Matthew Russell Lee covers SDNY courthouse daily & other courts (EDNY, DDC) Books: tinyurl.com/bdhp2j5u Patreon patreon.com/MatthewRussellLe…

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New: On Second Bid to Unseal Epstein Case in SDNY, After Transparency Act Passed, Filings Dec 3 As JPM Chase Challenged for Epstein Links & More - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/epsteinfi… Maximum Maxwell book (it's back from the ban) amazon.com/Maximum-Maxwell-P…

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Trump World Cup FISA Blues by Matthew Russell Lee World Cup rolling / FISA expires Tren man dead/ Other quagmires Fable 5 down/ Lutnick's orders More cases/ On open borders Mike Waltz skydiving / Delaying FOIA UFC fights / Dana destroy 'ya youtu.be/7BGPw-wc3VE
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Ticketmaster FOIA Case: After Live Nation Verdict, DOJ Denied Freedom of Information Act Request by Inner City Press So Lawsuit Filed storage.courtlistener.com/re… Now Deemed Related to Antitrust Case in SDNY - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/FOIAsdnyt…
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Hollywood Hearsay: In Blake Lively and Baldoni Fight, Now She Wins Fees Under Section 47.1 as New California Suit Floated - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/sdnybook4… 47-age ruling on Section 47.1 on Patreon here patreon.com/MatthewRussellLe…

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People Unheard: As Peoples Bancorp Tries to Buy Citizens Bank of Kentucky It Blows Off Locals So @FinanceWatchOrg Writes In- Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/mergers16… Extra on grassroots being heard on X for Subscribers and Substack matthewrussellleeicp.substac…

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Brad Lander acquitted matthewrussellleeicp.substac… UFC no TRO hearing. Malvasio RE fraud trial, Maryland RE sentencing sealed. Peoples Bank ignores citizens innercitypress.com/mergers16… Int'l Seabed Authority corrupt innercitypress.com/ungate3se… youtu.be/4bDPgXFjvyA

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On road to ICE acquittal of Brad Lander- extra on local pol / Goldman & UN Press ban matthewrussellleeicp.substac… Nadine Menendez no bail. Turkish Halkbank nolle prosequi citing role in helping on Gaza hostages / remains patreon.com/MatthewRussellLe… youtu.be/iYSG8nlAdaI

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UNclear: Brad Lander Acquitted of 26 Fed Elevator Blocking because instruction unclear - But Did SDNY Phone It In on Cross? story: innercitypress.com/NYSpol1cl… Extra on local pol/Goldman and UN Press ban on X for Subscribers and Substack matthewrussellleeicp.substac…

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Brad Lander decision day @SDNYLIVE in 26 Federal Plaza elevators arrest case - but the/his talk is mostly Knicks, "I was so nervous" [at taproom in Gowanus] @InnerCityPress is covering the case matthewrussellleeicp.substac… and will live tweet youtu.be/cZ6Xo5C9ejI

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Gaza Remains: On Turkey Halkbank DOJ Files Nolle Prosequi Citing Hostages and Remains in Gaza - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/sdny48tur… Proposed Order on Patreon here: patreon.com/MatthewRussellLe…

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GO NY GO: Brad Lander's Political Trial for 26 Federal Plaza Arrest Has Julia Salazar But Not Claire Valdez - he & lawyer explain, after Knick-themed ad - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/NYSpol1bl… More on X for Subscribers & Substack: matthewrussellleeicp.substac…

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Brad Lander ICE trial, live at 10 am; Taliban Najibullah 42 years after kidnapping journo Rohde matthewrussellleeicp.substac… NCUA stonewall on Interra- Hicksville innercitypress.com/mergers20… FDIC on Bank of Hope. FRB served on Enova. UN bans Press youtu.be/V4B0e4nQgAg

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Inner City Press asked Brad Lander, Congressional candidate, about FISA & the DNI. He pivoted from ICE hearings in Minneapolis to affordability (also declined to make endorsements in any other Cong primaries, eg, Adriano Espaillat, Reynoso youtu.be/kIipsrgl3GE
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Taliban Tale: For 2008 Kidnapping of Journo David Rohde, Najibullah Cited the Third Geneva Convention, 4 Deaths - Now 42 Year Sentence - Inner City Press story: Extra on X for Subscribers and Substack here: matthewrussellleeicp.substac…

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Najibullah sentencing for kidnapping NYT Rohde. Live Nation & Ohio, FOIA. Polymarket Maduro case, Geragos says no CIPA matthewrussellleeicp.substac… Populists v bank mergers, What Will Warsh Do? Volker Turk's RightsX waste as @USUN Waltz skydives youtu.be/I97kZq-mP6o

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Van Dyke 1 pm Polymarket on Maduro grab; Live Nation, complaints vs deal from WA. DDC: UFC lawsuit, Mehta: standing? MISC case by Inner City Press in Friedrich terrorism case 26-mc-89. Grasshopper Bank gets sued. Private jet IRS doggerel youtu.be/GgTHuN84xhQ
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Trump Knicks Statue of Liberty Lawsuit Blues Ballroom easy/Watch the Statue Game 3/NYPD catch you Knicks win/Cue Strahan-Lobby AI/ $ for Trahan MSG tix/Waltz dodge FOIA-US 250/90 for Goya Pulte Q/ FISA extension-Another blues / Waltz mention youtu.be/lW7O3vlki7Q
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Midnight at SDNY: Maurene Comey Sued DOJ for Retaliatory Firing Now DOJ's Motion for Judgment on Pleadings - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/sdny7come… 34-Page Motion on Patreon here: patreon.com/posts/maurene-co…

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