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Molly Redden
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Reporter covering legal affairs for ProPublica. Have a tip? molly.redden@propublica.org or find me on Signal at mollyredden.14 | @mtredden.bsky.social
Jan 22 • 12 tweets • 3 min read
A billionaire known as “Bitcoin Jesus” was under indictment for massive criminal tax fraud and very likely going to prison.

Then, he hired a “Friend of Trump” and the criminal charges disappeared.

How did they do it? @AASchapiro and I spent months getting the inside story. Image The billionaire, Roger Ver, is not hardcore MAGA. He’s a libertarian who renounced his US citizenship a decade ago on what he called “the happiest day of his life.”

When he left, he controlled about 1% of the world supply of Bitcoin. The DOJ claimed he dodged ~$50m in taxes. Image
Jun 3, 2024 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
New: Weeks before she struck down the federal mask mandate in spring 2022, U.S. District Judge Mizelle attended an all-expenses-paid retreat where a conservative group gave her a crash course in the niche legal theory propping up her opinion. huffpost.com/entry/judges-l… I reported on this group in March. Conservative slush funds write them checks to send mostly Trump judges to luxury hotels. The kind of legal analysis they evangelize is supposed to offer a rationale for making "history and tradition" the law of the land.