Federal Courts And Law Enforcement Reporter
Shayna Jacobs is a federal courts and law enforcement reporter at The Washington Post. She specializes in covering court proceedings, legal reform, and civil lawsuits, with a focus on the Southern and Eastern districts of New York. Jacobs has been featured in several prominent publications, including The San Diego Union-Tribune, The Boston Globe, and The Seattle Times, among others.
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Shayna Jacobs primarily covers legal and political developments in the United States, with a focus on evolving stories and breaking news related to government, politics, and high-profile court cases. She appears particularly interested in coverage related to legal proceedings involving prominent figures such as Donald Trump.
Given her focus on legal policy regulation and evolving stories within the government & politics theme, Shayna would likely be responsive to sources who can provide expert analysis or commentary on ongoing trials, civil cases, or other legal matters of public interest. Additionally, she may also welcome insights from experts familiar with New York's legal landscape.
Sources offering exclusive access to insider perspectives or those able to provide context around unfolding events within the U.S. political and judicial spheres are most likely to capture Shayna’s attention.
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By: Shayna Jacobs
NEW YORK - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the public release of potentially hundreds of thousands of pages of documents from the case against Ghislaine Maxwell, saying access to the records is required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act, which Congress approved last month.
By: Shayna Jacobs
Judge Richard M. Berman says a law Congress passed last month overrides the usual secrecy of grand jury proceedings.
By: Shayna Jacobs
A poster featuring Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell is shown in this 2020 file photo. (Photo by John Minchillo/The Associated Press)
By: Shayna Jacobs
Expert testimony about sexual violence helped convict a Pakistani American man of assaulting his wife. His defense says the testimony relied on stereotypes.
By: Perry Stein, Shayna Jacobs
The Venezuelan leader faces a multi-count indictment in New York. International-law experts question his arrest, but that probably will not affect his trial.
By: Shayna Jacobs, Jeremy Roebuck
Venezuelan President Nicols Maduro and his wife could appear in federal court in Manhattan within days to face narco-terrorism charges, which, if
By: Tim Craig, Mark Berman, Shayna Jacobs
As the former Venezuelan president and his wife take their first steps in the U.S. legal system, Maduro’s former vice president consolidates her hold on power.
By: Jeremy Roebuck, Shayna Jacobs
John A. Sarcone III is the fifth Trump-appointed interim U.S. attorney who has been disqualified from serving in such a role.
By: Jeremy Roebuck, Shayna Jacobs
A judge on Thursday barred the top federal prosecutor in Albany from overseeing a criminal investigation into New York Attorney General Letitia James, delivering the latest blow to the Justice Department’s efforts to prosecute President Donald Trump’s perceived enemies.
By: Shayna Jacobs, Sydney Trent
NEW YORK — Manhattan prosecutors on Thursday will move to vacate the convictions of two men who served decades in prison for their alleged role in the assassination of Malcolm
