After 18 years at The Washington Post, I’m excited to announce a new chapter. I’ve joined the intrepid team at ProPublica, which is expanding its D.C. newsroom to pursue accountability journalism on national security, including …

ProPublica Hires Four Reporters to Expand Washington and National Security Coverage

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"Previously untold anecdotes from sources at the epicenter of the Justice Department’s implosion make familiar events both more interesting and more intelligible." @mollyroberts.bsky.social reviews "Injustice" by Carol Leonning and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social. www.lawfaremedia.org/article/just...

Justice Delayed

A review of Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis, “Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department” (Penguin Press, 2025).

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INJUSTICE authors @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social will join @hcrichardson.bsky.social tomorrow at 11:30 am ET for a live conversation about Jack Smith’s deposition and public testimony. Join here: www.youtube.com/live/WP67hiB...

American Conversations: Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis

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WashPost pushes back on “outrageous” raid of our colleague’s home. Trump’s DOJ is “processing” reporter’s laptop but claims it hasn’t read files. WP demands info returned. “Anything less would license…newsroom raids and normalize censorship by search warrant.” www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

Washington Post demands government return materials seized from reporter

The Post demanded in a court filing Wednesday that federal law enforcement officials return electronic devices the government seized from a staff reporter’s home.

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Questions about politicization of the DOJ and abandonment of the rule of law have only intensified in the first days of 2026. Very much looking forward to this discussion tomorrow night with @raskin.house.gov and @carolleonnig.bsky.social. Come join us at Wonderland Books.

Five years ago right now, the attack on the U.S. Capitol was underway. For all the attempts to rewrite the history of Jan. 6, @carolleonnig.bsky.social and I recorded the day in black-and-white in our book, Injustice. shorturl.at/c1FPP

It’s been an amazing week, humbling for the things said about our book, and heartening to see so many Americans engaged in discussion about the state of the Justice Department and our democracy. Looking forward to our conversation tonight in Boston with Heather Cox Richardson.

For those who missed it, here's the link: Book Talk: Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis — INJUSTICE - with Mary Louise Kelly www.youtube.com/watch?v=769h...

Book Talk: Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis — INJUSTICE - with Mary Louise Kelly

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The FBI manhunt for the J6 pipe bomber secretly led to the arrest and conviction of a bombmaker — he just turned out to be the wrong one. This and so many other new details about the 5-year-old mystery from our new book, Injustice. www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio... Order here: shorturl.at/GHM5h

How the FBI’s massive search for the D.C. pipe bomber stalled

Federal agents conducted a massive investigation to find the person who planted pipe bombs in D.C. the night before the Jan. 6 riot, but the case remains unsolved.

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Today at @cwclub.bsky.social: 12 PM / @carolleonnig.bsky.social & @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social: How Politics & Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department 5:30 PM / @superwuster.bsky.social: The Age of Extraction 7:30 PM / 'All the Empty Rooms' Film Screening + Q&A Tix: commonwealthclub.org/events

A great week launching INJUSTICE by @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social. Have you picked up your copy yet? www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/748739...

Just finished Injustice, the new book by multiple Pulitzer Prize winning journalists @carolleonnig.bsky.social and Aaron Davis. So well done! And so much new information, depicting both the best and worst of the Department of Justice under Trump 1 and Biden administrations. Worth reading for sure.

Come join @carolleonnig.bsky.social and me for the first discussion about our new book, ‘Injustice.” We’ll be talking with Mary Louise Kelly at @politicsprose.bsky.social tomorrow night!

Thank you to @democracynow.org and Amy Goodman for the engaging discussion on our new book ‘Injustice’ (including how DOJ’s long secret investigation into whether Egypt gave $10M to Trump was left to wither). m.youtube.com/watch?v=aWzV...

Join 92NY for a Newmark Civic Life Series event with @carolleonnig.bsky.social @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social and @nicollewallace for conversation re Department of Justice investigations, what they could mean for American democracy. Attend online or in-person: 11/09, 6 PM ET www.92ny.org/event/carol-...

It’s publication day! Hope you’ll consider reading our two years of reporting! New review from Politico: “Leonnig and Davis’ book offers both an engaging and enraging opportunity to learn. It’s a journalistic tour-de-force …” politico.com/news/magazine/… Order here: shorturl.at/GHM5h

“The disturbing takeaway of INJUSTICE is that, at the Justice Department, political independence has been replaced by abject servility to Trump." @nytimes.com reviews the new book from @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/03/b...

What Is Going On Inside the Department of Justice?

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“If it was anybody else, we would arrest him tomorrow.” Trump said on 60 Minutes that Biden’s DOJ wanted to keep him from winning back the White House. Our new book tells the real story: agents felt compelled by what they found hidden w/ @carolleonnig.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/t...

‘If it was anybody else, we’d arrest him tomorrow’: Justice Department aide said of Trump

A handful of documents found by the FBI at Mar-a-Lago were so sensitive that even a senior Justice Department official didn’t have authorization to see them.

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Having my George McFly moment today. Proud of this work and excited for the week ahead! shorturl.at/GHM5h

Join @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social for a great conversation around their new book, INJUSTICE: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America's Justice Department. More details below and at the link: www.penguinrandomhouse.com/authors/2138...

Read an exclusive excerpt from INJUSTICE by @carolleonnig.bsky.social and @byaaroncdavis.bsky.social -- one of many inside-the-room reports from the book that explain how America got here and what’s really been happening inside DOJ. washingtonpost.com/investigatio... @washingtonpost.com

How Jack Smith’s strongest case against Donald Trump collapsed

Seeking to get the classified documents case to a jury before the 2024 election, the special counsel made a fateful decision that some in his office saw as a misstep.

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EXCLUSIVE >> "Are you all f*&$ing insane?" Inside the fateful decision that cratered Jack Smith's strongest criminal case against Donald Trump. Excerpt from our new book INJUSTICE, due out next week. Order here: shorturl.at/c1FPP www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio...

How Jack Smith’s strongest case against Donald Trump collapsed

Seeking to get the classified documents case to a jury before the 2024 election, the special counsel made a fateful decision that some in his office saw as a misstep.

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Axios with the scoop on some upcoming news: our book about upheaval at the Justice Department is due out Nov. 4. Proud of this work with @carolleonnig.bsky.social www.axios.com/2025/08/06/c...

"Injustice": New DOJ book coming from Carol Leonnig, Aaron C. Davis

"Leonnig and Davis reveal the daily war secretly waged for the soul of the department, how it has been shredded by propaganda and partisanship."

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NEW: In 2023 memo, L.A. fire chief warned of “significant” gap in city’s wildfire defense. It lacked a professional crew to set and maintain fire lines. WashPost probe found the unit was delayed by bureaucracy and budget pressures, and still not staffed. www.washingtonpost.com/weather/2025...

A key ‘weakness’ in L.A.’s wildfire strategy went unaddressed for years, Post probe shows

In a memo that has not been previously reported, chief told city fire commissioners that L.A. relied almost entirely on overburdened “hand crews” from other jurisdictions to handle its brush fire emer...

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