Inner City Press' Matthew Russell Lee covers court cases at the SDNY, corruption in the UN, the IMF and community reinvestment

VLOG July 20 Mangione trial less public access than Trump: https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/murky-mangione-trial-for-ny-v-luigi Netflix no Rinsch atty fees DDC seizures 6 of 44 on web, as Alien Terrorist Removal Court not in PACER. Fed for predatory Green Dot; Rafael M Grossi's @GrossiForNextUN blocks Press

100 Centre Street vlawg Saturday, July 18, 2026: Luigi Mangione trial should have an overflow courtroom to accommodate press and public interest, just as Trump trial did. On July 17 they posted: No overflow room, etc- Who decided? On what basis? Who was consulted?

VLOG July 17 Netflix wants $500K attorneys' fees from Rinsch https://www.patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/nexflix-and-fees-164049210 JR Writer sues UMG, unsealing docketed in LA. Bushwick rug theft solved. Eric Adams' Herbert gets ex-SDNY. Enova AG hypocrisy. World Cup final, @RafaelMGrossi sock puppet

VLOG July 15 You be the judge: Bushwick run grand larceny? https://innercitypress.com/nyccrime1bushwickrugcafeicp071526.html Turkiye Zarrab time served; Delivery app Motoclick v NYC https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/food-app-informers-unmasked-motoclick Fat Joe v Blackburn https://patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/sdny-slapdown-in-163816992 Secrecy in Utah court, IL AG. Grynspan in France (RIP)

VLOG July 14 Polymarket trader from Google has ICE issues https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/polymarket-ice-google-engineer-charged Blake Lively $8M fee bid slammed https://patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/hollywood-xx-in-163784182EDNY Radick reps Doe; Fed Miki Bowman memo FOIA delays. @IAEA no answer on X sock puppet rulebreaker for @RafaelMGrossi

VLOG July 13 Today, Google official trades on prediction market case; Eric Adams' Herbert runs out of money: https://www.patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/bad-times-for-ex-163554478 OppFi FOIA win at FDIC, stonewalling by OCC. #NextSG race: @RafaelMGrossi sock puppet diversifies https://innercitypress.com/unbetrayals2sockpuppetguterresprofilebookicp071026.html

VLOG July 10 Epoch Times Guan cagey guilty plea in jury selection Day 3 https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-epoch-times-ex-cfo-guan-haltingly Perplexity AI founders must show emails https://patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/ai-discovery-as-163386068 OppFi application, hidden by Fed, published by @FinanceWatchOrg. UN #NextSG @RafaelMGrossi X sock puppet

VLOG July 8: A.I. in the courts, Quinn Emanuel is counter-accused of hallucination https://www.patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/ai-in-courts-in-163188403 DA Bragg & NYS DiNapoli find fraud, but case late in WebCrims https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/webcrims-woes-as-da-bragg-and-nys Coastal Bend bank scam https://innercitypress.com/mergers18bcoastalbendffw070726.html Keep UN away from AI

VLOG July 7 Epoch Times trial US v Guan, anti CCP, crypto. Nadine Menendez health delay docs https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/gold-bar-bob-fall-out-after-bob-menendez Halkbank cooperator Zarrab threatened by "big people" in Turkey https://www.patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/jail-threats-on-163077975 @FinanceWatchOrg v Scotiabank/TX. UN abuser now @UNDP Gaza

VLOG July 6 Diddy opposes NewsNations discovery, pardon watch https://www.patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/diddy-dockets-on-162815995 Live Nation FOIA games by PA AG Sunday https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/analysis-on-live-nation-pa-ag-files Predatory lender OppFi has applies, & @FinanceWatchOrg has opposed: https://innercitypress.com/ffw3aoppfifrbicp070126.html UN litmus test in Gaza

VLOG July 3: Freedom amid Big Tech censorship: Digital Millennium Copyright Act abuse by crypto fraudsters convicted @SDNYLIVE then filing repeated complaints via Console and AdSense, role of Harvard's Lumen, fig leaf for corporate abuse: https://innercitypress.com/dmca1hmisusedcentratechicp070326.html

VLOG July 2 Yemen TPS case; Melania Trump to move to sanction Wolff? https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/analysis-melania-trump-got-wolff DOJ's Live Nation FOIA answer: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/73400542/10/lee-v-united-states-department-of-justice-antitrust-division/ Miles Guo banks: https://www.patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/court-order-guo-162612491] @FinanceWatchOrg opposes OppFi to FDIC https://innercitypress.com/ffw3aoppfifrbicp070126.html DRC at UN

VLOG June 30 Luigi Mangione, elevator scoop https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/dual-prosecutions-luigi-mangione Blake Lively wants $8 million https://www.patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/hollywood-in-and-162490611 Miles Guo 30 years, lady in black https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/fox-hunt-guo-miles-guo-case-sentencedOhio AG's ai denial notes. 3 pm Tricolor Chu, 5/3 role? Fed 4th branch; UNOPS scoop

VLOG June 29 Luigi Mangione SDNY 11:30, book: https://amazon.com/Luigi-Mangiones-Search-Lone-Altoona/dp/B0G6SS33LC/ Miles Guo 11, Fox Hunt Guo: https://amazon.com/dp/B0D9MDQZX8AI beat, Colorado stonewall by AG Weiser https://innercitypress.com/aibeat3coloradoagweisericp062926.html DRC 3-1 but mailbox full as UNSC Prez https://innercitypress.com/ungate3drcunscicp062726.html

VLOG June 26 - Mangione June 29 in SDNY, book: https://amazon.com/Luigi-Mangiones-Search-Lone-Altoona/dp/B0G6SS33LC/ A.I. beat: FOIAs to states, Colorado says has no complaints, incl on data centers. Federal Reserve asks CommerceOne/Green Dot about AI use, but answer redacted https://innercitypress.com/mergers14dgreendotalaffw062526.html UN censorship

VLOG June 25 - On Texas NYU subpoena, SDNY Judge grants TRO https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/texas-2-step-with-nyu-torn-on-northern Colorado unsealing win https://innercitypress.com/cod1unitedairlinesicp062426.html AI in another brief in SDNY, Epoch Times case: https://innercitypress.com/sdny77mmarreroguanicp062426.html Anchorage Digital misleads on CRA, @SUN Walz misleads on UN

VLOG June 23 Free Speech 8647/Epstein case in DDC;Live Nation's DC talks - covered by our SDNY FOIA case. Gun case not federalized- why? https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/sovereign-district-georgia-to-nyc MD docketed, CT runaround. FOIA suit against FRB on Enova https://innercitypress.com/enova2postfoiasuitfilingsicp062226.html UN fake justice

VLOG June 22: AI beat, FOIAs to states: https://innercitypress.com/aibeat1statefoiascip062026.html Blake Lively: fee due, to who? https://www.patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/hollywood-in-and-161300729 First Brand alleged scammers 2 pm. Fed Gov Bowman private BofA briefing;FNBO Blue Ridge challenge; UN budget scoop: https://innercitypress.com/ungate5budgetscamsicp062126.html

VLOG June 19 Luigi Mangione withdraws extreme emotional disturbance notice; 100 Centre St stories. FOIA lawsuits v DOJ on Live Nation, Federal Reserve on Enova amid OppFi, predator https://innercitypress.com/ffw3oppfifrbicp061526.html Also @USUN Waltz, UN victim ignored https://innercitypress.com/ungate1injuredunstafficp061826.html

VLOG June 18 Luigi Mangione extreme emotional disturbance: where are the documents? https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/murky-mangione-luigi-mangione-will Wolff appeals Melania SDNY win to 2 Cir; FTX Michele Bond slapped down. Baltimore unsealing win. Int'l Seabed Authority scoop. [amid Knicks parade]

VLOG June 17 Luigi Mangione Take Two, murky 10th floor https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/courthouse-too-confidential-after Blake Lively wants more time https://patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/hollywood-in-and-161300729 US wants 5 yrs on Rinsch, Melania wants sanctions v Wolff. CT Sakal stonewall https://innercitypress.com/ctd1dooleysakaloversealedicp061626.html MRL v FRB, Big Tony in Haiti

After Luigi Mangione team says he'll assert extreme emotional disturbance defense in NYS court - no such defense in Federal court, so expect serious jury selection fireworks @SDNYLIVE. Press pushed to unseal, holding back criticism, on alert- watch this feed

VLOG June 12 Brad Lander acquitted https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/unclear-brad-lander-acquitted-of UFC in DC, no hearing on TRO bid. Malvasio RE fraud trial, Maryland RE sentencing too sealed. Peoples Bank ignores citizens https://innercitypress.com/mergers16bpeoplesbankkywarshffw060826.html Int'l Seabed Authority corrupt: https://innercitypress.com/ungate3seabedauthicp061126.html

VLOG June 11 On road to ICE acquittal of Brad Lander- extra on local pol / Goldman and UN Press ban https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/unclear-brad-lander-acquitted-of Nadine Menendez no bail. Turkish Halkbank nolle prosequi citing Turkey's role in helping on Gaza hostages / remains https://patreon.com/MatthewRussellLee/posts/gaza-remains-on-160770663

Brad Lander decision day at SDNY in 26 Federal Plaza elevators arrest case - but the/his talk in mostly Knicks, "I was so nervous" [at taproom in Gowanus] Inner City Press is covering the case https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/go-ny-go-brad-lander-political-trial and will live tweet the decision @innercitypress

Inner City Press asked Brad Lander, Congressional candidate, about FISA & the DNI. He pivoted from ICE hearings in Minneapolis to affordability (also declined to make endorsements in any other Cong primaries, eg, Adriano Espaillat, Antonio Reynoso v his teammates

VLOG June 9 Najibullah sentencing for kidnapping NYT Rohde. Live Nation & Ohio, FOIA. Polymarket Maduro case, Geragos says no CIPA https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/for-soldier-indicted-for-polymarket Populist opposition to bank mergers, What Will Warsh Do? Volker Turk's RightsX waste as @USUN Waltz skydives

VLOG June 5 Live Nation state FOIA wins in WA & PA, while US DOJ had had to be sued: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.664901/gov.uscourts.nysd.664901.1.0.pdf So has the Federal Reserve on Enova: https://innercitypress.com/cra18fenovagrasshopperfoiasuitfedicpffw060126.html Next up: @StateDept on @USUN @MichaelGWaltz UN roof shindig, while allowing UN to ban US Press

VLOG June 4 Luigi Mangione NY proceeding sealed: reactions https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/court-too-confidential-luigi-mangione Federal Reserve FOIA case on Enova, extends to Coastal Bend https://innercitypress.com/mergers18coastalbendffw060226.html US @StateDept FOIA, need to appeal before July 4 UN roof boondoggle https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28179603-inner-city-press-foia-request-to-state-dept-with-july-4-deadline-as-as-mike-waltz-prepares-to-pay-to-play-on-un-roof/

VLOG June 2 Blake Lively v Baldoni, on 47.1 Judge takes under advisement https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/hollywood-hearsay-blake-lively-baldoni Hollywood Hearsay: https://amazon.com/dp/B0DWC8BH55 Al-Saadi, Iraq employee? https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/terror-extra-terrorism-defendant FRB FOIA suit, here's why: Enova sealed: https://innercitypress.com/foiasuit1frbenovaicp060126.html UN circus

VLOG June 1 FOIA lawsuit v Federal Reserve for redacting for predatory lender Enova: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.nysd.665163/gov.uscourts.nysd.665163.4.0.pdf Blake Lively - Baldoni hearing 2 pm, book: https://amazon.com/dp/B0DWC8BH55 al-Saadi 12:30. @USUN Mike Waltz UN roof MSG boondoggle inquiry https://innercitypress.com/foia3statedeptusunicp053126.html

VLOG May 27 Live Nation pushes for discovery stay (as DOJ denies FOIA). Luigi Mangione defends jury Qs in SDNY https://www.patreon.com/posts/luigi-questions-159337036 1MBD Kimora Lee's Celsius shares https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/jho-low-blow-as-goldman-sachs-guns Fed protects predator CashNetUSA from FOIA; @AntonioGuterres' failures

VLOG May 26 Unsealing project: Suno AI in Boston, Inner City Press filing docketed: https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.272063/gov.uscourts.mad.272063.233.0.pdf Sikkema guilty, book: https://books.google.com/books?id=hsDbEQAAQBAJ Revolut bank challenged by @FinanceWatchOrg https://www.patreon.com/posts/bank-beat-for-in-158964926 UN

VLOG May 22 Brazil murder trial closings, US v Sikkema https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/art-world-hit-trial-for-murder-of-661 Live Nation, states mull Ticketmaster break-up, PA FOIA filings due. Tennis union fight; @FinanceWatchOrg v Enova-Grasshopper, Revolut coming. Volker Turk's $400 a day DSA on SG junket

VLOG May 21 Sikkema murder trial https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/art-world-hit-trial-for-murder-of-0d9 Bronx 1993 cold case presentment https://www.patreon.com/posts/cold-case-for-in-158798398 ICE beat fireworks release https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/ice-fireworks-over-judge-frees-mexican BofA seals its debanking https://innercitypress.com/flmd1unsealbofaecoaicp052026.html On @WFP Luke call, @USUN SG lies, Japan

VLOG May 20: Unsealing Uber, after Kirkland gets doc disappeared: https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/uber-gate-uber-demands-and-gets-removal US v. Jay LucasFirst-Citizens as Silicon Valley Bank sued Patriot Bank https://innercitypress.com/sdny232rakofffirstcitizensicp051326.html @RafaelMGrossi conflict, no answer on UN censorship https://innercitypress.com/iran1usunimficp041926.html

VLOG May 19: Luigi Mangione half suppressed - story: https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/luigi-suppression-for-luigi-mangione Order: https://www.patreon.com/posts/luigi-order-for-158594174 Jay-Z v Buzbee, 2027 trial. Unsealing EDNC https://innercitypress.com/nced1aunsealusvwarrenicp051826.html @FinanceWatchOrg v. Catalyst (LA) and FS Bancorp (WA); UNDP Syria Assad echo

VLOG May 18 Luigi Mangione NY suppression ruling [thread: https://x.com/innercitypress/status/2056364011554328799 , book: https://amazon.com/Luigi-Mangiones-Search-Lone-Altoona/dp/B0G6SS33LC/ Harvey Weinstein mistrial (natch) http://books.google.com/books/about?id=YWzVEQAAQBAJ Tennis union fight at French Open https://patreon.com/posts/tennis-union-war-158459597 Green Dot redactions https://innercitypress.com/mergers14cgreendotalaffw051726.html UN shills in Japan

VLOG May 15 Sinaloa cartel extradition, sealed Magistrates case. Brazil murder for hire trial Sikkama https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/art-world-hit-trial-for-murder-of-018 Harvey Weinstein verdict watch. @FinanceWatchOrg hits Bank of Hope https://innercitypress.com/cra19bankofhopeffw051426.html UN stonewall Syria Qs https://innercitypress.com/unbansicp1843noonbriefing051426.html

VLOG May 14 Harvey Weinstein jury, chest pains http://books.google.com/books/about?id=YWzVEQAAQBAJ Brazil murder trial- in SDNY https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/art-world-hit-trial-for-murder-of Luigi Mangione suit May 18 https://www.patreon.com/posts/luigi-docket-for-158180748 Fed OKs felon Calk in banking, IMF upbeat on Senegal (as Macky Sall runs UNSG, no answer

VLOG May 13 Harvey Weinstein closings: https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/in-harvey-weinstein-closing-marc US v Sikkema openings https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/trial-for-murder-of-gallerist-sikkema Dominican extradition https://innercitypress.com/sdny149qcronanpaulinoetalicp051226.html Crypto bill mark-up, AI; UN #NextSG new candidate @mfespinosaEC gets Qs https://innercitypress.com/unsg1candidatesquestionnaireicpfunca031726.html

VLOG May 12 Gallerist Sikkema murder for hire trial https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/trial-for-murder-of-gallerist-sikkema Weinstein endgame https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/harveys-last-stand-in-weinstein-retrial 111 Centre "wacky" kidnapping trial https://innercitypress.com/nyscourt80paekbaezicp051126.html OCC cuts public notice https://innercitypress.com/occ3cutsoutpublicffw051226.html UNSG colonial in Kenya, @USUN nada

VLOG May 11 Harvey Weinstein defense case? Book: http://books.google.com/books/about?id=YWzVEQAAQBAJ Sikkema gallerist murder trial; unsealing bid NDCA Crypto dot com https://innercitypress.com/cand1unsealforisdaxicp050826.html Georgia Sup Ct ShaMiracle sealed https://innercitypress.com/gamd1shamiracleicp051026.html UN Kenya corrupt @USUN Waltz all hantavirus

VLOG May 8 Live Nation unsealing win in SDNY - but DOJ denies FOIA, pro bono? Harvey Weinstein finally some exhibits- but not from judge. Blake Lively attorneys' fee bid still alive. Hate crimes beat; Green Dot reply to @FinanceWatchOrg, @USUN PR misleads on UN

VLOG May 7: Live Nation hearing, partial unsealing win, FOIA pro bono? https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/28060968-doj-denies-foia-request-after-it-settled-with-live-nation-now-deemed-a-monopolist-by-sdny-jury-so-inner-city-press-appeals/ Harvey Weinstein trial, SDNY angle, no exhibits https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/sovereign-district-in-harvey-weinstein Fed Governors shrug at antitrust? UN CAR corruption, @USUN zip https://innercitypress.com/ungate1minuscaicp050726.html

VLOG May 6 Harvey Weinstein trial, exhibit blackout https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/extra-in-harvey-weinstein-retrial-409 Mangione's Justice Carro does a jury selection. Taibbi defamation case dismissed, 1st report https://innercitypress.com/sdny56adanielstaibbihigginsicp050526.html Habeas, ICE 3:30. UN Nairobi @USUN corruption https://innercitypress.com/ungate1unonicp050526.html

VLOG May 5 Harvey Weinstein trial, Pressing for exhibits https://documentcloud.org/documents/28094452-weinsteinunseal1nycourtsicp050126/ Blake LIvely v Baldoni settles, so May 11, Sikkema. Fed gets @FinanceWatchOrg challenge to OppFi BNC, @RGrynspan implies China supports her at @NextSG but https://innercitypress.com/unsg3candidatesquestionnaireicpfunca031926.html

VLOG May 4 Harvey Weinstein day off, but book: http://books.google.com/books/about?id=YWzVEQAAQBAJ DDC Golf Course hearing by Judge Reyes, "I'm no Amy Pollard but" https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/ddc-standoff-emergency-hearing-on DOJ FOIA denial on Live Nation, pro bono sought https://www.amazon.com/Ticketmaster-Loses-Jury-Sentence-Transparency-ebook/dp/B0GX2XLSSJUN #WPFD hypocrisy.

VLOG Harvey Weinstein's Last Stand (project coming) https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/in-harvey-weinstein-retrial-jessica DOJ denies Live Nation FOIA request: call for pro bono. Unsealing NDIL & VID https://innercitypress.com/fedcourts3unsealingicp043026.html JPM Chase no overtime case.@USUN puts style over substance? https://innercitypress.com/ungate40southsudanun80icp043026.html

2d Harvey Weinstein trial report: After Justice Farber allowed into evidence Jessica Mann's writings from two days after the Doubletree Hotel events - she wrote about love - in the afternoon she said she felt spacey, disassociated, so trial day ended early...

VLOG April 30 Live Nation, Inner City Press unsealing filing: https://courtlistener.com/docket/68557723/1477/united-states-of-america-v-live-nation-entertainment-inc/ Blake Lively-Baldoni experts May 7 or 8. Harvey Weinstein's Teny grills Mann: https://matthewrussellleeicp.substack.com/p/mann-on-the-cross-harvey-weinstein Habeas judge shopping; OppFi BNC hit: https://innercitypress.com/cra39oppfibncnatbankicp042926.html Grossi abuse?