Senior reporter covering investigations, Capitol Hill & politics for ABC News. DM for signal & kfaulders@protonmail.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lz6q54rnzk2fNEWS - President Trump is expected to fire the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia after his office was unable to find incriminating evidence of mortgage fraud against New York AG Letitia James, sources tell ABC. Reporting w/ @alexmallin.bsky.social & Peter Charalambous19 Sep 2025 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lz6q54rnzk2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3loomfgh7rk2sNEW - Trump eyeing Fox News host Jeanine Pirro for top prosecutor in DC. Reporting w/ @wsteaks.bsky.social https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-eying-fox-news-host-jeanine-pirro-top/story?id=12160482008 May 2025 19:09 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3loomfgh7rk2shttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lnjodlc4nc2vNEW - Judge orders return of 2nd migrant deported to El Salvador https://abcnews.go.com/US/judge-orders-return-2nd-migrant-deported-el-salvador/story?id=12111023324 Apr 2025 02:35 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnjodlc4nc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lmci4k2djc2nNEW - The Trump administration is pulling back its enforcement of crypto regulations, disbanding a unit dedicated to cryptocurrency enforcement https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-tells-prosecutors-ease-crypto-enforcement/story?id=12058940608 Apr 2025 12:30 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmci4k2djc2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lmakiu7lms22NEW -- A former law clerk to Judge Aileen Cannon -- who dismissed the classified documents case against Pres. Donald Trump -- is now serving in the Justice Department directly under Trump's former defense lawyer-turned Deputy AG Todd Blanche. W/ @alexmallin.bsky.social https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-clerk-judge-tossed-trumps-classified-docs-case/story?id=12056527407 Apr 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmakiu7lms22https://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lmakiu7lms22NEW -- A former law clerk to Judge Aileen Cannon -- who dismissed the classified documents case against Pres. Donald Trump -- is now serving in the Justice Department directly under Trump's former defense lawyer-turned Deputy AG Todd Blanche. W/ @alexmallin.bsky.social https://abcnews.go.com/US/former-clerk-judge-tossed-trumps-classified-docs-case/story?id=12056527407 Apr 2025 18:07 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmakiu7lms22https://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lm444hzobk2iDOJ also placed the deputy director of the office of immigration litigation, August Flentje, on paid administrative leave for "failure to supervise a subordinate," sources familiar with the matter said. https://bsky.app/profile/ivanper4.bsky.social/post/3lm3yagnxg22l [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Apr 2025 23:39 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm444hzobk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3llrlr46da222Musk did not say how he came to know about the alleged planned arrest, but sources said he was referring to an ongoing federal investigation & said his public disclosure of it disturbed top law enforcement officials. W @wsteaks.bsky.social @alexmallin.bsky.social https://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3llrlmsv75k22 [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2025 19:20 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrlr46da222https://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3llrlmsv75k22NEWS - Elon Musk's disclosure of planned Social Security fraud arrest troubles top law enforcement officials: Sources. Story w/ @wsteaks.bsky.social & @alexmallin.bsky.social https://abcnews.go.com/US/elon-musks-disclosure-planned-social-security-fraud-arrest/story?id=12037920201 Apr 2025 19:18 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3llrlmsv75k22https://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lktdfdu2dc2mDOJ pushes FBI to review, release more Epstein files amid mounting pressure from Trump supporters https://abcnews.go.com/US/doj-pushes-fbi-review-release-epstein-files-amid/story?id=11998251320 Mar 2025 18:30 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktdfdu2dc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lkbxxiqy6c2nNEWS -- White House orders halt to FBI background checks for dozens of top staffers, transfers process to Pentagon: Sources https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-orders-halt-fbi-background-checks-senior/story?id=11973553013 Mar 2025 20:51 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbxxiqy6c2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lkayu4rpek2dTrump pardons convicted Tennessee lawmaker once represented by the White House counsel https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-pardons-convicted-tennessee-lawmaker-represented-white-house/story?id=11973483713 Mar 2025 11:34 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkayu4rpek2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3ljsqalen5k2jNEW -- DOJ has put three federal prosecutors in Manhattan on leave, sources familiar with the matter tell me. Two of the prosecutors – Andrew Rohrbach and Celia Cohen – worked on the prosecution of NY Mayor Eric Adams.07 Mar 2025 19:23 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsqalen5k2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3ljltqz4hkk2oVeterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins will sit out President Donald Trump's joint address to Congress as the designated survivor, I’m told.05 Mar 2025 01:37 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljltqz4hkk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3ljlc7jrot22oAG Pam Bondi blindsided the White House when she handed out “Epstein Files” binders to MAGA influencers last week. Bondi told staff not to tell the White House, thinking the surprise would be well received, sources tell me @wsteaks.bsky.social @alexmallin.bsky.social https://abcnews.go.com/US/ag-bondi-faces-heat-white-house-trump-allies/story?id=11943530304 Mar 2025 20:23 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljlc7jrot22ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lj26iq5rqk2oAt one point shortly after the Sat. evening email, sources said senior White House staff debated issuing guidance to their own employees, informing them that they did not need to reply to the Musk-endorsed OPM email. More Reporting w @wsteaks.bsky.social — https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/musks-whirlwind-approach-sparks-rift-white-house-trumps/story?id=11917921926 Feb 2025 01:01 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj26iq5rqk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lizwxuqqy227Woodward was granted a security clearance by the Biden administration due to his representation of Nauta. https://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lizwwffmm227 [contains quote post or other embedded content]25 Feb 2025 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizwxuqqy227https://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lizwwffmm227Stanley Woodward, who represented Trump’s co-defendant & current White House aide Walt Nauta in Jack Smith's classified docs case was in the Oval Office when Trump issued a memo to strip Smith’s attorneys of their security clearances.25 Feb 2025 22:46 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lizwwffmm227https://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3liwmuzdvmc2hNEWS -- After clashes with AG's top aide, a White House liaison pushing 'loyalty' to Trump at DOJ is reassigned: Sources https://abcnews.go.com/US/after-clashes-ags-top-aide-white-house-liaison/story?id=11910850424 Feb 2025 15:08 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3liwmuzdvmc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lisiewjvg22aNEW - President Trump is expected to name FBI Director Kash Patel as the acting head of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), according to sources familiar with the matter. A DOJ official says that Patel is expected to be sworn in as acting director early next week.22 Feb 2025 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lisiewjvg22ahttps://bsky.app/profile/kfaulders.bsky.social/post/3lipgvtz3us2lMike Lindell, the CEO of MyPillow, is gaggling with reporters at the White House right now. Lindell pushed false and unsubstantiated claims that voting machines were manipulated to steal the 2020 election from Donald Trump.21 Feb 2025 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:ek7jmc3s3pia2ep6mxpamrsp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lipgvtz3us2l