Sara Kropf
@sarakropf.bsky.social
I defend people. Lawyer/DC resident/Nats + Ravens fan/blogger on white collar criminal defense stuff. My kids think I’m weird. #StatehoodNow kmlawfirm.com
When even Law360 is trolling the Administration ….
December 11, 2025 at 12:55 PM
When even Law360 is trolling the Administration ….
Gibson Dunn lining up against the Administration.
Interesting.
Interesting.
BREAKING: The New York Times sued the Defense Department over its new press policy, arguing the government rules violated the First Amendment’s guarantee of a free press and the newspaper’s due process rights under the Fifth Amendment.
The New York Times sues the Pentagon over press restrictions
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s new requirement that journalists pledge not to solicit any unauthorized information violates the First and Fifth amendments, the newspaper alleges, calling it “an atte...
www.washingtonpost.com
December 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Gibson Dunn lining up against the Administration.
Interesting.
Interesting.
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This is Mr. Paworotti. His favorite Christmas song is Howl-lelujah. If you'll excuse him, his solo is coming up. 13/10 (TT: therealpaworotti)
December 2, 2025 at 11:36 PM
This is Mr. Paworotti. His favorite Christmas song is Howl-lelujah. If you'll excuse him, his solo is coming up. 13/10 (TT: therealpaworotti)
I know where I will be shopping this holiday season.
If you're scrolling right now, we don't need to tell you what day it is.
Fight back against the e-commerce giants with @freedcproject.bsky.social's shopping guide, which features dozens of local businesses that have pledged to support D.C.'s autonomy.
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51st.news
November 28, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I know where I will be shopping this holiday season.
Hope springs eternal.
November 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Hope springs eternal.
I used The Kitchn’s salt water method for keeping apples from browning overnight. And it worked! No salty taste at all. www.thekitchn.com/skills-showd...
November 27, 2025 at 3:05 PM
I used The Kitchn’s salt water method for keeping apples from browning overnight. And it worked! No salty taste at all. www.thekitchn.com/skills-showd...
Happy Thanksgiving from Ruby and the ducks.
November 27, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Happy Thanksgiving from Ruby and the ducks.
These would be voluntary interview requests and the answer should be, go pound sand.
MS NOW confirms: The FBI is working with Capitol Police to schedule interviews with the six Democratic lawmakers who urged service members to refuse to comply with illegal orders.
November 25, 2025 at 8:21 PM
These would be voluntary interview requests and the answer should be, go pound sand.
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New from me in @theatlantic.com : Trump is learning that although it's easy to convict someone in a social media rant, when you get into the courtroom things are a bit more complicated.
The criminal justice system is standing up to Trump.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The criminal justice system is standing up to Trump.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The One Place Trump’s Power Remains Constrained
In the criminal-justice system, when the president’s bluster collides with facts and evidence, he keeps losing.
www.theatlantic.com
November 25, 2025 at 1:57 AM
New from me in @theatlantic.com : Trump is learning that although it's easy to convict someone in a social media rant, when you get into the courtroom things are a bit more complicated.
The criminal justice system is standing up to Trump.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
The criminal justice system is standing up to Trump.
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2025/1...
When I was 12, my older brother decided to make caramel by melting sugar in the microwave. I decided to “test” it.
Lesson learned: hot sugar is very hot and sticks to your finger.
Lesson learned: hot sugar is very hot and sticks to your finger.
A person's (legit excruciating, not mocking their pain!) post about getting a huge welt and lacerations from an egg hucked at highway speed has me wondering about the most embarrassing food to be injured by. My mom once burned her forehead badly with a flaming marshmallow, might be up there
November 25, 2025 at 12:00 AM
When I was 12, my older brother decided to make caramel by melting sugar in the microwave. I decided to “test” it.
Lesson learned: hot sugar is very hot and sticks to your finger.
Lesson learned: hot sugar is very hot and sticks to your finger.
Love this town!
November 23, 2025 at 2:36 AM
Love this town!
Congress can immunize witnesses. Then there’s no 5th A right and the person can be compelled to testify. (They still can’t commit perjury during the testimony.)
“Plead the Fifth” regarding what??
Maxwell has exhausted her appellate process. SCOTUS has rejected her.
Regardless, she lied with Todd Blanche so her credibility is dogshit unless you get someone like former AUSA Maurene Comey in there to question her.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Maxwell has exhausted her appellate process. SCOTUS has rejected her.
Regardless, she lied with Todd Blanche so her credibility is dogshit unless you get someone like former AUSA Maurene Comey in there to question her.
www.politico.com/live-updates...
Ghislaine Maxwell will plead Fifth in House Epstein probe, Comer says
The late sex offender's convicted co-conspirator has been subpoenaed by the House Oversight Committee.
www.politico.com
November 22, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Congress can immunize witnesses. Then there’s no 5th A right and the person can be compelled to testify. (They still can’t commit perjury during the testimony.)
Spitballing here but there’s a proceeding to deal with this type of behavior by a party in court. It’s called contempt.
This was the third time that Judge Xinis had ordered DOJ to produce someone who could actually testify to support its claims, and it was the third time DOJ failed to produce someone who could actually testify to support its claims.
ABC News: "After not being able to answer several questions from Abrego Garcia's attorneys, [ICE's John] Cantu said he received 'verbiage' for his declaration from a State Department attorney."
November 20, 2025 at 11:24 PM
Spitballing here but there’s a proceeding to deal with this type of behavior by a party in court. It’s called contempt.
In DC, we have been hearing many of these stories one by one. To see them all in one place, to see that the trickle of corruption is a flood, to see DOJ perverted this way …is chilling.
Gift link to NYT article about the corruption of DOJ. One former insider says “I wouldn’t even call it the Justice Department anymore. It’s become Trump’s personal law firm. … [T]he American people should be enraged.”
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
60 Attorneys on the Year of Chaos Inside Trump’s Justice Department (Gift Article)
Sixty former staffers describe an environment of suspicion and intimidation within the nation’s most powerful law enforcement agency.
www.nytimes.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:13 PM
In DC, we have been hearing many of these stories one by one. To see them all in one place, to see that the trickle of corruption is a flood, to see DOJ perverted this way …is chilling.
Rule 6(e) is pretty clear on this point. MUST BE RECORDED. And govt would have to show an “unintentional failure” to maintain the validity of the indictment.
November 14, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Rule 6(e) is pretty clear on this point. MUST BE RECORDED. And govt would have to show an “unintentional failure” to maintain the validity of the indictment.
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Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
November 10, 2025 at 5:02 AM
Chuck Schumer Helps Pull Democrats Back From Brink Of Courage
It’s nice to joy scroll instead of doom scroll for a change.
November 5, 2025 at 3:36 AM
It’s nice to joy scroll instead of doom scroll for a change.
I’ve been handling criminal matters for 25 years or so and I’m …. at a loss.
In USA v Comey, "for the avoidance of doubt," AG Pam Bondi purports to retroactively appoint Halligan under a different statute and to "ratify" her grand jury presentation & signature on the indictment—a month after the statute of limitation ran out.
November 3, 2025 at 11:51 PM
I’ve been handling criminal matters for 25 years or so and I’m …. at a loss.
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You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time.
All are considered acceptable so go off.
All are considered acceptable so go off.
November 2, 2025 at 10:41 AM
You can curse daylight saving time, daylight saving, daylight savings, daylight savings time, and/or daylight time.
All are considered acceptable so go off.
All are considered acceptable so go off.
Mad Max on the mound for Game 7. Gonna be wild. He’s probably still mad that he can’t bat.
2019 feels like a lifetime ago, but Max Scherzer starting game 7 of the World Series still gives me all the feels. As a fellow old guy I hope he has at least one more special performance in the tank. The matchup with Shohei is absolute cinema.
November 1, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Mad Max on the mound for Game 7. Gonna be wild. He’s probably still mad that he can’t bat.
Timeline cleanse. Ruby, almost 6 months. Yes, she’s winking at you.
October 31, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Timeline cleanse. Ruby, almost 6 months. Yes, she’s winking at you.
An excellent (and historically fascinating) thread. We don’t have to give in to divisiveness. We are better together.
JD Vance claims that diversity weakens unions, as people end up distrusting each other and not organizing.
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
Let me tell you two menswear stories related to this claim. 🧵
October 30, 2025 at 10:24 AM
An excellent (and historically fascinating) thread. We don’t have to give in to divisiveness. We are better together.