Rachel Weiner

Washington, D.C.

Local reporter covering appellate courts in Washington and Richmond.

Education: George Washington University, BA in Journalism and Political Science

Rachel Weiner came to The Washington Post as a politics Web editor. She spent two years writing for The Fix and running The Post’s 2012 election blog, appropriately called Election 2012. At the end of that race she decided to get away from national politics and now covers federal courts in Washington, D.C. and Richmond, Va.
Latest from Rachel Weiner

Court rejects Twitter’s claim of right to alert Trump to Jan. 6 search

The company can still ask the U.S. Supreme Court to say Twitter had a First Amendment right to alert Donald Trump to a subpoena.

January 17, 2024

Judges skeptical that Trump is immune from Jan. 6 prosecution

Three judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit expressed skepticism of Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution.

January 9, 2024

Highlights from Trump’s immunity claim court hearing

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit expressed skepticism of whether Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in his federal election subversion case.

January 9, 2024

Google location data was used to find Jan. 6 rioters. It’s disappearing.

Google has changed the way it saves location data, ending a controversial and powerful law enforcement tool.

January 8, 2024

DOJ declined to prosecute Ray Epps. Now it wants him sent to prison.

The Trump supporter became a focus of false claims that the Jan. 6, 2021, riot was instigated by undercover FBI agents.

January 3, 2024

Republican loyalty to Trump, rioters climbs in 3 years after Jan. 6 attack

Republicans are less likely to believe that those who stormed the Capitol were “mostly violent” and less likely to believe that Trump bears responsibility for Jan. 6, a Post-UMD survey found.

January 2, 2024

Special counsel asks D.C. judge to bar Trump misinformation at trial

Jack Smith’s motion seeks to bar baseless accusations and misinformation from Trump defense lawyers at federal election-obstruction trial in D.C.

December 27, 2023

As Supreme Court elects to wait, Trump takes immunity claim to D.C. Circuit

Former president Donald Trump told a U.S. appeals court he is immune from prosecution because his efforts to block the 2020 election results were official acts.

December 24, 2023

He went to his old neighborhood. He died in an Uber.

Last year, a viral video showed a rough confrontation between Tejuan Coleman and D.C. police.

December 23, 2023

Rudy Giuliani files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in New York after defamation case

Thursday’s filing comes one day after a federal judge ruled that he must immediately pay the $148 million he owes to two Georgia women whom he falsely accused of helping steal the 2020 election.

December 22, 2023