Frank G. Runyeon
@frankrunyeon
Journalist. 🤨 I’m here for the documents | NY Courts Reporter @Law360 | Past work in Gothamist, NYTimes, NBC, City&StateNY | CUJ ‘12 || Signal: FGR.12 ||
New Eric Adams ‘Donors’ Say They Never Gave to His Reelection Campaign thecity.nyc/2025/07/24/eri… via @THECITYNY
The jury has reached a verdict against Sean “Diddy” Combs on everything but the first sex trafficking count. Combs looks shell-shocked and was dabbing his eyes a few minutes ago. This all happened as the sky outside started darkening and we heard several claps of thunder.
NEW: @andrewcuomo just conceded the Democratic primary for mayor of New York City to @ZohranKMamdani. Cuomo had universal name ID, a $25M PAC backing him and tons of institutional endorsements. Mamdani is a 33-year-old socialist. The magnitude of this can't be overstated.
Newly-reelected @ManhattanDA Alvin Bragg high fives his childhood friend and the DJ for the night’s celebration. “Downtown Skippy Brown, take it away!”
AP says @ManhattanDA Alvin Bragg clinched reelection handily and the watch party is swinging, with 74% of the vote and 80% reporting.
How do you get access to court proceedings or documents if you can’t pay – or when people don’t want you to? Come hear our panel! 10:15am at @IRE_NICAR #ire25 with @FreeLawProject @Flooie @Emily_Saul_ @JeremyAChase for free tools & strategies!
If you’re at @IRE_NICAR, check out @frankrunyeon and @Emily_Saul_ (plus media lawyer Jeremy Chase and Free Law Project’s William Palin) for “Covering courts: Free tools & strategies to access records and navigate trials.” Today at 10:15 am CT. schedules.ire.org/ire-2025/index…
If you’re at @IRE_NICAR, check out @frankrunyeon and @Emily_Saul_ (plus media lawyer Jeremy Chase and Free Law Project’s William Palin) for “Covering courts: Free tools & strategies to access records and navigate trials.” Today at 10:15 am CT. schedules.ire.org/ire-2025/index…
New: DOJ shuts down FCPA investigation into Toyota over alleged bribery, per SEC filing today. No mention of SEC probe status… @Law360 exclusively reported in 2021 that Toyota officials allegedly sought to bribe Thailand’s Supreme Court judges.
NEW: Current judges on Thailand’s Supreme Court named in U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act investigation of Toyota for alleged bribery include: Senior Judge Direk Ingkaninan, a former chief judge of the high court. (According to US official & documents) @Law360
WATCH: @NYCMayor banning our reporter in the midst of a press conference is outrageous and an assault on freedom of the press
Mayor Eric Adams just barred @C_Sommerfeldt from coming back into the off-topic series. "Make sure security knows, he's not allowed back into this room," Adams says. Chris is rarely called on (on purpose) during off-topic.
Comptroller Brad Lander arrested at immigration court just now. Video from his office:
One more time. Closing statements in Harvey Weinstein's retrial on sexual assault charges, five years after the close of the first trial. Defense expected to go first, until lunch. DA will follow. Judge must then instruct jury, so it seems unlikely jury will get the case today.
My book, "Dragon on Centre Street," is out this week! I still can’t quite believe it. The book focuses on Donald Trump’s sole criminal trial but it’s about more than that: it’s about the way that our institutions have failed to keep up with the 21st century, the way that…
Joseph Nocella, Jr. was sworn in today as Interim United States Attorney for the Eastern District of New York at the Federal Courthouse in Brooklyn by Chief District Judge Margo K. Brodie