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Lisa Rubin

@lawofruby.bsky.social

@ms.now senior legal reporter & recovering litigator; former off-air legal analyst @maddow.msnbc.com. Don’t let the pearls fool ya.

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · 5mo ago

NEW: Epstein lawyer and estate co-executor Darren Indyke testifies today before House Oversight. And based on what witnesses, including Epstein victims, told the FBI and DOJ about their interactions with him, there are ongoing questions about what he knew and when. www.ms.now/news/as-epst...

As Epstein’s longtime lawyer testifies, questions remain about what he knew

Epstein documents suggest Darren Indyke facilitated payments to women and directed witnesses to avoid talking to law enforcement.

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: DOJ says the ongoing dispute over Alina Habba is one about titles, not authority. What does that mean? And why is their fallback position more frightening for the rule of law than their insistence on keeping her as Acting U.S. Attorney? Read here: www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Was former Trump lawyer Alina Habba ‘validly appointed’ to her DOJ post?

Whether or not she is legitimately serving as New Jersey’s U.S. attorney, DOJ’s fallback position is even more concerning.

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: In an email to her now-former colleagues today, veteran SDNY prosecutor Maurene Comey says she was “summarily fired” by “Main Justice” and urges that fear not “seep into the decisions of those who remain.” Read her whole email here: www.msnbc.com/top-stories/...

Read Epstein prosecutor Maurene Comey’s letter to colleagues after DOJ firing

“Fear is the tool of a tyrant,” wrote the daughter of former FBI Director James Comey, a frequent target of President Donald Trump.

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

Pete Hegseth's not the only Trump ally nor the only Trump nominee to express doubts that the executive branch should follow court orders, full stop. It's a disturbing trend, especially when the doubters are themselves federal judicial nominees. My latest for @msnbc.com: msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Hegseth's Senate testimony on court orders proves we're living in the legal upside-down

The defense secretary said, in so many words, that we cannot count on the Pentagon's compliance with a federal court order. That's a big problem.

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MS NOW@ms.now · last yr.

OPINION by @lawofruby.bsky.social: “As for complying with a district court order? Hegseth seemed to deliberately leave that question hanging.” READ MORE: www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

The Trump memo launching an investigation into the Biden White House’s use of the autopen allegedly to conceal his mental state is something else. Why is the White House Counsel in charge of this investigation? That is one indicator that something is awry. www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...

Reviewing Certain Presidential Actions

MEMORANDUM FOR THE ATTORNEY GENERALTHE COUNSEL TO THE PRESIDENT SUBJECT:       Reviewing Certain Presidential Actions By the

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Everyone's got a hot take on Trump's beef with the Federalist Society. Mine? Trump wants to eliminate both FedSoc and the ABA's influence over judicial nominations so he's the sole arbiter of nominees' qualifications & fitness. My latest for MSNBC.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

As law firms and clients push back against Trump, he shifts focus to judicial 'vetters'

In cutting off the American Bar Association's access to judicial nominees and attacking the Federalist Society, Trump seeks to become the sole arbiter of judicial quality.

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Pam Bondi & Kash Patel are under increasing pressure to release more info about Jeffrey Epstein’s life and death. But putting aside our own curiosity, doesn’t federal law enforcement owe his victims a review of their own failure to act? My latest at MSNBC.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Victims' lawsuits show FBI and DOJ's focus on Epstein files misses the mark

Instead of devoting thousands of hours to document redactions, the agencies should determine how to more effectively — and emphatically — respond to sex abuse victims.

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: The audio of Biden's interview with Robert Hur matters less for what he said than how he said it--and underscores, like the Sean "Diddy" Combs trial, why there's often no replacement for actually hearing a witness's account. My latest for @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

The significance of Biden’s Hur audio isn’t what he said. It’s how he said it.

The release of the Biden audio amid the Sean “Diddy” Combs trial underscores why the public’s ability to watch and listen to court proceedings matters.

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

Harvard researcher Kseniia Petrova has been charged criminally with smuggling goods -- e.g., frog embryos and samples thereof on slides, etc. -- into the United States on the same day the judge overseeing her habeas case questioned the government's authority to revoke her visa.

Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Beyond detailing the horrors she alleges she suffered at Sean Combs' hands, Cassie Ventura has dropped some other important details: the names of Combs' alleged enablers (aka co-conspirators). I break down why that matters in my latest for @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Why it matters that Cassie Ventura named names

While the public focuses on the sexual and physical abuse that Ventura allegedly suffered at Sean “Diddy” Combs’ hands, the charges necessitate proof of who enabled his conduct.

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

I am struggling to understand why, when as the Deputy Attorney General acknowledged, it is not appropriate to comment on a pending criminal investigation, it is ok to disparage Newark’s mayor, who now faces charges under a federal criminal complaint, on national TV. 1/

Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

So it’s Friday night and Rumeysa Ozturk is out on bail, Ras Baraka is in Homeland Security custody, and Stephen Miller is casually toying with suspending habeas corpus. Do I have that right?

Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: News of the passing of retired Supreme Court Justice David Souter made me think immediately of . . . the Federalist Society. Why? Read my latest for @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Without David Souter, the Federalist Society might’ve remained on the fringe

More than any decision he authored, the justice’s legacy was how he surprised legal conservatives, galvanizing a movement to prevent the nomination of federal jurists like him.

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: On public reports that NY Attorney General Tish James is under federal investigation, her lawyer Abbe Lowell gave a statement to MSNBC: "These baseless and long-discredited allegations, put to rest by my April 24th letter to the Department of Justice, are suddenly back in the news . . . ." 1/

Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

Judge James Boasberg has not ordered the Trump administration to facilitate the release and return of those non-citizens now imprisoned at CECOT. But if the discovery he has authorized through a new order backs up their lawyers' claims, it sounds like he's heading there. 1/

Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

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?

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Ksenia Karelina and Kseniia Petrova are young, Russian-born, and ran afoul of Russian authorities. But the Trump administration rescued one and has started deportation proceedings against the other. Why? My latest @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/anal...

Trump's treatment of 2 Russian women highlights a flawed immigration policy

Ex-ballerina Ksenia Karelina was freed from a Russian prison, but Harvard scientist Kseniia Petrova remains in ICE detention. Why?

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Lisa Rubin@lawofruby.bsky.social · last yr.

NEW: Plaintiffs fighting against Trump policies, executive orders, and firings have won roughly 100 injunctions in the first 100 days of his presidency. But is the relief all it's cracked up to be? And will it last? My latest for @maddowblog.msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddo...

Trump keeps losing in court. But the relief isn’t always what it seems and might not last.

A flouting of court orders, recent Supreme Court rulings and a new congressional budget season could hamper efforts to rein in the administration.

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