Trump, Justice Department

Opinion
The Justice Department becomes Trump’s instrument of revenge
The mass firings are a warning shot aimed at bringing others in the department to heel. Every president at some point during his administration chafes at the independence of the Justice Department. None have moved as swiftly or definitively as President Donald Trump to put the department firmly under his thumb.
Trump Justice Department says it has fired employees involved in prosecutions of the president
The Trump Justice Department says it has fired more than a dozen employees who worked on criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.
FBI employees questioned about involvement in Jan. 6 cases as Justice Dept. weighs firings
Thousands of FBI employees who participated in investigations related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol are being asked to complete in-depth questionnaires.
Jan. 6 Prosecutors Fired by Trump Justice Department Official
Acting Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove instructed the interim U.S. attorney in Washington, D.C., to carry out the firings.
US fires prosecutors who investigated Trump
The United States' justice department has reportedly dismissed over a dozen officials who worked on the criminal investigations into President Donald Trump.Officials from the department confirmed to CBS that the prosecutors received the terminating letters of appointment from James McHenry,
US Justice Department freezes its civil rights litigation
The U.S. Department of Justice has ordered its civil rights division to pause any ongoing litigation left over from the ...
Eric Adams' attorney meets with Justice Department over future of federal case: Sources
Mayor Eric Adams’s attorney visited Justice Department headquarters Friday to discuss the future of the mayor’s criminal ...
Justice Department orders FBI purge, review of staff who touched Jan. 6 cases
Leaders appointed by the Trump administration are identifying potentially hundreds of FBI agents for possible termination, ...
New Group Aims to Help Justice Dept. Employees Alarmed by Trump
The group, Justice Connection, intends to support employees who say they are facing professional and ethical crises under the ...
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Trump DOJ shake-up sidelines top prosecutors in national security, adds new US attorneys in DC and New York
There has also been a shake-up at key US attorney offices in New York and Washington, DC. Trump has promised to overhaul ...
US Justice Department senior career ethics official removed from post, source says
The Trump administration has removed the U.S. Justice Department's senior career ethics official from his post, according to ...
Across Justice Dept., Fear, Anxiety and Angry Bosses
At the department’s headquarters in downtown Washington, lawyers described the uncertainty that has rippled across the agency ...
Justice Department orders investigation of local compliance with Trump immigration crackdown
The Justice Department is directing its federal prosecutors to investigate for potential criminal charges any state or local ...
Career US Justice Department official in charge of public corruption cases resigns
Corey Amundson, the U.S. Justice Department's senior career official in charge of overseeing public corruption and other ...