PHILADELPHIA (AP) – A federal judge warned Justice Department lawyers on Friday that they were making “dangerous” and “scary” statements when they said the Trump Administration could decide what part of American history to display at National Park Service sites. The heated exchange erupted during a hearing in Philadelphia on the sudden removal of an … Read more
Emails between New York Giants co-owner Steve Tisch and convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein are among the millions of documents released by the Justice Department on Friday. In many of the emails, Epstein discusses setting up Tisch with various women. All the women’s names are redacted, as is Tisch’s email address. An advertisement The Giants … Read more
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s request that Minnesota turn over sensitive voter registration records to the federal government amid tensions over ICE and immigration enforcement underscores the importance of the administration’s nationwide data collection that is facing resistance in several states and obstruction in the courts. The Justice Department has already subpoenaed Minnesota and 23 other … Read more
By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON, Jan 24 (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court rejected the Justice Department’s bid to charge five more people accused of disrupting a Minnesota church service this month, according to court documents made public on Saturday, which revealed the lengths the Trump administration went to to prosecute those involved in the demonstration. … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A report by former special counsel Jack Smith on his investigation into President Donald Trump’s collection of classified documents belongs in the “can of history” and should remain sealed, the Justice Department said in a court filing Friday. “The illicit product of an illegal investigation and prosecution belongs in the dustbin of … Read more
ATLANTA (AP) — A federal judge in Georgia on Friday dismissed a U.S. Justice Department lawsuit seeking voter information from the state, ruling that the federal government had searched in the wrong city. US District Judge Ashley Royal found that the government should have sued Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger in Atlanta, and not … Read more
Two staff members with Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency team at the Social Security Administration were secretly in contact with a right-wing advocacy group trying to “overturn the election results,” according to the Justice Department. A court filing in a long-running lawsuit targeting DOGE’s efforts inside Social Security shows that at least one … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Days after Ghislaine Maxwell asked a judge to immediately release her from a 20-year prison sentence, the public release of grand jury transcripts from her sex-trafficking case has returned attention to the victims whose allegations helped land her behind bars. The release of the transcripts as part of the Justice Department’s … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — A federal judge gave the green light Tuesday to New York’s so-called Green Light Law, rejecting the Trump administration’s bid to stop the state from issuing driver’s licenses to people without showing they are in the country legally. U.S. District Judge Anne M. Nardacci in Albany ruled that the Republican administration … Read more
The Justice Department on Tuesday released thousands of additional files on Jeffrey Epstein, including a letter he allegedly wrote behind bars to fellow predator Larry Nassar that appeared to suggest President Donald Trump shared their “love” for the girls. The letter was postmarked on August 13, 2019, during Trump’s first term, and returned to sender. … Read more