The acting attorney general, James McHenry, fired more than a dozen prosecutors who had worked on the criminal investigations into Donald Trump, claiming they could not be trusted to “faithfully implement” the president’s agenda, a Justice Department spokesman said Monday.
The Trump administration is moving to suspend agreements aimed at reforming police departments where the Justice Department identified systemic misconduct, according to a memo issued on Wednesday.
President Trump has granted pardons, commutations, or case dismissals for every person charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.
Paxton and Trump have forged a friendship over the years.
Outgoing Attorney General Merrick Garland defended the integrity of the agency against accusations of political bias in a heartfelt farewell to Justice Department staff on Thursday.
Anthony Coley, a former director of the Justice Department’s Office of Public Affairs, strongly criticized President Donald Trump’s push to appoint Pam Bondi as attorney general, calling her “wholly unqualified” for the role.
Jack Smith, the special counsel who charged President-elect Donald Trump with attempting to unlawfully remain in power after his 2020 election defeat, declared in a final report released early Tuesday that the evidence presented would have been sufficient to secure a conviction had Trump’s 2024 election win not rendered the prosecution moot.
he Justice Department filed an urgent motion late Friday, seeking the swift release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report on President-elect Donald Trump’s alleged efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
