Mark Paoletta, a prominent conservative lawyer and close confidant of Justice Clarence Thomas, is assisting Donald Trump’s transition team in shaping Justice Department policies for a potential return to office, according to two individuals familiar with the matter
Key members within Donald Trump’s inner circle are developing a strategy to bypass traditional law enforcement background checks, aiming to secure top-secret clearances for political appointees immediately after the election.
The Secret Service is undergoing major personnel changes and restructuring as the agency seeks to address significant security lapses that occurred before two assassination attempts on former President Donald Trump this summer.
Donald Trump declared Thursday that he would waste no time in firing special counsel Jack Smith if he wins the White House, promising to remove Smith “within two seconds” of taking office. Smith was appointed by Attorney General Merrick Garland in 2022 to investigate Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his handling of classified documents.
A draft personnel roster circulating within Donald Trump’s campaign and transition team lists Aileen Cannon, the federal judge who dismissed Trump’s classified documents case, as a potential pick for attorney general.
An independent, bipartisan review has uncovered “numerous mistakes” and “specific failures and breakdowns” by the Secret Service that enabled the assassination attempt on former President Trump in Butler, Penn., in July.
Border Patrol agents are warning of a mass exodus from the critical federal agency if Vice President Kamala Harris wins the upcoming presidential election.
Two men who were shot during an assassination attempt on former President Trump at a Pennsylvania rally have spoken out, accusing the Secret Service of negligence in their security response that day in July.
