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Monika Evstatieva

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Senior Producer - Investigations/Breaking News @npr; formerly at @nytimes, @nprweekend, @npratc; occasional world traveler; roots: 🇧🇬

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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 05/01/2026
I sat down with Michael Fanone and Daniel Hodges, who both defended the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021 and experienced some of the most brutal violence that day. We watched their bodycam footage together - moment by moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=CvL4...
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Trump calls Jan 6 a “day of love.” This bodycam footage shows otherwise.
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NPR @npr.org · 04/01/2026
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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Jan. 6, 2021: A visual archive of the Capitol attack
NPR’s Jan. 6 archive brings together reporting, video, documents and testimony to show what really happened during the Capitol riot. Explore the timeline, cases and evidence behind the attack.
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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
The new FBI deputy director Dan Bongino has called for imprisoning top Democrats, spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6, 2021 attack, and called for the FBI to be "disbanded." Our deep dive into his podcast archive, including his belief in the "spirit realm" www.npr.org/2025/03/03/n...
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New deputy FBI director Dan Bongino previously called for imprisoning Democrats
Before becoming the second-in-command at the FBI, Dan Bongino used his popular podcast to spread conspiracy theories about the Jan. 6 attack. Here's what else he said.
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Carrie Johnson @carriejohnson.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
Federal law court clerks grapple with bullying and abuse - an NPR investigation www.npr.org/2025/03/01/n...
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In the federal court system, law clerks find little recourse for bullying and abuse
An NPR investigation finds federal judges have enormous influence with few checks on their power. Law clerks and other judicial employees are vulnerable to mistreatment and have few job protections.
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Monika Evstatieva @monikae.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
What’s more disappointing this year- the game or the commercials?
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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Ed Martin, the interim US Attorney for DC, previously gave an award to a Jan. 6 rioter and alleged "Nazi sympathizer," who: - went to work with a "Hitler mustache" - blamed the spread of COVID-19 on Jews - allegedly told coworkers "Hitler should have finished the job."
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Monika Evstatieva @monikae.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
The back and forth continues! www.npr.org/2025/01/09/n...
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Guantánamo plea deals for accused 9/11 plotters are weighed by federal appeals court
In a highly unusual legal move, the Justice Department has asked a federal appeals court to stop alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad from pleading guilty this Friday at Guantánamo-- even th...
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Monika Evstatieva @monikae.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Biden administration transfers 11 prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman @sachapfeiffer.bsky.social www.npr.org/2025/01/06/n...
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U.S. transfers 11 Yemeni prisoners from Guantánamo to Oman
The Biden administration's move leaves just 15 detainees at the U.S. military prison at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. Oman will help resettle the men and provide security monitoring.
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Tom Dreisbach @tomdreisbach.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
“It’s just not right.” The mother of fallen Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick family is condemning Trump’s promise to pardon Jan 6 rioters, including potentially the man who assaulted her son. www.npr.org/2025/01/05/n...
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As Trump rewrites history, victims of the Jan. 6 riot say they feel 'betrayed'
A police officer defended the Capitol from violent rioters on Jan. 6. With President-elect Donald Trump poised to pardon the rioters, he now asks, "what did I risk my life for?"
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Monika Evstatieva @monikae.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
This is extraordinary- www.cnn.com/2024/12/11/w...
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‘My God there is light’: CNN witnesses moment Syrian prisoner is freed from Assad’s forced detention | CNN
While searching a secretive prison in the belly of the Assad regime’s legacy of torture for American journalist Austin Tice, CNN’s Clarissa Ward made a startling discovery when a rebel fighter uncover...
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Monika Evstatieva @monikae.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
This is the view of the border wall from higher up. The wall stretches for several miles, close to the Arizona town of Nogales.
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Monika Evstatieva @monikae.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
We traveled to the Arizona-Mexico border, near Nogales, to get a sense of how many people are crossing now and what’s the situation on the ground. This is a section of the border wall from a CBP helicopter we rode in. On the video you can see a crew fixing a part of it.
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