Hollywood Legal Hustle: Amazon & Vice Smacked With Defamation Suit Over Docuseries On “Millennial Madoff” & $650M Ponzi Scheme
#Legal #News #AmazonPrimeVideo #AmazonStudios #BernieMadoff #DepartmentOfJustice #HBO #LALocal #Netflix #RebeccaChaiklin #TigerKing #ViceStudios

https://deadline.com/2026/06/hollywood-hustler-docuseries-lawsuit-1236941616/

Hollywood Legal Hustle: Amazon & Vice Smacked With Defamation Suit Over Docuseries On “Millennial Madoff” & $650M Ponzi Scheme

Amazon is being taken to court by the ex-biz partner of the incarcerated “millennial Madoff" who ripped off investors for over $650 million with promises of lucrative licensing rights to HBO and Netflix flicks

Deadline

George Santos is under investigation for betting on George Santos

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/george-santos-kalshi-investigation

Trump Anti Weaponization Fund Nears Collapse After Legal and Political Blowback

Trump Anti Weaponization Fund faces mounting legal scrutiny, congressional resistance, and growing questions about executive authority.

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trump-anti-weaponization-fund-2/

Report into N.S. inmate death makes recommendations, but criticized for lack of detail
The legal director of a non-profit law firm said the two-page report from a committee established by Nova Scotia's Department of Justice is a far cry from what needs to be done to address deaths in custody.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/deaths-in-custody-nova-scotia-report-9.7219195?cmp=rss

Trump’s IRS Waiver Turns a Personal Tax Fight Into a Constitutional Alarm

Trump’s IRS Waiver tests whether personal tax exposure can be buried through executive power, DOJ settlement language, and public money.

https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/news-to-know/trump-watch/trumps-irs-waiver/

U.S. District ​Court Judge #LeonieBrinkema ordered the Trump administration not to set up or operate the $1.8 billion “Anti-Weaponization Fund” set to be operated by the #DepartmentofJustice on Friday. www.mediaite.com/media/news/b...

BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks...
BREAKING: Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s $1.8 Billion Anti-Weaponization Fund

U.S. District ​Court Judge Leonie Brinkema ordered the DOJ not to set up or operate President Donald Trump's $1.8 billion "Anti-Weaponization Fund,"

Mediaite

#DOJ sues states that rejected #ICE requests for #undercover #licenseplates

The #Trump administration continues to claim in lawsuits that ICE monitoring sites are #doxing agents, without showing evidence that's happening.

Most recently, the #DepartmentofJustice pointed to sites like ICEList.info and ICESpy.org in lawsuits it filed in an attempt to force four states to reverse policies blocking ICE agents from registering undercover license plates.
#privacy #security #icelist #icespy

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/doj-sues-states-that-rejected-ice-requests-for-undercover-license-plates/

DOJ sues states that rejected ICE requests for undercover license plates

DOJ keeps accusing ICE monitoring sites of doxing, but evidence remains scarce.

Ars Technica
@ponderingpolitics.bsky.social reacts to Donald Trump's #DepartmentofJustice pursuing a criminal investigation into @[email protected] , a woman whom juries found Trump sexually abused and defamed. youtu.be/FC1TIt1mV_E?...

This is PURE F**KING EVIL...
This is PURE F**KING EVIL...

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From #LizOyer @[email protected]

Trump’s settlement with DOJ is even worse than we knew. A secret add-on to the agreement was revealed today. It is an unconscionable betrayal of the American people by the president and the Acting Attorney General.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYiQwfvPBUm

#USA #USpolitics #Politics #Betrayal #Corruption #DonaldTrump #Trump #DOJ #DepartmentOfJustice #AttorneyGeneral #ToddBlanche #Blanche

Judge stunned by DOJ conduct in Illinois anti-ICE protest prosecution dismisses ‘Broadview Six’ charges

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.advocate.com/news/crime/kat-abughazaleh-charges-dropped