Sarah N. Lynch

@SarahNLynch

I cover the U.S. Justice Department for Reuters in Washington, D.C. Retweets are not endorsements.

Washington, D.C.

Joined March 2011

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 25

Judge weighing disciplinary referral for DOJ lawyers in Venezuela deportations case - reuters.com/legal/governme…

SarahNLynch's tweet card. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg said on Thursday he may initiate disciplinary proceedings against Justice Department lawyers for their conduct in a lawsuit brought by Venezuelans challenging their...

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 23

US judge rejects bid to unseal Epstein grand jury transcripts from Florida probe reuters.com/legal/governme…

SarahNLynch's tweet card. A U.S. judge on Wednesday denied a U.S. Justice Department bid to unseal grand jury transcripts related to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein in South Florida, the first ruling in a...

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 23

US Justice Dept civil rights unit faces mass exodus reuters.com/legal/governme…

SarahNLynch's tweet card. The U.S. Justice Department office tasked with protecting peoples' civil rights has lost 368 employees since President Donald Trump took office, in a mass exodus that has coincided with a dramatic...

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 22

Update: DOJ has removed the First Assistant in NJ, hours after a federal court selected her as US Atty over Alina Habba- reuters.com/world/us/judge…

SarahNLynch's tweet card. A panel of judges declined to permanently appoint Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba as the state's top federal prosecutor and instead appointed the office's No. 2 attorney.

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 22

reuters.com/world/us/judge…

SarahNLynch's tweet card. A panel of judges in the U.S. District Court in New Jersey declined to permanently appoint President Donald Trump's former lawyer Alina Habba as the state's top federal prosecutor, according to an...

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 22

US Justice Dept. asks Epstein associate Maxwell to speak to prosecutors - reuters.com/business/media…

SarahNLynch's tweet card. The Justice Department has asked lawyers for Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell if she would be willing to speak with U.S. prosecutors, and Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said he...

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Reuters Legal@ReutersLegal · Jul 21

BREAKING: US judge sentences ex-police officer to 33 months for violating civil rights of Breonna Taylor reut.rs/4lCiRyC

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 21

reuters.com/legal/governme… Our legal correspondent @jackqueen_ will be in the courtroom reporting on the judge's decision today.

SarahNLynch's tweet card. Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison was sentenced on Monday to 33 months in prison for violating Breonna Taylor's rights during the raid in which she was shot and killed, after President...

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 17

US seeks one-day sentence for police officer convicted in Breonna Taylor case - reuters.com/legal/governme…

SarahNLynch's tweet card. The U.S. Justice Department has asked a federal judge to sentence a former Louisville police officer who was convicted last year of violating Breonna Taylor's civil rights to serve just one day in...

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 15

Wouldn't the statute of limitations have expired on this, regardless?

AAnna Bower@AnnaBower · Jul 15

Trump claims that Adam Schiff engaged in “possible” mortgage fraud, says he “needs to be brought to justice”

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 14

New: Two-thirds of the DOJ unit defending Trump policies in court have quit - reuters.com/legal/litigati… from ⁦@AGoudsward⁩

SarahNLynch's tweet card. Seven lawyers who spoke with Reuters cited a punishing workload and the need to defend policies that some felt were not legally justifiable among the key reasons for the wave of departures.

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 12

Since last night we learned of more firings. Now 37 people since Jan who worked for Smith have been terminated: US Justice fires several more employees from Jack Smith's team, sources say - reuters.com/world/us/us-ju…

SarahNLynch's tweet card. U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday fired several more Justice Department employees who worked for Special Counsel Jack Smith to investigate President Donald Trump's retention of classified...

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 12

US Justice fires nine more employees from Jack Smith's team, sources say - reuters.com/world/us/us-ju…

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 11

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TTodd Blanche@DAGToddBlanche · Jul 11

I worked closely with @FBIDirectorKash and @FBIDDBongino on the joint FBI and DOJ memo regarding the Epstein Files. All of us signed off on the contents of the memo and the conclusions stated in the memo. The suggestion by anyone that there was any daylight between the FBI and…

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 8

US Justice Department scrambles to defend its about-face on release of Epstein files reuters.com/world/us/us-ju…

SarahNLynch's tweet card. Conservative influencers from Laura Loomer to Elon Musk have criticized Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel for their findings.

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Sarah N. Lynch@SarahNLynch · Jul 5

Truly stunning. Hard to imagine a friendship could imperil anyone's career. Definitely worth reading: Goodbye to All That | Lawfare lawfaremedia.org/article/goodby…

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