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Spencer Hsu

Washington, D.C., United States

Legal Reporter at The Washington Post

Legal reporter for the Washington Post. Author of Forensic Science, winner of 2012 Gilbert and Ursula Farfel Prize for investigative reporting.

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  • 2 weeks ago | adn.com | Martine Powers |Spencer Hsu

    It was mid-April, and Ed Martinknew his nomination was in danger. The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia had been in the job for about three months. But a cascade of revelations - about his actions in office, his ties to the Jan. 6, 2021, rioters and his sketchy Senate disclosures, among others - had left some Senate Republicans in doubt as to whether they could stomach a vote to install him permanently in the role.

  • 2 weeks ago | washingtonpost.com | Martine Powers |Spencer Hsu

    Ed Martin’s failed bid for U.S. attorney revealed the limits of Trump’s power (washingtonpost.com) Ed Martin’s failed bid for U.S. attorney revealed the limits of Trump’s power By Martine Powers; Spencer S. Hsu 2025052209000000 It was mid-April, and Ed Martin knew his nomination was in danger. The interim U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia had been in the job for about three months.

  • 2 weeks ago | infobae.com | Spencer Hsu

    El exsegundo oficial de mayor rango de la Marina fue declarado culpable de soborno y otros cargos el lunes 19 de mayo, convirtiéndose en el miembro de mayor rango de las fuerzas armadas de Estados Unidos en ser condenado por cometer un delito federal mientras estaba en servicio activo. El almirante retirado de cuatro estrellas Robert P.

  • 2 weeks ago | seattletimes.com | Spencer Hsu

    The Navy’s former second-highest-ranking officer was convicted of bribery and other counts Monday, becoming the senior-most member of the U.S. military ever convicted of committing a federal crime while on active duty. Retired four-star Adm. Robert P. Burke, former vice chief of naval operations, was found guilty of steering work to a New York company in 2021 in exchange for a $500,000-a-year job after leaving the Navy.

  • 2 weeks ago | inquirer.com | Spencer Hsu

    President Donald Trump’s administration has agreed to pay nearly $5 million to the family of Ashli Babbitt to settle a lawsuit brought by the estate of the Trump supporter who was fatally shot by police when she tried to storm the House Speaker’s Lobby during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, according to two people familiar with the matter. Babbitt’s family filed the wrongful death lawsuit in early 2024, seeking $30 million.

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28 Aug 23

RT @peterbakernyt: RIP Doug Feaver, a just-the-facts newspaperman's newspaperman who spent four decades at the @washingtonpost and brought…

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7 Jun 23

RT @PostRoz: Welcome to Miami: If there are charges in the Trump documents case, the bulk of them will be filed in Florida, people familiar…

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12 Apr 23

RT @jdawsey1: Special counsel has focused on Trump fundraising off false election claims in recent weeks, per new subpoenas and people invo…