Jonah Bromwich

Judge Rules Trump Unlawfully Targeted Noncitizens Over Pro-Palestinian Speech In a blistering opinion, a federal judge in Boston said the Trump administration used the threat of deportations to systematically intimidate certain campus demonstrators into silence.

Breaking News: A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration violated the First Amendment by deporting noncitizen student activists.

Inside the Crisis Gripping New Jersey’s Federal Courts

I spent the last several days wandering around federal courthouses in NJ to see how a judicial ruling, which concluded Alina Habba had no authority to be the state’s top prosecutor, was affecting criminal cases.

>> Here’s what I saw and heard. w/ @jonesieman.bsky.social

‘It Felt Like Kidnapping,’ Khalil Says in First Interview Since Release

EXCLUSIVE: On Saturday, Khalil turned off a newscast on America’s attack on Iran to speak publicly for the first time about his arrest, his detention and his plans now that he is free.

He said that if Trump’s goal had been to suppress pro-Palestinian speech, the president had “absolutely failed.”

Mahmoud Khalil Returns to New York After Months in Detention

His fist was raised and he could not stop smiling.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/21/n...

Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It

Microsoft, responding to a Trump order, helped turn off the email account of the ICC prosecutor freezing his communications just months after the court issued an arrest warrant for Netanyahu for Israeli actions in Gaza @satariano.bsky.social @jeannasmialek.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/t...

NEW: Brad Lander isn't being charged by federal prosecutors at the moment. A spokesman for the Manhattan U.S. attorney's office says they are investigating and adds that "federal law prohibits assaults on law enforcement and other public officials" as well as obstruction of official proceedings.

Adams Team Works Behind Scenes to Try to Sway Rabbis Against Cuomo An aide to Mayor Eric Adams is pushing Orthodox Jewish leaders to withhold endorsements in the New York City mayoral primary.

Adams Team Works Behind Scenes to Try to Sway Rabbis Against Cuomo, with Nick Fandos www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/n...

okay, headline chat: a bunch of you have asked me who writes them and how they work. I’ll talk about it but the tl;dr is that it’s complicated and can vary a lot depending on the specific writer(s) and editor(s) involved.

YouTube video by Legal AF No Cameras, No Filters: The Untold Story Finally Revealed

Really enjoyed this conversation about the Trump trial and my book, "Dragon on Centre Street" w/ @mspopok.bsky.social. You should watch! Thank you for your attention to this matter. www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYou...

Dragon on Centre Street by Jonah Bromwich review – drama of Trump the felon The New York Times reporter gives an insightful – and withering – account of the president’s hush-money trial

The Guardian praises "Dragon on Centre Street," an account of a "drama for the ages" that "captures the personalities that filled the corridors of the courthouse and the streets around it, light-hearted one moment, deadly serious the next"

www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...

Dragon on Centre Street: New York vs. Donald J. Trump Amazon.com: Dragon on Centre Street: New York vs. Donald J. Trump: 9798893310382: Bromwich, Jonah: Books

Here’s the link:

Amazon: www.amazon.com/Dragon-Centr...

Bookshop: bookshop.org/a/1688/97988...

One year ago today, Trump was convicted on 34 felony counts in NY criminal count.

I spoke to @jonesieman.bsky.social about his great new book, Dragon on Centre Street, which tells the story of the trial through the eyes of a reporter who was there for it all:

www.lawfaremedia.org/article/lawf...

Thanks Peter!

Dragon on Centre Street: New York vs. Donald J. Trump Amazon.com: Dragon on Centre Street: New York vs. Donald J. Trump: 9798893310382: Bromwich, Jonah: Books

Great to talk with @jonesieman.bsky.social ‬on ⁦‪‬@morningjoe-msnbc.bsky.social about his new book "Dragon on Centre Street" on Trump's trial. Jonah is one of the real stars of the @nytimes.com and his book is a must-read about the trial of the century

politics-prose.com/book/9798893...

Lawfare Daily: Jonah Bromwich on New York vs. Donald J. Trump | The Lawfare Podcast: Patreon Edition

I talked about the book with @annabower.bsky.social — you can listen to our conversation here: shows.acast.com/the-lawfare-...

My book, "Dragon on Centre Street," is out this week! The book focuses on Donald Trump’s criminal trial but it’s also about the way that our institutions have failed to keep up with the 21st century. I hope you’ll buy it and read it!

Thanks Jennie!

A perk of vacation was getting to read Jonah’s book today when it came out. It was interesting to read the narrative version a year after experiencing the trial mainly through a blizzard of Slack messages. Definitely worth the time if you’re at all interested in the topic.

Tufts Student Arrested by ICE Is Released From Detention

Here's our full story: www.nytimes.com/2025/05/09/u...

NEW: Rumeysa Ozturk is free from ICE custody. There was a delay as ICE sought to fit her w/ an ankle monitor, prompting a 2nd order from a federal judge clarifying that she was to be released without any monitoring or restrictions. She is with her lawyer; expected to return to Mass. tomorrow.

U.S. Cites Mideast Peace Process to Justify Move to Deport Student Mohsen Mahdawi, who led Columbia protests, engaged in activities that could threaten attempts to end the war in Gaza, a memo from Secretary of State Marco Rubio said.

Scoop w/
@jonesieman.bsky.social

The Trump administration is seeking to deport a Columbia student because his activities could “potentially undermine” the Middle East peace process, according to a memo from Sec. Marco Rubio that was reviewed by The New York Times.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/15/n...

Endorsement by Mayor Adams Appears to Lift Sales of Kash Patel’s Book The F.B.I. director saw sales of his book about the government’s “deep state” rise by nearly 800 percent after Mayor Eric Adams lavished praise on it.

In the week encompassing Mr. Adams’s brief, pro bono promotional tour, U.S. print sales for “Government Gangsters” skyrocketed nearly 800 percent, from 228 to 2,019, according to Circana BookScan.
w/ @jonesieman.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/2025/04/12/n...

Immigration Judge Rules Khalil Can Be Deported, but Legal Hurdles Remain The decision by a judge in Louisiana is an early victory for Secretary of State Marco Rubio, but a broader challenge is still being heard in federal court in Newark.

Important note and context from my colleague
@jonesieman.bsky.social on the Khalil news today:

"The ruling is far from the final word on whether Mr. Khalil, a Columbia University graduate and legal permanent resident, will be deported."

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/11/n...

Ty!

Dragon on Centre Street: New York vs. Donald J. Trump by Jonah Bromwich New York Times reporter Bromwich debuts with a meticulous, fly-on-the-wall account of Donald Trump’s criminal trial for falsifyi...

I'm really happy to share this review from Publisher's Weekly of my book "Dragon on Centre Street," out in May! They call it a "meticulous, fly-on-the-wall account" complete with nail-biting stakeouts and salacious testimony. Here's the review: www.publishersweekly.com/9798893310382

Only a “fool” or a “coward” would obey, says lead prosecutor. @Jonesieman.bsky.social Ben Weiser William Rashbaum www.nytimes.com/2025/02/14/n...

At Justice Dept., Trump’s Former Criminal Defender Emerges as His Enforcer As the acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove has overseen the forced transfers of senior officials and an effort to collect the names of F.B.I. agents who worked on Jan. 6 cases.

3/ "The fact that Mr. Bove has not publicly acknowledged any role in enforcement efforts after Jan. 6 while he was a top national security prosecutor in Manhattan has rankled current and former agents."

(by @glennthrush.bsky.social Adam Goldman @jonesieman.bsky.social Maggie Haberman)

8 Months Inside New York’s Migrant Shelters: Fear, Joy and Hope A reporter and photographer documented life in New York City’s shelter system for migrants, through the eyes of those living there.

Todd Heisler and I spent hours inside New York City migrant shelters this year to chronicle life inside and the stories of the people living there.

Months of work went into documenting a defining chapter in NYC's history.

Hope you give it a read:
www.nytimes.com/2024/12/23/n...

on Luigi Mangione and the obsolescence of “digital trails” nymag.com/intelligence...

Asked about the Hunter Biden pardon, the mayor pulls out a copy of The New York Times and reads a line about how Biden and Trump agree: the Justice Department is politicized. "I rest my case," the mayor says.