Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Today, Judge Reyes questions Stanley Woodward and the Trump DOJ during a hearing about the destruction of the East Potomac golf course after refusing to recuse herself from the case; Trump opposes Jack Smith testimony in his BBC defamation case; a dispute between Ric Grenell and Alina Habba centers around a $17 million transfer from a government account in Congo to a Texas defense firm; the race is on for Trump staffers to hire lawyers ahead of Democrats winning back Congress; the Trump administration is hiring private collection firms to go after people who default on student loans; the Mississippi Attorney General has determined that the police shooting of one-year-old Kohen Wiley was justified; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.
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