Molly Redden
@mtredden · joined 20 Apr 2009
Reporter covering legal affairs for ProPublica. Have a tip? molly.redden@propublica.org or find me on Signal at mollyredden.14 | @mtredden.bsky.social
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After a decade+ of nonstop pollution offenses, GOP Sen. Jim Justice's coal empire learned earlier this year that it was under federal criminal investigation.
But before prosecutors could gather crucial evidence, Todd Blanche's office told them "pencils down." https://t.co/Bv0YN
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@mtredden @AASchapiro keep telling people don't fall for crypto boys sale pitch for it's all a racket. No matter how rich some got most are losing money on cryptocurrency.
It's used for money laundering, for crime, a legalized scheme that as usual is making rich only the few. Sto
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Read the full story from me and @AASchapiro here: https://t.co/K0cvOlFXSI
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“Friends of Trump” are now in high demand for uber-wealthy people accused of white collar crimes.
One defense attorney said he would point clients to Ver’s deal—which Kise signed in giant letters—and say, “These are the guys who got this done.” https://t.co/bOLS2VSicd
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Ver had always maintained he never intended to dodge taxes and assessing Bitcoin for tax purposes is difficult. His lawyers argued the DOJ took his statements out of context. Ver admitted to “willful” misconduct in the final deal.
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The DOJ responded that Ver “took full responsibility for his gross financial misconduct” and under Trump, no one can buy their way out of accountability. Kise, Ver, Blanche and the White House did not comment.
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Kise even dictated that the final agreement could not use the word “fraud.”
The deal astonished tax experts. “I know of no cases like this,” said one.
A DOJ prosecutor says the deal crushed morale. “It stinks to high heaven.”
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After Kise’s intervention, DOJ took prison off the table. They abandoned the criminal charges.
They offered Ver a deal to go free if he paid $50m in taxes and fees–the same amount he allegedly owed 10+ years ago. Less than he recently paid for a luxury yacht. https://t.co/ZSrBJP
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Kise had helped bring Todd Blanche into Trump’s inner circle. Blanche is now the No. 2 at Justice.
Kise got to work lobbying Blanche and another former Trump family lawyer in DOJ leadership. They cut career prosecutors out of the loop and negotiated with Ver’s team directly.
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But the DOJ under Trump has changed dramatically.
A small club of lawyers who are tight with the admin–prosecutors have nicknamed them “Friends of Trump”–have easy access to DOJ leadership.
Ver hired Chris Kise, Trump’s onetime personal attorney.
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Prosecutors felt their case was airtight, per those familiar: Emails of Ver misleading his own lawyers about his assets. A speech in which Ver said that friends ask him how to use BTC to evade taxes.
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They believed the crypto world was rife with tax fraud and they wanted to make an example of Ver. They were ready to go to trial.
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A billionaire known as “Bitcoin Jesus” was under indictment for massive criminal tax fraud and very likely going to prison.
Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.
How did they do it? @AASchapiro and I spent months getting the inside story. http
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The billionaire, Roger Ver, is not hardcore MAGA. He’s a libertarian who renounced his US citizenship a decade ago on what he called “the happiest day of his life.”
When he left, he controlled about 1% of the world supply of Bitcoin. The DOJ claimed he dodged ~$50m in taxes. htt
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Do you have information about Big Law spurning clients who might incur Trump's anger? Get in touch: molly.redden@propublica.org or on Signal at mollyredden.14
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Some key examples:
⚖️Winston & Strawn turned down FBI agents trying to stop the DOJ from building a list of employees who worked on Jan 6
⚖️A firm that sounds a lot like Sidley Austin is refusing to represent the ABA against the Trump admin
⚖️One of the 9 firms that cut a deal…
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…with Trump ghosted a police accountability nonprofit in the middle of preparations for a major lawsuit
⚖️Wachtell and Kirkland — two of corporate law's biggest moneymakers — are conspicuously absent from pro bono matters they championed in the past
“It’s been a nightmare…
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…“People don’t want to stand up, and because of that, people are suffering.”
Read my story here: https://t.co/s26euSnAGa
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New from me: Big Law is fearful of representing anyone Trump sees as his enemies, and it's thwarting challenges to his agenda.
“There are cases that aren’t being brought at a time when civil rights abuses are maybe at the highest they’ve been.” https://t.co/s26euSnAGa
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Tips are *very* welcome.
Are you in Big Law or a Trump-aligned firm? Struggling to recruit pro bono partners to sue the administration? Former or current DOJ/OCR? Leonard Leo? Get in my DMs!
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I'm launching a new @propublica beat! Legal affairs under Trump: his assault on Big Law, his judicial nominees, his defiance of the courts, the politicization of executive branch legal offices, favor-trading for dropped investigations, White House legal strategy—you name it. http
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How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.
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Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.
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