As Donald Trump casts the judges and prosecutors in his trials as corrupt tools of the Biden administration, his followers are responding online with frequent calls for violence against the jurists. reut.rs/4alURJZ Peter Eisler Ned Parker Joe Tanfani Reuters Investigates

Reuters documented more than 150 posts that called for physical violence against the judges handling three of Trump's highest-profile cases. In one case, an avowed white supremacist published home addresses for Judge Merchan and his daughter.

By Peter Eisler Ned Parker

New story out today with Joe Tanfani and Ned Parker

Judges in Trump-related cases face unprecedented wave of threats, my latest w/ ⁦Joe Tanfani⁩ and ⁦Ned Parker⁩ reuters.com/investigates/s…

4. Most importantly, it DOES NOT:
-counterpoint with forced obfuscation. 'Trump's lawyers claimed he was simply...'
-Political prognosticate. 'This issue could help/hurt his standing with voters...'

In fact, it includes no politics *at all*. A serious story treated seriously.

3. It tells both individual, human stories AND adds those stories up to a concerning whole.

2. It centers the institutions of democracy, as well as the individuals, that are in the crosshairs — in this case, the judges themselves, as well as federal Marshals and other law enforcement.

A few of the strengths:
1. It focuses on the facts of the threat, not descriptions or spin or juicy quotes from advocates. It presents exactly what's going on without excessive editorializing.

A truly remarkable investigative piece from Joe Tanfani, Ned Parker & Peter Eisler at Reuters. One of the most important stories of the year so far. Our judicial system is under unprecedented attack: reuters.com/investigates/s…

This Reuters article is a very thorough and nuanced size-up of what the threat of domestic extremists looks like right now. (Though I'm not sold on the term 'grab-bag' extremism, but that's a purely rhetorical gripe.)
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Must-read piece by Ned Parker, Peter Eisler, and Joe Tanfani in Reuters, examining a new breed of terrorists who, 'mixing right-wing conspiracy theories and marginal beliefs, forgo logic and coherence in favor of personal grievances.' reuters.com/investigates/s…

A new breed of deadly extremists, grabbing from a strange mix of right-wing conspiracies and personal grievances, has sparked the deadliest wave of US political violence in decades. Latest with Ned Parker & Peter Eisler reut.rs/49DEg5a

'Right now, in this country, we're in a prolonged state of political violence,' says my colleague Peter Eisler, who co-authored this important and evocative investigation with Ned Parker. Via Reuters Reuters Investigates

The United States is grappling with the biggest and most sustained surge in political violence since the 1970s, a Reuters investigation finds reut.rs/457cuLO

This research is very interesting and worth a look for journos and anyone who cares about the implications of how reporters choose their sources and why.

Election-denying attorney Stefanie Lambert has allegedly been involved in unauthorized breaches of sensitive voting equipment in three states, according to a Reuters review of legal filings and police records reut.rs/3hNK31P Nathan Layne Peter Eisler Reuters Investigates

The Hammer-and-Scorecard theory about a vote-flipping supercomputer was 'ludicrous,' says Christopher Krebs, formerly the Trump administration’s top cybersecurity expert. But it was ‘the first technical conspiracy theory that really broke through’ reut.rs/3v2CFm7

Powerful reporting, chilling story: Nigerian Army massacred children in war on insurgents, witnesses say. ⁦Reuters Investigates⁩ ⁦Reuters⁩ reuters.com/investigates/s…

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“You will all be executed,” said one. “Wire around their limbs and tied & dragged by a car,”

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