Ben Wieder
@benbwieder
@McClatchyDC/@MiamiHerald investigations, ex-@publicintegrity, @stateline_news. Husband of @ruthigielnik. Signal: @benwieder.51, [email protected]
Over the past few months @BrittanyWallman and I have dug into a series of unusual foreclosure cases involving a Florida lawyer named Brad Schandler who has been able to convince judges in South Florida to agree to auction rules that virtually ensure his clients always win. 🧵
NEW: Five questions about Jeffrey Epstein with Miami Herald reporter Julie K. Brown miamiherald.com/news/local/art…
Stoked to see @kristianreports & @yanqixu_ among the stellar reporters on this list
We are thrilled to announce the 2025-26 class of the Local Investigations Fellowship. The journalists, who hail from four states, will produce signature investigative work focused on the state or region they’re reporting from. nytco.com/press/introduc…
The DOJ’s request concerned grand jury testimony that was part of a federal criminal probe into Epstein in 2005 & 2007 in Florida...It’s not known how much, if any, testimony was conducted in front of a federal grand jury in 2005 & 2007, w/@jkbjournalist miamiherald.com/news/state/flo…
“We will address the media that is disloyal” to the “Bolivarian revolution.” -- Hugo Chavez to @Ricsand 20 years ago pbs.org/publiceditor/b…
Response to @MiamiHerald / @WLRN investigation into Brightline fatalities: DOT Sec. Duffy says it’s “way too many deaths.” Rep. Frederica Wilson says Brightline is “on the brink of a cease-and-desist order from the citizens of Florida.” @BrittanyWallman miamiherald.com/news/local/art…
The first story I wrote as a grad student at Mizzou was about @kgib44 signing his first MLB contract with the Twins, feels like a full-circle moment columbiamissourian.com/sports/pro_spo…
Kyle Gibson, longtime starter who won 112 games, announces retirement dlvr.it/TLzLBJ
NEW: Alligator Alcatraz isn’t meant for minors. A 15 year old ended up there anyway. State and federal officials initially deflected questions about the boy being held at the facility, but eventually acknowledged he had been there. w @clurhealy miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
“Clearly, Florida is the political epicenter of Trump world.”— Mauricio Claver-Carone miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
NOW: “From Panama to Singapore, President Donald Trump is deploying an unprecedented number of Floridians to represent the United States as he transforms the country’s approach to diplomacy.” — @benbwieder / @MiamiHerald miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
Top campaign donors, Mar-a-Lago regulars and personal friends of the president — meet the Floridians who have dominated Trump's diplomatic appointments miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
Donald Trump remakes American diplomacy in Florida’s image miamiherald.com/news/politics-…
NEW: The @MiamiHerald obtained records that give insight into who is being held at the Alligator Alcatraz. A list of roughly 750 names marks about: ◾️250 with immigration violations ◾️260 with pending criminal charges ◾️240 with criminal convictions miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
NEW: The @MiamiHerald has obtained a list of hundreds of people detained or scheduled to be at Alligator Alcatraz. The government isn't realizing names. Families and attorneys are having trouble finding people at the site We're publishing the list here: miamiherald.com/news/local/imm…
We have published final in our series on Virginia Giuffre. In our first story, @TheTimes shared diary entries, private msgs & photos that revealed that - away from the lawsuits and court appearances - she was fighting a much more private battle at home 1/ thetimes.com/us/news-today/…