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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 12h

Kiss Off? US Says Nicolas Maduro Has No Sovereign Immunity and there Venezuela in a case against both of them Asked Only for Delcy Rodriguez - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/maduro12sdny... Documents on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/MatthewRusse...

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US Says Maduro Has No Sovereign Immunity and Venezuela Asked Only for Delcy Rodriguez

At midnight on October 2-3 the US Attorney's Office filed opposition to Maduro's sovereign immunity argument, including a declaration from Juan Pablo Segura of the State Department, ...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 18h

Trump Political Football Blues & stand-up by Matthew Russell Lee Midterms soon / Time for football WH to UN / Press access freefall Huawei on trial / Courtroom sealed off Xi rest in WH/ Then wheeled off Sneaky AI / Job for Jay Clayton Gas up / Tall doll inflatin' youtu.be/lq0Rf1GNJ0E

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Trump Political Football Huawei Sealed Corruption Blues and stand-ups By Matthew Russell Lee 10/3/26

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 21h

SECRET TRIAL? As Huawei Courtroom Closed for Witness In from the Midwest, Rare Saturday Session Quietly Listed on EDNY Website But Not in PACER Docket - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/unsealedny1d...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

New low: From today's docketed "minute entry" of today's Huawei trial you won't know know that it was closed to the public and Press. On Sept 18 Judge Donnelly said transcripts would be made available - not yet, and we've asked - and "Order coming." Not.

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Trump v. JPMorgan Chase has arrived @SDNYLIVE and goes to Judge Vernon Broderick. Chase is represented by Jones Day incl Noel Francisco, who recently argued ex-Sen Bob Menendez' appeal in the 2d Circuit (where Inner City Press seeks pro bono rep for www.courtlistener.com/docket/73591...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

OK - back in Magistrates Court @SDNYLIVE. There's a woman here in the gallery with a pastor's white collar on, apparently a relative of an incoming defendant named Clarence Thomas. *That* Clarence Thomas?? As only media here, Inner City Press will live skeet below

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

COURTROOM TOO CONFIDENTIAL: As Huawei Trial Courtroom Is Sealed All Day, In EDNY Hallway Loud Talk of Witness' Travel Plans and Destination - Inner City Press story innercitypress.com/unsealedny1c... EDNY Extra on Substack here: matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/edny-extra...

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As Huawei Courtroom Sealed All Day Loud Talk of Witness TravelInner City Press: Investigative Reporting from the United Nations

InnerCityPress.com is engaged these days in reporting on the SDNY and other courts, and still investigative journalism about the United Nations, including the World Bank, the IMF, th...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

EDNY EXTRA: Former Eric Adams Chief-of-Staff Frank Carone Motion to Dismiss Pushed to Dec 10 as He Drops Unsealing Fight - But Inner City Press Does Not - story: innercitypress.com/edny1matsumo... Extra on Substack here matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/edny-extra...

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Frank Carone Motion to Dismiss Pushed to Dec 10 as Drops Unsealing Fight But Press Does Not

Anthony Carone's lawyer: We need 45 days on new disclosure. Judge: OK, all motions to dismiss Dec 10. I have a November trial [MLB Clase - will cover for book] Judge Matsumoto: On th...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Federal Reserve tries evade Enova FOIA loss innercitypress.com/enova7grassh... Reddit v Perplexity case matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/ai-beat-ex... Watch fraud patreon.com/MatthewRusse... CRA raised to IMF innercitypress.com/imf1fdiczamb... GR UN bans Press. EDNY Carone youtu.be/695YJhQ7wi0

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Fed to evade Enova FOIA loss? Reddit v Perplexity; watch fraud. CRA at IMF. GR UN bans Press. Carone

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Here in SDNY checking PACER for Saleem Alzak, reportedly indicted today for fundraising for Hamas. "No information matching the search criteria" as of 7:50 pm- this while Inner City Press has filed notice of appeal of the total sealing of cases: innercitypress.com/appeal2cir1k...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

WATCH-MAN BAIL FIGHT: Man Charged With Impersonating a Probation Officer to Sell Watches Is Detained in SDNY 2d Time - Inner City Press @SDNYLIVE courtroom story: innercitypress.com/sdny152cotea... 40-page NYS civil complain on Patreon here: www.patreon.com/MatthewRusse...

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Man Charged With Impersonating a Probation Officer to Sell Watches Is Detained in SDNY 2d Time

allegedly forging an email to make it appear to be from a Probation Officer, the US Attorney's Office for the Southern District of New York sought detention. Inner City Press as the ...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Newest low for the Federal Reserve in predatory lending of Enova FOIA case - after withholding for months then losing, Fed insists judge had no jurisdiction and this, with notes "defense counsel voiced her expectation that the undersigned would decide the motion"

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OK - now in Magistrates Court @SDNYLIVE , many prosecutors and defense lawyers but Inner City Press is the only media here. Defendant is charged with impersonating a Federal official. He asks to know why "time is excluded." Inner City Press will live skeet below

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Sean Combs to be served his lawyers' motion to withdraw from his cases (they say they are not being paid and cannot communicate with him in prison) - Inner City Press on the case(s), story later

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

AI Beat (Down) - In Reddit Case Against SerpApi and Perplexity, Now a Stay on Antitrust Discovery as Oxylabs Probably Stays In, Judge Says - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/sdny194engel... Extra on Substack here matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/ai-beat-ex...

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In Reddit Case Against SerpApi and Perplexity Stay on Antitrust Discovery as Oxylabs Stays In

In the lawsuit by Reddit against SerpApi, Perplexity and Oxylabs, SDNY Judge Paul E. Engelmayer on October 1 held an hourlong conference largely about discovery and antitrust issues....

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

OK - now back in US v. Spalletta, Day 4, hack of Uranium Finance turns to BitPay witness after lead lawyer out. Inner City Press covers it matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/crypto-in-... (book like Storm and crypto bros? amazon.com/dp/B0G1FDLT15 & will live skeet, thread below

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Crypto in the Court, Lead Lawyer Leaves: Spalletta Indicted for Uranium Finance Hack as His Lead Lawyer Leaves Trial Proceeds - more here

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

VLOG Oct 1 Appeal filed over entirely sealed case(s) innercitypress.com/appeal2cir1k... Crypto Mashinsky Dec 11 patreon.com/MatthewRusse... Spalletta hack trial. FDIC captured by banks. @GRUN_NY blocks Press; Sinirlioglu sneak in as Next SG? innercitypress.com/nextunsg4ast... youtu.be/cfzgSL5iKak

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Appeal filed to sealed case(s). Spalletta hack trial; Mashinsky Dec 11. At UN Sinirlioglu Next SG?

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Fed Plays Coy in 5th Circuit -"The Board continues to work on this rulemaking and is close to completion of the rulemaking process" - while it thumbs nose at FOIA @SDNYLIVE, hiding its questions to predatory lender Enova and now telling judge he can't unseal

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Challenging Too-Confidential Court: Today Inner City Press filed a Notice of Appeal to the Second Circuit about the total sealing of EDNY case(s). 18-cr-277 is not even in PACER, Judge Kuntz said he's had 90 like it. At EDNY we've reached out for transcript. 1/x

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OK - US v Huawei trial today, HSBC's Alan O. Thomas now on cross, after he narrated email saying Huawei sold Skycom in Iran for $16 million, so Cathy Meng was no only on Skycom board. Inner City Press book 1 www.amazon.com/dp/B0HK398THC & will live skeet, thread below

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Huawei on Trial in Brooklyn: Surveillance from Iran to the UN: Lee, Matthew Russell: 9798174993983: Amazon.com: Books

Huawei on Trial in Brooklyn: Surveillance from Iran to the UN [Lee, Matthew Russell] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Huawei on Trial in Brooklyn: Surveillance from Iran to the UN

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

ICE IMPOSTER: Ex NYPD Officer Atickul Islam Pleads Guilty in EDNY to Impersonating Immigration and Customs Enforcement Official to Text Threats to Woman, Quits Force, Guideline of 0-6 Months - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/edny3irizarr...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

Update: Just filed Notice of Appeal of EDNY Judge Kuntz Sept 3 Order entirely sealing case(s). Reply: "Documents are available via Pacer. For documents under seal, contact the court and we'll arrange for the document(s) to be made available to you. (VJ)." Really?

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

In hack of Uranium Finance trial, lawyer leaves matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/crypto-in-... Times Sq bus burner Strahs plead guilty patreon.com/MatthewRusse... FRB to vacate FOIA loss? Appeal of EDNY total sealing, 1AM industry fail? UN MALU says no, without reason youtu.be/mrb_9q2fQ2o

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Uranium hack lawyer out. Times Sq bus fire plea. FRB vacate FOIA loss? EDNY sealing, 1AM fail? UN no

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

OK - now back in US v. Spalletta, Day 3, hack of Uranium Finance turns to Tornado Cash after lead lawyer out. Inner City Press covers it matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/crypto-in-... (book like Storm and crypto bros? www.amazon.com/dp/B0G1FDLT15 & will live skeet, thread below

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Crypto in the Court, Lead Lawyer Leaves: Spalletta Indicted for Uranium Finance Hack as His Lead Lawyer Leaves Trial Proceeds - more here

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Update: Inner City Press has immediately filed to oppose the Federal Reserve Board request that Freedom of Information Act order against it, finding wholly unjustified its withholding of documents about a predatory lender trying to get into banking, be vacated

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NEW LOW FOR FRB: The Fed withheld its 8-page question letter to high cost lender Enova despite Inner City Press FOIA and appeal. I sued; Judge ordered release by Oct 2. Just now DOJ wrote in for the Fed claiming Magistrate has no authority, demanding it be vacated

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Big order in Fat Joe case: "The Court's rulings against Blackburn are not a result of prejudice. Rather, they are the product of Blackburn's uniquely outrageous behavior." Story coming, update to matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-anal...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Just in: here's the entirely of the UN's explanation of banning Inner City Press for nearly the entire tenure of @AntonioGuterres: "Dear Matthew Lee, We regret to inform you that your media accreditation request has not been approved." Why not? Who can sue the UN?

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Courtroom Exclusive: Man Charged With Arson of Times Sq Bus after Knicks Win Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge - Inner City Press story: innercitypress.com/sdny62daniel... Charge on Patreon www.patreon.com/MatthewRusse... Extra on Substack matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/quiet-plea...

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Man Charged With Arson of Times Square Bus after Knicks Win Pleads Guilty to Lesser Charge

On September 29 with no one in the courtroom but his parents and Inner City Press, Strahs pled guilty to a lesser charge. After being asked to leave by Strahs mother - the Press' ans...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OK - now back in U.S. v. Jonathan Spalletta, Day 2, charged with computer fraud and money laundering for hacks of the decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Uranium Finance. Inner City Press covers it matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/crypto-in-... & will live skeet, thread below

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Crypto in the Courts: Spalletta Indicted for Uranium Finance Hack Now at Trial Objects to Victim One Juror Out - More Here

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

News, 1st Amendment blues: 31-year-old man charged with arson of a bus in Times Sq after Knicks win just pled guilty to lesser charge, had GPS removed. His mother asked Inner City Press to leave the courtroom. No. Similarly, need to appeal courtlistener.com/docket/73591... youtu.be/T6uMjamLsws

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Jonathan Strahs, 31, charged with Times Sq bus arson after Knicks win pled guilty to lesser charge

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

OK - now at change of plea of Jonathan Strahs for that happened on a bus - his mother just asked Inner City Press to leave the courtroom. (Response: Sorry, but it's public). Will live skeet, thread below

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

NYC BRIBERY BEAT: Woman Who Drove and Hid Mercedes that Eric Adams Fundraiser HU Bribed Medina With Gets Probation, No Prison, in EDNY - Inner City Press courtroom story: innercitypress.com/edny1kovnerm...

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

CRYPTO IN THE COURTS: Jonathan Spalletta Indicted for Uranium Finance Hack Now On Trial Objects to Victim One, Juror Out, Tornado Cash Fight - Inner City Press story: Extra with art by Elizabeth Williams on Substack here: matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/crypto-in-...

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Crypto in the Courts: Spalletta Indicted for Uranium Finance Hack Now at Trial Objects to Victim One Juror Out - More Here

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

OK - now in U.S. v. Jonathan Spalletta, charged with computer fraud and money laundering for hacks of the decentralized cryptocurrency exchange Uranium Finance. Inner City Press has been covering the case innercitypress.com/sdny229arako... & will live skeet, thread below

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Huawei courtroom faces closure, book amazon.com/dp/B0HK398THC Jay-Z files Jane Doe's denial, v Buzbee patreon.com/MatthewRusse... UN bars Press matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/unchecked-... Pokemon Curcio Canada; FOIA win over FRB on Enova innercitypress.com/enova6grassh... youtu.be/Z5tcIPcRPP8

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Huawei courtroom faces closure, Jay-Z continues v Buzbee. UN bars Press, FOIA win over FRB on Enova

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Update: Judge Ho has ruled, case against Buzbee et al continues - Inner City Press is on it, watch this feed

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sunday Show 4: Sen Kennedy (R-LA) says Iran's offer not serious, "the President is not Bambi's baby brother," calls Iran's economy a "sucking chest wound." Adds "I've been to just about every battleground state, they're worried about cost of living - and Iran"

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sunday Shows 3: Now on MeetThePress, USAmbUN Mike Waltz praises UN, IAEA - so is USUN supporting Rafael Grossi in Tuesday's NextSG straw poll? Inner City Press is reporting but barred from UN, Friday at UN gate, Waltz does nothing: matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/unchecked-...

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UNchecked: As UN Banned Me From Intl Law Event I Saw Military Leaders and Cases of Wine Enter Without Any Screening - More details here

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Sunday shows 1: USAmbUN tells @JakeTapper he has been the victim of bad reporting. But USUN has stalled on Inner City Press' June FOIA request, and on Friday Waltz did nothing as UN's Antonio Guterres barred US-based Press matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/unchecked-... Next Sec of State??

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UNchecked: As UN Banned Me From Intl Law Event I Saw Military Leaders and Cases of Wine Enter Without Any Screening - More details here

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

Trump UN Press Ban FOIA Huawei Blues and stand-up By Matthew Russell Lee Press ban reversed / In White House not UN Midterms approach / On data keep suin' Xi to DC / Hush hush on Huawei Right of Reply / Fly blind in GA matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/unchecked-... youtu.be/FLN2gCVWEvw

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Trump UN Press Ban FOIA Huawei Blues and stand-ups By Matthew Russell Lee, Inner City Press, 9/26/26

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Inner City Press @innercitypress.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Today: FOIA win after over-redactions of Enova info by the Federal Reserve: I FOIA-ed in February and Fed blocked 8 whole pages out, including after appeal. I put in time & money to sue under FOIA, Fed said judge shouldn't see the doc, then unredacted a bit. Now:

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