President Donald Trump is trying to tamp down a political firestorm of his own making over the Justice Department’s decision not to release records tied to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case.
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.
Former President Donald Trump said Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino is doing well despite internal tensions over the Justice Department’s conclusion that there’s no evidence Jeffrey Epstein maintained a secret client list.
A federal judge rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran man who was mistakenly deported and later indicted in Tennessee.
The Justice Department and FBI under President Donald Trump concluded that Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide and did not operate a blackmail scheme or keep a “client list.”
The U.S. Justice Department has charged a Pakistani national in connection with a sweeping $650 million fraud scheme that exploited Arizona’s Medicaid program for Native Americans, billing the state for addiction treatment services that were never provided or medically unnecessary.
The Trump administration has fired at least three federal prosecutors who worked on criminal cases stemming from the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol.
A former senior Justice Department attorney has accused top officials of discussing plans to defy federal court orders to advance the Trump administration’s immigration agenda, according to a whistleblower complaint filed Tuesday.
