Tag Archives: Justice Department

The U.S. Department of Justice has concluded that a post-Watergate law requiring presidents to preserve and turn over official records is unconstitutional, a sweeping legal determination that could reshape how presidential documents are handled. In an opinion released Thursday, the department’s Office of Legal Counsel said the Presidential Records Act …

The Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security are nearing an agreement to share sensitive voter registration data for immigration and criminal investigations, according to sources familiar with the plan, a move that is drawing scrutiny as the policy is not disclosed in ongoing court battles. Under the arrangement, …

The Justice Department this week acknowledged it made a “material mistaken statement of fact” in federal court by incorrectly citing an Immigration and Customs Enforcement memo to justify arrests at immigration courthouses. In a letter filed Tuesday, government lawyers told U.S. District Judge Kevin Castel that a May 2025 ICE …

Minnesota state and local officials sued the federal government Tuesday, alleging that authorities have blocked their efforts to investigate three shootings involving federal agents during an immigration crackdown earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, was brought by Minnesota Attorney General …

The Justice Department on Friday filed a lawsuit against Harvard University, accusing its leadership of failing to address antisemitism on campus and seeking to freeze federal funding while recovering billions in previously awarded grants. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Massachusetts, marks a significant escalation in the ongoing standoff …

A group of House Democrats walked out of a closed-door briefing Wednesday with Attorney General Pam Bondi on the federal probe into Jeffrey Epstein, escalating tensions over the Justice Department’s handling of the case and setting up a potential legal showdown with Congress. The contentious meeting came one day after …

The House Oversight Committee has subpoenaed Attorney General Pam Bondi to testify next month as part of its investigation into the Justice Department’s handling of records related to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, intensifying a politically charged probe that has drawn bipartisan scrutiny. The subpoena compels Bondi to appear for …

The U.S. Department of Justice has begun connecting its push to obtain sensitive personal data on millions of voters to whether the upcoming midterm elections will be fair and secure, laying the groundwork for the Trump administration to potentially cast doubt on the results. The Justice Department has sued 29 …

A federal judge has halted a U.S. Department of Justice criminal investigation into Jerome Powell, finding the probe appeared to be part of an improper effort by the administration of Donald Trump to pressure the Federal Reserve to lower interest rates more aggressively. In a newly unsealed opinion, James Boasberg, …

Newly released documents from the federal government’s files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein include previously unseen FBI interview summaries describing allegations that Donald Trump sexually assaulted a teenage girl in the 1980s, according to an analysis of the materials. The U.S. Department of Justice posted the documents Thursday as …

The Justice Department told a federal appeals court Tuesday that it will continue defending President Donald Trump’s executive orders targeting several prominent law firms — a sharp reversal less than 24 hours after informing the same court it planned to abandon the appeal. In a brief filing to the U.S. …

The U.S. Department of Justice has not released summaries or notes from three FBI interviews conducted in 2019 with a South Carolina woman who accused convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein of sexually assaulting her as a child and separately alleged sexual abuse by President Donald Trump, according to an analysis …

Members of Congress sharply criticized the Justice Department on Thursday after reports that officials were tracking lawmakers’ search activity as they reviewed unredacted Jeffrey Epstein files on department computers. The controversy erupted after a Reuters photograph captured Attorney General Pam Bondi at a House Judiciary Committee hearing holding a document …

A top Justice Department official on Sunday sought to tamp down expectations that the newly released trove of Jeffrey Epstein investigative files will lead to additional criminal charges, saying that even deeply troubling evidence does not automatically translate into prosecutable cases. Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said the department’s position …

The Justice Department has opened a federal civil rights investigation into the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care unit nurse who was killed by federal agents in Minneapolis last weekend, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche said Friday. Pretti was shot Saturday following a heated confrontation between immigration …