawyers
-John Kasich
-Ted Cruz
-Hillary Clinton

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

On Wednesday, Donald Trump called for jailing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, both Democrats.

Since 2016, Trump has floated jail for more than a dozen political adversaries.

My latest supercut for @washingtonpost.com:

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

The note that Rubio handed to Trump, as captured by AP's Evan Vucci:

“Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first”

x.com/evanvucci/st...

Evan Vucci on X: "Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump after handing him a note about a Middle East deal saying “Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first” https://t.co/ISEJ2RsUOq" / X

Secretary of State Marco Rubio whispers in the ear of President Donald Trump after handing him a note about a Middle East deal saying “Very close. We need you to approve a Truth Social post soon so you can announce deal first” https://t.co/ISEJ2RsUOq

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The Associated Press @apnews.com · 1d

BREAKING: Hamas will release all 20 living hostages this weekend, AP sources say, as Israelis will withdraw from majority of Gaza.

Israel, Hamas agree to 'first phase' of plan to end fighting, release hostages, Trump says

President Donald Trump says Israel and Hamas have agreed to the “first Phase” of his peace plan to pause fighting and release at least some hostages and prisoners.

bit.ly

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

The percentage of Americans who say Trump has definitely or probably improperly used his office to punish those who say things he does not like, per new Pew Research Center survey:

Overall: 66%
Republican: 42%
Independent: 66%
Democrat: 90%

www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

"Nearly a quarter of FBI agents across the country are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing to upward of 40% in the nation’s largest field offices, according to data from the FBI obtained by Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va)" www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

A quarter of FBI agents are assigned to immigration enforcement, per FBI data

Nearly a quarter of FBI agents are currently assigned to immigration enforcement, with the number climbing above 40 percent in the bureau’s largest field offices.

www.washingtonpost.com

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

PRITZKER: This guy's unhinged, he's insecure, he's a wannabe dictator, and there's one thing I really want to say to Donald Trump: If you come for my people, you come through me. So come and get me.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

Hakeem Jeffries says he supports a standalone vote on military pay during the government shutdown

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

Mike Johnson today on swearing in Rep.-elect Adelita Grijalva:

"Grijalva has not yet had a scheduled date because she was elected after the House was out of session. So I am anxious to administer the oath to her as soon as you guys vote to open the government"

(video via Gray Media)

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

"Among recent alleged violations: a family from Ecuador, incl a 5yo girl, arrested in [a shopping center] parking lot; a man from Mexico w/ no criminal record arrested in a raid attended by Noem; a mother & her 2 young children detained in Millennium Park" www.chicagotribune.com/2025/10/08/f...

Federal judge in Chicago finds ICE repeatedly violated consent decree over ‘warrantless arrests’

A Chicago federal judge has extended a nationwide consent decree requiring ICE to better document and report probable cause for immigration arrests and found the agency repeatedly violated the 2022…

www.chicagotribune.com

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 1d

REPORTER: Do you agree that the mayor of Chicago and the governor of Illinois should be in prison?

JOHNSON: ...I’m not the attorney general, I’m the Speaker of the House and I’m trying to manage the chaos here, I’m not following the day-to-day on that.

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Neil Jacobs as the head of NOAA.

Jacobs was found to have violated NOAA's code of ethics in 2020 after an investigation found he bowed to political pressure during “Sharpiegate.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/10/07/u...

Senate Confirms ‘Sharpiegate’ Meteorologist to Lead NOAA

www.nytimes.com

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

(Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Wednesday called for jailing Chicago's mayor and the governor of Illinois, both Democrats, as his administration prepared to deploy military troops to the streets of the third-largest U.S. city. www.reuters.com/world/us/tru...

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

ICE held a man in a LA hospital for 37 days after being injured during his arrest.

His attorneys say he was shackled to his bed for several days, couldn't speak privately with doctors or lawyers & was registered under a pseudonym.

He was never charged.

www.latimes.com/california/s...

Federal agents held him in a hospital for 37 days, at times shackled to his bed, without charging him

Bayron Rovidio Marin broke his leg when immigration authorities raided the car wash where he worked in Carson in August. He was surveilled for more than a month in his hospital bed at Harbor-UCLA Medi...

www.latimes.com

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

"Agents were seen choking a Black man on the West Side and conducted a raid outside a homeless shelter in Bronzeville..They shot and wounded a woman Friday, hospitalized at least two people over the weekend, handcuffed a Chicago alderperson" southsideweekly.com/federal-agen...

Federal Agents Storm South Shore Building, Detaining Families and Children

Families were woken by flashbangs and helicopters as hundreds of federal agents raided their homes. Days later, neighbors are still searching for the missing.

southsideweekly.com

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

cont.

-Whether alleged $50,000 was declared on Homan's taxes
-Whether she supports releasing the alleged FBI-Homan recording
-Whether Border Patrol is required to follow court orders

JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

cont.

-Ouster of senior attorneys in Eastern District of Va.
-Ouster of attorney initially overseeing Comey case
-Alleged WH instructions to prosecute individuals
-Whether Epstein showed Trump photos of young women
-Tom Homan closed investigation
-Possible Homan recording

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

Questions Bondi dodged today:

-National guard deployments
-Strikes on alleged cartel boats
-Firing DOJ antitrust lawyers
-James Comey case
-Reportedly flagging Trump mentions in Epstein file review

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

My latest supercut for @washingtonpost.com:

Pam Bondi dodged questions on 14 different topics during her Senate Judiciary hearing today

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JM Rieger @riegerreport.bsky.social · 2d

Q: Why not swear in Adelita Grijalva, who was elected two weeks ago...does it have to do with her 218 signature on the Epstein discharge petition?

JOHNSON: No, it has nothing to do with that at all. We will swear her in when everybody gets back...We'll schedule it, I guess, as soon as she wants.

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