Senate Democrats are quietly meeting to find new ways to hold Attorney General Pam Bondi and the Trump Justice Department accountable, according to multiple sources familiar with the discussions.
President Donald Trump summoned the nation’s top law enforcement officials to the Oval Office on Wednesday for what appeared to be a show of unity, but the meeting quickly turned into a list of political enemies he wanted prosecuted
Former national security adviser John R. Bolton was indicted Thursday on federal charges alleging he improperly shared classified information while serving in the Trump administration.
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.
