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Michael McLaughlin

Federal prosecutors claim Jonathan Rinderknecht consulted AI for legal advice after intentionally starting the epic blaze in L.A.

Casey Goonan burned a campus police car with Molotov cocktails in a display of support for pro-Palestinian demonstrations. 

“There are very few American citizens who are not touched by this fairly directly,” says retired Judge Dana Leigh Marks.

Crying on the job, personal effects prepacked, more firings expected soon — and the cases just keep piling up.

At rarely seen hearings, unaccompanied teenagers and families with toddlers face lawyers for the government.