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A Problem With Trump's Victory Lap on Drop in Crime
Narrative Analysis: Appeal to Fear
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Crooks and Liars
· Jun 23, 2026
RFK Jr. 's DOJ WeaponizaTrumpMisconduct Triggers Threat To Over 100 Cases
A veteran federal prosecutor's grand jury misconduct is so pervasive that the Justice Department now expects to review more than 100 cases she handled going back to 2007. A court filing in the Northern District of Illinois names the case that started it all: the collapsed prosecution of the Broadview Six. News reports identify the lead prosecutor as Sheri Mecklenburg, a nearly two-decade veteran of the Justice Department whose conduct before a grand jury unraveled a high-profile case against six Democratic officials and activists arrested for protesting outside a Chicago Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility during the Trump administration's Operation Midway Blitz deportation campaign. Prosecutors made three attempts to indict the protesters on a rare felony conspiracy charge. read more
MS NOW
· Jun 23, 2026
Trump’s Reflecting Pool fiasco is no longer just a laughing matter
The president’s desperate attempts to blame “vandals” deserve mockery, but arrests over the weekend are another abuse of federal power. The post Trump’s Reflecting Pool fiasco is no longer just a laughing matter appeared first on MS NOW.
ArcaMax
· Jun 25, 2026
First felony conviction from Operation Midway Blitz on rocks amid grand jury scandal
CHICAGO — One of the only felony convictions secured by federal prosecutors in Operation Midway Blitz now appears to be under threat as a scandal over alleged grand jury misconduct continues to swirl around the U.S. attorney’s office. Anthony...
The Daily Beast
· Jul 7, 2026
Newsom Trolls Trump With Brutal ‘Self-Awareness’ Jab
ReutersGavin Newsom mocked President Donald Trump for lacking self-awareness while talking about “career criminals” roaming around Washington, D.C.Trump, who pardoned more than 1,500 Jan. 6 rioters on his first day back in office, boasted about his administration’s efforts to reduce crime in the capital at a Rose Garden Club lunch on Monday afternoon.“They used to go in and rob the restaurants... It was like the old Wild West. They’d say, ‘Stick ‘em up, give me your money.’ The whole restaurant is handing them money. And now, if that ever happened, those people would be in deep trouble... We hit them very hard,” Trump, 80, said.Read more at The Daily Beast.
TwistedSifter
· Jul 6, 2026
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The i Paper
· Jun 27, 2026
JD Vance has said the most honest thing about Trump yet
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Related coverage for "A Problem With Trump's Victory Lap on Drop in Crime": Crooks and Liars — RFK Jr. 's DOJ WeaponizaTrumpMisconduct Triggers Threat To Over 100 Cases. MS NOW — Trump’s Reflecting Pool fiasco is no longer just a laughing matter. ArcaMax — First felony conviction from Operation Midway Blitz on rocks amid grand jury scandal. The Daily Beast — Newsom Trolls Trump With Brutal ‘Self-Awareness’ Jab. TwistedSifter — His Bus Was Blocked by a Delivery Driver — The Solution Involved Fake Cash and 25 Minutes of Poetic Justice. The i Paper — JD Vance has said the most honest thing about Trump yet