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The Justice Department has been discussing settlements with two former officials from Donald Trump’s first term who — like the president — claim they’re owed major payouts from the US government as victims of politically motivated actions.
In a new filing, the DOJ asked an appeals court to release the former LMPD officer as he appeals his 33-month sentence.
A group of former federal judges says Deputy AG Todd Blanche’s “war" comments on so-called "activist judges" threaten public trust in the courts.
Currie on Thursday noted that there was no court reporter in the room during the final minutes of the grand jury’s session ahead of Comey’s indictment. Kirschner told Newsweek that “Judge Currie indicated that Attorney General Pam Bondi couldn't have reviewed everything because it appears there are some audio recordings missing.”
The Trump administration, long critical of the way colleges handle campus protests, is sending a clear warning after multiple arrests were made outside of a Turning Point USA event this week. The
The US Justice Department closed a years-long antitrust probe into the meatpacking industry during the Covid-19 pandemic just weeks before President Donald Trump demanded a fresh investigation, according to people familiar with the matter.
Only 2.6% on list of 614 ‘Operation Midway Blitz’ arrestees had criminal histories, DOJ records show
But the government’s own data, provided in a filing posted to the public docket Friday, appeared to show otherwise. Of the 16 arrestees with criminal histories — or about 2.6% of the 614 people — five involved domestic battery, two were related to drunken driving, and one allegedly had an unidentified criminal history in another country.
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Carol Leonnig and Aaron C. Davis sit down with Mary Louise Kelly to talk about their book Injustice: How Politics and Fear Vanquished America’s Justice Department. They reveal why career prosecutors at Department of Justice were slow to explore the Trump administration's efforts to subvert the 2020 election -- and how they got insiders to talk.
Evans rolled to a primary victory in August and secured a larger margin of victory in this month's general election. As Seattle city attorney, Evans will represent the city in litigation and civil cases. She will also handle some prosecutions of lower-level criminal offenses.