Justice Department Moves to Drop Case Against Journalist Who Exposed Kanye West Jew-Hatred Remarks

Justice Department moves to drop case against journalist who exposed Kanye West Jew-hatred remarks

The U.S. Department of Justice moved on Wednesday to halt its effort to revive seven felony wiretapping charges against Florida-based journalist Tim Burke, who exposed unaired antisemitic remarks by the musician Kanye West, who goes by Ye.Burke was arrested in 2024 after publishing unused portions of a Fox News interview with West on the "Tucker Carlson Tonight" show, in which the musician repeated antisemitic conspiracy theories. Burke claimed …

Trump DOJ retreats from Kanye West wiretapping case that snared a journalist

The Department of Justice is retreating from its appeal of a ruling that tossed seven felony wiretapping counts against Florida journalist Tim Burke.In an unopposed motion filed Wednesday with the Eleventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, DOJ prosecutors asked the court to dismiss the government's appeal, according to court records. Burke's attorney did not oppose the request.Burke was indicted in 2024 after he uncovered unaired outtakes of antise…

Feds won’t appeal wiretap charges against Tampa journalist who exposed antisemitic Kanye West remarks

Federal prosecutors withdrew an appeal this week that could have charged Tampa journalist Timothy Burke with wiretapping. Burke allegedly obtained unaired clips of Kanye West—now known as the artist Ye—making antisemitic remarks in an interview with Tucker Carlson, and then sold them to Vice. He did so, prosecutors say, using a password obtained from a […]

DOJ drops appeal of wiretapping counts against journalist Tim Burke

The government should also drop other charges still pending against Tim Burke.