Dan Bongino, a former New York City police officer and Secret Service agent turned right-wing pundit and podcaster, will be the next deputy director of […]
Tag: Justice Department
Judges in D.C., Once Flooded With Jan. 6 Cases, Turn to Trump’s Executive Actions
The decision this week by Judge Christopher R. Cooper to hand President Trump a legal victory but denounce his wrecking-ball approach to government reform showed, […]
F.B.I. Director Plans to Move Hundreds of Agents to Field Offices
The F.B.I. director, Kash Patel, told bureau officials on Friday that he wanted to send 1,000 agents from the Washington area to field offices across […]
Will an Ambitious Prosecutor Do Trump’s Bidding and Drop Adams Case?
Danielle R. Sassoon shot like a laser through the Manhattan U.S. attorney’s office, with stints fighting violent crime and securities fraud as well as handling […]
Trump Administration Moves Swiftly to Shake Up Top Career Justice Dept. Ranks
The frenetic scale and speed of leadership changes that the Trump administration has made at the Justice Department in its first week alone indicate the […]
Charges Dropped Against Doctor Who Leaked About Minors’ Transgender Care
Federal prosecutors have dropped charges against a surgeon in Texas who was accused of obtaining and sharing private medical information about gender-transition-related treatments for minors […]
Senior Justice Department Official in Chicago to Oversee Immigration Crackdown
The acting deputy attorney general, Emil Bove, has traveled to Chicago to oversee one of the Trump administration’s first immigration enforcement operations, saying on Sunday […]
Trump Fires 17 Inspectors General in Late-Night Purge
President Trump fired 17 inspectors general, the internal watchdogs who monitor federal agencies, on Friday night, capping a week of dramatic shake-ups of the federal […]
Justice Department Orders a Halt to Civil Rights Work
The Justice Department has ordered an immediate halt to all new civil rights cases or investigations — and signaled that it might back out of […]
Trump Grants Sweeping Clemency to All Jan. 6 Rioters
President Donald J. Trump, in one of his first official acts, issued a sweeping grant of clemency on Monday to all of the nearly 1,600 […]