The Justice Department is conducting a criminal investigation into whether author E. Jean Carroll committed perjury in connection with her civil lawsuits against President Trump, sources familiar with the matter said. The investigation is being led out of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois, one of the sources added. Carroll sued … Read more
The department is looking into Carroll for potential perjury in litigation against the president, whom she accused of sexual assault and defamation. Source link
The federal government plans to speed up the review of certain whistleblower complaints related to fraud against benefit programs like Medicare, federal officials told CBS News exclusively Wednesday. The officials said the move will help to fast-track fraud enforcement, a Trump administration priority. The U.S. Department of Justice reviews whistleblower complaints made under the False … Read more
Former President Joe Biden has filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department seeking to block the release of files related to interviews he conducted with a biographer that later became a central part of a special counsel investigation into his handling of classified documents. Biden’s lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia seeks … Read more
Former President Joe Biden sued the Justice Department on Tuesday, urging a federal judge to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his private conversations with the ghostwriter of his 2017 memoir. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. The suit stems from a 2024 … Read more
Not only were the Founders ‘insulating [the Supreme Court] from politics, but they were even more so insulating us from reprisals at the hand of a majority.’ Source link
The Department of Justice is acknowledging it’s removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot WASHINGTON — The Department of Justice is acknowledging it has removed from its website news releases about criminal cases related to the Jan. 6, 2021, riot, calling the information about the prosecutions … Read more
The Justice Department has removed press releases detailing the charges against hundreds of individuals who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol riot from its website, the department confirmed Friday. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. “Nothing ‘quiet’ about it,” the DOJ Rapid Response X account … Read more
This week, the Justice Department created a so-called “anti-weaponization fund” as part of a settlement between President Trump and his own federal government over the leaking of his tax returns. The settlement also includes a pledge from the IRS that it will not pursue any legal claims it may have against Mr. Trump, his family … Read more
PORTLAND, Maine — Federal judges in Maine and Wisconsin on Thursday dismissed lawsuits filed by the U.S. Department of Justice seeking to compel the states to hand over detailed voter registration information. U.S. District Judge James Pederson in Wisconsin said the state’s voter registration list is not a record that can be requested under the … Read more