House Oversight Committee split on whether Trump should pardon Ghislaine Maxwell in exchange for testimony in Epstein investigation.
Justice Department agrees to pay Carter Page $1.25 million to settle 2016 surveillance lawsuit, a month after paying Flynn over $1 million.
FBI opened stalking investigation into New York Times reporter after her story on Director Patel assigning FBI personnel to his girlfriend’s security detail.
DOJ withdraws grand jury subpoenas in Brennan probe hours after installing Trump loyalist Joe diGenova, who called Brennan a conspiracy “head” on TV.
DOJ indicts Southern Poverty Law Center on money laundering and wire fraud charges for paying informants inside the KKK, neo-Nazi, and white supremacist groups.
Justice Department and Maryland separately sue DC Water over February Potomac sewage spill, alleging neglected maintenance of aging sewer line.
FBI Director Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over reporting that he was drunk and erratic on the job.
Justice Department demands all 2024 ballots from Wayne County, Michigan, a Detroit-area Democratic stronghold Trump lost despite winning the state.
Pentagon to begin worldwide boardings of Iran-linked ships under “Economic Fury” campaign days before ceasefire expires.
DOJ installs Trump loyalist Joe diGenova to run Florida “grand conspiracy” probe targeting intelligence officials and prosecutors.
D.C. police prepared to arrest Republican Rep. Cory Mills in February 2025 assault case before lieutenant overruled them and Trump-appointed prosecutor declined warrant.
Federal judge blocks Nexstar’s $6.2 billion takeover of Tegna until antitrust trial, despite FCC and DOJ approval Trump personally endorsed in February.
Justice Department removes career prosecutor leading Brennan probe after she resisted pressure to quickly charge former CIA director and Trump critic.
Nine House Democrats file five impeachment articles against Defense Secretary Hegseth over Iran war crimes and Signal leak.
Justice Department adds terrorism charge against Jan. 6 pipe bomb suspect Brian Cole Jr. five years after DNC and RNC plantings.
Trump threatens to fire Fed Chair Powell if he doesn’t step down May 15, as Warsh confirmation remains blocked.
Prosecutors from D.C. U.S. Attorney Pirro’s office show up unannounced at Federal Reserve headquarters demanding a tour of renovations a judge already ruled were investigative pretext.
Trump Justice Department fires multiple prosecutors who won FACE Act convictions against anti-abortion activists, threatens them with criminal charges in 882-page weaponization report.
Justice Department asks court to vacate seditious conspiracy convictions of 12 Oath Keepers and Proud Boys leaders who organized the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol.
IBM pays $17 million to settle Trump administration’s first Civil Rights Fraud Initiative case while denying it ever engaged in the DEI practices it agreed to end.
Trump administration fires two immigration judges who blocked deportations of pro-Palestinian students Rumeysa Ozturk and Mohsen Mahdawi.
Federal grand jury subpoenas Reddit to unmask anonymous user who criticized ICE online after the agency’s earlier court attempt to identify them failed.
DOJ urges judge to overturn ruling barring it from directly searching Washington Post reporter’s phone and laptops seized in January raid.
Trump repeatedly promises mass pardons to White House aides and officials, telling staff he will pardon “everyone who has come within 200 feet of the Oval.”
DOJ says former AG Bondi will not give Epstein deposition to House Oversight Committee now that she has left office.
Trump administration tells judge it still plans to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Liberia despite a new agreement with Costa Rica, because the U.S. spent “political capital” negotiating with the West African nation.
Minneapolis releases video of January ICE shooting that contradicts federal agents’ sworn account of the incident
Raskin demands DOJ turn over records on its $1.25 million settlement with Flynn, a case the government had already won and a judge had dismissed.
Supreme Court sends Bannon’s contempt conviction back to lower court after Trump’s DOJ moves to dismiss its own case.
Justice Department declares the Presidential Records Act unconstitutional, potentially allowing Trump to keep his own records when he leaves office.
Trump fires Attorney General Bondi after growing frustration she did not prosecute his political opponents aggressively enough, names Deputy AG Blanche as temporary replacement.
Trump discusses firing Attorney General Bondi over frustration that DOJ is not prosecuting his political opponents aggressively enough.
Trump’s Justice Department quietly dropped 23,000 criminal investigations in six months, including terrorism and fraud cases, to shift resources to immigration prosecutions, ProPublica finds.
Three fired FBI agents sue Director Patel and AG Bondi in class-action lawsuit alleging they were terminated for investigating Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election.
Trump signs executive order directing DHS and Social Security to compile national voter lists by citizenship status, with DOJ ordered to prosecute noncompliant election officials.
California Rep. Swalwell’s lawyers send cease and desist to FBI Director Patel, demanding he stop releasing files from a closed probe that produced no charges.
FBI Director Patel pushes to release investigative files on Rep. Swalwell from a closed probe that produced no charges, as Swalwell leads California governor’s race.
Deputy AG Blanche endorses sending ICE to polling places despite federal law barring government forces during elections.
Justice Department sues SeaWorld’s parent company over ban on wheeled walkers at its parks, alleging disability discrimination under the ADA.
Justice Department investigates California and Maine for housing transgender women with female inmates, threatening federal funding.
Justice Department opens civil rights investigations into admissions at Stanford, Ohio State and UC San Diego medical schools, threatening federal funding.
Trump housing official Pulte issues two more criminal referrals against New York AG Letitia James over alleged insurance fraud, citing posts on X as evidence.
Newly released prosecution memo reveals Trump showed a classified map to passengers on his private plane in 2022 and retained a record restricted to six senior officials.
Trump’s Justice Department settles lawsuit with former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, who pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI and was later pardoned by Trump.
Newly unsealed transcript reveals DOJ prosecutor told a judge his office had no evidence of crimes by Fed Chair Powell, calling a $1.2 billion cost overrun enough reason to investigate.
Minnesota sues the federal government for evidence in three ICE shootings during Operation Metro Surge, calling the categorical withholding of evidence unprecedented in American history.
Trump administration accepts a federal judge’s pick for New Jersey U.S. attorney after four of its own appointees were ruled unlawfully installed over eight months.
Justice Department moves to permanently dismiss all federal charges against two former Louisville officers in the Breonna Taylor case, six years after the fatal raid.
Justice Department sues Harvard to recoup federal grants and cut off future funding, alleging the university failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students from harassment.
