Democrats are sounding the alarm over Attorney General Pam Bondi’s sweeping changes to the Justice Department, warning that her tenure has hollowed out the agency and politicized its mission beyond recognition.
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.
President Donald Trump on Monday announced the creation of a Memphis Safe Task Force, modeled after his recent law enforcement surge in Washington, D.C., and said Chicago would be next.
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.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has appointed Ed Martin, a conservative activist and former interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., to investigate mortgage fraud allegations against Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and New York Attorney General Letitia James.
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi has ordered federal prosecutors to launch a grand jury investigation into allegations that the Obama administration fabricated intelligence about Russian interference in the 2016 election.
