Gus Garcia-Roberts

1/ In August 2020, the president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, made an extraordinary request to President Trump’s ambassador, Ronald Johnson. A previously undisclosed report tells what happened next, according to a new ProPublica investigation. 🧵 ⬇️

Screenshot of post on X from VA Secretary Doug Collins. The text reads: @ProPublica is an extreme liberal news outlet that will do anything to make the Trump Administration look bad. But this week, the far-left editors there reached a new low by sending @VernalColeman to stalk @DeptVetAffairs employees at their homes. This creepy behavior will discourage good people from coming to work at VA. @ProPublica, please do better and stop letting your hatred of the Trump Administration continue to warp your judgment.

It's a journalist's job to ask questions of government officials, no matter which party is in power. That often means respectfully knocking on doors to get answers people deserve to know.

Tips and evidence are essential to our nonpartisan work: www.propublica.org/tips/

Caitlin Kelly Joins ProPublica as Senior Editor ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

So... some personal news: After 7+ years with the wonderful people at WIRED, next month I am going to be starting a new chapter at ProPublica. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

Seizure medication, wheelchairs, Social Security cards, dentures, urns of ashes, work uniforms — just some of what's been thrown away during cruel, degrading, utterly counterproductive homeless sweeps.

A good time to revisit this gutting @propublica.org story:

Now That They’re Free, Venezuelan Men Want the World to Know What They Endured in CECOT Venezuelan men deported by the Trump administration say they endured months of physical and mental abuse inside a Salvadoran prison. Though happy to be home, they say the fact that they were released ...

The terror began immediately. Salvadoran guards beat them with their fists, boots and batons, shot them with rubber pellets, and forced them to lick other men's backs.

What happened when we sent 230+ Venezuelans to a prison known for human rights abuses.

www.propublica.org/article/vene...

A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime Internal documents and interviews show that an overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations.

NEW: A New Trump Plan Gives DHS and the White House Greater Influence in the Fight Against Organized Crime

Internal documents and interviews show that an overhaul led by Stephen Miller would scale back prosecutors’ control over investigations.

THREAD: We recently heard that the Trump administration was leaning on the government of Gambia to help Elon Musk. For weeks, our team made phone calls, wrote letters and knocked on folks’ doors to try to confirm it. But we were stuck.

So our reporters got on a plane to Banjul. 1/

U.S. AG Pam Bondi Sold More than $1 Million in Trump Media Stock the Day Trump Announced Sweeping Tariffs Disclosure forms show that Bondi sold between $1 million and $5 million worth of shares on April 2. That day, after the market closed, Trump’s “Liberation Day” press conference sent the market tumblin...

BREAKING: Attorney General Pam Bondi sold more than $1 million worth of Trump Media stock the day Trump announced bruising new tariffs on "Liberation Day." @propublica.org's @robert-faturechi.bsky.social @bxroberts.org have the exclusive story. www.propublica.org/article/pam-...

Pulitzer Prizes Public Service Winner: ProPublica. Image (right) displays headline that reads: Their States Banned Abortion. Doctors Now Say They Can't Give Women Potentially Lifesaving Care.

JUST IN: ProPublica’s “Life of the Mother” series, which exposes the fatal consequences of abortion bans, has won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service.

This is the second consecutive year we’ve been awarded this distinction and our eighth Pulitzer: www.propublica.org/series/life-...

Gus Garcia-Roberts Joins ProPublica as National Reporter ProPublica is an independent, non-profit newsroom that produces investigative journalism in the public interest.

I'm going to badly miss my colleagues at The Post, particularly those in the amazing sports department there. But I'm thrilled to start at @propublica.org today, aiming to bring a sports focus to one of the most badass shops in journalism. www.propublica.org/atpropublica...

SOS: Migrants held in Texas fear notorious El Salvador prison Venezuelan detainees in Texas fear the Trump administration will send them to El Salvador's notorious CECOT maximum security prison.

Jeferson Escalona, who DHS said was a “self-admitted” member of Tren de Aragua: "They're making false accusations about me. I don't belong to any gang." W/ @kristinacooke.bsky.social www.reuters.com/world/americ...

Secret Deals, Foreign Investments, Presidential Policy Changes: The Rise of Trump’s Crypto Firm (Gift Article) World Liberty Financial has eviscerated the boundary between private enterprise and government policy in ways without precedent in modern American history.

President Trump at once appoints the nation's top financial regulators & profits from one of the world's fastest growing crytpo companies. It's one of the most explicit financial conflicts of interest in presidential history. A NYT investigation published today digs into this nyti.ms/44KUVn8

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

NEW: A federal judge raised alarm Friday that the Trump administration appeared to have deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen to Honduras with "no meaningful process" — even as her father was fighting to keep her in the country.

Details w/ @joshgerstein.bsky.social

www.politico.com/news/2025/04...

Gannett will stop publishing diversity information, citing Trump’s executive order The company also removed mentions of "diversity" from its corporate site.

Gannett will stop publishing diversity information, citing Trump’s executive order

Gay Venezuelan stylist sent to Salvadoran prison after a disgraced Milwaukee cop's report Now a contractor for ICE, the officer was on the Brady list of disgraced cops in Milwaukee. His report helped send a man to a notorious prison in El Salvador.

A disgraced former Milwaukee cop with credibility issues helped seal the fate of a gay Venezuelan makeup artist sent to El Salvador's notorious prison. Cross was fired from his position as a Milwaukee Police Sergeant in 2012 after driving his car into a family’s home while intoxicated.

Trump administration deports gay makeup artist to prison in El Salvador A gay man with no known criminal record sought asylum in the U.S. He's since become one of 238 Venezuelan migrants deported to a notorious prison in El Salvador by the Trump administration.

60 Minutes could find no criminal records for 75% of the Venezuelans the U.S. sent to a notorious mega-prison in El Salvador. https://cbsn.ws/4clubLP

LIV Golf, Saudi relationships pull Trump to Florida as markets rage The president’s dinner with golfing leaders, hosted at his club, comes as the global economic order reels from Trump’s tariffs announcement.

As global markets melt down, Trump is turning to … pro golf.

The president is headed to a LIV Golf event hosted at one of his Florida clubs.

It’s another example of Trump prioritizing his relationships with the Saudis — they own LIV — and blending his personal business and presidential office.

An ‘Administrative Error’ Sends a Maryland Father to a Salvadoran Prison The Trump administration says it mistakenly deported an immigrant with protected status but that courts are powerless to order his return.

BREAKING: Trump admin says it mistakenly deported a Maryland father who had *withholding of removal* back to El Salvador on March 15. Govt told court Monday it won't bring Kilmar Abrego Garcia back. "What.The.Fuck..." one govt attorney told me. www.theatlantic.com/politics/arc... @theatlantic.com

Baseball Reaches Its Breaking Point An elbow-injury epidemic has become an existential threat to the sport, prompting the M.L.B. to brainstorm new solutions, such as the use of a heavier ball.

This story for the New Yorker is the culmination of many years of reporting on and thinking about one thing: What's the deal with pitching? It was nice to reconnect with people I know from the baseball world, and I have now seen the inside of a person's elbow.

www.newyorker.com/sports/sport...

mexicans are perfect

What the Venezuelans Deported to El Salvador Experienced Exclusive photos of the arrival of Venezuelan detainees deported from the U.S.

“One young man sobbed when a guard pushed him to the floor. He said, ‘I’m not a gang member. I’m gay. I’m a barber.’ I believed him. *** He “began to whimper,” as his head was roughly shaved, “folding his hands in prayer as his hair fell.” He “asked for his mother & cried as he was slapped again.”

Why the Pentagon Scuttled Its Briefing of Elon Musk on China War Plans “You wouldn’t show it to a businessman,” President Trump said in denying that Elon Musk was to be briefed on top-secret plans in the event of war with China.

“Musk’s planned visit to a secure room in the Pentagon was called off after The Times published its article on the visit, according to a person with knowledge of the matter” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/21/u...

Apparently I have lost my security clearance for a third time. This is the infamous Beetlejuice policy that the Trump Administration is newly implementing.

Emails Reveal Top IRS Lawyer Warned Trump Firings Were a “Fraud” on the Courts The Trump administration cited “performance” failures to justify its mass firing of IRS workers. But this claim was “false,” a senior agency attorney warned officials, because the administration had n...

SCOOP: Before the IRS fired nearly 7,000 probationary employees, a senior lawyer raised the alarm that:

- the terminations contained "false" information
- they amounted to a "fraud" on the US judicial system

Don't miss this @propublica.org exclusive: www.propublica.org/article/trum...

For four Venezuelan friends, Alien Enemies Act cuts short an American dream President Donald Trump used the Alien Enemies Act to deport Venezuelans accused of being gang members. Relatives of men sent to El Salvador deny the allegation.

Based on this fast and excellent WaPo reporting, these four guys are not gang members, just Venezuelan dads who came to the US to work. They’re now being paraded in shackles in El Salvador www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...

Familiar de venezolano enviado a cárcel de El Salvador: "Lo reconocí por los tatuajes y sus orejas" | El Estímulo Se llama Francisco García, tiene 24 años, es un barbero nacido en el estado Aragua y ahora está recluido en una cárcel de máxima de seguridad de El Salvador luego de que EEUU lo vinculara al Tren de A...

Francisco García Casique left Venezuela in 2017 and worked as a barber in Peru until 2023, when he came to the US via the Darién Gap.

No gang ties, but he had a tattoo. ICE noticed. Now he's in El Salvador's dungeons.

“We zoomed in and we could recognize him. A mother's instinct never fails."

Good morning, it’s pub day! Here’s another excerpt of the book (which you’re strongly encouraged, by me, to order below). crimereads.com/michael-stew...

Dear Judge Ho: I write on behalf of The New York Times Company ("The Times") to respectfully request that the Court not seal Exhibits A through H the "Exhibits") to the Government's March 7, 2025 Response in Support of Motion to Dismiss Pursuant to Rule 48(a) (the "Response," Dkt. 160). The Government, with the consent of the Defendant, has filed a letter requesting that the Exhibits be sealed but cites only a single ground: the purported privacy interest of the attorneys involved in this prosecution. (Dkt. 161.) The Response makes clear that all the attorneys were high-ranking officials at the U.S. Attorney's Office or at the Justice Department or prosecutors in this action, all of whom have been identified publicly on the docket. Those privacy interests are insufficient to set aside the public's constitutional and common law rights of access to judicial documents. More to the point, the Government is introducing the Exhibits as evidence of potential wrongdoing by prosecutors in a case involving the prosecution of the highest-ranking official in New York City. It is hard to imagine a circumstance in which the public interest would be higher and the privacy interest lower.

NEW: NYT asks Judge Ho to unseal newly filed govt exhibits in Eric Adams case that purport to show "troubling conduct" of SDNY prosecutors: "It is hard to imagine a circumstance in which the public interest would be higher and the privacy interest lower." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...