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reporter. Ohio University grad. Cat stepdad. Detroit Lions & Washington Nats & Cleveland Cavaliers fan. zapotoskym@washpost.com

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    15 Jun 2018

    The next time a lawyer/FBI official/Deputy Attorney General tries to convince you that your conduct is *not* being investigated because you're not a target/subject, just remember...

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  2. Sep 8

    FBI releases new footage of possible RNC, DNC pipe-bomb suspect, says person probably ‘not from the area’

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  3. Sep 7

    Garland’s vow to protect women’s right to abortions more bark than bite, analysts say

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    Sep 2

    Breaking: ISIS militant Alexanda Kotey admits involvement in torture, killings of American hostages in Syria, first ISIS member held accountable for string of video beheadings

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  5. Sep 2

    Abortion opponents watch for violations of Texas ban as providers weigh legal options

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  6. Sep 1

    Biden Justice Dept. releases more details on secret seizures of journalists’ records

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  7. Retweeted
    Sep 1

    if you want to read more about the program that allows this on the federal level, we investigated it seven years ago:

    A former Marine was pulled over for following a truck too closely. Without charging him, police took nearly $87,000 of his cash.
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  8. Sep 1

    His attorneys say that reinforces the inherent problem with asset forfeiture: Stephen Lara had $87K taken from him for more than six months by the government with no cause. And he only got it back after he got a lawyer & talked with the Washington Post.

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  9. Sep 1

    I reached out to the Justice Dept, DEA & Nevada Highway Patrol on this yesterday, and everyone declined to comment. Today, moments after it published, DEA said it is returning Lara's money, & the Justice Department said it is "reviewing existing policy on adoptive forfeitures"

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  10. Sep 1

    Stephen Lara's story had some particularly interesting aspects. A Nevada Highway Patrol sergeant can be heard on the traffic stop saying an adoption is "too easy." A trooper remarks "As odd as it is, everything lines up." They took his money anyway.

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  11. Sep 1

    But AG Sessions undid Holder's directive (which itself had significant exceptions) & adoptions crept back into fashion. AG Garland had taken no action on the practice.

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  12. Sep 1

    Civil asset forfeiture has long been controversial. In the Obama administration AG Holder curtailed one particularly thorny practice: federal "adoption" of local seizures, which helped agencies skirt state laws & ultimately keep the cash for themselves

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  13. Sep 1

    A former Marine was pulled over for following a truck too closely. Without charging him, police took nearly $87,000 of his cash.

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  14. Sep 1

    As and I reported months ago, the man charged yesterday and those he worked with weren’t connected to the Gaetz sex trafficking investigation — except that they found out about it and tried to use it to get cash from Gaetz’s father, Don.

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  15. Sep 1

    Remember when the investigation into Matt Gaetz was revealed, & Gaetz responded that someone was trying to extort his family over it? Justice yesterday revealed charges against a Fla. man who they say tried to get $25 million from Gaetz’s dad in that plot

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  16. Retweeted
    Aug 25

    In scathing opinion, federal judge orders pro-Trump lawyers to be disciplined over lawsuit seeking to overturn the 2020 election

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    Aug 24

    11 years ago the CIA helped capture Taliban leader Abdul Ghani Baradar in a joint operation with Pakistan. On Monday, CIA Director William Burns held a secret meeting with him in Kabul. scoop from

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  18. Aug 18

    Biden administration tells court Missouri gun law undermines public safety

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  19. Aug 18

    . has been all over this issue

    New: federal prisoner accounts have already grown by $50 million this year, and one inmate had the Bureau of Prisons issue a $2,000 check from his government account as the downpayment in a murder-for-hire plot against a witness...
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  20. Aug 17

    Durham grand jury explores theory someone presented FBI with fabricated evidence in 2016 Russia probe

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  21. Aug 17

    Here is 's original story about the eBay listings, and the broader problem of fake vaccine cards.

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