The Justice Department filed an appeal on December 19, 2025, against the dismissal of New York Attorney General Letitia James' initial fraud case in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, after two failed attempts to obtain a new indictment from grand jurors, according to a court document shared by U.S. Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) in an X post during the reporting window from 10:16 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. UTC. Schiff described the appeal as coming after the two prior unsuccessful efforts, stating "ALERT: After two failed attempts to get a new indictment from grand jurors against New York Atty General Letitia James, the Justice Dept is now appealing the dismissal of James’s initial fraud case," and linked directly to the filing at https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.vaed.583342/gov.uscourts.vaed.583342.142.0.pdf. Separately, over the past hour, the RapidResponse47 X account criticized Republican members of Congress for comments this week denigrating the Muslim faith, calling it "blatant prejudice" and an "insult to the millions of Muslim Americans," while linking to a December 15 Washington Post article on Republican proposals for Muslim mass expulsions. In other developments during the same period, MacFarlane News reported on X that Trump mega-donor Jeff Yass contributed an additional $10 million to the Club for Growth super PAC last month, according to a new filing.
