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Sarah N. Lynch
@SarahNLynch
I cover the U.S. Justice Department for CBS News in Washington, D.C. Retweets are not endorsements.
Washington, D.C.
Joined March 2011
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    BREAKING: The D.C. Bar Office of Disciplinary Counsel has filed ethics charges against @JeffClarkUS
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    Bad news friends. Florida court is turning wi-fi off to block the media from reporting the Trump hearing in real-time. This truly sucks and I don't understand it. We do this in DC District Court all the time. It makes courts accessible to the public. I am beyond annoyed.
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    FBI Director Kash Patel is walking back his budget testimony from yesterday. While many may not know the ins and outs of budgeting, I want to stress that what Kash Patel did yesterday was HIGHLY unusual He revealed a NON PUBLIC budget request the FBI made to OMB....
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    BREAKING: Arian Taherzadeh, who is accused of posing as a DHS agent and lavishing gifts on the Secret Service, is poised to plead guilty at a hearing on Aug 1, per a new court filing today
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    BREAKING now: - U.S. prosecutors on Thursday unsealed an indictment in New York accusing a senior Russian
politician and two staff members of conspiring to illegally advance Russia's interests in the United States.
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    Hmmm. A sealed docket entry was just made on the docket for the Trump warrant... 08/15/2022 SYSTEM ENTRY - Docket Entry 55 restricted/sealed until further notice. (jmd) (Entered: 08/15/2022)
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    Good afternoon from Judge Harvey's (virtual) court room where Arian Taherzadeh, 40, and Haider Ali, 35 are having a detention hearing, after they were accused of impersonating federal law enforcement agents
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    Replying to @SarahNLynch
    Now there are THREE sealed entries on the docket. The suspense is killing me. 🧐
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    Judge Cannon forgot to swear in prospective jurors and blocked the defendant ‘s family from attending jury selection, in violation of his Sixth Amendment rights. These errors came days after she was assigned to Trump’s case. w/ ⁦⁦@jacq_thomsen
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    Replying to @SarahNLynch
    This office also just recently filed ethics charges as well against Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani. His first hearing on the matter will be Aug 4.
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    NEW: The U.S. Justice Department sent armed U.S. Marshals to deliver a letter warning a fired career pardon attorney Liz Oyer about testifying to Congress, calling them off only when she acknowledged having received the letter by email, her lawyer said in a letter.
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    Replying to @SarahNLynch
    I am told texting during the hearing is also BANNED. So our reporter inside the court house cannot transmit what happens until this is over.
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    Replying to @SarahNLynch
    DC Bar says Clark made false statements about Georgia's election results in draft letter he pressured Acting AG and Acting DAG to send to the state
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    Replying to @SarahNLynch
    He is charged with attempting to engage in dishonesty by making false statements and by engaging in conduct that would "seriously interfere with the administration of justice"