Mimi Rocah

The National Failure at the Heart of the Jeffrey Epstein Story It is a great challenge to pay sustained attention to any one of the onslaught of moral or legal indignities unfolding in this moment.

New (& important) from @dahlialithwick.bsky.social @mimirocah1.bsky.social Rachel Foster & me slate.com/news-and-pol...

The FBI is now actively working to put together a team to arrest Comey between now and his court appearance on Thursday, but other FBI supervisors have also refused to cooperate, said a source knowledgeable about the conversations and a law enforcement source familiar with the situation. The expectation is that the FBI will eventually find somebody. CBS News has reached out to the FBI for comment. Comey's lawyer, Patrick Fitzgerald, declined to comment to CBS News. Reuters was first to report that an FBI agent was sidelined for refusing to help with a perp walk.

I don’t understand the supposed legal basis for this.

DOJ requested a summons—*not* an arrest warrant—under Rule 9 of the FRCrP.

Are they going to go back to the magistrate and ask for a warrant, even though Comey hasn’t failed to appear? If not, what’s the exigency for a warrantless arrest?

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Working on a new book, “The Fix: Saving America from the Corruption of a Mob-Style Government.” Drawing from my experience as a prosecutor, the book offers ideas to take back our democracy and a vision for the future. Available June 9, 2026. Here’s the cover. What do you think?

Today seems like a good day to announce that I am writing a book! About? The assault on our system of justice. It’s more important than ever to lift up the stories of courageous lawyers standing up & doing the right thing (& to talk about those who aren’t). Fall 2026 with @harpercollins.bsky.social

The fundamental underpinning of democracy, which we spread around the world, is an apolitical, independent criminal justice system.

James Comey’s case is a joke that will never stick. But the damage Trump is doing to the rule of law will leave a lasting stain.

Trump has crossed the reddest line If a president can use the power of the Justice Department for his political and personal ends, no one is safe.

Erik Siebert’s resignation emphasizes Trump’s feverish pursuit of becoming dictator-in-chief. Mimi Rocah examines his reliance on Pam Bondi and his plans to expedite the hiring of loyalists across government.

Trump poised to fire US attorney for resisting effort to charge NY AG Letitia James: Sources President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney in Eastern Virginia after he was unable to find evidence of mortgage fraud against NY AG Letitia James, sources say.

Getting fired for following the evidence. abcnews.go.com/US/trump-poi...

Survivors of the crimes of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell respond to FBI director Patel’s testimony:

Fired Prosecutor Challenges Trump’s Claims to Power in Lawsuit

“The politically motivated termination of Ms. Comey…upends bedrock principles of our democracy & justice system…. AUSAs like Ms. Comey must do their jobs without fearing or favoring any political party or perspective, guided solely by the law, the facts & the pursuit of justice.”

Exactly.

I’m proud to announce that Vol. 1 of Hidden Voices: Jewish Americans in U.S. History is now available for *free* for K-12 educators EVERYWHERE to integrate into their social studies/US history teaching.

Grateful to the many who contributed, now LET’S USE IT!

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Amazing and important. Thank you my friend.

Anyway in addition to teaching the law maybe elite legal institutions should also focus on teaching aspiring lawyers not to be morally bankrupt

Opinion | Trump's DOJ shoved Epstein's survivors too many times — and they have had enough "We are here today, and we are speaking, and we are not going to stop speaking,” said one survivor.

My latest for @msnbc.com after yesterdays powerful gathering of Epstein/Maxwell survivors organized by @rachelfoster.bsky.social @laurenhershey.bsky.social www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Trump: Epstein files is a 'Democrat hoax' President Trump spoke in the Oval Office today as Epstein survivors were on Capitol Hill calling on Congress to release the Epstein files. Managing Attorney at The Bloom Firm Arick Fudali, who represe...

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Why speak publicly now a reporter asks? Because DOJ gave Maxwell a platform and was put on a pedestal. Because Trump called it a hoax. We won’t be silence anymore.

This #epstein press conference where survivors are speaking is incredible. The unity & power of this group of women (and their families) is so moving.

My latest for @cafedotcom.bsky.social staytuned.substack.com/p/listen-to-...

Tomorrow 930 am Washington DC survivors speak. That is who we should all be listening to.

The sham Ghislaine Maxwell proffer is a shameful whitewash of accountability And it has the full power of the DOJ behind it.

"In any semi-normal time, the Justice Department would acknowledge that Maxwell’s denial of her own conduct proved at trial means she has zero credibility…But credibility and truth were clearly not the goals of this so-called proffer.”

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I talk about one of the most revealing exchanges between Blanche and Maxwell in my latest for the @contrariannews.org

Jeffrey Epstein's deal with federal prosecutors wasn't normal. The men who arranged it need to face the music. Then-U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta violated the victim's rights, Justice Department policy and every prosecutor's instinct in this case.

Reposting this in light of news Acosta will be questioned by House Committee. There are lots of questions that need answering. www.nbcnews.com/think/amp/nc...

Exactly this @asharangappa.bsky.social

Maxwell said she never saw Trump do anything “inappropriate.”

She also said she never saw *anyone* do anything inappropriate.

CASE CLOSED!

It’s clear that the main goal of the Maxwell interview was to get her to say that she didn’t see Trump do anything wrong.

Which can only mean that there is something in the files that suggests that he did. Why else would she need to say that?

The interview is more incriminating, not less.

The only thing worth saying on Maxwell: she’s denying her own criminal conduct for which she was convicted & sentenced. So she has zero credibility & her statements on Trump doing nothing wrong are meaningless. DOJ in any semi-normal time would say that (well not interview her in first place but…).

INBOX: Former US attorney Preet Bharara is representing Adam Schiff and has issued a statement blasting Ed Martin's "glaring" bias as he examines allegations Bharara says are "stale" and "debunked" re Schiff's mortgage.