The Daily Fuckup

The Justice Department put out three separate releases across August 13, August 15 and August 18, 2025, covering a policy review, a federal threats case and a personnel change in South Florida.

On August 15, the department said it was partnering with the National Economic Council to identify state laws, regulations, policies and practices that it says significantly and adversely affect the national economy or interstate economic activity. The release said the department was seeking public comment as part of that review.

On August 18, the U.S. attorney’s office in Washington said Nathalie Rose Jones, 50, of Lafayette, Indiana, was arrested on August 16 and charged after allegedly making threats on social media against President Trump. Prosecutors said the complaint includes allegations of threatening to take the life of, kidnap or inflict bodily harm upon the president, along with transmitting interstate threats. The case was investigated by the Secret Service and is being prosecuted in the District of Columbia.

Also on August 13, the Justice Department said Jason A. Reding Quiñones had been sworn in as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Florida. The release was a standard personnel notice and did not tie the appointment to any broader policy statement.

Taken together, the three releases show the department moving on separate tracks: a policy review, a high-profile criminal case and a leadership change in one of its largest federal districts.