How Trump’s Justice Department has gutted the government’s ability to chase public corruption
The Trump administration has gutted the federal government’s ability to fight public corruption in a matter of weeks.
Trump DOJ Resignations: List of Prosecutors and Officials Quitting in Protest
On Friday, federal prosecutor Hagan Scotten became the seventh official to resign in protest at the Justice Department, which ...
Manhattan US Attorney resigns over 'rushed' DOJ process to drop charges against Eric Adams
Sassoon said federal prosecutors planned to charge Adams with destroying evidence and instructing others to do so, which ...
US Department of Justice to stop defending independence of FTC, NLRB, letter says
The U.S. Department of Justice will cease defending the independent status of three consumer and worker protection agencies, ...
READ: Resignation letter from acting US attorney in New York and DOJ’s response
The acting US attorney for the Southern District of New York, Danielle Sassoon, resigned from her position in a letter to the ...
Acting Manhattan US Attorney Danielle Sassoon steps down after Trump DOJ orders Eric Adams case to be dropped
It was not immediately clear who would replace Sassoon, who was named as interim SDNY chief last month while the president’s ...
US Justice Dept demands data on criminal cases involving mask-wearing defendants
The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday ordered federal prosecutors to turn over examples of cases in recent years in which ...
Justice Department moves to dismiss Eric Adams case
The Department of Justice (DOJ) has formally asked a federal district court to drop its corruption charges against New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) after federal prosecutors in Manhattan ...
Trump Official’s Demand in Adams Case Forces Justice Dept. Showdown
A crisis at the department over the Eric Adams case is an early test of the criminal justice system’s resilience against a ...
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 ...
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Trump pauses DOJ enforcement of bribery laws for US firms overseas
In 2024, it said, the DOJ and Securities and Exchange Commission ... What the Trump administration means for you: Sign up for USA TODAY's On Politics newsletter. Gary Kalman, executive director ...