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10 hours ago

1930s Germany Vibes': Critics Slam White House For Installing Trump Banner on DOJ Building

Work crews used cherry pickers to erect the Make America Safe Again banner featuring Trump's portrait on Thursday. Ken Dilanian with MS NOW posted, This is a stunning confirmation of the grim reality, which is that Donald Trump has seized control of the once independent Justice Department and is using it to pursue his political objectivesincluding trying to punish his perceived enemies.
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fromLos Angeles Times
11 hours ago

Trump administration looks to join suit alleging LAUSD discriminates against white students

The U.S. Department of Justice is seeking to join a federal lawsuit accusing the Los Angeles school district of discriminating against white students. At issue is a long-running effort to help disadvantaged students of color in Los Angeles by providing somewhat smaller classes to the vast majority of schools - leaving out campuses with larger numbers of white students. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in January by the 1776 Project Foundation, targets a decades-old effort to combat the harms of segregation
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fromAbove the Law
14 hours ago

DOJ Tries Acting Normal In New Jersey - Above the Law

The unexpected gravitas occurred in one of the thousands of habeas cases currently swamping trial courts. The Department of Homeland Security recently discovered that 8 USC § 1225(b)(1)(B)(iii)(IV) requires mandatory detention of asylum seekers, including those who were released in the country decades ago and given work permits. Hundreds of judges across the country - but not the Fifth Circuit! - have scoffed at this discovery and ordered DHS to either grant immigrants a bond hearing or release them.
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fromwww.dailynews.com
16 hours ago

DOJ is seeking to join lawsuit alleging bias against White students at California's largest school district

The Justice Department intervened, alleging LAUSD's PHBAO program discriminates against White students by allocating extra resources and admissions advantages based on neighborhood racial demographics.
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fromAbove the Law
1 day ago

Trump DOJ Can't Answer, 'What Law Did My Client Allegedly Break?' - Above the Law

The Trump-era DOJ pursued a prosecution against six Democratic lawmakers without identifying any specific statute, resulting in a grand jury no-bill.
#jeffrey-epstein
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fromwww.mediaite.com
6 days ago

Thomas Massie Posts Grim Tweet Saying He's Not Suicidal' Amid Trump-Epstein Files Fracas

DOJ missed the Epstein files deadline; subsequent releases revealed unredacted victims' images, communications with powerful figures, and contested redactions.
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fromwww.theguardian.com
6 days ago

Four men in unredacted files named by Ro Khanna have no ties to Epstein

DoJ files pressured open contained SDNY photo-lineup images of unrelated individuals, leading to mistaken identification of uninvolved people during congressional unredaction actions.
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fromwww.mercurynews.com
6 days ago

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna walks back four of six names he concedes are not linked to Epstein

Ro Khanna mistakenly identified four unrelated men from an FBI photo lineup as connected to Jeffrey Epstein and later retracted their names.
#don-lemon
fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago
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Don Lemon hires former DOJ prosecutor to defend him in free speech battle against Trump - LGBTQ Nation

fromLGBTQ Nation
1 week ago
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Don Lemon hires former DOJ prosecutor to defend him in free speech battle against Trump - LGBTQ Nation

fromTruthout
6 days ago

DOJ Drops Charges Against Two Minneapolis Men It Accused of Attacking ICE Agents

U.S. Attorney Daniel Rosen wrote in a brief Thursday filing that "newly discovered evidence" was found to be "materially inconsistent" with the government's allegations against Alfredo Aljorna, 26, and Julio Sosa-Celis, 24, about the Jan. 14 shooting in north Minneapolis. The case was dismissed Friday by a district court judge. Rosen filed a motion for the case to be dismissed with prejudice, meaning that the government will not be able to press the same charges against the men again.
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#antitrust
fromEngadget
1 week ago
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DOJ is investigating if Netflix used anticompetitive tactics as part of its merger probe

fromEngadget
1 week ago
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DOJ is investigating if Netflix used anticompetitive tactics as part of its merger probe

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fromLGBTQ Nation
9 months ago

Donald Trump says America should "forget about" the separation of church and state - LGBTQ Nation

President Trump created a Department of Justice religious liberty commission by executive order and questioned the separation of church and state.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
1 week ago

Pam Bondi Confronted On Hiring Pro-Trump Rioter At Hearing

Pam Bondi defended hiring Jared Wise, a pardoned Jan. 6 rioter now a DOJ adviser, and lashed out during House Judiciary questioning.
#criminal-legal-aid
fromIndependent
1 week ago
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31 defence lawyers paid more than 500,000 each through criminal legal aid scheme payments last year

Thirty-one defence lawyers received over €500,000 each from the criminal legal aid scheme as state outlay rose 37% to a record €115.3m.
fromIndependent
1 week ago
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State hit with 115m bill for defence lawyers as criminal legal aid last year

Thirty-one defence lawyers each received over €500,000 from the criminal legal aid scheme as state legal spending rose 37% to €115.3m.
fromIndependent
1 week ago
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31 defence lawyers paid more than 500,000 each through criminal legal aid scheme payments last year

fromPOLITICO
1 week ago

Why Dems think they have the upper hand at Pam Bondi's big Hill hearing

It's very hard to narrow down all of the lawlessness and gross abuse of power that this Department of Justice has engaged in in just one year,
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fromAbove the Law
1 week ago

The Executive Branch Discovers Judicial Independence, Hates It - Above the Law

DOJ solicited prosecutors for examples of judges who ruled against the government to report to Congress for potential impeachment.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Trump justice department moves to dismiss Steve Bannon criminal case

The controversial hard-right strategist, an ally of Trump, was convicted in 2022 on two counts of contempt of Congress after refusing to appear for a deposition before the House committee that investigated the 2021 attack on the Capitol and declining to produce documents requested by the committee. Federal prosecutors previously said that Bannon believed he was above the law by refusing to comply with the subpoena.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Trump Drops Whopper of a Claim When NBC Anchor Asks if He'll Testify on Epstein Files in Blockbuster Interview

Donald Trump dodged whether he would testify about the Epstein files, deflecting to his impeachments, numerous indictments, and potential DOJ actions against political opponents.
#immigration-enforcement
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2 weeks ago
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Layoffs Are Likely to Hit the Washington Post Today, DC Tax Chaos Incoming, Baby Elephant Born in DC - Washingtonian

Federal immigration enforcement faces legal limits, controversies, subpoenas, and criticized tactics while prosecutors confront heavy caseloads and staffing strains; museum closed by winter storm.
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2 weeks ago
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Illegitimate!' Dem Leader Torches Pam Bondi and the DOJ Over Don Lemon Arrest

The Department of Justice under President Trump and Attorney General Pam Bondi is illegitimate, and rogue immigration agents require independent investigation and prosecution.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Dan Abrams Rips GOP Leaders for Dropping Legal Guardrails' Amid Report of Trump $10 Billion Lawsuit Against IRS and Family's $500M Crypto Firm Sale

Top Republicans are dismantling legal guardrails on corruption while pushing for accountability over alleged past politicized prosecutions, raising fears about unchecked political justice.
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2 weeks ago

CNN's Boris Sanchez Throws Down With Ex-Trump DOJ Official Over DOJ Weaponization'

Mizelle said the group plans to investigate reports about lying to Congress, some of the things that happened with John Bolton, a couple other administration officials, things related to Arctic Frost and things related to other oversight documents where it appears that prior administrations weren't particularly truthful with the American people or members of Congress. I do wonder how much of this is tied directly to the president's publicly calling out Attorney General [Pam] Bondi admonishing her,
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

JUST IN: Controversial Trump Attorney Demoted and Expected to Leave DOJ

Ed Martin, the controversial lawyer whose nomination to serve as U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia was withdrawn by President Donald Trump after it became clear he would be voted down by the Republican-led Senate, has been demoted at the Department of Justice and is expected to leave in short order. According to The Washington Post, Martin, who also serves as the department's pardon attorney,
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fromAbove the Law
2 weeks ago

DOJ Hiring AUSAs Over Twitter Now - Above the Law

The Department of Justice is losing Assistant U.S. Attorneys and resorting to social-media recruiting that reflects low morale and diminished institutional credibility.
fromAxios
2 weeks ago

DOJ's misconduct case against the deportation flight judge had a big problem: no proof

Driving the news: The DOJ alleged last summer that Boasberg raised concerns at a Judicial Conference session that the Trump administration would "disregard rulings" and trigger a "constitutional crisis." In his Dec. 19 order, Judge Jeffrey Sutton noted the department provided no evidence of Boasberg's comment, which was reported by conservative outlet The Federalist. Even if Boasberg made the statement, Sutton contended, it wouldn't constitute a conduct violation. The DOJ did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.
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fromTruthout
2 weeks ago

Trump DOJ Sues to Force States to Share Confidential Voter Data

Owing to the fevered narratives proliferating across right-wing media, many have come to believe that the nation faces a scourge of "illegal" voting and wide-scale fraud. But this misdirection, shrill as it is with racist dog-whistles, is itself a fraud perpetrated against democratic rights. The right-wing battle for voter suppression, long waged primarily at the state level, is now being perpetrated by the federal government and the Department of Justice (DOJ) itself.
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fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

Stephanie Ruhle Says Trump Faces a Reckoning in the Midterms'

The White House prioritizes dominating Americans and consolidating power through unprecedented actions that escalate chaos and target institutions ahead of midterm elections.
#epstein-files
fromwww.mediaite.com
2 weeks ago

BREAKING: Trump DOJ Announces Release of 3.5 Million More Epstein Files

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche announced the release of 3.5 million additional files in compliance with the Epstein Transparency Act. The Trump administration has been under fire for missing the Dec. 19, 2025, deadline to release all of the files pertaining to the Jeffrey Epstein case, who died by suicide in his jail cell in 2019. Today we are producing more than 3 million pages, including more than 2000 videos and 180,000 images in total, Blanche said.
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fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

UCLA medical school uses a 'systemically racist approach' to admissions, DOJ alleges

The DOJ seeks to join a lawsuit alleging UCLA's medical school used racially discriminatory admissions practices privileging Black and Latino applicants over white and Asian applicants.
fromKqed
1 month ago

Tenants' Rights Bill Stalls In Sacramento | KQED

Last year, the U.S. Department of Justice sued California, along with 22 other states and Washington, D.C., for access to their full, unredacted voter files. That includes driver's license, social security numbers and other sensitive data. DOJ officials said they needed the data to assess whether states were properly maintaining their voter rolls and ensuring "only American citizens are voting, only one time," as Assistant Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon said in a social media post in December.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
3 weeks ago

Trump prepares to extort Minnesota over its transgender student athletes - LGBTQ Nation

Federal education and health agencies referred an investigation of Minnesota's handling of transgender student athletes to the DOJ to pursue withholding federal funding.
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fromLos Angeles Times
3 weeks ago

Justice Department drops demand for records naming transgender kids treated at Children's Hospital L.A.

The DOJ agreed to stop seeking identifiable medical records of youth who received gender-affirming care at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, allowing limited redactions and withholding.
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fromLGBTQ Nation
4 weeks ago

Renee Good's lawyer explains how the administration could hamper investigation into her death - LGBTQ Nation

The Department of Justice may be hindering preservation of evidence in Renee Good's fatal shooting, prompting legal demands to safeguard the vehicle and related materials.
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fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

DOJ says won't investigate ICE agent's fatal shooting of Renee Good

The Department of Justice will not investigate the ICE agent who fatally shot Renee Good, while probes of Minnesota officials for encouraging protests are being examined.
#affordable-care-act
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fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

A federal judge dismisses the DOJ's effort to get voter data from California

A federal judge dismissed the DOJ's bid for California's unredacted voter file, calling the request unprecedented, illegal, and a chilling 'fishing expedition'.
#federal-reserve
fromAxios
1 month ago
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Scoop: Bessent told Trump that investigation of Fed chair creates a "mess"

fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago
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Jerome Powell, U.S. central bank chair and longtime Trump target, accuses White House of making legal threats | CBC News

fromAxios
1 month ago
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Scoop: Bessent told Trump that investigation of Fed chair creates a "mess"

fromwww.cbc.ca
1 month ago
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Jerome Powell, U.S. central bank chair and longtime Trump target, accuses White House of making legal threats | CBC News

fromtruthout.org
1 month ago

DOJ Push to Investigate Renee Good's Widow Sparks Mass Resignation

A push by the Department of Justice to open an investigation into the widow of Renee Nicole Good after her tragic killing at the hands of a federal immigration officer has sparked a mass resignation of federal prosecutors in Minnesota, reports say. According to reports, at least a dozen federal prosecutors across Washington and Minnesota have indicated their plans to resign.
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#lindsey-halligan
fromAbove the Law
1 month ago
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Lindsey Halligan Says Her 'I'm An Illegal Appointment' T-Shirt Has People Asking A Lot Of Questions Already Answered By Her Shirt - Above the Law

fromAbove the Law
1 month ago
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Lindsey Halligan Says Her 'I'm An Illegal Appointment' T-Shirt Has People Asking A Lot Of Questions Already Answered By Her Shirt - Above the Law

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1 month ago

Golden Globes: Nikki Glaser Takes Digs at CBS and DOJ

Nikki Glaser used her Golden Globes opening monologue to mock the Justice Department, CBS News, the Warner Bros. sale, podcasters' nominations, and redacted Epstein files.
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fromAbove the Law
1 month ago

Above The Law's 2025 Lawyer Of The Year Contest: The Finalists! - Above the Law

High-profile legal figures dominated the 2025 Lawyer of the Year finalists, reflecting DOJ turmoil, Biglaw ethics clashes, and contested U.S. Attorney appointments.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

How has Trump's second term transformed the Justice Department?

It began on the first day of his second term, with instructions to the Department of Justice (DOJ) to end the "weaponisation" of prosecutorial power. But with those first strokes of his pen, President Donald Trump instead launched a year of dramatic changes to the Justice Department, the government body responsible for enforcing federal law in the United States. Traditionally, the Department of Justice has cultivated an aura of "prosecutorial independence".
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fromABC7 San Francisco
1 month ago

21 immigration judges fired in San Francisco, many reportedly without explanation

More than 100 immigration judges nationwide, including at least 21 in the San Francisco Bay Area, were fired, threatening longer immigration case backlogs.
fromwww.mediaite.com
1 month ago

White House Takes Over DOJ Social Media Account Amid Bungled Epstein Files Release

Axios has learned the White House has begun managing the DOJ's account on X, Axios reported in its Christmas Eve morning newsletter. The account is taking a sharper tone with a more rapid-response campaign edge. It's unclear when the White House first took over the account, but a post by the Department of Justice announcing the latest Epstein files' release on Tuesday was quick to absolve the president of any wrongdoing.
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fromTruthout
1 month ago

Trump Admin Quietly Bans Veterans' Abortion Care, Even for Rape and Health Risks

VA immediately adopted DOJ's legal opinion, effectively banning abortions for veterans and beneficiaries except for life‑threatening, ectopic, and miscarriage‑related cases.
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fromThe Atlantic
1 month ago

America's Holiday in Epstein Purgatory

Deepfakes and AI-generated sexual images circulate widely, and a new DOJ document release includes numerous Trump mentions that triggered a defensive DOJ statement.
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