The Justice Department filed a lawsuit Wednesday against Texas over the state’s implementation of a new immigration law allowing state and local law enforcement officials to arrest, jail and prosecute migrants who may have entered the U.S. illegally. The Biden administration warned Texas that it would file a suit if Texas didn’t assure federal […]
Federal prosecutors say they will seek an indictment against Hunter Biden, President Biden’s son, relating to gun charges by the end of the month, according to new court documents filed Wednesday. The new development comes a month after U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed David Weiss as special counsel in the investigation into the president’s […]
The federal judge presiding over former President Trump’s election fraud case has ordered his attorneys to respond to prosecutors’ request for a protective order by Monday, according to a court filing Saturday. Judge Tanya Chutkan gave Trump’s attorneys a single business day to respond to special counsel Jack Smith’s request for a strict protective order […]
Former President Donald Trump’s team issued a brief statement at around midnight on Friday that sought to clarify an earlier social media post that appeared to threaten revenge on people who “go after me.” The statement came after the Department of Justice (DOJ) sought a protective order from the judge overseeing the case against Trump […]
The Justice Department on Monday unsealed charges against the co-director of a Maryland think tank, alleging he acted as an illegal arms broker and unregistered agent for the Beijing government while also seeking to help China obtain Iranian oil in violation of U.S. sanctions. Gal Luft, a dual U.S. and Israeli citizen, is accused of […]
U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Friday denied whistleblower allegations that the Justice Department, FBI and IRS interfered with U.S. Attorney David Weiss’ investigation of Hunter Biden. “As I said at the outset, Mr. Weiss, who was appointed by President Trump as the U.S. attorney in Delaware and assigned this matter during the previous administration, […]
Donald Trump could face 100 years behind bars if he is convicted of all seven charges related to mishandling of classified information, according to a report. The 76-year-old on Thursday said he had been told he was being indicted in relation to espionage – the first time in U.S. history that a former president has […]
Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers have received notice from the Justice Department that Trump is a target of the Mar-a-Lago documents inquiry, according to a source with knowledge of the matter. That notice gives lawyers a chance to argue against indictment. People who receive target letters are usually indicted, but not always. Trump, in a […]
The Justice Department seized additional classified records from President Biden’s Wilmington, Delaware home after an FBI search on Friday. On Jan. 20, 2023, the FBI executed a planned, consensual search of the President’s residence in Wilmington, Delaware,” Joseph D. Fitzpatrick, an assistant U.S. attorney to U.S. attorney for the Northern District of Illinois John Lausch, […]
The challenge of prosecuting former President Donald Trump for the mishandling of confidential documents has loomed over the Department of Justice since its investigation began. The possibility of indictment will be even trickier for prosecutors to navigate now that President Joe Biden is facing his own scandal of a similar nature. Theoretically, the latest developments […]
House Republicans on Friday released a new report detailing whistleblower allegations of FBI misconduct and politicization at the highest levels of the Department of Justice. “The Federal Bureau of Investigation, under the stewardship of Director Christopher Wray and Attorney General Merrick Garland, is broken,” the GOP report states. “The problem lies not with the majority […]
Conservatives and liberals alike voiced their opinions about the news Thursday that President Biden’s son Hunter could be charged with federal crimes. Federal agents believe they have gathered sufficient evidence to charge Hunter Biden with tax crimes and a false statement related to a gun purchase and, although the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Delaware has […]
