Anna Bower

tailored to preserving the status quo while this Court considers his [1] Motion for Return of Property on an expedited basis. III. Accordingly, Petitioner Richman's (9] Motion for Temporary Restraining Order is GRANTED IN PART and DEFERRED IN PART, as follows: The United States and its agent, the Attorney General of the United States, are ORDERED to identify, segregate, and secure the image of Petitioner Richman's personal computer that was made in 2017, his Columbia University email accounts, and his iCloud account; any copies of those files; and any materials obtained, extracted, or derived from those files (collectively, "the covered materials") that are currently in the possession of the United States. Case 1:25-mc-00170-CKK Document 10 Filed 12/06/25 Page 4 of 4 The United States and its agents, including the Attorney General of the United States, are further ORDERED not to access the covered materials once they are identified, segregated, and secured, or to share, disseminate, or disclose the covered materials to any person, without first seeking and obtaining leave of this Court. The Attorney General of the United States or her designee is further ORDERED to certify that the United States is in compliance with this Order no later than 12:00 p.m. ET on Monday, December 8, 2025. It is further ORDERED that Petitioner Richman's counsel shall promptly serve a copy of this Order on the Attorney General of the United States, accompanied by copies of all papers filed in this action to date. All other requests for relief in Petitioner Richman's (9) Motion for Temporary Restraining Order are DEFERRED pending a response from the Govemment and further consideration by this Court. This Order shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 12, 2025, or until dissolved by further order of this Court, whichever comes first. Finally, it is ORDERED that, no later than 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the Govemment shall file a combined response to Peti…

NEWS: A judge has granted Daniel Richman’s request to temporarily block DOJ’s access to evidence taken from his electronic devices.

Richman was a key figure in the now-dismissed prosecution of former FBI director James Comey.

Order could complicate DOJ’s effort to re-indict Comey.

Update: One of my friends from law school got the Kash Patel books. She was a good sport about it!

Post-White Elephant!

The Civil Suit That Could Derail the Comey Prosecution (Again) Daniel Richman, a central figure in the now-dismissed criminal case against James Comey, files suit over the government's handling of his property.

Background here: annabower.substack.com/p/the-civil-...

TRO order here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

The Civil Suit That Could Derail the Comey Prosecution (Again) Daniel Richman, a central figure in the now-dismissed criminal case against James Comey, files suit over the government's handling of his property.

Background here: annabower.substack.com/p/the-civil-...

TRO order here: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

tailored to preserving the status quo while this Court considers his [1] Motion for Return of Property on an expedited basis. III. Accordingly, Petitioner Richman's (9] Motion for Temporary Restraining Order is GRANTED IN PART and DEFERRED IN PART, as follows: The United States and its agent, the Attorney General of the United States, are ORDERED to identify, segregate, and secure the image of Petitioner Richman's personal computer that was made in 2017, his Columbia University email accounts, and his iCloud account; any copies of those files; and any materials obtained, extracted, or derived from those files (collectively, "the covered materials") that are currently in the possession of the United States. Case 1:25-mc-00170-CKK Document 10 Filed 12/06/25 Page 4 of 4 The United States and its agents, including the Attorney General of the United States, are further ORDERED not to access the covered materials once they are identified, segregated, and secured, or to share, disseminate, or disclose the covered materials to any person, without first seeking and obtaining leave of this Court. The Attorney General of the United States or her designee is further ORDERED to certify that the United States is in compliance with this Order no later than 12:00 p.m. ET on Monday, December 8, 2025. It is further ORDERED that Petitioner Richman's counsel shall promptly serve a copy of this Order on the Attorney General of the United States, accompanied by copies of all papers filed in this action to date. All other requests for relief in Petitioner Richman's (9) Motion for Temporary Restraining Order are DEFERRED pending a response from the Govemment and further consideration by this Court. This Order shall remain in effect until 11:59 p.m. ET on Friday, December 12, 2025, or until dissolved by further order of this Court, whichever comes first. Finally, it is ORDERED that, no later than 9:00 a.m. ET on Tuesday, December 9, 2025, the Govemment shall file a combined response to Peti…

NEWS: A judge has granted Daniel Richman’s request to temporarily block DOJ’s access to evidence taken from his electronic devices.

Richman was a key figure in the now-dismissed prosecution of former FBI director James Comey.

Order could complicate DOJ’s effort to re-indict Comey.

Three-year-old child forced to serve as her own attorney in Tucson immigration court More than a dozen undocumented minors were forced to make their case in front of an immigration judge as the Trump administration ramps up removal proceedings.

There is no sight that more efficiently puts the lie to immigration “court” than the common sight of children “representing themselves.” Children too small to climb into the chair, children in pajamas who don’t know where they are, children not yet old enough to speak.

Kash Patel’s three children’s books, The Plot Against the King, The Plot Against the King 2,000 Mules, and The Plot Against the King 3: Return of the King

Some poor, unsuspecting soul at this holiday party is about to unwrap the world’s worst White Elephant gift: Kash Patel’s “The Plot Against the King” trilogy.

Lawyers furiously writing amicus briefs. May I suggest you read the 3 articles i published in advance of my forthcoming book Migration & the Origins of American Citizenship due out on Oxford U. Press on March 10? 3 articles are out from it including this un-gated one on the Recon Amendments

Frank Gehry’s Buildings Sound as Marvelous as They Look

“Frank Gehry’s Buildings Sound as Marvelous as They Look:
Gehry, who died on Friday at 96, made an invaluable contribution to classical music by designing spaces with stunning acoustics.” www.nytimes.com/2025/12/06/a...

Every legal story now is either

Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach

or

In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport

She is a remarkably talented performer and uniquely charismatic. She also seems like genuinely a good human being with actual political beliefs and convictions, not like one of the A list celebs who is faking it.

She is also very funny. For instance:

youtu.be/ZPpdZ-_PmQo?...

I wasn’t much of a Sabrina Carpenter fan, but I recently went to one of her shows at Madison Square Garden. It was so fun, and her live vocals were seriously impressive. 10/10 recommend

Yes, it was. I’m counting that as part of her “appearance” on SNL.

Correction: Carpenter’s SNL *appearance*, not monologue

Sabrina Carpenter ratioed the White House after it used her song in an ICE video.

The WH deleted the post…but now it’s back with a new ICE video, this time using an altered clip from Carpenter’s SNL monologue.

It happened again: The Trump administration has admitted illegally deporting a man to Guatemala despite an immigration judge's order that he was likely to be tortured there.

A judge has ordered the administration to facilitate his return by next week.storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Excellent reporting from @charliesavage.bsky.social and @julianbarnes.bsky.social starting with the "plain reality" that there was no warship, and no fighting going on, in the Sept. 2 strike, or any of them:

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/04/u...

1/2

Yes yesterday's. Wasn't entered until today.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA Norfolk Division In re: GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS DECEMBER 4, 2025 Misc. No. 2:25 ms 17 Grand Jury No. 25-2 ORDER On December 4, 2025, the grand jury was presented with an indictment proposing federal felony charges. After review, the grand jury failed to concur in issuing the proposed indictment and returned a no true bill. To maintain a record of these proceedings, the Clerk is DIRECTED to assign a miscellaneous number to this matter and IMPOUND the proposed indictment. The Clerk is further DIRECTED to maintain the proposed indictment under this miscellaneous number and the record of the grand jurors concurring in the proposed indictment UNDER SEAL as a grand jury matter, unless otherwise ordered by the Court.

Docket entry in EDVA shows that a Norfolk grand jury returned a "no true bill" yesterday, Dec. 4. In other words: The grand jury declined to indict someone on felony charges after federal prosecutors presented the case.

This is likely the Letitia James case.

(H/t to docket watcher Ethan Lee)

It’s giving Tom Cruise jumping on Oprah’s couch

They’re killing people as a twitter joke. It’s depraved. Can’t let yourself lose the capacity to be appalled and disgusted and outraged by this.

The courtroom for today’s hearing at the Albany federal courthouse was genuinely beautiful.

While my doodles are obviously hyper-realistic masterpieces, this is one I wish people could see IRL!

BREAKING: The December 8-9 evidentiary hearing for vindictive and selective prosecution in the Abrego case has been CANCELLED. Previously, Abrego's attorney filed a motion to dismiss without the evidentiary hearing over the news about Costa Rica. A sealed order was filed yesterday.

U.S. Southern Command @Southcom X.com On Dec. 4, at the direction of @SecWar Pete Hegseth, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in international waters operated by a Designated Terrorist Organization. Intelligence confirmed that the vessel was carrying illicit narcotics and transiting along a known narco-trafficking route in the Eastern Pacific. Four male narco-terrorists aboard the vessel were killed. #OpSouthernSpear

SOUTHCOM announces another boat strike.

Notable that the Pentagon carried out this strike on the same day that Adm. Bradley appeared before members of Congress to defend the Sep. 2 strike.

The main institutions of the Federal Government—White House, Supreme Court and Congress—are in complete shambles.

"The grand jury's refusal to re-indict Attorney General James is a decisive rejection of a case that should never have existed in the first place. A federal court threw this case out after President Trump illegally installed a U.S. Attorney to file baseless charges against Attorney General James that career prosecutors refused to bring. This should be the end of this case. If they continue, undeterred by a court ruling and a grand jury's rejection of the charges, it will be a shocking assault on the rule of law and a devastating blow to the integrity of our justice system.

JUST IN: Statement from Abbe Lowell, defense counsel for Letitia James, on Virginia grand jury’s refusal to re-indict the NY Attorney General on mortgage fraud charges:

worth noting the literal impossibility of civil liability for the prosecutors for all this willfully malicious conduct

“[T]he Justice Department is determined to try again.”

The Blaze is finally backing away from its bogus Jan. 6 pipe bomber story falsely IDing a Capitol Police officer after a different person was arrested today. They just added this to the story: