In the meantime, the charging papers are little more than an affidavit from a Homeland Security Investigations agent and this criminal complaint.

At some point today, the administration moved to unseal its criminal complaint against Petrova in a Massachusetts federal court and represented she has been arrested:

Trump has just nominated Joshua Divine to serve as a federal district court judge in two federal districts. There is a statute suggesting a judge's commission can cover more than one district, but as a practical matter, any legal historians know when this last happened?

Not everyone at Skadden welcomed their preemptive deal with the White House. Meet now former partner Brenna Trout Frey, who refused to be complicit in the exploitation of her firm to settle scores and erode the rule of law.

Announcement: When a female journalist offers her Signal in order to obtain confidential information, it is not an invitation for nonsense like this. I have a partner and children and do not need more of either.

And if you want to talk the future of law firms in the Trump era, or anything else, you can always find me on Signal:

NEW: Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley has noticed a confirmation hearing tomorrow at 10:15 for Todd Blanche, Trump’s former personal lawyer, to be Deputy Attorney General and for Gail Slater, Trump’s nominee to lead antitrust enforcement at DOJ.

The make-or-break moment for the rule of law isn’t just looming. It’s on our collective doorstep. If the executive branch openly flouts court orders, the president’s rule will be the only one left.

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