Shawn Musgrave

New York

Newsroom Counsel and Correspondent at The Intercept

Newsroom Counsel/Correspondent @theintercept @shawnmusgrave.bsky.social / [email protected] / shawnmusgrave.82 (Signal)

Articles

The FBI Sought Search Warrants For Columbia Students' Social Media

3 weeks ago | progressivehub.net | Shawn Musgrave

New court documents reveal how the feds tried to unmask the Columbia students — and got blocked by federal judges on First Amendment grounds. By Shawn Musgrave, The InterceptNewly unsealed records provide new details about the Trump administration’s failed effort this spring to obtain a search warrant for an Instagram account run by student protesters at Columbia University.
How the FBI Sought a Warrant to Search Instagram of Columbia Student Protesters

3 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Shawn Musgrave

Newly unsealed records provide new details about the Trump administration’s failed effort this spring to obtain a search warrant for an Instagram account run by student protesters at Columbia University. The FBI and federal prosecutors sought a sweeping warrant, the records show, that would have identified the people who ran the account along with every user who had interacted with it since January 2024.
The Intercept Sues for Records About Arizona’s Financial Surveillance Dragnet

3 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Shawn Musgrave

The Intercept filed a public records lawsuit on Monday for documents about a financial surveillance program run by the Arizona attorney general’s office for more than a decade. For the past year, the attorney general’s office has denied multiple requests for records about its relationship with the Transaction Record Analysis Center, or TRAC, a nonprofit organization that runs a massive database containing details about millions of wire transfers sent through Western Union and other companies.
The Intercept Sues for Records About Arizona’s Financial Surveillance Dragnet

3 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Shawn Musgrave

NowIndia: Chaos erupts at toll plaza as farmers union goons beat female employee, clash with police over toll evasionGautam Buddha Nagar, India - June 03, 2025 [WARNING: violent content] People associated with a farmers' group allegedly assaulted women employee at a toll plaza, let commercial vehicles pass without payment, and attacked toll workers along with police officers when confronted for demanding free passage for their vehicles.
Prosecutors Quietly Drop Charge Over Leaked Video of D.C. Plane Crash

4 weeks ago | theintercept.com | Shawn Musgrave

Months after the collision between a U.S. Army helicopter and a passenger jet that killed 67 people in Washington, D.C., Congress and federal aviation safety regulators are still investigating what happened.
GOP Budget Would Make It Even Harder to Hold Trump Administration in Contempt

1 month ago | theintercept.com | Shawn Musgrave

Democrats in the Senate are preparing to fight an attempt by Republicans to limit federal courts’ authority to block abuses of power by the Trump administration. The looming showdown over the judiciary’s power to issue contempt orders stems from a single sentence tucked into the thousand-page budget bill, which passed the House of Representatives by a single vote on Thursday. “This is a slap in the face to the concept of separation of powers,” said a spokesman for Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.).
Why Does GOP Budget Bill Focus on Punishing People Who Leak Tax Returns?

1 month ago | theintercept.com | Shawn Musgrave

As the Trump administration vows to crack down on leakers, Republicans in Congress want to hand the Justice Department even more power to punish one extremely specific type of leak: unauthorized disclosures of tax records, which in recent years have exposed the creative accounting of the Trump family and wealthy allies like Elon Musk.
ICE Duped a Federal Judge Into Allowing Raid on Columbia Student Dorms

1 month ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Shawn Musgrave

As part of the Trump administration’s targeting of Columbia University students for deportation, a high-ranking Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent submitted a wildly inaccurate affidavit to a federal judge to get a search warrant, newly unsealed court records show.
How ICE Duped a Federal Judge Into Signing a Search Warrant

1 month ago | theintercept.com | Shawn Musgrave

As part of the Trump administration’s targeting of Columbia University students for deportation, a high-ranking Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent submitted a wildly inaccurate affidavit to a federal judge to get a search warrant, newly unsealed court records show.
Democrats Had a Shot at Protecting Journalists From Trump. They Blew It.

1 month ago | theintercept.com | Shawn Musgrave

Attorney General Pam Bondi distributed plans inside the Justice Department last week to scrap rules protecting journalists and their sources from surveillance and subpoenas over unflattering coverage and leaks. Bondi’s memo leaked to the press immediately.