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Jimmy Jenkins
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Department of Justice Reporter, Bloomberg News | Phone/Signal: 812.243.5582 | [email protected]
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Sep 3
Survivors of Epstein Abuse Call for Release of Secret Files
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Survivors of Epstein Abuse Call for Release of All Secret Files
Survivors of deceased financier Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking ring called on Congress to pass legislation requiring the Trump administration to release all unclassified material gathered in a fede...
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Sep 2
I'm excited to join the incredibly talented team at Bloomberg News as a Washington legal reporter focusing on the Department of Justice. Help me expand my source network so I can hit the ground running in D.C.

Email: [email protected]
Phone/Signal: 812-243-5582
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jul 17
Thank you for welcoming me into your homes and your lives. Thank you for supporting the newsrooms I've worked in. Thank you for trusting me. Thank you for teaching me. Thank you for believing in me.

It has been the greatest honor of my life to be your reporter.

Jimmy
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jul 17
Dear Arizona,

Today was my last day with @azcentral.com I am very grateful to have worked at The Republic and @kjzz.org for the past decade.

I have accepted a new reporting job in Washington D.C. I'll have details and new contact info to share soon. Until then, thank you.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jul 10
"Anybody tries to invade my home, I'm going to shoot them," Linet Vartanians told the 911 operator as ICE agents surrounded her house. "I'm a United States citizen and I'm defending my rights." www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Tempe woman called police for help with ICE, was arrested the next day
"ICE officers are trying to invade my home," said Linet Vartanians after a Tempe police dispatcher asked the nature of her emergency call.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jun 26
Breaking: The brother and sister-in-law of an Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody have been arrested and indicted on federal charges. Attorney believes they were targeted for helping her with detained relative's case www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Judge grants request to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention
A federal judge has granted a request from the government to force-feed an Iranian asylum seeker on a hunger strike while in ICE detention in Arizona.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jun 25
Update: Judge grants request to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Judge grants request to force-feed Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention
A federal judge has granted a request from the government to force-feed an Iranian asylum seeker on a hunger strike while in ICE detention in Arizona.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jun 25
New: The U.S. government admitted to deporting asylum seekers without following the process outlined in federal law in a recent Arizona federal court filing www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Asylum seekers deported without proper assessment, Arizona court records say
The U.S. government is deporting asylum seekers without following the process outlined in federal law, according to a recent Arizona court filing.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jun 24
Breaking: Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody
Mehrad Asadi Eidivand's first hunger strike lasted from June 6 to June 13, resulting in an acute kidney injury diagnosis, according to the government.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jun 24
Breaking: Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Government wants to force feed Iranian asylum seeker on hunger strike in ICE custody
Mehrad Asadi Eidivand's first hunger strike lasted from June 6 to June 13, resulting in an acute kidney injury diagnosis, according to the government.
www.azcentral.com
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jun 20
NEW: The Trump administration is using a method to remove asylum seekers from the country that is likely unlawful and is doing so by evading judicial review, according to an Arizona federal judge www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Trump administration evading judicial review of disputed immigration practice, judge says
The government is using a method to remove people from the country that is likely unlawful and is doing so by evading judicial review, a judge said.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jun 10
NEW — Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention center goes on hunger strike:

"I will not eat until my voice is heard and I am free." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Iranian asylum seeker detained by ICE in Phoenix goes on hunger strike
Mehrad Asadi Eidivand, an Iranian asylum seeker who was recently detained by ICE while living on a work permit in Phoenix, wants to see a judge.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jun 10
NEW — Iranian asylum seeker in ICE detention center goes on hunger strike:

"I will not eat until my voice is heard and I am free." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Iranian asylum seeker detained by ICE in Phoenix goes on hunger strike
Mehrad Asadi Eidivand, an Iranian asylum seeker who was recently detained by ICE while living on a work permit in Phoenix, wants to see a judge.
www.azcentral.com
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jun 4
The federal takeover of Rikers Island — excellent breakdown of what's happening in New York City jails from @stroud.bsky.social one.npr.org/i/fis-510053...
🔊 Listen Now: The federal takeover of Rikers Island
On Point | Podcast from WBUR on NPR One | 43:05
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Jun 3
New: Phoenix federal prison union members call for warden, regional director to be removed
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Phoenix federal prison union members call for warden, regional director to be removed
Employees at the federal prison in Phoenix are calling on the warden and regional director to be fired. Here's why.
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Adam Klasfeld @klasfeldreports.com · May 28
“She is a young girl,” her attorney said. “She's no danger to anyone. She just wanted to take refuge in the United States to escape from persecution in Iran.” ⬇️
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · May 28
Federal judge says Trump does not have the power to deny asylum claims, stops deportation of 22 year old Iranian woman www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Arizona federal judge says Trump does not have the power to stop asylum claims
A federal judge in Arizona found President Donald Trump does not have the power to deny migrants the chance to make asylum claims.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · May 28
Federal judge says Trump does not have the power to deny asylum claims, stops deportation of 22 year old Iranian woman www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Arizona federal judge says Trump does not have the power to stop asylum claims
A federal judge in Arizona found President Donald Trump does not have the power to deny migrants the chance to make asylum claims.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · May 22
We obtained the Pinal County Medical Examiner's report for Aaron Gunches, who was executed by Arizona in March. Experts warned of a risk of pulmonary edema from the pentobarbital lethal injection, but the examination found no evidence of fluid in the lungs www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Despite warnings, no sign of excessive lung fluid in executed man Aaron Gunches
Before Aaron Gunches' execution in March, experts warned that pentobarbitol could cause him to suffer. Here's what the medical examiner's report showed.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · May 22
Breaking: Attorney General Kris Mayes seeks death warrant for another Arizona death row prisoner, Richard Djerf www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
Attorney general seeks execution for death row prisoner Richard Djerf
Attorney General Kris Mayes is seeking the execution of another man on Arizona’s death row. Richard Djerf was convicted in 1996 of murdering a family.
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Reuven Blau @reuvenblau.bsky.social · May 13
NEW: The federal judge overseeing DOC announced Tuesday she will appoint an independent “remediation manager” who will have broad powers and report directly to the court to enact long stalled reforms on Rikers Island.
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Federal Judge Wants New Manager to Reform Rikers Island
Fourteen years after the filing of a landmark class-action lawsuit over brutality in city jails, a judge has ruled that a third-party should manage the Department of Correction.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · May 9
"We're not letting this administration fear monger us. They want immigrants to be running around scared, looking over their shoulder. We're not going to live like that."

Judge finds Iraq war veteran can be deported, despite decades of lawful residence www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Judge finds Iraq war veteran can be deported, despite decades of lawful residence
Marlon Parris, who served two Army deployments in Iraq, was detained by immigration officials in January outside of his Phoenix-area neighborhood.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Apr 29
Judge's arrest escalates "war" between Trump and the judiciary www.azcentral.com/story/news/p...
Judge's arrest escalates 'war' between Trump and the judiciary, ASU law professor says
A judge was arrested by the FBI and faces two felonies after federal prosecutors accused her of helping an undocumented immigrant avoid arrest.
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Ryan Marino, MD @ryanmarino.bsky.social · Apr 26
I cannot overstate how troubling it is to me that law enforcement - our most numerous first responders in this country - do not know what a fentanyl overdose looks like many years into a public health crisis of fentanyl overdoses.

You also cannot overdose on fentanyl when there isn’t any fentanyl!
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Apr 26
No evidence of fentanyl exposure in viral K-9 officer incident

@ryanmarino.bsky.social‬: "Law enforcement does not have good information on how drugs work. We have to be careful propping them up as authorities on this subject when it's quite clear they're not." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
No evidence of fentanyl exposure in viral K-9 officer incident
A Maricopa County K-9 officer and his handler were hailed as heroes after a suspected exposure to fentanyl.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Apr 26
No evidence of fentanyl exposure in viral K-9 officer incident

@ryanmarino.bsky.social‬: "Law enforcement does not have good information on how drugs work. We have to be careful propping them up as authorities on this subject when it's quite clear they're not." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
No evidence of fentanyl exposure in viral K-9 officer incident
A Maricopa County K-9 officer and his handler were hailed as heroes after a suspected exposure to fentanyl.
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Jimmy Jenkins @jimmyjenkins.bsky.social · Apr 26
No evidence of fentanyl exposure in viral K-9 officer incident

@ryanmarino.bsky.social‬: "Law enforcement does not have good information on how drugs work. We have to be careful propping them up as authorities on this subject when it's quite clear they're not." www.azcentral.com/story/news/l...
No evidence of fentanyl exposure in viral K-9 officer incident
A Maricopa County K-9 officer and his handler were hailed as heroes after a suspected exposure to fentanyl.
www.azcentral.com
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