Journalist Jailed For Contempt, Fined For Stealing Court Mug

By Spencer Brewer ( November 20, 2025, 8:53 PM EST) -- A Texas federal judge ordered U.S. marshals Thursday to haul a onetime conservative journalist to a nearby jail for contempt of court and separately fined him $1,000 for stealing a court coffee mug, saying he had had it with the defendant's "shenanigans."...

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