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Boasberg Rubber-Stamps DOJ Request To Keep FBI-Twitter Payments Secret
Politicszerohedge1mo ago

Boasberg Rubber-Stamps DOJ Request To Keep FBI-Twitter Payments Secret

Boasberg Rubber-Stamps DOJ Request To Keep FBI-Twitter Payments Secret When the Twitter files hit in December of 2022, they revealed that the Biden administration had paid Twitter at least $3.4 million between October 2019 and February 2021 to reimburse the pre-Musk, left-leaning social media giant for a flood of requests.  During this period, the Biden DOJ was going after vaccine skeptics, lab-leak proponents, 2020 election 'deniers,' Catholic parents, Hunter Biden laptop / Burisma content, and conservative news outlets. We also learned that the FBI's Elvis Chan and crew were holding weekly meeting with Twitter on "misinformation," and flagged thousands of accounts for the above.  Days after the Twitter files were released, watchdog group Judicial Watch sued the Biden DOJ, which oversees the FBI, over a FOIA request demanding to know how much the FBI paid Twitter from 2016 onward. The FBI initially refused, but eventually released 44-pages of documents with the key payment details redacted - claiming the data was protected under FOIA's "Exemption 7(E)," which lets agencies hide info about law enforcement methods if releasing it could help criminals or enemies dodge detection. Judicial Watch then narrowed their claims to just those redacted payment amounts (JW dropped other issues such as vendor names), however in December of 2025, the Trump DOJ asked Judge James Boasberg for a Motion for Summary Judgement to deny Judicial Watch's request - effectively concealing the extent to which the FBI, under Trump and Biden, was going after Americans.  In its request for summary judgement, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro's office (say it ain't so!) argued that revealing payments that are tied to real investigations could reveal super secret investigative methods - such as how much the FBI is "engaging" with Twitter vs. other platforms, which could lead to 'bad guys' (criminals, hackers, foreign spies) to switch to platforms with less FBI activity, and that it might reveal shifts in FBI priorities over time. Revealing the quarterly totals could also betray "mosaic theory," where seemingly harmless info (like one quarter's payment) can be pieced together with public data (e.g., Twitter's transparency reports) to form a big picture of FBI strategies. Earlier this month, Boasberg agreed - ruling that revealing the payments could expose FBI "techniques and procedures" (how they monitor online threats) and help bad actors figure out what the FBI is focused on, allowing them to adapt and change strategies.  Boasberg wrote in his opinion that the 7(E) exemption is valid because it could "risk circumvention of the law."  So @JudicialWatch sued to find out how much the Deep State/Biden FBI was paying Twitter (now @X) to censor and spy on Americans. Kash Patel's FBI and Pam Bondi's Justice Department told a federal court we shouldn't get even summary quarterly totals of the payments because it… https://t.co/6P6oqQDxDj February 18, 2026 What the actual... .@FBIDirectorKash this was probably handled by lower-levels — a personal intervention on this one, which impacts 100 million voters & is critically important for Americans to restore trust in the bureau, at zero cost to FBI time or resources, would be greatly appreciated https://t.co/aHwXCi9h55 February 19, 2026 Maybe Elon can just give Tom Fitton the deets?  The filings for your reading pleasure... DOJ request to deny Judicial Watch: Judicial Watch Inc v Us Department of Justice Dcdce-23-03004 0024.0 by Zerohedge Janitor Boasberg's opinion granting the DOJ request: Judicial Watch Inc v Us Department of Justice Dcdce-23-03004 0027.0 by Zerohedge Janitor Tyler Durden Thu, 02/19/2026 - 18:50

PoliticsTimes of India1mo ago

US DOJ Flags Amateur Plot Failures in Nikhil Gupta Case

The US Department of Justice has indicted Indian national Nikhil Gupta, revealing details of a crude and amateur plot that lacked basic intelligence tradecraft. The case highlights significant failures in the alleged operation.

DOJ Antitrust Head Flags 'Acquihires' as Red Flag
Technologychannel-news-asia28d ago

DOJ Antitrust Head Flags 'Acquihires' as Red Flag

The head of the US Department of Justice's antitrust division has stated that 'acquihires,' a practice often utilized by Big Tech companies to acquire talent rather than technology, are a 'red flag' for potential antitrust concerns.

Spanish Minister Irene Montero Reports Neo-Nazi Death Threats
Politicsel-mundola-vanguardia1mo ago2 sources

Spanish Minister Irene Montero Reports Neo-Nazi Death Threats

Spanish politician Irene Montero has reported receiving death threats from a neo-Nazi organization, which is considered a terrorist group by the US Department of Justice and the FBI, and has requested protection from the Interior Ministry.

Dozens of FBI interview records absent from Epstein release
Politicshelsinki-times1mo ago

Dozens of FBI interview records absent from Epstein release

Dozens of FBI witness interview records appear to be missing from the US Department of Justice’s public release of Jeffrey Epstein files, according to investigations by NPR and CNN. The absent material includes interviews linked to a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexual abuse when she was a minor. The Justice Department published more than three million pages of documents related to Epstein, the financier who died in federal custody in 2019 while awaiting trial on sex traffick...

Epstein Victims Sue US Government and Google; Lawmakers Urge Sarah Ferguson Testimony
PoliticsBBCbloombergThe Guardian+14helsingin-sanomataftonbladetorfdelfi-ltThe Independentindex-hriefimeridairish-independent+6 more19d ago17 sources

Epstein Victims Sue US Government and Google; Lawmakers Urge Sarah Ferguson Testimony

Victims of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein have filed a lawsuit against the US Department of Justice and Google, alleging their identities were mistakenly published in official documents made public online. Concurrently, US lawmakers are urging Sarah Ferguson to testify about her knowledge of Prince Andrew's links to Epstein, setting a two-week deadline for her response.

‘Really a lot of amazing beauty’: emails show how model scout connected Epstein with young women
WorldThe Guardianvanguard-ng1mo ago2 sources

‘Really a lot of amazing beauty’: emails show how model scout connected Epstein with young women

Daniel Siad, facing allegation of rape in France, appears in more than 1,000 documents in latest declassified files “In This busyness I feel like fisherman some time I cache quick, some time no fish,” Daniel Siad, a model scout, wrote to Jeffrey Epstein in July 2014, explaining the frustrations of his work scouring the world for future models. In this exchange, released in the latest batch of US Department of Justice documents, Siad was annoyed with Epstein, who had failed to turn up for a pl...

Missing Jeffrey Epstein Files
Politicsjutarnji-list1mo ago

Missing Jeffrey Epstein Files

An analysis by CNN reveals that dozens of FBI witness interrogation records from the investigation into Jeffrey Epstein appear to be missing from the vast archive of documents released by the US Department of Justice last month, including three related to a specific individual.

Trump news at a glance: Hillary Clinton urges Trump administration to release millions of withheld Epstein files
PoliticsBBCThe GuardianFox News+1times-uk1mo ago4 sources

Trump news at a glance: Hillary Clinton urges Trump administration to release millions of withheld Epstein files

‘We have nothing to hide,’ former secretary of state says ahead of her and Bill Clinton’s depositions next week – key US politics stories from Tuesday 17 February Hillary Clinton has accused the Trump administration of a “cover-up” over the Epstein files, while claiming that she and her husband are being forced to testify before Congress to deflect scrutiny from Donald Trump. In an interview with the BBC, Clinton said the US Department of Justice was “slow-walking” the release of documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein’s catalogue of crimes and urged the administration to “get the files out”. Despite periodic document dumps of the files since Congress mandated their release late last year, the justice department is still withholding about 3m files. Continue reading...