Devlin Barrett

@DevlinBarrett

New York Times reporter covering Justice Dept and FBI. Author "October Surprise.” (202) 617-6330

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Joined April 2009

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Jul 2

NEW: Senior Justice Dept officials are exploring whether they can bring criminal charges against state and local election officials. nytimes.com/2025/07/02/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. Such a path could drastically raise the stakes for federal investigations of state or county officials, bringing the department and the threat of criminalization into the election system.

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Jun 25

More than an hour into the Emil Bove confirmation hearing to become a federal appeals court judge, much of the discussion has been around our story yesterday: nytimes.com/2025/06/24/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. Emil Bove III, a Trump judicial nominee, voiced his intent to disobey court orders as others stonewalled and misled judges, according to a complaint.

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Fred Frommer@ffrommer · May 17

My story for @thedispatch recounting how some US House members were furious when Montreal - "a foreign city" as they called it - got a ⚾️team in 1969. In 2005, MLB "reshored" the Expos by moving them to Washington. @DevlinBarrett @coachbuckethead thedispatch.com/article/trump-…

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · May 16

New: Investigators See No Criminality by E.P.A. Officials in Contentious Probe of Biden-Era Grants nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. A contentious investigation that questioned the legality of E.P.A. grants has found very little to suggest government employees violated the law.

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · May 16

NEW: Trump Officials Plan to Release Audio of Biden Special Counsel Interview nytimes.com/2025/05/16/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. Republicans have long sought to make public a recording of the 2023 interview, arguing that it might offer evidence of a decline in Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s mental acuity.

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · May 13

Trump Administration Aims to Use 2,000 F.B.I., Drug and Gun Agents For Immigration Enforcement in 25 US Cities nytimes.com/2025/05/13/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. The Justice Department plans to bolster enforcement and deportation work in 25 cities across the United States.

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · May 1

Behind the scenes at the Justice Dept, prosecutors and a judge fought against a Trump appointee’s efforts to aggressively criminally investigate activists at Columbia University nytimes.com/2025/05/01/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. Behind the scenes, a top department official pressed employees to gather a list of activists and investigate them, people familiar with the matter said.

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Apr 29

Justice Dept. Firings Prompt a Torrent of Legal Fights, as appeals to judges who enforce civil service laws skyrocket in just two months nytimes.com/2025/04/29/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. A series of dismissals by the Trump administration has flooded a little-known group of administrative judges who protect civil servants.

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Apr 28

Mass exodus underway today at the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Dept, where career lawyers say the Trump administration has changed not just the priorities, but the entire mission of protecting people's rights nytimes.com/2025/04/28/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. Hundreds of lawyers and other staff members are fleeing the arm of the agency that defends constitutional rights, which appointees intend to reshape to enact President Trump’s agenda.

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Apr 15

US officials use a point system to decide if someone is a Tren de Aragua member. A tattoo linked to the group is worth 4 points. Wearing clothes linked to the group is another 4 points. It takes 8 points to “validate” someone as a Tren de Aragua member nytimes.com/2025/04/15/wor…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. The Trump administration sent them to a prison in El Salvador under a wartime act, calling them members of a Venezuelan gang. But a New York Times investigation found little evidence of criminal...

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Apr 11

Story I wrote about Lowndes... nytimes.com/2022/01/12/us/…

GGlenn Thrush@GlennThrush · Apr 11

NEW: DOJ just terminated consent decree with Lowndes County, Alabama to address documented, wrenching disparities in the quality of drinking water and sewer systems for Black and white residents. We're talking kids playing in backyard sewage pools, folks....

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Apr 7

Under Pressure: the Justice Dept's civil division increasingly finds itself squeezed between judges demanding clear answers to basic questions, and political appointee bosses insisting on a take-no-prisoners approach in court nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. Inside the department’s civil division, litigators are squeezed between judges demanding answers and bosses’ instructions to protect the Trump agenda at all costs.

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Apr 7

New: Justice Dept tries to use executive privilege to muzzle former pardon attorney over Mel Gibson gun rights dispute nytimes.com/2025/04/07/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. A fight over the testimony of Elizabeth G. Oyer could have a ripple effect on whether other fired Justice Department lawyers speak publicly about their experiences.

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Apr 3

New: Mel Gibson's gun rights will be restored, senior Justice Dept officials have decided nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. People familiar with the decision said Mr. Gibson, a supporter of President Trump, would be among 10 people with convictions to get back their gun rights.

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Maggie Haberman@maggieNYT · Mar 30

The White House is taking the highly unusual step of directly firing line prosecutors @DevlinBarrett me nytimes.com/2025/03/30/us/…

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Mar 27

Pam Bondi signals there likely won’t be a criminal investigation of a group chat which shared details of an upcoming military strike. She says that information was not classified. nytimes.com/live/2025/03/2…

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. Trump Administration Highlights: Cuts of 10,000 Jobs at Health Agency Reflect Kennedy’s and Trump’s...

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Mar 26

"...THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP..."

SShane Harris@shaneharris · Mar 26

Read for yourself: Here are the attack plans that Trump advisers shared on Signal. theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

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Devlin Barrett@DevlinBarrett · Mar 10

Scoop: Justice Dept pardon lawyer says before she was fired, she objected to pressure from superiors to restore Mel Gibson’s gun rights. A Justice official denies that’s the reason she was dismissed nytimes.com/2025/03/10/us/… via @NYTimes

DevlinBarrett's tweet card. Elizabeth G. Oyer, the former pardon attorney, said that she was not told why she was dismissed, but that as events unfolded she feared they might lead to her firing.

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