Attorney General Pam Bondi faced sharp criticism in a tense congressional hearing Tuesday as Democrats accused her of turning the Justice Department into a political weapon to punish President Donald Trump’s opponents.
The Justice Department is shutting down a task force created in the 1980s to target major drug cartels and an office that for decades worked to ease racial tensions, part of what officials call the agency’s most sweeping reorganization in 20 years.
President Donald Trump is intensifying his push to prosecute political opponents, a move that has fueled debate over free speech, censorship, and the independence of the Justice Department.
Attorney General Pam Bondi sparked backlash this week after saying the Trump administration would “target” hate speech, a comment critics called unconstitutional before she tried to clarify her position.
The Trump administration has appointed Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey as a deputy director of the FBI, a move that left many agents puzzled.
Attorney General Pam Bondi on Thursday ordered the head of the DEA to take control of the Metropolitan Police Department, stripping decision-making authority from its chief.
The Justice Department’s top ethics official was fired Friday by U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi, marking the latest in a string of dismissals targeting longtime civil servants amid growing concerns of political retribution.
Attorney General Pamela Bondi on Monday defended a controversial Trump administration proposal to eliminate the ATF and merge its functions into the Drug Enforcement Administration.
