Donald Trump has been indicted again —this time over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and an anti-democratic campaign that culminated in the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. The federal grand jury hearing evidence in the Justice Department’s probe into the scheme to subvert the election results handed up a …
Read More »Team Trump Scrambles to Unmask the Feds Investigating Him
Donald Trump just needs a few names. In recent months, the former president has asked close advisers, including at least one of his personal attorneys, if “we know” all the names of senior FBI agents and Justice Department personnel who have worked on the federal probes into him. That’s according …
Read More »Justice Department Announces 'Pattern' of Civil Rights Violations by Louisville Police
The U.S. Justice Department announced Wednesday that the Louisville police engaged in “a pattern” of civil rights violations following an investigation into the police department in the aftermath of the shooting death of Breonna Taylor. Among the Justice Department’s findings were that the Louisville Metro Police Department used “excessive force, …
Read More »Justice Department Asks for Trump's Team to Be Held in Contempt of Court
The Justice Department has asked U.S. District Court Judge Beryl A. Howell to hold Donald Trump’s office in contempt of court, accusing the former president’s team of failing to honor a subpoena ordering the return of all classified documents in his possession to the DOJ, according to a report from …
Read More »DOJ Investigated Journalists for Insider Trading, Stalking … and Worse
The Biden administration has taken pains to distance itself from Donald Trump’s treatment of the media — which the 45th president delighted in railing against as “the enemy of the people.” And in late October, Attorney General Merrick Garland officially announced that the Department of Justice will no longer investigate …
Read More »The Justice Department Got Creative to Rid the Army of a Self-Avowed 'Nazi'
Up until a week ago, Killian Mackeith Ryan was a rank-and-file soldier in the Army’s 82nd Airborne. But behind the scenes, according to court papers filed by federal prosecutors, he was a self-avowed racist who was communicating with other online extremists and claiming he’d joined the military to practice killing …
Read More »Inside Trump's Frantic Hunt for 'Killer' Criminal Defense Attorneys
Behind closed doors this summer, Donald Trump and his advisers have been narrowing the shortlist of criminal defense attorneys he’d need to take on the Justice Department. The former president has had preliminary conversations with Tim Parlatore, a lawyer best known for successfully representing an accused war criminal, about possible …
Read More »Justice Department Zeroing in on Trump's Actions for Jan. 6 Investigation
The Justice Department is conducting an active investigation into whether former President Donald Trump attempted to directly interfere with the results of the 2020 election, according to several anonymous sources. As The Washington Post reports, key witnesses for the investigation, which include two top aides to former Vice President Mike …
Read More »Justice Department Asks Jan. 6 Committee for Transcripts to Help With Criminal Investigation
The Justice Department has asked the Jan. 6 committee to turn over transcripts of interviews it has conducted, signaling that Attorney General Merrick Garland’s probe into the attack on the Capitol could be intensifying. The New York Times reported the news on Tuesday, noting that the committee was made aware …
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