
Schiff Says DOJ Should Reopen Hush-Money Case After Trump Leaves Office
President Trump has dodged potential charges in at least two cases because of the Justice Department’s position that a sitting president can’t be indicted.
President Trump has dodged potential charges in at least two cases because of the Justice Department’s position that a sitting president can’t be indicted.
The Justice Department’s opinion that a sitting president cannot be charged played a role in federal prosecutors’ decision to end the hush-money investigation.
House Judiciary Committee leaders are requesting the Justice Department’s internal watchdog investigate the FBI’s training academy after 16 women accused the bureau of gender discrimination.
The Democrat-controlled House of Representatives is expected to vote Tuesday to hold Attorney General William Barr in contempt of Congress after he refused to turn over unreacted copies of the Robert Mueller report.
Even though Robert Mueller said a Justice Department policy prevents charging a sitting president, Attorney General William Barr said the special counsel could have declared whether President Trump broke the law.
Special counsel Robert Mueller made his first public statement on the Russia investigation Wednesday, saying the inquiry is officially closed and he’s retiring from the Justice Department.
Former Deputy Secretary of Transportation Jeffrey Rosen, who has no experience as a prosecutor, is now the second-in-command at the Justice Department.
A federal grand jury has indicted Michigan state Rep. Larry Inman on charges of attempted extortion, bribery and lying to an FBI agent.