Day 520
June 23, 2026
2 incidents
- Major Abuse of Power Press Freedom
WSJ and Post subpoenas revealed as withdrawn
NBC News reports that the department tried to compel four journalists (three from the Wall Street Journal, one from the Washington Post) to testify before a grand jury in a leak probe, then dropped the subpoenas after the outlets objected.
- Major Abuse of Power Rule of Law
ICE Arrests Three Men at Manhattan Courts Days After Federal Judge Bars Courthouse Arrests
On June 23, 2026, US District Judge P. Casey Pitts ruled that ICE and DOJ's expanded courthouse-arrest policy was 'arbitrary and capricious,' restoring the pre-2025 rule limiting arrests at immigration courts to high-risk cases and reinstating a 12-hour detention cap. Within days, ICE agents arrested three men — from Ecuador, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala — at Manhattan immigration courts, in what advocates describe as the first clear violations of two separate federal court orders barring such arrests. ICE denies violating any order but has not explained how the arrests fit within the ban's stated exceptions.