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Firings and resignations at the Department of Justice in first weeks of the Trump administration

President Trump says his administration is cleaning up a Justice Department corrupted by politics. Amid the firings and resignations, one leader described a workplace of "confusion" and "fear."

Reuters · 7d

Trump picks first-term loyalists for top Justice Department posts

U.S. President Donald Trump intends to nominate advisers from his first term to top Justice Department posts, including John Eisenberg to lead the national security division and Brett Shumate for the civil division,

Santa Rosa Press Democrat · 1d

Trump's Justice Department enforcer is no stranger to complaints about his conduct

Emil Bove is President Donald Trump’s chief enforcer at the Justice Department. WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Manhattan criminal defense attorneys was so concerned about prosecutor Emil Bove’s professionalism that they banded together to send an email to his bosses.

Jurist · 2d

US Justice Department eliminates federal law enforcement accountability database

The US Department of Justice on Friday shut down its national database for reporting misconduct incidents of federal law enforcement officers. In an update on its website, the Department stated that

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Politicizing the law: Trump DOJ men Ed Martin, Kash Patel and Dan Bongino defy the meaning of justice

Ed Martin, Donald Trump’s acting U.S. attorney in D.C., is using the power of the law to politicize media coverage. This is ...

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Blanche grilled over slate of FBI, DOJ firings

Senate Democrats grilled Todd Blanche, President Trump’s former criminal defense attorney, on whether he would blunt attempts ...

The Washington Post on MSN13d

Trump’s ex-lawyer won’t pledge to recuse if confirmed for Justice Dept. post

Todd Blanche, the deputy attorney general nominee, was grilled by skeptical Democrats. Gail Slater, Trump’s nominee for ...

The Daily Signal5d

Senate Confirms Kash Patel as FBI Director

Kash Patel is confirmed as director of the FBI. He has served in positions at the DOJ, National Security Council, and Defense ...

Fox News4d

ATF chief legal counsel fired by Bondi in latest Justice Department shakeup

I was served official notice from the Attorney General of the United States that I was being removed from my position as the Chief Counsel of ATF and my employment with the Department of ...

The Associated Press on MSN13d

Trump’s former personal lawyer defends him at a Senate hearing and decries ‘partisan lawfare’

Blanche was a key figure on Trump’s defense team, both in the two criminal cases brought by the Justice Department and ...

Claudia Weicker: I am alive because of NIH research. The life they save may also be yours.

It is exactly 28 years since I was diagnosed with metastatic breast cancer. At the time, I had a 50—50 probability of living ...

Opinion

Atlanta Journal-Constitution6dOpinion

An unequal system of justice - one for Trump and one for everyone else

Thanks to a politically biased Supreme Court, Trump has also been given immunity for acts committed as president within their core constitutional purview. Therefore, the Justice Department has thrown ...

USA TODAY on MSN12d

Kash Patel, Trump's pick to lead FBI, passes crucial step toward Senate confirmation

A former public defender, Department of Justice attorney and Hill staffer ... "For God’s sake," he continued, "to give the most sweeping investigative agency in the United States and the world ...

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Nominee for No. 2 Official at Justice Dept., Todd Blanche, Denounces Treatment of Trump

Mr. Blanche made clear that his prior work as a personal lawyer for the president informed his approach to the job of deputy ...

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