Trump Said to Terminate Biden Holdover US Attorneys From DOJ (1)
The Trump administration has started firing the remaining Biden-appointed US attorneys, paving the way for an accelerated deployment of Trump-aligned law enforcement officials, said four people familiar with the moves.
Conservative US attorney resigns after refusing directive from Trump DOJ
The U.S. Department of Justice's (DOJ) top prosecutor in New York City just handed in a two-sentence resignation letter following orders to drop charges against Mayor Eric Adams. NBC News reported Thursday that Danielle Sassoon — who was named acting U.
Trump DOJ's Order to Drop Eric Adams Case Sparks Mass Resignations
Manhattan U.S. Attorney Danielle Sassoon, the Trump administration's recent pick to temporarily lead the office prosecuting New York Mayor Eric Adams, resigned her post on Thursday, according to the memorandum by Deputy Attorney General Emil Bove,
Top DOJ officials, federal prosecutor resign after orders to drop Adams case
The former acting New York U.S. attorney said Adams' attorneys had offered "what amounted to a quid pro quo" — helping the U.S. with immigration enforcement "in exchange for dismissal of his case."
Manhattan US attorney and top DOJ officials resign over order to drop Eric Adams case
By Luc Cohen and Sarah N. Lynch NEW YORK/WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Three senior Justice Department officials, including Manhattan's top federal prosecutor, resigned on Thursday rather than comply with an order to dismiss corruption charges against New York City's mayor,
'Ridiculous': Bondi personally strips DOJ walls of Biden, Harris, Garland portraits
Attorney General Pam Bondi called it "ridiculous" that portraits of former President Joe Biden, former Vice President Kamala ...
Trump’s feared DOJ enforcer has a secret: He, too, investigated Jan. 6
The acting DOJ official behind a potential witch hunt against prosecutors and FBI agents who investigated the Capitol riot ...
No, a Feb. 5 DOJ memo does not authorize the death penalty solely for being an undocumented immigrant
A memo directs DOJ staff to pursue the death penalty for undocumented immigrants who have been charged with capital crimes, ...
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Outgoing AG Merrick Garland roasted after video of him leaving DOJ goes viral
C-SPAN “Merrick Garland has left @TheJusticeDept for the FINAL TIME,” Donalds said. “His DOJ attacked political opponents. His DOJ was unprecedentedly weaponized. “This disgraceful era of ...
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Social media gives AG Garland a rough send-off as video of him leaving DOJ goes viral
Social media users laid into U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland after video of him leaving the Department of Justice in celebratory fashion went viral online. A DOJ video depicted Garland ...
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Merrick Garland praises Jan. 6 work and DOJ independence as Donald Trump return looms
Garland noted Thursday that political figures in both parties have alleged bias at DOJ. "That criticism often comes from people with political views opposite from one another, each making the ...
Appeals court grants DOJ bid to drop prosecution against Trump’s former co-defendants in classified docs case
After an unusual delay, the Atlanta-based 11th Circuit closed out an appeal that sought to revive criminal charges against ...
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Garland defends tenure, sends message of independence to DOJ workforce remaining in Trump administration
Garland discussed the DOJ's historic investigation of Jan. 6, which led to the now-closed prosecution of the incoming president. "You charged more than 1,500 people for criminal conduct that ...
AG Pam Bondi vows Trump’s DOJ will return to ‘core function’ of ‘prosecuting violent crime’: ‘Weaponization ends’
We will do everything in our power to find them and eradicate them in our country,” the newly-minted attorney general said of ...
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DOJ Seeks to Reinstate Corporate Transparency Act
On February 5, 2025, the Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a notice of appeal and motion for stay of the injunction against ...