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Obstruction of Justice: How 47 DOJ Leaks and 9 Complicit Newsrooms Targeted the Letitia James Prosecution

December 1, 2025 / 58 minutes of reading

The Laundering Pipeline: DOJ Insiders → Reporters → Headlines → Defense Motions → Amicus Briefs → Congressional Letters → Federal Judge’s Ruling Prologue: The Real Misconduct Forty-seven federal crimes. Nine newsrooms. One coordinated operation to obstruct justice. They screamed “prosecutorial misconduct” until a federal judge cited it as fact. But who really obstructed justice in the Letitia James case? Not […]

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Abbe Lowell, ABC News, Alan Feuer, Alexander Mallin, Andrew Goudsward, Anna Bower, Carol Leonnig, CBS News, Charles Schumer, CNN, Doanld Trump, Donald Trump, Ed Martin, Elizabeth Yusi, Eric Trump, Erik Siebert, Fallon Gallagher, Garrett Haake, Glenn Thrush, Hakeem Jeffries, Hannah Rabinowitz, Jacob Rosen, Jeff Mason, Jeremy Roebuck, Joel Gilbert, Jonah E. Bromwich, Judge Cameron McGowan Currie, Judge Jamar K. Walker, Kara Scannell, Katherine Faulders, Kelly O'Donnell, Ken Dilanian, Kristen Holmes, Kristin Bird, Kwame Raoul, Lawfare, Letitia James, Lindsey Halligan, Luc Cohen, Luke Barr, Maggie Haberman, Melissa Quinn, Molly Roberts, MSNBC, Nakia Thompson, NBC News, New York Times, Olivia Rubin, Pamela Bondi, Perry Stein, Peter Charalambous, Pierre Thomas, Rachel Siegel, Reuters, Robert Garcia, Salvador Rizzo, Sarah N. Lynch, Scott MacFarlane, Steven Portnoy, Todd Blanche, Vaughn Hillyard, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, William K. Rashbaum, William PulteCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook

When The Wall Street Journal Tries to Make Letitia James’ Public Records Disappear

November 11, 2025 / 9 minutes of reading

A forensic accountant’s guide to media misdirection The Clever Little Trick The Wall Street Journal’s Gina Heeb, Brian Schwartz, and C. Ryan Barber just ran 800 words about “improper access” at Fannie Mae without mentioning the New York State Financial Disclosure Statements that started this investigation. Not once. Those statements—showing phantom mortgages and mathematical impossibilities—are posted on a public website.

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Abbe Lowell, Brian Schwartz, C. Ryan Barber, Gina Heeb, Joel Gilbert, Letitia James, Wall Street Journal, William J. PulteCorruption, Crime, Media Playbook