Bb5a31f81ClaimAn audio recording disclosed in court documented special counsel Carlton Davis seeking assistance regarding Steve Castor's absence from Bradley Benavides' congressional testimonyAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimCareer federal prosecutors insisted on interviewing congressional staffers directly rather than relying on Steve Castor's characterizations of materialityAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimAssistant United States Attorney James Kirkpatrick from the Western District of Missouri was assigned to lead the prosecution of Nikki Floris and Bradley BenavidesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimCarlton Davis served as special counsel to the United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia under United States Attorney Jeanine PirroAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Department of Justice attempted to file an unsigned and unsworn superseding complaint adding obstruction charges against Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides on the eve of their preliminary hearingAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSpecial Agent Brian Witt was the sole witness who testified on probable cause during the preliminary hearing for Nikki Floris and Bradley BenavidesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSpecial Agent Brian Witt conceded during cross-examination that one question posed to Nikki Floris concerned a hypothetical laptop rather than an actual laptopAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMagistrate Judge Zia Faruqi presided over a multi-day preliminary probable cause hearing for former FBI officials Nikki Floris and Bradley Benavides in October 2026AgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Department of Justice argued before Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqi that prosecutors do not require a magistrate's probable cause finding to docket a superseding complaintAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimChief Judge James Boasberg reviewed and narrowed Magistrate Judge Zia Faruqi's disclosure order concerning potential Brady exculpatory material from Steve Castor's interview recordingAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimMagistrate Judge Zia Faruqi conducted an in camera review of an audio recording of Special Agent Brian Witt interviewing House Judiciary Committee counsel Steve CastorAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimA federal district judge ruled against the Donald Trump presidential administration's effort to separate 20,000 mail-in ballots in CaliforniaAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe U.S. Department of Justice sued to prevent California election officials from counting more than 20,000 mail-in ballots from voters it alleged were non-citizensAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimIn Alaska, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit seeking to block the certification of the U.S. Senate election if incumbent Republican Senator Dan Sullivan losesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThree lawsuits seeking to enjoin the deployment of federal personnel to polling places were assigned to Judge Loren AliKhan of the U.S. District Court for the District of ColumbiaAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit rejected the Justice Department's attempt to leapfrog a federal district court temporary restraining order hearing regarding California mail ballotsAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimJudge Alvin K. Hellerstein presided over multiple federal lawsuits arising in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacksAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimJudge Loren AliKhan of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted expedited discovery in litigation challenging potential deployments of federal personnel to polling sitesAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimThe Alaska Supreme Court ruled that third-party candidate Dan S. Sullivan could not be removed from the 2026 general election ballotAgreeDisagree
Bb5a31f81ClaimSenior Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York died at age 92AgreeDisagree