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Devlin Barrett

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New York Times reporter covering Justice Dept and FBI. Author "October Surprise.” (202) 617-6330

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updated story: Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove wants the names of thousands of FBI agents who worked Jan. 6 cases, as the Trump administration weighs mass firings nytimes.com/2025/01/31/us/…

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Scoop: Justice Dept pardon lawyer says before she was fired, she objected to pressure from superiors to restore Mel Gibson’s gun rights. A Justice official denies that’s the reason she was dismissed nytimes.com/2025/03/10/us/… via @NYTimes

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Pam Bondi signals there likely won’t be a criminal investigation of a group chat which shared details of an upcoming military strike. She says that information was not classified. nytimes.com/live/2025/03/2…

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New: Justice Dept tries to use executive privilege to muzzle former pardon attorney over Mel Gibson gun rights dispute nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/…

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Under Pressure: the Justice Dept's civil division increasingly finds itself squeezed between judges demanding clear answers to basic questions, and political appointee bosses insisting on a take-no-prisoners approach in court nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/…

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US officials use a point system to decide if someone is a Tren de Aragua member. A tattoo linked to the group is worth 4 points. Wearing clothes linked to the group is another 4 points. It takes 8 points to “validate” someone as a Tren de Aragua member nytimes.com/2025/04/15/wor…

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Mass exodus underway today at the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Dept, where career lawyers say the Trump administration has changed not just the priorities, but the entire mission of protecting people's rights nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/…

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Justice Dept. Firings Prompt a Torrent of Legal Fights, as appeals to judges who enforce civil service laws skyrocket in just two months nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/…

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Behind the scenes at the Justice Dept, prosecutors and a judge fought against a Trump appointee’s efforts to aggressively criminally investigate activists at Columbia University nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/…

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Trump Administration Aims to Use 2,000 F.B.I., Drug and Gun Agents For Immigration Enforcement in 25 US Cities nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/…

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New: Investigators See No Criminality by E.P.A. Officials in Contentious Probe of Biden-Era Grants nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/…

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My story for The Dispatch recounting how some US House members were furious when Montreal - "a foreign city" as they called it - got a ⚾️team in 1969. In 2005, MLB "reshored" the Expos by moving them to Washington. Devlin Barrett Ike Brannon thedispatch.com/article/trump-…