From Witness Tampering to the Mann Act: How the DOJ Played a Shell Game with Intersex Toni Fly’s Life

From Witness Tampering to the Mann Act: How the DOJ Played a Shell Game with Intersex Toni Fly’s Life

The arrest of Toni Fly came without warning: no explanation or warrant. On a Friday in July—2016—in Idaho Falls, Fly was taken into custody by local police on orders from an unnamed federal agency. “They say it’s federal,” an officer told Fly as she sat handcuffed, the skin on her wrists beginning to redden. An FBI agent showed up hours later with a warrant—on his smartphone, not paper. By then, Fly had already been questioned. The agent finally…