Hedged claims are ones written with attribution or uncertainty
(“reportedly”, “according to”). A higher rate is
not a fault: it is often careful sourcing.
How these are measured.
What they cover
Politics
75%
Crime & Law
25%
Most-tagged topics
FBIWASHINGTONDemocratsInstagramRepublicansSenateU.S.the Justice Department
Leaning
Not enough articles to place this byline.
4 scored articles;
a leaning average needs at least 8 before it says more
about the writer than about which stories they happened to be assigned.
Their outlet averages -0.19
(centre).
More from this journalist
Ordered by how many newsrooms covered the same event.
🔮 Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday are expected to advance Todd Blanche’s attorney general nomination after it had been delayed over concerns from two Republican senators on the panel. assertive
🔮 After Wainstein reached out to diGenova after he accepted the subpoena Thursday, diGenova wrote that he would “arrange counsel” to speak with them. assertive
🔮 Following several heated exchanges with Senate Democrats, Patel told Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, that he “would appreciate it if you concluded this hearing.” assertive
🔮 Comey, who has not entered a plea yet in the case, had been set to be arraigned on Wednesday at a federal courthouse in New Bern, North Carolina, but Flanagan pushed the arraignment until January. assertive
🔮 The FBI said he confessed after his arrest, but his legal team has noted that he was diagnosed with autism and is expected to seek to have the confession tossed based on his disability or argue he was coerced. assertive
🔮 Former special counsel Jack Smith, who brought two since-dismissed federal criminal cases against Donald Trump, is expected to face questions on Tuesday from the president’s allies in the Senate about his handling of his investigation into Trump’s efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss in the lead-up to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. assertive
🔮 A person whose name is redacted in the complaint told Fields that an investigation would be opened because “the President wants this investigation,” Fields’ whistleblower complaint says. assertive
🔮 Attorneys for former FBI Director James Comey will be in court Friday seeking to toss out the third federal criminal case the Trump administration has brought against him in the past 13 months. assertive
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Nothing here checks whether any of it turned out to be right.
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