Trump appoints retired Marine Col. Daren Margolin to lead immigration courts despite 2013 firing from Quantico security command for negligently discharging gun in his office.
AG Bondi calls senators “liar” and “failed lawyer” during hearing while refusing to answer questions about Epstein files, Homan bribery probe and politicization of Justice Department.
GOP senators reveal FBI analyzed cellphone records of nine Republican lawmakers during Jack Smith’s Jan. 6 investigation, calling it privacy violations and promising consequences.
Federal judge orders Trump administration to produce witnesses in Abrego Garcia deportation case after five weeks of no action and DOJ sending uninformed attorneys to hearings.
Supreme Court rejects Maxwell appeal based on Epstein’s Florida plea deal as Trump says he would consider pardoning her despite child sex trafficking conviction.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announces DOJ will appeal eight-year sentence for Sophie Roske’s attempted assassination of Justice Kavanaugh, calling it woefully insufficient after prosecutors sought at least 30 years to life.
Federal judge blocks Trump policy to automatically detain migrant children in adult ICE facilities after they turn 18, ruling it violates his 2021 order requiring release to least restrictive settings.
Federal judge blocks Trump from deploying 200 Oregon National Guard troops to Portland, ruling he violated the 10th Amendment and protests don’t constitute rebellion.
Judge says Deputy AG Blanche’s admission case brought to return Abrego Garcia could be direct evidence of vindictive prosecution, orders hearing on dismissal.
FBI Director Patel fires trainee who displayed Pride flag on desk, citing Trump’s Article II powers and calling it “inappropriate political signage” despite trainee’s 2022 Attorney General’s Award.
DOJ fires two senior prosecutors from Virginia office that resisted charging Comey, including national security attorney leading prosecution of suspect in Abbey Gate attack that killed 13 service members.
Federal judge rules Nevada acting U.S. attorney has no legal authority to prosecute cases after administration illegally appointed her without Senate confirmation or serving as first assistant as required by law.
Justice Department sues pro-Palestinian protesters in first use of abortion clinic access law to prosecute religious worship interference, targeting demonstration against West Bank settlement sales outside New Jersey synagogue.
HUD fires two attorneys who exposed Trump administration dismantling fair housing discrimination enforcement, explicitly citing their whistleblower interviews as reason for termination in violation of federal protection laws.
Trump administration initiates rare debarment process to cut Harvard off from federal funding across all agencies 26 days after court order restored $2.7 billion in grants.
Trump administration argues Justice Department guidance supersedes independent Merit Systems Protection Board after two fired immigration judges win appeals, claiming presidential power overrides workers’ due process rights.
ICE transfers Maryland resident mistakenly deported to El Salvador to Pennsylvania detention center as attorneys question agency’s claim of improved access.
Trump fires Sacramento US Attorney hours after she warned Border Patrol chief that planned raids would violate court order.
Justice Dept. subpoenas Fulton County DA Fani Willis’s travel records one day after indicting James Comey in escalating probe of Trump’s foes.
House Democrats release Epstein records showing scheduled meetings with Bannon, Thiel and Gates, plus query about Musk visiting island.
Justice Department sues six states including California and New York for refusing to hand over private voter data including partial Social Security numbers.
Federal officials call Dallas ICE shooting terrorism, say gunman left notes targeting agents as “human traffickers” but killed restrained detainee instead.
Trump orders FBI to investigate left-wing groups and funders including Soros and Hoffman after conservative activist Charlie Kirk’s assassination.
Comey’s son-in-law resigns from Virginia prosecutor’s office minutes after it indicted the former FBI director.
Justice Department indicts James Comey for lying to Congress days after Trump replaces prosecutor who refused to charge him.
ICE orders the immediate deportation of a journalist arrested for covering a protest, citing a disputed 13-year-old case.
A top DOJ official rescinded a letter threatening an FBI agent who sued Alex Jones after being ordered to do so, days after the official was photographed with Jones.
A federal judge rebukes Attorney General Pam Bondi and warns of sanctions for public statements that jeopardize the trial in the UnitedHealthcare CEO’s murder.
The Justice Dept. appears poised to charge James Comey with lying to Congress just days after Trump installed his former personal lawyer as the new prosecutor.
The FBI found documents marked “secret” in John Bolton’s office, escalating a Trump administration Espionage Act probe that follows a similar case dropped by the Biden DOJ.
A Justice Dept. official suggested a criminal probe into the FBI agent who sued Alex Jones just three days after the official was photographed with Jones.
Ryan Routh tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen immediately after a jury found him guilty of attempting to assassinate Trump.
The Department of Homeland Security says it will defy a new California law banning its agents from wearing masks during immigration enforcement.
The FBI re-arrests the ABC10 shooting suspect after finding a handwritten note threatening Kash Patel, Dan Bongino, and Pam Bondi.
The White House denies border czar Tom Homan accepted $50,000 in cash, contradicting reports of FBI audio and video evidence.
Trump installs his personal lawyer with no prosecutorial experience as U.S. attorney after firing the prosecutor who refused to charge James Comey and Letitia James.
Trump creates the novel “domestic terrorist organization” label for the Antifa movement via executive order.
A federal judge releases a man charged with aiming a laser at Marine One, calling prosecutors’ detention request “not remotely appropriate.”
A U.S. Attorney requested a threat assessment of CA Gov Newsom’s office after it posted that a new ICE mask ban meant Secretary Noem would “have a bad day.”
Trump publicly demanded Attorney General Pam Bondi prosecute his rivals one day after firing the federal prosecutor who declined to charge Letitia James.
The Trump Justice Dept. closed a corruption case against border czar Tom Homan one year after FBI agents allegedly recorded him accepting $50,000 in cash.
Trump nominated a former personal lawyer to run the Virginia prosecutor’s office one day after firing the U.S. Attorney who declined to charge Letitia James.
An ICE official defended the agency’s use of force and claimed activists were inciting non-compliance eight days after an officer killed an immigrant in Chicago.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed laws banning law enforcement from wearing face masks and accessing schools 12 days after the Supreme Court allowed roving immigration patrols.
The Trump administration asks the Supreme Court to reinstate its ban on the ‘X’ passport marker five months after a judge blocked it as discriminatory.
US Attorney Erik Siebert resigns after Trump administration officials pressured him to criminally charge New York AG Letitia James.
The Justice Dept. again asks the Supreme Court to end Venezuelan TPS, accusing a lower court of disregarding its previous order.
Trump fires a U.S. attorney just four months after his own nomination for refusing to prosecute political rival Letitia James without evidence.
South Carolina’s election commission fires its director, who is under criminal investigation, just days after the state Supreme Court approved releasing voter data to the Justice Dept.
Trump plans to designate antifa a terrorist organization, contradicting his former FBI director’s testimony that it is a movement.
