Deputy US attorney general Todd Blanche said on Sunday that the removal of photos from the Jeffrey Epstein file release, including one of Donald Trump, had “nothing to do” with the president, as the justice department restored an image it had removed a day earlier that included a photo of Trump. The US justice department … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Luigi Mangione’s lawyers say Attorney General Pam Bondi’s decision to seek the death penalty in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was tainted by her previous work as a lobbyist at a firm that represented the insurer’s parent company. Bondi was a partner at Ballard Partners before leading the Justice … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former President Bill Clinton featured prominently in the first batch of files released Friday by the Justice Department stemming from its investigation into convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, as the White House sought to shift the focus of the highly anticipated documents from President Donald Trump. Several photos of Clinton were among … Read more
Former Justice Department special counsel Jack Smith is set for a closed-door interview with House Republicans Wednesday after lawmakers rejected his offer to testify publicly about his investigations into President Donald Trump. The private deposition is part of an ongoing investigation by the Republican-led House Judiciary Committee into the Justice Department’s criminal investigations into Trump … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department violated the constitutional rights of a close friend of James Comey and must return to him computer files that prosecutors had hoped to use in a potential criminal case against the former FBI director, a federal judge said Friday. The ruling by US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly represents not … Read more
The Trump administration is arguing that requiring real-time American Sign Language interpretation of events such as White House press briefings “will seriously interfere with the President’s prerogative to control the image he presents to the public,” part of a lawsuit seeking to require the White House to provide the services. Attorneys for the Department of … Read more
A federal judge investigating whether Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem should face contempt charges over flights carrying migrants to El Salvador said Monday he wants to hear from a whistleblower and a senior Justice Department official. US District Judge James Boasberg in Washington ordered the government to make Deputy Assistant Attorney General Drew Ensign available … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge has dealt a blow to the Justice Department’s efforts to seek a new indictment against former FBI Director James Comey, temporarily barring prosecutors from using evidence they relied on when they initially secured criminal charges. Saturday night’s decision by US District Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly does not preclude the department … Read more
On Wednesday, House Democrats on the Oversight Committee released images from convicted child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island, where accusers alleged he committed many of his crimes. Davidoff Studios Photography / Getty Images In an effort to pressure the Justice Department to publicize all the files, the committee released several unseen photos and … Read more
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration’s effort to overturn decades-old school desegregation orders is facing backlash from a federal judge in Louisiana. After a judge refused to close the books on a desegregation case dating back to the 1960s, the Concordia Parish school system in central Louisiana and the state on Tuesday filed an appeal. … Read more