David Rohde
National Security Editor at NBC News
National security editor @NBCNews. Author of "Where Tyranny Begins: The Justice Department, the FBI & the War on Democracy" TNY NYT alum [email protected]
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1 week ago |
nbcnews.com | Michael Kosnar |Ken Dilanian |David Rohde
May 29, 2025, 9:46 PM EDTThe FBI’s top two leaders said in interviews on Fox News that the late financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide and promised to release a surveillance video from the federal jail in New York City where Epstein was found dead. Officials in the first Trump administration ruled that Epstein’s death in 2019 was a suicide.
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2 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | David Rohde
May 20, 2025, 9:24 PM EDTJames Comey, the polarizing former FBI director, walked into a Barnes & Noble in New York City, sat down on a three-legged stool and began to extol the virtues of his new crime novel to the few dozen people who came to his book signing Monday night.
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3 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | David Rohde
May 15, 2025, 9:55 PM EDTIt had the makings of a significant news event — the first public appearance of a former U.S. attorney who resigned in protest after defying the Trump administration. But the panel featuring Danielle Sassoon proved most notable for how careful she and a famed former New York prosecutor were in avoiding any direct remarks about the president or his Justice Department.
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3 weeks ago |
nbcnews.com | David Rohde |Courtney Kube |Lawrence Hurley
Legal experts and Democrats expressed growing alarm over the weekend that Trump administration officials are openly discussing unilaterally suspending habeas corpus — a bedrock American legal right — without the approval of Congress. The writ of habeas corpus, which dates back centuries, grants anyone detained in the U.S. the right to see a judge, challenge the government’s evidence against them and present a defense.
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1 month ago |
cnbc.com | David Rohde |Ken Dilanian
In a blistering ruling, a federal judge blocked a new executive order from President Donald Trump punishing a prominent law firm that successfully sued Fox News for promoting false claims of election fraud. Loren L. AliKhan, speaking from the bench in her Washington, D.C., courtroom Tuesday, said Trump's order targeting the law firm Susman Godfrey was part of a "personal vendetta." "The framers of our Constitution would see this as a shocking abuse of power," AliKhan said.
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